Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month
But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month — According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important — but not large-scale — event to be held in New Y...
Twine project blows by funding goals thanks to Kickstarter
When Supermechanical turned to Kickstarter to crowd source funding of its Twine project, its cofounders were no doubt optimistic. But it's hard to believe that even they would have expected that pled...
University explains NYC withdrawal
Stanford University responded to questions about its Dec. 16 withdrawal of StanfordNYC, an ambitious $2.5 billion proposal to build a graduate school of applied sciences and engineering in New York Ci...
Google's Jaw-Dropping Sponsored Post Campaign For Chrome
Google, the company that has been fighting against paid links and “thin” content, seems to be behind a campaign that's generating both on behalf of its Chrome browser. File this under “what were they...
SoundCloud raises $50 million round led by Kleiner Perkins
SoundCloud has raised a new fundraising round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The amount was not released but TechCrunch understands it to be $50 million. This would give the company a $200...
Mac Pro Build-to-Order Ship Dates Slip as Future Remains Uncertain
Just before Christmas, shipping estimates for Apple's 12-core Mac Pro model increased to 1-3 weeks, and while that specific model does tend to occasionally see some extra lead time, the shipping delay...
PC Firms Bet on Ultrabooks
New Sleek, Thin Laptops Make Stylish Push Toward Mainstream Price Points — Intel Corp.'s crusade to redefine the personal computer is entering a crucial phase, as a new breed of sleek skinny portabl...
MSN Direct goes dark, SPOT watches to suffer no more
When the noble SPOT watch was discontinued back in 2008, Microsoft promised the FM service that kept them informed would soldier on. A year later that service too had its days numbered, and now, toda...
Techmeme's biggest stories of 2011, literally, as measured by height
One of the best things about Techmeme is how “huge” or “big” stories can literally be that: conveyed through a stack of headlines several times taller than your screen size. (Unless you hate this …
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012
Summary: Microsoft is preparing to launch a new persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform, enabling customers to host Linux, SharePoint and SQL Server there. — This headline is ...
New to Twitter: the tweet Murdoch took down ... fast
“Either @rupertmurdoch is genuinely now on Twitter, or some disgruntled ex-NOTW journo just won the hacking Olympics.” — Less than two days after joining Twitter, media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears ...
Unboxed: How Samuel Palmisano of I.B.M. Stayed a Step Ahead - Unboxed
BECAUSE it has become so consistently successful, I.B.M. is almost boring. This is a company so predictable that its financial forecast is packaged as a “five-year road map,” as if it were some sort ...
Are we on information overload?
The Internet has transformed knowledge. An expert explains why it's launched the greatest period in human history — The last two decades have completely transformed the way we know. Thanks to the ...
The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online
By invoking the acronym SOPA right at the get-go, I may be daring many of you to check the next column over for something a little less chewy. After all, SOPA, which stands for Stop Online Piracy Act...
Asus faces customer backlash over Transformer Prime's locked bootloader
Taiwanese electronics giant Asus has been the subject of intense criticism over the release of its new Transformer Prime tablet after it emerged that the company had locked the bootloader on its devic...
PostSecret shuts down iPhone app due to abusive posts
The PostSecret app has been shut down, but the blog is still alive and well. — PostSecret, the popular blog and new-media project that's long given people a place to share their deepest, darkest tho...
For Consumers, Android Is More “Clopen” Than Open
Imagine if when Windows 7 came out, it was only offered on only one particular Dell computer. It was also uncertain when or if other computers, including those made by Dell, would ever be able to upg...
Website Blocking Law Implemented By New Spanish Government
In the last decade Spain has truly emerged as one of file-sharing's safe-havens. Countless court decisions have affirmed that P2P indexing sites operate legally, with most cases against site operator...
EXCLUSIVE: Product picture Galaxy Note AT&T. (NFC)
On December the 30th we received a nice email. — As expected, the Galaxy Note will be hitting the stores in America Q1 or Q2. — However, there were no official pictures of this Galaxy Note. — Un...
Microsoft and Google: Comparing their top 10 official blog posts of 2011
A listing of the year's most popular posts from an official company blog can say a lot about that company, the year it had, and what grabs the attention of its most-engaged users and followers.
Uber CEO Responds to New Year's Eve Complaints, Plans More Surge Pricing
Uber, the San Francisco-based start-up behind a smartphone app that allows users to request car service, had some users uber-angry today over the fares they paid for rides on New Year's Eve.