A Tech Way Around “Creative Block”

<strong>Editor's note:</strong> <em>Alex Cornell is co-founder and creative director at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.firespotter.com">Firespotter Labs</a>, makers of ÜberConference, NoshList,

Klout Would Like Potential Employers To Consider Your Score Before Hiring You. And That’s Stupid.

Let's put it out there right now: I am personally not a fan of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/27/growing-its-influence-klout-gets-strategic-investment-from-microsoft-and-serious-bing-integrat

A Venture Capitalist’s E-Commerce Shopping List

<strong>Editor’s note:</strong> <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nvp.com/Team/Partners/Sergio%20Monsalve.aspx">Sergio Monsalve</a> is a Partner at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nvp.com"

Five Big Changes In The iOS 6 App Store (And What Developers Should Do)

Is the new iOS App Store a step forward or step back for mobile app developers, users, and the app economy overall? Some developers are complaining that since the introduction of the Chomp-inspired Ap

Canadian Internet Provider Rogers Experiencing Major, Prolonged Outage [Update: It’s Back!]

Canadian wireless and internet provider Rogers is currently experiencing a widespread, continued outage of services on both its cellular and cable home internet data networks, according to various use

Hate

It's a powerful thing, this Internet of ours. The greatest tool for the distribution of knowledge, the administration of compassion, and development of conversation ever created. And the events of thi

The Search For Minority Entrepreneurs Is Over — Now They Need To Be Ready For Investors

<strong>Editor’s note:</strong> <em>Wayne Sutton is the founder and CEO of <a target="_blank" href="http://pitchto.co/">PitchTo</a>, a mobile development lab that builds tools for investors to make

Kickstarter: Helios, An iPhone Telepresence Rig On A Budget

Another day, another iOS-based telepresence rig. The Helios is a tiny little two-wheeled car that drives around with your iPhone or Touch in the passenger seat, allowing you to move around a scene and

Facebook Updates Messenger For iOS With New Chat UI, iOS 6 And iPhone 5 Support

Facebook just launched a new version of its <a target="_blank" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facebook-messenger/id454638411?mt=8">Messenger app for iOS</a>. Messenger, the company's stand-alone

The Next Big E-Commerce Wave: Vertically Integrated Commerce

<strong>Editor's note: </strong><em>Boris Wertz</em><em> is the founder of </em><a target="_blank" href="http://versiononeventures.com/"><em>version one ventures</em></a><em>, and has invested in mor

Bootstrap’s Maintainers Leave Twitter For GitHub And Obvious Corp., Will Move It Into Its Own Organization

<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/index.html">Twitter's Bootstrap</a>, an open-source framework for quickly building web sites and apps, has been a massive success. It's eve

Should You Trust Your Gut? The Answer Is Yes.

<strong>Editor’s note: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/derekjandersen">Derek Andersen</a><em> is the founder of </em><a target="_blank" href="http://startupgrind.com/">Start

PSA For Win8 Devs: The Only Way To Distribute Your Metro Apps Is Through The Windows Store

Here is a reminder for developers who want to write apps for Windows 8's Metro mode (or whatever Microsoft prefers to call it these days): the only way to distribute your apps to consumers is through

Gillmor Gang: Platformicide

The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — watched in amazement as Twitter made good on its promise to hobble the core of its viral power adopt

Apple’s Maps Is A Black Eye, Nothing More

<em><strong>Editor's Note:</strong> Jim Dalrymple is a former Editor at Large at Macworld, and contributing expert on Apple-related topics on CNN, Fox, CBS and ABC. You can follow Jim on Twitter at<a

Lessons From The Dramatic Slow-Motion Death Of Wikitravel

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/?attachment_id=661053" rel="attachment wp-att-661053"><img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/broken-globe.jpg?w=300" alt="" title="broken-globe" wi