Facebook Targets May 17th For IPO Date
This just in: According to multiple sources close to the company, Facebook is eying IPO on May 17th — depending on whether the SEC agrees that all the reams of paperwork (including those concerning it...
Apple plots wireless server hubs at Genius Bars for users to temporarily store, sync content for iOS device replacements
According to sources, Apple is planning a major new addition to their Apple Store Genius Bars; an addition that will change the way the company handles Genius Bar support.
Game consoles consumed nearly 70 percent of their energy idling in 2010, study finds
A new study from a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University estimates that that roughly 68 percent of all energy consumed by game consoles in 2010 was spent in idle mode, wasting 10.8 TWh of...
Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3
Apple on Wednesday supplied developers with the third preview build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, giving developers a chance to test out the latest version of the prerelease software. — According to p...
In Facebook Deal for Instagram, Board Was All But Out of Picture
On the morning of Sunday, April 8, Facebook Inc.'s youthful chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, alerted his board of directors that he intended to buy Instagram, the hot photo-sharing service.
In Facebook Deal for Instagram, Board Was All But Out of Picture
On the morning of Sunday, April 8, Facebook Inc.'s youthful chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, alerted his board of directors that he intended to buy Instagram, the hot photo-sharing service.
Tim Berners-Lee: demand your data from Google and Facebook
Exclusive: world wide web inventor says personal data held online could be used to usher in new era of personalised services — Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the world wide web, has urged internet u...
The Twitter “Patent Hack”
Yesterday Twitter announced that they plan to amend the assignments agreements that they sign with their employees. They call this proposed amendment the Innovator's Patent Agreement. I've been awar...
Square's Next Round Could Swipe a $4 Billion Valuation
Square is seeking to raise a fresh round of capital at a massive valuation of up to $4 billion, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. — If the company is successful, it will hav...
Permission to Procrastinate: Wait to Get a New Laptop
If you're thinking of buying a new laptop this spring, my advice is to think again. Unless your laptop is on its last legs and you have to move quickly, there are compelling reasons to wait until at ...
Coursera Launches Online Education Platform with $16 Million in Funding
Online educational marketplaces are on the rise, with tools like Udemy and Khan Academy allowing people of all ages to become an expert in any topic. New company Coursera is targeting higher educatio...
Apple investors brace for more turbulence
(Reuters) - Apple Inc's results will be dissected more closely than ever next week, after a share swoon raised concerns on Wall Street that the stock's gravity-defying rally may be losing steam. — F...
Google's Sergey Brin says coverage of his views on Internet freedom was “distorted”
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has published a post on his Google+ account seeking to clarify the article on Web freedom that ran in the Guardian on Sunday. — To describe his reasons for a further up...
VC Signaling Coming Home To Roost
VC SIGNALING IS SCREWING UP THE ABILITY OF SOME COMPANIES TO RAISE A SERIES A … Dear Entrepreneur - remember that TechCrunch story you placed about your funding round that mentioned the VCs who invest...
Backed With $1.5M, CircleUp Aims To Be The AngelList For Consumer And Retail Startups
The funding environment for technology-focused startups these days is getting to be a bit ridiculous, so some tech industry folks may need to use their imaginations for a second to understand this con...
Memeorandum Colors 2012: Visualizing Bias on Political Blogs
I don't watch sports, but every four years, I lose myself in the horse race of the U.S. presidential elections. That competition kicked off in earnest Monday, as Gallup started its daily tracking pol...
Even after Apple's fix, 140k machines are still affected by Flashback malware
According to a post on the Symantec security blog, Apple's attempts to get rid of the Java-based Flashback malware that affected 600,000 computers haven't solved the problem completely.
iFixit spins off Dozuki CMS to let anyone make killer technical docs
As someone who used to write technical documentation for a living, I can assure you that nobody likes reading that crap. But iFixit, the company that's become famous for its repair guides and gadget ...
SkyDrive updated to include 300MB browser uploads, short URLs for Windows Phone images, and ODF support
Microsoft announced several changes to its SkyDrive cloud storage service today, introducing features that improve the usability for its web and Windows Phone-based users.
Eucalyptus grabs $30M from IVP to push the open-source private cloud forward
Open-source cloud software maker Eucalyptus Systems has raised $30 million in its third round of funding, cash that will help the company serve quickly growing demand for private and hybrid clouds.