Amazon Offers A New Simulator For Developers To Test Email In Apps

<a target="_blank" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ses/">Amazon Simple Email Service</a> (Amazon SES) is the kind of service that Amazon Web Services (AWS) does so well. It automates the manual task of a

Jumio’s Credit Card Scanning Technology Pops Up in Travelocity’s Hotel Deals App

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jumio.com/">Jumio</a>, the computer vision startup backed by <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/05/payments-company-jumio-raises-25-5m-from-andreessen-horowit

Hey Facebook, Could You Fit Any More Fucking Branding On Your “Gifts”?

So, Facebook launched its <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/02/forget-saying-happy-birthday-to-your-friends-on-facebook-its-all-about-gifts-now/">"Gifts" product</a>, and I was keen to take it f

Big Fucking Surprise: A Lot Of People Tweeted About The Presidential Debate

I've been waiting for this moment all day, so I want to thank Twitter comms for finally giving me the opportunity to write this post. Apparently and unsurprisingly, tonight's Presidential debate gave

Dropbox Now Helps Team Admins Get Everyone To Turn On Two-Step Verification

When you're managing a collaborative space for your team at work or a group of folks working on a project, you know that security is extremely important. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/26/fac

DreamWorks Animation’s New CTO Lincoln Wallen On Why Each New Movie Is Like A Startup [TCTV]

Millions of people see the end products put out by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/">DreamWorks Animation</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dre

Wiley Beefs Up Higher Ed Biz: Partners With Knewton, Buys Online Degree Veteran Deltak For $220M

<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wiley_%26_Sons">John Wiley & Sons</a>, the 200-year-old publishing giant best known for its scientific, technical and medical texts and j

Nexage Founder Devkumar Gandhi Raises $600K For Pinterest Marketing Startup Dobango

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.dobango.com">Dobango</a>, a startup that allows brands to promote themselves through fan competitions on Pinterest, just announced that it has raised $600,000 in se

Ben Horowitz And The Founders Explain Why A16Z Put $15M Into Rap Genius: “Knowledge About Knowledge”

Ben Horowitz loves hip-hop, but in an interview with TechCrunch he outlined a deeper vision behind his firm's<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/andreessen-horowitz-iinvests-15-million-in-rap-g

After Investigation, French Data Protection Agency CNIL Concludes No Facebook Message Bug

On September 24, French newspapers alerted Facebook that there could be a bug that would display private messages written in 2009 and earlier on users' timelines. It was then <a href="https://techcrun

Confirmed: Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquires Image And Gesture Recognition Company Viewdle

We heard rumors about Google <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/01/rumor-google-wants-to-acquire-augmented-reality-and-facial-recognition-startup-viewdle-for-30m/">acquiring</a> the augmented rea

New Advancement Gives ARM Weapon To Challenge Intel Dominance In Server Market

The x86 chip is an Intel crown jewel. It's the processor for millons of servers around the globe. But now it appears that software has invaded the land of hardware yet again with the news that a group

LG’s Flagship Optimus G Slated To Hit AT&T And Sprint Shelves Later This Year

LG's last big (and I mean <em>big</em>) smartphone release around these parts was the Intuition, a funky phablet that many a critic panned. Thankfully, the company's straight-laced follow-up -- the ni

TC Makers: A Visit To The Brooklyn Factory Where They Make The Ultracool Blink Steady Bike Light

It's rare to see the creation of a product from idea to implementation but <a target="_blank" href="http://blinksteady.com">Blink Steady</a>, a unique, multi-sensor bike light, allowed us to do just t

Pipeline, The Angel Investing Bootcamp For Women, Announces New Class Of Bay Area Fellows

The fact is, the majority of tech industry investors are men -- that goes from the larger venture capital firms that <a target="_blank" href="http://betabeat.com/2012/05/female-partners-venture-capita

YouTube Changes Its Content ID Appeals Process

YouTube today <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/10/improving-content-id.html">announced</a> that it is making some important changes to its appeals process for users who

Apple Job Posting Hints At Major New System-On-A-Chip Design Effort

Apple posted multiple job ads today, and one in particular is interesting given the company's recent decisions. The posting is seeking an "SoC Modelling Architect / Lead," or in the words of the job d

Mission Impossible: Seclore Can Now Make Your Email Self-Destruct

Bombay-based security software company <a target="_blank" href="http://seclore.com/">Seclore</a> has developed a way for your email to self-destruct. This may be just the way for companies to get pas

After Successful Launches At USC And UCLA, Flinja Brings Its “Airbnb For University Jobs” To Stanford

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flinja.com/">Flinja</a> wants to create a peer-to-peer jobs marketplace based on student and alumni networks within various universities around the country. It seek

Entelo Launches To Help Businesses Recruit The Best Candidates, Even If They’re Not Looking

In July of last year, Jon Bischke and John McGrath co-founded <a target="_blank" href="http://www.entelo.com/">Entelo</a> to help companies large and small identify and recruit technical talent. Since
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