Accel Backs Brazilian Social Local Reviews Site Kekanto

<a href="http://br.kekanto.com/">Kekanto</a>, an Yelp-like local guide and site in Brazil, has raised a undisclosed amount of Series A funding led by Accel Partners with Kaszek Ventures participating.

Robin Williams Blows Your Siri Impression Out Of The Water

If you've already seen this, watch it again. Here's veteran comedian Robin Williams on the <a href="http://ellen.warnerbros.com/">Ellen Show</a> talking about "the new future" and bringing up the tech

Social-Mobile Game Developer Funzio Aims Its New Title, Modern War, At iOS

Funzio has managed to make hit versions of its first game, Crime City, for both Facebook and iOS devices. That's a rare feat for any company, especially such a small one. Now it's trying again with a

Path And Jawbone UP Should Band Together

If you are lucky enough to own one of the <a href="http://jawbone.com/up/product">Jawbone UP bracelets</a> that doesn't <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5863822/jawbone-up-review-a-potentially-wonderful-th

The Narwhal Bacons On Your Phone: BaconReader Is A Reddit Reader For Android

Folks who use iOS devices can enjoy the fine, fresh flavor of <a HREF="https://techcrunch.com/tag/Reddit">Reddit</a> any time day or night with the official Reddit app. But what about Android users? W

MasterCard Backs And Partners With Mobile Banking Company mFoundry To Expand Reach Of NFC

After <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/13/mastercard-and-intel-partner-to-secure-and-simplify-online-and-nfc-payments/">announcing a new partnership</a> with Intel, MasterCard is revealing a ne

Startups, Investing, And Daily Deals: Five Questions With Mark Cuban

Some think <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban">Mark Cuban</a> is a genius, some think he's lucky. Either way, the guy has a knack for seeing value where others may not, for locating long

Walmart Launches Shopycat, A Social Gift Finder Built On Top Of Facebook

Retailing giant Walmart is launching its first-ever social gifting platform tonight, dubbed "<a href="http://www.facebook.com/shopycat">Shopycat</a>." The service, previously in beta, is initially ava

The First Ice Cream Sandwich Android Tablet Surfaces In China

Right now the only way to officially taste Ice Cream Sandwich on a device is on the Galaxy Nexus. Google stated that it would eventually hit tablets. Well, the wait is over. Somewhere in the bowels of

Source: Zynga Lowering IPO Valuation To $10 Billion Range, Due To Larger Economic Fears

Social game developer Zynga will start talking to potential public investors this Monday ahead of a mid-December IPO, according to reports earlier this week. The question is: how much will it be selli

TechCrunch Giveaway: Last Chance To Win A Ticket To LeWeb’11

LeWeb'11 is right around the corner. For those who do not know what LeWeb is -- it is Europe's number one tech event. This year they already have some amazing speakers lined up. Some of those include

More Than One Million Listings A Week Are Now Made Through eBay Mobile

It's no secret that eBay is <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/13/how-google-ebay-and-paypal-are-gearing-up-for-a-very-mobile-holiday-shopping-season/">pushing mobile</a> in a big way. Especially

Examination Of Privacy Policies Shows A Few Troubling Trends

A superficial comparison of privacy policies around the web by privacy service company <a href="http://www.truste.com/">TRUSTe </a>has produced a few interesting statistics. Of course the most interes

Index Ventures forth, bridging Silicon Valley with Silicon Roundabout

<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6430297689_1a668de086_z.jpg" alt="" /> Index Ventures is commonly regarded as once of the three "Big Cat" VCs stalking tech companies, in a pan-European s

Academia.edu Raises $4.5 Million To Help Researchers Share Their Scholarly Papers

<a href="http://www.academia.edu">Academia.edu</a>, a social network for researchers, is having a good year. In 2011 it's tripled its total registered userbase to 800,000, and today it's announcing so

Classic Gaming Mag And Site GamePro Buys The Farm

Gamers of the 8- and 16-bit generation will fondly remember GamePro, one of the leading publications covering and reviewing the growing games market during the console salad days of the 90s. But like

YouTube Analytics Slakes Your Thirst For Your Channel’s Viewing Stats

YouTube has upgraded its viewer demographics and video tracking tools and changed the name from Insight to Analytics. The changes should be rolling out to "everyone with a modern browser" today, thoug

Facebook Ups Character Limit to 60,000, Google+’s Is Still Bigger

There's a pissing contest going on. Google+ launched saying it has no character limit, though my tests show it stops publishing at 100,000. Surely unrelated, Facebook upped its limit from 500 to 5,000

Android Smartphone Round-Up: November Edition

Falling Leaves. Black Friday. And Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. These are the cornerstones of the month of November. Releasing new phones, however, is not. Unfortunately, this means that our Android

Nexus One Gets A Taste Of Ice Cream Sandwich Thanks To CM9

Google may have run out of love for the Nexus One <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/26/the-nexus-one-isnt-invited-to-the-ice-cream-sandwich-social/">as far as Ice Cream Sandwich is concerned,</a
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