We will hold tomorrow’s TC/CG/MC meet-up at the Cafe del Sol, Av Paral.lel 182, right down the street from the Fira. I’ve received quite a few emails already but RSVP with the subject line “BCN MEET-UP” to john @ crunchgear.com so I can put together a head count. Apparently a bunch of strangers in a law office wasn’t quite a good idea. Remember: this is TOMORROW, Feb 13 at 6pm. [Map] → Read More
Going to try to Cover the Sony Ericsson press conference Live today for all you Sunday morning S-E lovers. Stay tuned. CoverItLive died. Click the jump for text liveblogging. → Read More
http://progressive.playstream.com/playstream/progressive/flashplayers/FLVPlayer.swf Kudos to videographer Doug and mascot Phoebe. → Read More
As you’ve probably noticed, CrunchGear got a makeover for Xmas. Gone is the sickly yellorange color scheme, and we’ve made some changes to how things are organized as well; things should be much easier to find throughout the whole site. You’ll also notice that comments are now threaded, so no more of this “@ asshat” stuff we’ve been doing the last year. In addition, you can rate comments and, if you so choose, view only those above a certain threshold that you decide. There’s a “profile” button next to each commenter’s name, you can see what else they’ve been up to. You’ll also notice a new home for BFF, CruncGear’s reader’s site, on the right hand side. That’s for you, use it. There’s a lot more as well, but you’ll have to poke around and find it yourself. We’ve redone it with you in mind, so feel free to use the comments on this post to let us know what you like, don’t like, hate, love, whatever. The rest of the TechCrunch network will be getting a similar treatment in the next few weeks, so whatever you’d like to see, this is your chance to give us your input. Big shout out to ACS for the design work, to Alex King from Crowd Favorite for the development assistance, and Media Temple for dealing with us as we upgraded. We’ve got a little before-and-after action for you after the jump. → Read More
Yay! Except a monthly subscription to CrunchGear will run you $1.99. Hmm… → Read More
Using the Blog Readability Test tool shows that the articles contained herein are accessible to people with at least an elementary school reading level. Go ahead and plug in your own blog and some of the sites you read on a regular basis. It’s strangely addictive. I was hard-pressed to find another site that was written at the same level as ours. Most of the ones I plugged in were at least at the junior high level, many were high school level, and a few were "genius" level. While some might be quick to conclude that our low level reading requirements could possibly be the result of shoddy journalistic workmanship, we’d prefer to think of our little corner of the web as a place that’s warm and welcoming to even the littlest readers around. Actually, the thought of an elementary school-aged child reading anything here is horrifying. The Blog Readability Test. What level of education is required to understand your blog? [Criticsrant.com] via Neatorama → Read More
We’re sorry about the slow load times and stretch between posts, but we’re doing some maintenance on our servers today to handle our increased capacity. Hopefully we’ll have everything back to normal shortly. In the mean time, you can look at this photo of this awesome dude virtually shredding. → Read More
As Doug recently reported, Eye-Fi is 2GB SD device with a built-in WiFi transceiver. Like many of you, I hadn’t heard of the device until earlier this week and then, like so many things, it was seemingly everywhere. Mike Galpert of Aviary Twittered about it’s brilliance, friends were chattering on about it, people were trying to trade sexual favors to try it, etc. Fortunately, I was able to get my hands on one and maintain my chastity (at least what’s left of it). → Read More
Mmmmm… prizes Manhattan’s Red Sky last night played host to a gathering of geeks and geek sympathizers the likes to which the world has never seen (at least not this week, granted it was only a Monday night — but that’s neither here nor there really. You get the point.) Anyway, the occasion? The CrunchGear One Year Anniversary Celebration, of course. What else could have drawn such an odd amalgamation of minds? I actually don’t have an answer to that question and I’m not sure that one even exists. → Read More
The iPhone is here and it’s fabulous. I will be rolling into town on Monday morning and we will be meeting at 19:00 at Maghaz, Rottenbiller u. 32 in Budapest on Monday, July 23, 2007. Please drop me a line at john at crunchgear dot com or drop a note in the comments if you plan on attending. I look forward to meeting CG/TC readers. Special thanks to MobilPort.hu! Warsaw Readers: We’ll be having the Poland meet-up on Thursday, July 26 at 19:00 in Pub Lolek in Pole Mokotowskie. Please contact me if you’ll attend. → Read More
Tomorrow is Thursday, which marks the start of the two-day BlogPhiladelphia conference in Philadelphia, PA. I’ll be speaking tomorrow at 9:30am on a panel and it should be a lot of good, clean fun. Afterwards, anyone in NJ, DE, or PA who wants to meet up is more than welcome to. I figured we could all meet at a bar and have some drinks, talk tech, etc. If you’re interested, shoot me an e-mail at vince AT crunchgear DOT com and let me know if you’re coming. We’ll meet during the lunch break tomorrow at 1PM at Moriarty’s: Moriarty’s Pub – CrunchGear Meetup Time: 1PM EST Where: 1116 Walnut St (between 11th and 12th Sts) Google Maps: Link RSVP: vince AT crunchgear DOT com All official information on the conference can be found at blogphiladelphia.net/and it should be a good time for all. Be sure to RSVP so I know how many of you are coming! John is cheap so I’ll see what we can do about a gadget giveaway. See you there tomorrow! → Read More
Gentle reader, I know you’ve been patient. You can’t wait to see our take on the iPhone (you’ve heard of it, right?), and you’ll get it. In short order, Yours Truly will be live blogging from my favorite local AT&T store with pics and video. In addition, we’ll be reviewing our little friend some tonight, with a glut of information tomorrow. While today is launch day, we’re more about celebrating the insanity. Tomorrow, you get the goods. I know, I know, reading a blog on a Saturday. Well, we don’t get ours till then, nothing we can do about that. But look for coverage the likes of which you won’t get at those other two blogs, because at CrunchGear, you’ve got me, and I’m awesome. Just so’s you know. → Read More
Our godfather site, TechCrunch, is two years old and we here at CG want to thank Don Arringtono for making this one of the best ALMOST years — we’re one in August — of our lives. We may not always show it, but his hard work and trust in this little team makes us all feel great and it’s an honor to work under such a respected overseer. Thanks, Mike. Happy Second Birthday, TechCrunch [TechCrunch] → Read More
I bet that you, me, and even Dupree all use Google for our web search. But when it comes to mobile phone-based searching, it’s really anyone’s game. Know why? Because I’m trying to make a call or send 300 texts within the next hour and I really don’t have time to use my phone for searching. In fact, chances are, if I actually have a WAP or Internet plan for my phone, I probably already have a wireless device that can render full HTML websites in all their glory. → Read More
It’s Friday, it feels like Spring, and Clocky has invaded CrunchGear HQ (well, my place at least). Check out the above video for a humorous, informative review on one of the coolest alarm clocks of the century. If you want to read more about Clocky or purchase one, visit Nandahome.com. → Read More
Here is the live transcript of CrunchGear’s coverage of the Apple Keynote at MacWorld 2007. → Read More
A happy 2007 and new year to all you Crunchear readers! Enjoy the day! → Read More
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