1. DealBook 14 hours ago permalinkGoldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.
2. App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry 1 hour ago permalinkThere has already been plenty of data out there suggesting that Apple had a monster holiday season. We'll know for sure in a few weeks when they announced their earnings. For now though, we have to go by what third-party developers are seeing when it comes to app download numbers. And one company, Flixster , has given us some key details of how ...
3. After Apple Says Otherwise, iPhone Alarm Still Remains Silent 40 minutes ago permalinkOn Sunday I wrote an article about an iPhone programming bug that failed to activate the phone’s built-in alarm, leaving a lot of customers upset, confused and late. In the article, I noted that Apple had acknowledged the problem existing but said it would automatically fix itself by Monday, Jan. 3.
4. Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer 25 minutes ago permalinkWhile plenty of people predicted that the iPad would kill the Kindle when it first came out ( including us ), that turned out to be wrong. Very wrong. The Kindle went on to become the best selling product in Amazon's history over the holidays, selling an estimated 8 million units last year. The Kindle is a very different device which appeals to ...
5. Google Adds New TV Partner 1 hour ago permalinkGoogle has added Vizio as its first TV partner in the new year, joining Sony and Logitech. The official Google TV Blog offers more details. “We're kicking off the year with a new partner, Vizio, a leading TV maker in the U.S.” “ Vizio is making a new line of TVs and a Blu-ray player incorporating Google TV that will hit shelves ...
6. API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends 31 minutes ago permalinkWas 2010 the year of the API? Some have claimed this each of the last five years, with the next always eclipsing the previous. There were 1,019 new APIs added to our API directory in 2010, two times the number added in 2009. Greater trends on the web are being played out, as social APIs were the most popular and the influence of mobile is clear.
7. Austin Ventures 17 minutes ago permalinkAustin Ventures has worked with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies for nearly twenty-five years. With $3.9 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital and growth equity firm in Texas. With an investment focus on business services and supply chain, financial services, media and information services, software and ...
8. MyFacture lève 1 million d’euros et vise à se déployer sur les plateformes mobiles 1 hour ago permalinkIl y aura bientôt un an que j'écris pour TechCrunch et c'est la toute première fois que j'ai l'occasion de parler d'une startup rochelaise ! De plus, il s'agit de la première levée de fonds annoncée sur TCFR en 2011 (la signature a été faite le 29 décembre 2010). Lancée officiellement en janvier 2010, c'est MyFacture qui vient de ...
9. Gran Turismo em S.Paulo 5 hours ago permalinkA derradeira fronteira de um videojogo é trazê-lo para a realidade. Para o lançamento do jogo Gran Turismo 5 no Brasil, o título, que já vendeu mais de 60 milhões de unidades em todo o mundo, simulou a ultrapassagem dessa fronteira. Os carros do jogo, kittados e decorados como se circulassem dentro das pistas virtuais, passearam pelas ruas ...
10. Facing Threat From WikiLeaks, Bank Plays Defense 3 hours ago permalinkBy the time the conference call ended, it was nearly midnight at Bank of America’s headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., but the bank’s counterespionage work was only just beginning. 11. BitTorrent Hits 100M Active Monthly Users, 400K Client Downloads Per Day 3 hours ago permalinkBitTorrent seems to be growing like a weed - the company just announced that it's hit 100 million monthly users of its software, the BitTorrent Mainline client and µTorrent . That's up from 80 million monthly users most recently. The company also revealed that it has over 20 million daily active users, over 400,000 daily client downloads, and ... 12. Why Being Grossed Out is Good for You 4 hours ago permalinkMaggots. Rotten meat. Pus-oozing sores. Grossed out yet? Probably. And a good thing, too. Just as fear protects us from a lion that would eat us disgust keeps us away from tiny little animals that would kill us. 13. Six Ways Organic Search Can Make You Smarter About Your Business 4 hours ago permalinkIn an Internet business environment that expects immediate results, online marketers have overlooked the power of SEO, or organic search, as a top revenue-generating channel. It can also teach you how to run your business in a smarter way. 14. How and Why I Still Devour Blogs 5 hours ago permalinkHow and Why I Still Devour Blogs This content from: Duct Tape Marketing How and Why I Still Devour BlogsThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing 2011 marks my eighth year of blogging. In that time I’ve logged over 2500 blog posts, acquired around 143,000 subscribers and had this blog named by the likes of Forbes magazine as their favorite ... 15. New year bug hits French texters 5 hours ago permalinkA bug hits French mobile phone customers, prompting some to send dozens of unintended new year messages. 16. King Tut's Wife's Tomb May Emerge in 2011 6 hours ago permalinkZahi Hawass talks to Discovery News about what he's hoping to find in the shifting Egyptian sands this year. 17. Internet Marketing 2011 : l’encyclopédie du web marketing 7 hours ago permalinkIl est rare que sur Techcrunch France nous vous proposions de gagner autre chose que des places pour des évènements. Mais voici une occasion qu'on ne pourrait manquer. L' EBG (pour Electronic Business Group) vient de publier Internet Marketing 2011 , soit la 7ème édition de leur "Petit Livre Rouge du marketing intéractif" rebaptisé ... 18. Monday morning fever 9 hours ago permalinkEn 2011, je m’intéresse un peu aux Bee Gees, principalement par le biais de reprises vraiment réussies de certains de leurs morceaux, notamment Words par Elvis et To love somebody par Billy Corgan & Robert Smith, parue voici quelques années. Je n’ai jamais pu encadrer leurs tronches de cake, pas plus que je ne suis ... 19. Rivals to the iPad Say This Is the Year 12 hours ago permalinkSteven Ballmer, chief of Microsoft, showed off the company’s slate PC during his keynote speech at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas last year. He may do much the same at the industry show this week. 20. 3-D Wrinkle for Portable Gaming 14 hours ago permalinkFor video game fans, carrying around a portable game player from Sony or Nintendo has become less of a necessity now that they can play games on their increasingly sophisticated smartphones. But in 2011, the game-gadget makers are intent on working their way back into the world’s pockets. |
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