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5 The Era Of The Porn Superstar Might Be Coming (Hah!) To A End
TechCrunch. published 14 days agoThe Internet is a lot like the American Dream. It's this huge opportunity for anyone who wants to make something of themselves — a nearly ubiquitous platform to showcase skills and talents. Yet, it is so incredibly saturated with people trying to do exactly the same thing that the opportunity gets smaller and smaller, shrinking to the size of a pin point as more people hop online. Countless industries ...
3 How to Publish Your MobileMe iWeb Site on Dropbox
PCWorld. published 15 days agoDropbox's ability to let you easily share files on the Internet makes it possible for you to host Web pages as well.
3 Apple files claim to “iPhone5.com” with World Intellectual Property Organization
VentureBeat. published 14 days agoApple is attempting to take control of the iPhone5.com domain, according to a claim filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization. Fusible spotted the domain claim today under case number D2012-0951. The decision on the case remains “active.” Currently, iPhone5.com …
3 Backed By Mark Cuban, WhiteyBoard Launches v2 Of Its Paint That Turns Walls Into Whiteboards
TechCrunch. published 3 days agoTwo years ago, WhiteyBoard founders Saachi Cywinski, Sherwin Kim and Jason Wilk set out to re-think those clunky, inflexible whiteboards found in classrooms and offices around the country. They developed a portable, flexible alternative: An inexpensive, "instant" plastic board that weighs less than two pounds and adheres to any surface without screws. Wilk tells us that WhiteyPaint has since ...
3 Facebook to Go Public May 18
DailyTech. published 18 days agoFacebook will list its stock under the ticker symbol "FB" on NASDAQ
3 Facebook Says Haters Gonna Hate, Likers Gonna Like
TechCrunch. published 3 days agoFacebook knows what's best for you, sometimes before you do. That's the meaning of a new "Likers Gonna Like" inspirational mini-poster printed by the Facebook Toronto Office. If you don't approve of something Facebook's doing, fine, there's millions of other people who do. And just as with the launch of the news feed, if you hate some change to the Facebook interface, wait a few months, and you ...
3 Yahoo’s Fall From Grace, By the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
Inc.. published 12 days agoLast month, we looked at Google’s amazing growth over the last few years. This month, a sadder tale. Yahoo, a darling of the dot-com era, has ha…
3 Pandora surpasses 150M registered users, all of them in the U.S.
Inc.. published 12 days agoOnline radio service Pandora has surpassed 150 million registered users, the company announced today at CTIA conference in New Orleans. Pandora CEO and President Joe Kennedy spoke today on the main stage at CTIA. While most of his talk covered …
3 Six Good Reasons to Try GIMP 2.8
PCWorld. published 16 days agoIn a major update, several long-awaited features give this free and open source PhotoShop alternative a significant boost.
3 SF Climates iOS App Offers Neighborhood Specific Weather Reports
TechCrunch. published 14 days agoAs a resident of NYC, I find little use for the SF Climates iOS app that all of my San Francisco-based friends (read: social media whores) are boasting over today. But a lot of you do live there, so you might find it useful. Let's say you live in the Marina and for some reason need to go to the Dogpatch or vice versa but you're unsure what the weather is like. Or maybe the grit of the Mission ...
3 Facebook buys Glancee, another app to beef up its mobile side
VentureBeat. published 15 days agoWe’re guessing the pricetag on this deal was slightly less than the $1 billion it paid for Instagram, but Facebook has indeed bought up Italian startup Glancee. Glancee is an iPhone and Android app that “helps you discover and connect …
2 How to hire the best talent in the world
Inc.. published 12 days agoGuest Post What are the chances that the ideal people for your business live within commuting distance? And even if they did, could you actually find, attract, and afford them, given that great talent has countless options? Traditional hiring is extremely painful. …
2 Oracle-Google Jury Mulls Verdict Over Android Patent
PCWorld. published 15 days agoThe jury reaches a partial verdict in the copyright phase of Oracle's intellectual property dispute with Google, and gets another day to resolve the remaining issue.
2 Firefox 13 Gets "Reset" Button
Forbes - Technology. published 3 days agoMozilla has introduced a new feature into the Firefox 13 betas called Reset Firefox which allows users to reset browser settings while retaining personal data.
2 Facebook disappoints on its opening day, closing down $4 from where it opened
VentureBeat. published 2 days agoAt the end of Facebook’s first day of public trading, shares were selling for around 9.5 percent less than their opening price. By the time the closing bell rang, the stock ticker symbol FB sat at $38.06 according to NASDAQ’s …
2 Social Media Is No Joke at This Year’s Comedy Awards
Mashable. published 14 days agoThe Comedy Awards is the baby of the awards show ceremonies — only two years old. But the show’s huge digital and social presence ke…
2 Facebook's nice-to-have problem: All that money
MSNBC - Business. published about 10 hours agoLast month, Mark Zuckerberg unilaterally decided to shell out $1 billion for Instagram, a social network based on mobile photos. As of Friday, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg now has even more money to throw around.
2 TC/Gadgets Webcast: Live From Disrupt NYC
TechCrunch. published about 5 hours agoThis week we recorded live from the show floor at Disrupt NYC. We sat through 24 hours straight of hot-rod hacking at the Hackathon and now we're preparing for the main show and, most important, the brand new Hardware Alley where we'll have loads of great hardware start-ups for you guys to check out.
2 How To Raise A $1M Seed Round
TechCrunch. published 7 days agoWhen I talk to my friends who are not currently at startups, or the Silicon Valley, the perception is that VCs and individual investors are throwing around investment dollars like drunken sailors. Outsiders think that there is a bubble, and that any company with two engineers and an idea will get funded (though there is some truth to that in certain cases). The reality is, competition has never ...
2 China Approves Google Acquisition of Motorola Mobility
PCWorld. published 1 day agoChinese regulatory authorities have approved Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, paving the way for the deal to close within the week, company officials...
2 75 Days Post-Lauch, NoshList’s Waitlisting App For Restaurants Hits 1 Million Diners Seated
Inc.. published 12 days agoNoshList, the new waitlisting application for restaurants out of Firespotter Labs, the makers of the food photo-sharing app Nosh (and, as you may recall, the awesome SoLoMo spoof app Jotly), is announcing today that it has now hit 1 million seated since the app's debut in February of this year. According to company CEO Craig Walker, the fast uptake for the iPad app by those in the industry has ...
2 From A Disrupt Win To $18M In Funding And 4M+ Downloads, Soluto Tells All
TechCrunch. published about 5 hours agoDisrupt NYC 2012 begins in approximately 12 hours (tickets here). But it's been two years since Soluto, the software that will make your computer simply run better, took home the Disrupt Cup at the TC Disrupt NYC Battlefield in 2010. The company entered the competition with a total of $7.8 million, and after walking away with the $50,000 round, secured another $10.2 million in Series B from Index ...
2 Think You Deserve To Be Called a CEO?
TechCrunch. published 14 days agoCongratulations. You’re the CEO of a startup. You’re doing the hardest job in business. You’ve raised money from venture capitalists and turned down better-paying jobs elsewhere. You’ve mastered complicated things such as capitalization tables and common things, such as payroll. You’ve fought with competitors, coworkers, friends and even yourself without losing your way or your wits. You’ve inspired ...
2 Pinterest raises $100 million, lifting its value to $1.5 billion
L.A. Times - Business. published 3 days agoJapanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc. leads the fundraising for Pinterest, the virtual scrapbooking social network.Social media start-up Pinterest has raised $100 million in a recent financing round led by a Japanese online retailer, increasing the estimated value of the virtual scrapbooking company to $1.5 billion.
2 iPad Mini Draws Strong Consumer Interest
PCWorld. published 14 days agoOne in two would consider buying a smaller version of Apple's popular tablet if the price were right, survey reveals.
2 Crowdsourcing Game Helps Diagnose Infectious Diseases
PCWorld. published 16 days agoThe free game assumes groups of non-experts can learn to recognize microscopic images of infectious disease cells with the accuracy of trained pathologists.
2 Behind the Launch: How to Court Startup Investors
Mashable. published 6 days agoIn Mashable‘s new video series, Behind the Launch, we’re taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising s…
2 20 Mouthwatering Instagram Pics [FOOD PORN]
Mashable. published 15 days agoThe Best of Instagram Series is presented by T-Mobile. Its 4G Tweet Race, a week-long campaign launching May 3, pits Twitter users against one a…
2 Stock image service Shutterstock files $115M IPO
VentureBeat. published 6 days agoShutterstock, a stock photography service, filed paperwork today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering worth $115 million. Shutterstock’s service provides organizations with royalty-free stock images and photography that can be used for advertisements, artwork, …
1 Here’s how much WE would pay for Facebook stock
VentureBeat. published 15 days agoWhat a week is has been. Here’s what we’re covering in the weekly roundup: Facebook shares were given their starting price range; we go into detail about how much we’d each pay for a single share — and when we’d …
1 Ross Levinsohn's Yahoo Plan: Back to the Future
AllThingsD. published 7 days agoWant to figure out what Yahoo's new boss wants to do with the company? Look back at what he did last year.
1 Meet the Facebook Mafia
Inc.. published 6 days agoThe upcoming IPO will make current and former Facebookers worth billions. Watch out for the next generation of Silicon Valley start-up bosses.You probably already know about the PayPal Mafia—the influential and wealthy group of former PayPal executives that spawned many of Web 2.0's biggest hits. But soon, there may be a new generation of Silicon Valley start-up bosses in town. When Facebook ...
1 Want Facebook Shares? HK’s 8 Securities Offers $200 Of Them If You Join Its Trading Platform
TechCrunch. published 3 days agoWith Facebook announcing its ballsy stock price of $38 yesterday and all eyes now on what will happen with the social network when it finally goes public today, a new trading platform in Hong Kong, 8 Securities, is seizing the moment to boost its own profile by offering customers US$200 of Facebook shares if they sign up to trade on 8 Securities' trading platform in the next month. The offer indirectly ...
1 Who’s buying Facebook stock? Experts put their money where their mouths are
VentureBeat. published 3 days agoWe’ve spent hours talking to and corresponding with analysts and VCs about the Facebook IPO over the past few days, and we couldn’t resist asking each of them a rather personal question: Expert commentary aside, would they, themselves, be buying …
1 Peter Bentley: Learning to Be a Borg
HuffingtonPost - Science. published 2 days agoThere's nothing like a bit of brain control to make people excited. They want to bring the benefits of mind-control to everyone. No more tapping on keyboards or moving mice. But for those of us lucky enough to have full control of our limbs and senses -- let's use them.
1 Is it illegal to record and post noisy neighbors having sex?
MSNBC - Technology. published 2 days agoA Reddit user who shared a friend's solution for noisy neighbors having sex attracted almost 2,000 comments. To teach the loud lovers a lesson, the friend recorded the cries of passion, uploaded the recording to the Internet, then wrote a note telling them exactly what happened.
1 This City Never Sleeps, And Neither Do The Hackers
TechCrunch. published about 23 hours agoIt's midnight. The city is alive with Saturday night fever, and Pier 94 is just as awake, and perhaps a bit more drunk. Tequila shots (and plenty of beers) are flowing, along with Red Bull, Mountain Dew, and Energy Bites. In other words, this place is like one giant vat of FourLoko, topped with a sprinkling of coders.
1 Mark Zuckerberg's $10 Billion Bet on the Sanctity of Marriage
Forbes - Technology. published about 14 hours agoThere's been much chatter about the sanctity of marriage lately, from the presidential campaign trail to the kitchen table, but yesterday Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg put his money where his mouth is. Ten billion dollars worth.
1 Researchers Use Diamonds to Boost Computer Memory
PCWorld. published 16 days agoIBM and others are already developing solid-state chip technology using phase-change memory, which IBM says can sustain up to 5 million write cycles.
1 Paul Carr’s NSFWCorp Web Publication Launches To Much Fanfare
Inc.. published 12 days agoFormer TC'er Paul Carr's latest venture, called NSFWCorp, has launched into private beta. It's a weekly news magazine dubbed as the "the Economist as written by ‘The Daily Show’" and will be available for $26 a year or "two bucks a month." What's particularly interesting, however, is how the company is offering initial subscriptions using a clever sponsor model. If you join the waiting list now ...
1 Garage fire tempers Maldonado's first F1 win
ESPN. published 7 days agoPastor Maldonado held off Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, giving Williams its first Formula One victory in eight years.
1 Groupon soars in short-cover rally before earnings
Reuters - Business. published 6 days ago(Reuters) - Groupon Inc shares surged more than 20 percent at one point on Monday in a short-covering rally as traders scrambled to close bearish bets ahead of the daily deal company's first-quarter results, due after the closing bell.
1 Facebook's Zuckerberg opens Wall Street by ringing Nasdaq bell
L.A. Times - Business. published 3 days agoNEW YORK -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg rang the Nasdaq's opening bell from Menlo Park, Calif., heralding the start of Wall Street trading and the social networking juggernaut's public debut.
1 Zynga, LinkedIn, Yelp All Down After Facebook IPO Debut
Mashable. published 2 days agoFacebook‘s long-awaited IPO appears to have dragged down other social media stocks. A few minutes after Facebook’s shares started tr…
1 Chicago protests on eve of NATO summit raucous, peaceful
Reuters - Politics. published about 22 hours agoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators staged raucous protests against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's budget cuts and other economic issues on the eve of the NATO summit, but police said there were few arrests and only minor clashes.
1 What to look for at the NATO summit
The Seattle Times - Politics. published about 10 hours agoA look at the main issues for the NATO alliance at the summit meeting for heads of government in Chicago on Sunday and Monday.
1 U.S. and China Team Up to Stop Cyberattacks
Inc.. published 12 days agoIn an unexpected announcement, the U.S. and China have announced they will be working together on matters of cybersecurity, despite many cyberse…
1 A Few Clues to What New Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn Will Do
Forbes - Technology. published 7 days agoAll eyes and ears are now fixed on Ross Levinsohn, interim CEO of Yahoo with the departure of Yahoo-CEO-of-the-month Scott Thompson. I had some suggestions for what he should do. But in the likely absence of near-term comments from the new top dog beyond a content-free memo to employees, here are some clues to his intentions for Yahoo, from an interview with John Battelle at last October's ...
1 Zuckerberg Will Ring In Facebook IPO From Menlo Park HQ On Friday
TechCrunch. published 6 days agoHe's not taking off the hoodie, and he's not going to NYC. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Facebook will IPO on Friday with CEO Mark Zuckerberg ringing the NASDAQ bell remotely from his company's new Menlo Park headquarters. This follows the trend of companies like Zynga who also rung the IPO bell from their home base rather than New York. CNBC tweeted the news this morning and we've ...
1 Ultra-Targeted Advertising: Man Uses Pandora For Marriage Proposal
TechCrunch. published 5 days agoWhen I was younger, my parents liked to listen to the big soft rock stations in Los Angeles. Once in a while, the sappy love songs would be interrupted by an emotional song dedication from a boy/girlfriend to their significant other. It was awkward, but also kind of beautiful. But mostly awkward. Now it sounds like Pandora has made an impressive gesture toward keeping that tradition alive, while ...
1 How Facebook is friendly to its employees
MSNBC - Business. published 2 days agoIf you just bought shares in Facebook or are considering doing so, you probably want to know what the company is doing to keep its employees happy.
1 Facebook Opens at $42, Valued at $116.6 Billion
Mashable. published 2 days agoFacebook shares started trading at $42 a share on Nasdaq around 11:30 a.m. Friday morning under the symbol “FB.” The company’…
1 Facebook Acquires Karma
Fast Company. published 2 days agoNews updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Because simply having the largest IPO in U.S. history isn't enough for Facebook, the social network also went shopping. The social gifting mobile app called Karma is announcing that it has been acquired by Facebook. The company's cofounders, including Lee Linden, one of Fast Company's Most Creative People of 2012, says that the app will continue ...
1 China Finally OKs Google’s Acquisition Of Motorola Mobility
TechCrunch. published 1 day agoIt's been just over nine months since Google announced their intentions to acquire hardware manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, and now it seems that the final pieces of the deal have fallen into place. According to a new report from the Associated Press, Chinese officials have finally given the Google-Motorola deal their blessing.
1 Woz Signs on to Consult for Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie
PCWorld. published about 8 hours agoOscar winner for "The Social Network" says the Jobs film won't be a straightforward biography, and co-founder Wozniak will serve as tutor.
1 Google Translate Beat Boxes When You Type This Gibberish
Mashable. published 14 days agoFrom “do a barrel roll” to “let it snow,” Google’s been known to have some whimsical tricks up its sleeves. Now, y…
1 Motorola Bleeds More Cash as it Waits for Google to Save It
DailyTech. published 18 days agoCompetition has not been kind; Motorola struggles to keep pace with Apple and Samsung
1 Warren Buffett Says He May Buy More Newspapers
AllThingsD. published 15 days agoBerkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett, who owns the Buffalo News, the Omaha World-Herald and a big chunk of the Washington Post, told shareholders today that he may buy more newspapers. "I think there is a future for newspapers that exist in an area where there is a sense of community," he said. "I think the economics will be ok, but it will be nothing like the old days."
1 Prometheus, Dark Souls, And Storytelling In Video Games Vs. Film
Forbes - Technology. published 7 days agoAlyssa Rosenberg flags a fascinating interview over at io9 with Prometheus screenwriter Jon Spaihts.
1 Zuckerberg's hoodie: An investor concern?
CNN - Technology. published 6 days agoHenry Blodget and Ali Velshi discuss Mark Zuckerberg's decision to skip investor meetings and court Wall Street while wearing a hoodie.
1 Report: Steve Jobs 'worked closely' on new iPhone design
MSNBC - Technology. published 3 days agoWe've heard that late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs may have been working until the day before his death, but now a report tell us just what he was focused on: A new iPhone design.
1 Facebook Losing Its Monopoly on Users [REPORT]
Mashable. published 2 days agoAs Facebook becomes a public company Friday, trading at $42 per share and valued at $116.6 billion, new data suggests the company’s social…
1 3D Printer Trading Cards
TechCrunch. published 2 days agoWhile, arguably, you’re not going to convince many kids to give up their Topps or Pokemon cards for these things, it’s nice to know they exist. They’re 3D Printer trading cards featuring some of the best 3D printers in the world. You got your Makerbot Replicator, your UP! Printer, and your Printrbot Plus. You got stats on there, a little trivia, some pricing information and then ...
1 The Disrupt NYC Hackathon: We’re 8 Hours In
TechCrunch. published 1 day agoThere's a strong murmur in the room with random spurts of excitement. Hackers and coders have teamed up and mostly (hopefully) decided on a project. There are only 15 hours left. But night is approaching. That's when things tend to get loopy thanks to the sudden influx of food and beer. So far the event has been fantastic. There's a 3:2 ratio of Macs vs PCs. Epic t-shirts are everywhere. Caffeine ...
1 Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion Stock Sale Deal
AllThingsD. published about 4 hours agoAs AllThingsD.com reported several days ago they would, Yahoo and Alibaba Group have finally officially agreed to a deal for the Silicon Valley Internet giant to sell back half its stake in the Chinese Web company in a $7 billion deal. The taxable share sale agreement, which has been approved by both boards, is part [...]
1 With A Talent War In The Valley, Perhaps Romania Has The Answers?
TechCrunch. published 15 days agoToday, in 2012, there is a talent war like no other. The Valley is abuzz with a hiring frenzy. Startups can't compete with Yammer, Zynga, Twitter, Facebook and the rest for developers. Perhaps the answer is to look elsewhere? To countries where the old Soviet education system produced maths and science graduates by the truckload? To Kiev, Belgrade, Slovenia and others? And perhaps to Romania ...
1 E-readers: Turning the page
The Economist. published 17 days agoLAST July Barnes & Noble gave a presentation to the antitrust division of America’s Department of Justice. In slide after slide, the bookseller laid into Microsoft. The software giant, it thundered, was guilty of “anti-competitive behaviour” in demanding royalties from makers of mobile devices (such as the Nook, Barnes & Noble’s e-reader) that used Android, Google’s open-source mobile operating ...
1 Kindle Fire Sales Didn't Collapse in The First Quarter of 2012, Research Group Says
PCWorld. published 16 days agoThe media misread the data, an NDC analyst explains.
1 Fowler finishes strong, fails to pressure Kuchar
The Seattle Times - Sports. published 7 days agoRickie Fowler nearly made things interesting at The Players Championship.
1 In-flight cell service to make Virgin Atlantic trips 10X more annoying
VentureBeat. published 6 days ago“Can you hear me now? Oh, sorry about all that noise, I’m flying!” Prepare to hear conversations like this, as Virgin Atlantic will soon offer in-air cell phone service on flights from London to New York and eventually 10 other …
1 HTC One X Android Phone, $129
PCWorld. published 5 days agoAmazonWireless is selling the brand-new HTC One X smartphone for only $129, offer good for existing and new AT&T subscribers.
1 Kayak Hoping to Ride the IPO Wave?
AllThingsD. published 3 days agoWhat will be the next tech company to go public after Facebook? That's an easy one: Kayak.com.
1 Stock market falls as Facebook makes shaky debut
MSNBC - Business. published 2 days agoStocks fell on Friday as Facebook made a shaky debut and finished its first day of trading little changed from its IPO price. Broad market indexes were sharply lower as turned cautious before leaders of the Group of Eight nations met to dicsuss the eurozone debt crisis.
1 Gillmor Gang: Don’t Click Here
TechCrunch. published 1 day agoThe Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Gabe Rivera, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — play toe jam football in the shadow of the Facebook IPO. Try as we might, we can't shake the weight of Facebook's dominance of Techmeme and maybe the fate of the global economy. Greece, move over. @gaberivera joins near the 30 minute mark. @scobleizer tries a reverse Statue of Liberty play around the ...
1 Corporate lobbying: The Chamber of Secrets
The Economist. published about 1 month agoAMERICA’S first chamber of commerce was founded in Charleston in 1773, but it was not until April 22nd 1912 that business found a national voice. At the urging of President William Howard Taft, the Chamber of Commerce of the USA was established by a gathering of 700 delegates from 44 states, representing 324 voluntary organisations, in a Washington hotel. Taft turned the meeting ...
1 Foursquare Rolls Out Searchable User History Pages
AllThingsD. published 16 days agoIn a move reminiscent of Facebook's revamped timeline pages, Foursquare rolled out an expanded check-in history page on Friday. Users can now sort through their past locations visited via the Web interface, and can also filter the search history based on who they were with and the type of establishments visited.
1 A Top Employee Quit: 5 Lessons Learned
Inc.. published 6 days agoSpend time recruiting the right people. Then spend just as much time making sure you keep them.When an employee leaves Beryl Health--voluntarily or involuntarily--I generally believe it's the right thing for both parties. But when we recently lost one of our top project managers--a stand-out employee, and someone I thought would stay much longer--it got me thinking about what we could have been ...
1 Nvidia Unveils Next Generation Kepler GPU Compute Engine
PCWorld. published 5 days agoNvidia touts massive improvement in performance in its latest Tesla GPU compute products, including an upcoming 7.1 billion transistor monster GPU compute engine
1 Source: Cubs pitcher Wood to retire Friday
ESPN. published 3 days agoChicago Cubs' Kerry Wood retiring on Friday, according to a source.
1 HP Reportedly Will Cut 25,000 Jobs
PCWorld. published 2 days agoCompany won't comment on reports as CEO Whitman visits customers and HP prepares to announce its quarterly financials this month.
1 Romney warns economy is on ''path of California''
Reuters - Politics. published 2 days agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warned on Friday that the U.S. economy faced a huge fiscal hole and high taxes like the state of California if he did not win November's election against President Barack Obama.
1 Microsoft silently launches So.cl, its attempt at a social networking site
VentureBeat. published about 9 hours agoMicrosoft has officially launched an “experimental” social networking site called So.cl, which combines facets of social networking, search, and media sharing with a user interface resembling Google+. When we last heard about it, So.cl (pronounced “Social”) was being billed as …
1 How Android Developers Can Thrive With Google Play
TechCrunch. published about 5 hours agoApple’s planned phase-out of the UDID has introduced considerable angst in the app marketing community. The UDID provides a standard, widely supported method for attributing performance of advertising campaigns. Unfortunately, there’s no single solution to replace the UDID and it appears the iOS market is fragmenting, with multiple technologies vying for developer attention. This is making it difficult ...
1 Disney Pairs RFID Chips, iPads for FastPass Update
PCWorld. published 14 days agoGuests can test the new system, which involves FastPass cards containing RFID chips, with cast members tracking traffic via iPad.
1 Twitter Users Employ WWII Hashtag to Skirt French Election Law [VIDEO]
Mashable. published 14 days agoSocialist challenger François Hollande unseated Nicolas Sarkozy in the French presidential election Sunday, making Sarkozy the first French pre…
1 AT&T CEO: “My only regret” was unlimited data
VentureBeat. published 16 days agoRegrets? We’ve all had a few. But AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said his big whoopsie was offering an unlimited data package for AT&T customers. “My only regret was how we introduced pricing … Thirty dollars, and you get all you …
1 Kings rely on King's 2 goals for Game 1 victory
ESPN. published 7 days agoDwight King scored his second goal of the game into an empty net and the Los Angeles Kings opened the Western Conference finals with a 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday night to remain unbeaten on the road in the playoffs.
1 11 productivity tips from successful entrepreneurs
VentureBeat. published 6 days agoWhen everything’s a priority, how do you maximize your productivity and continue getting things done? We asked eleven entrepreneurs about their strategies for staying on top of mounting piles of work, focusing on what’s important, and otherwise holding on to …
1 'Battleship' hits more than it misses
MSNBC - Entertainment. published 3 days agoIf you're willing to engage your summer-movie brain, and to cheer aloud at lines like "We've got a battleship!" and "I need to borrow your boat," "Battleship" is a hoot.
1 Facebook IPO: A festive morning at Menlo Park
L.A. Times - Technology. published 2 days agoThe big day for Facebook Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg has come. On Friday morning as the sun rose on the trading day in Menlo Park, Calif., about 2,000 Facebook workers were gathered at the campus preparing for the company's debut on the Nasdaq exchange.
1 5 Fascinating Things We Learned From Reddit This Week
Mashable. published about 8 hours agoReddit often gets a lot of flack. Under all of the chatter, upcoming memes and viral videos, there are tons of conversations that share at least one n…
1 SpaceX To Attempt A Second Launch On Tuesday, May 22
TechCrunch. published about 11 hours agoSpaceX and Elon Musk will not be held from the history books. Last night the company announced that engineers were currently replacing a faulty valve on engine #5, and if successful pending a data review today, the company would attempt a second launch on Tuesday, May 22nd. This comes as SpaceX's maiden voyage to the International Space Station was cut a half second short by an automated safety ...
1 FBI Wants Wiretap-Ready Social Networks Soon [VIDEO]
Mashable. published 14 days agoThe Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to make Facebook and other social networks easier to use for spying on suspected criminals — and…
1 Votto's walk-off slam, three homers lift Reds
ESPN. published 7 days agoJoey Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for his third home run of the game, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a rain-delayed 9-6 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
1 Here’s What Could Kill Facebook
TechCrunch. published 5 days agoFacebook has nearly a billion users today, so what could topple the blue giant? Government intervention, the shift to mobile, and a loss of "cool" all have the power to violently disrupt Facebook, or at least see it lose its iron grip on social networking. Here's a look at the four things that could ruin Mark Zuckerberg's dream of a single site that connects the world.
1 Facebook expands IPO size, aims for $15 billion: source
Reuters - Technology. published 5 days agoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is increasing the size of its IPO by 85 million shares to about 422 million, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, raising more than $15 billion in Silicon Valley's largest market debut.
1 Woot! A $200 32GB HP TouchPad
TechCrunch. published 3 days agoYeah, it's not $99 and it's refurbished but it's still a TouchPad. The tablet was once heralded as an iPad killer. Now, I'm not sure if it could even kill a Notion Ink Adam in a head-to-head sales battle. But still, thanks to an honestly smart move from HP, the TouchPad and webOS is valuable to some in the development community. But you better act fast like previous TouchPad offers. This deal ...
1 Enough on Facebook! Buy Google or Apple
CNN - Business. published 2 days agoFacebook is finally trading. And even though the stock didn't explode out of the gate, the company is still worth more than $100 billion. It shouldn't be.
1 The Art Of Expression: T-Shirts Of The Disrupt NYC 2012 Hackathon
TechCrunch. published 1 day agoHackers aren't necessarily known for their fashion sense. Most of the time, a t-shirt and jeans is as far as it goes. But there are certain circumstances in which it's clear that hackers pay a little extra attention after rolling out of bed in the morning. The TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon is one of those instances, but that doesn't mean that the go-to jeans and T have been abandoned. Even better ...
1 Introducing Our 2012 Disrupt NYC Hackathon Winners: Thingscription, PoachBase, And Practikhan!
TechCrunch. published about 9 hours agoAfter nearly 24 hours of fighting fatigue and crafting code, our Disrupt NY 2012 Hackathon is finally drawing to a close. Not a moment too soon -- I think some of our hackers are about ready to keel over at this point. Nevertheless, we just got an eyeful of 92 projects that our wonderful hackers have been slaving away on through the night, but there are only three teams will be able to show off ...