CrunchWeek: Foursquare Splits Into Two Apps, Facebook f8, Twitter Stock Sinks To New Lows
Most of the TechCrunch team has converged in New York City in advance of our annual Disrupt NY conference. So in this episode of CrunchWeek, we’re out of the TCTV studio and in a room at the historic New Yorker hotel, adjacent to where the Disrupt NY Hackathon is set to begin in less than 24 hours. If you pay close attention, you might just sense the spirit of former New Yorker resident… Read More-
With IPO Hopes Fading, Square And Box Face Reality Of Commodity Products
Square and Box would seem to be the very epitome of every startup founder’s dream of reaching the pinnacle of entrepreneurial success. Take a kernel of an idea and turn it into a massive, multi-billion-dollar company that publicly debuts in an IPO. For the founders involved, the exhilaration and elation of that drive to the top must be deeply palpable, and at times it probably seems as though… Read More -
Ugggghhhhhh
At a time when Silicon Valley is facing increasing scrutiny over the treatment of women in technology, there emerges a website called Codebabes.com, where, as you may have already heard, involves women stripping as you learn to code and pass online tests. Yes, seriously. People have tried it and posted their results. To which I have to say only this: what in the actual f@ck. Read More -
Facebook Promotes VP Of Product Chris Cox To Chief Product Officer, But No Organizational Change
Chris Cox helped invent News Feed and devised Facebook's "Social By Design" strategy, so now the company is recognizing his critical contributions by promoting the VP Of Product to Chief Product Officer. The new title won't come with any organizational change, but cements the 31-year-old Cox as a leader of Facebook alongside COO Sheryl Sandberg. Mark Zuckerberg delivered the news to the company… Read More -
Apple Acquires Power Efficient LED Tech Company LuxVue
Apple has acquired LuxVue Technology, a stealthy company that had been working on micro-LED, screen technologies, we've heard from sources close to the transaction. The company had raised $43 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, iD Ventures America and others. Apple has given us a statement which reads "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss… Read More -
Google Buys Rangespan To Add Big Data Inventory Management To Google Shopping
Google has made another move to build out its e-commerce business, and specifically its retail portal Google Shopping. It has acquired Rangespan, a London-based provider of back office services for online retailers, using data science to help them expand their product selection based on real-time sales dynamics. The company is based out of London, making this the third acquisition for Google out… Read More
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Happy Birthday, BASIC
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Everything Facebook Launched At f8 And Why
This year's f8 didn't see comedian Andy Sandberg bumbling around on stage parodying Mark Zuckerberg. And that was smart, because Facebook is no joke to the millions of developers that earn their livelihoods on the social network. Instead, f8 focused on washing away the perception of Facebook's platform as unpredictable for developers and giving them new ways to grow their apps and make money. Read More -
Apple Patents MacBook Keys With Built-In Displays, Touch Sensors And Haptic Feedback
Apple may be planning a big upgrade for the standard computer keyboard, according to a new patent filing published by the USPTO and spotted by AppleInsider today. The filing describes a notebook keyboard that has keys which integrate miniature displays, touch sensors and haptic feedback motors all into a single small package, making it possible to give future MacBooks highly customizable keyboards… Read More -
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