FundersClub Ditches Dumb Money By Going Invite-Only
“Democratizing venture capital” sounds great until equity crowdfunding fills startup financing rounds with amateur angels who don't add value. So while other funding platforms open the floodgates to ...
Hacker posts Facebook bug report on Zuckerberg's wall
A Palestinian information system expert says he was forced to post a bug report on Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page after the social network's security team failed to recognize that a critical vulnerab...
Early Apple Employees Talk Memories of Steve Jobs, New Movie
The early years: Daniel Kottle (l) and Steve Jobs (r). — Daniel Kottke and Bill Fernandez had front-row seats to the birth of the personal computing industry, as well as the most valuable technology...
Microsoft apologizes for three-day Outlook.com outage, says caching issue was to blame
Microsoft today confirmed it has finally resolved an issue with Outlook.com that has been affecting some users for up to three days. The company apologized multiple times to those affected …
Apple opens graphics card replacement program for some mid-2011 iMacs
Apple has opened up one of its rare replacement programs for the graphics card in some mid-2011 iMac configurations, according to a notice issued to Apple Support employees. The iMac in question is t...
Apple Begins Showing Mac Pro Teaser in Movie Theaters with ‘Fall 2013’ Announcement
Apple has begun showing the teaser video for the upcoming Mac Pro in movie theaters across the nation. First shown at WWDC during the initial debut of the Mac Pro, the video shows the sleek black cur...
Jobs, Reviewed by Steve Wozniak
In the discussion section of our Jobs review, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak weighed in with his own impressions of the movie—and how he and others were portrayed. What follows is Woz's unedited take ...
Waywire CEO Nathan Richardson Departs As Company Shifts Focus From Content Creation To Curation
The CEO of Waywire — the startup co-founded by Newark mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker — is stepping down, TechCrunch has learned. The resignation comes as the company is in the midst …
Webcam spying goes mainstream as Miss Teen USA describes hack
“The light didn't even go on, so I had no idea.” Webcam hacking has officially gone mainstream with yesterday's revelation that the new Miss Teen USA, Cassidy Wolf, was the victim of a “sextortion” p...
Big-data ad platform Rocket Fuel plans $100M IPO
Ad network and data-analysis company Rocket Fuel is planning a $100 million initial public offering, according to documents filed with the SEC. The S-1 filing is still missing a few key details, such ...