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    Ingrid Lunden
    February 18th, 2013

    No Cute Android Pins, No Schmidt, No Slide: Google Tones Down Its Presence At MWC This Year

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    We’re now about a week away from the start of the Mobile World Congress, the large, annual European mobile event put on by the GSM Association that has served as a barometer of the progress of the wireless industry. In planning out what TechCrunch will be doing and seeing during the week in Barcelona, we’ve noticed a gap: Google, and specifically its mobile OS Android, is largely absent. → Read More

    Ingrid Lunden
    February 17th, 2012

    GSMA Says It Has ‘Contingency Plans’ In Place For MWC Strike. I’m Getting A Bike

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    This is definitely one way for unions to get some attention for their cause: as of this time of writing, public transport employees in Barcelona will be striking during the Mobile World Congress trade show, due to take place between February 27 and March 1. That means no buses and no metros (subways) for an event that last year attracted more than 60,000 people to the city — many of whom did not… → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    February 11th, 2011

    Xavi Hernandez: To Be As Good As Barcelona You Have To Think 'Like PlayStation'

    What’s the secret to FC Barcelona and Spain’s Xavi Hernández’s success? Simple: think “like PlayStation.” If only it were that easy, Xavi. (El Mundo Deportivo’d) → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    November 29th, 2010

    How To Watch Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Clasico Online Today

    The single biggest game in European soccer takes place in a few hours (3pm ET). It’s Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, and I can think of no better way to ease into the work week than to follow the game online. (Or, if you’re playing hooky today, watching it on GolTV or ESPN Deportes.) Thankfully it’s the year 2010 (nearly 2011!) so it’s pretty easy to keep up with the likes of Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo… → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    May 27th, 2009

    The Champions League final will be in HD on ESPNHD today

    Good news, sports fans in the U.S.! It looks like ESPN will broadcast today’s Champions League final in HD on ESPNHD. Well, at least according to the schedule on its Web site. Why the network didn’t bother showing the whole tournament in HD when UEFA provides an HD feed, I don’t know. → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    May 11th, 2009

    Chelsea-Barça shows the need for video replay in UEFA competitions

    I’ve purposely held this story for a few days in order to let inflamed passions simmer down. As many of you (I hope) are aware, FC Barcelona beat Chelsea FC last week in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals; Barça now goes on to face Manchester United FC in the final in Rome. What concerns us here at CrunchGear is the use of technology in the game of European football (soccer)… → Read More

    Greg Kumparak
    February 15th, 2009

    MC is Barcelona bound

    Mobile World Congress in Barcelona kicks off in just 3 days, and we’re headed out the door for the first leg of our trip. We’re still a car, train, and plane ride away – but Barcelona, here we come! So what can we expect? Too much to list. Samsung is bringing all kinds of stuff (but no Android, and no 12MP camera phone, according to SamsungCentral). All sorts of Android goodness… → Read More

    Nicholas Deleon
    February 29th, 2008

    FC Barcelona striker Eto'o loves Nikon SLRs

    [photopress:etoopic1.jpg,full,center] FC Barcelona, més que un club, tore apart Levante UD at the weekend, with Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o scoring a hat-trick (that’s three goals for the uninitiated) in the process. After he scored his third goal, Eto’o raced toward the touchline and grabbed a digital camera. What brand of digital camera, you ask? Thanks to… → Read More

    Doug Aamoth, Contributor
    February 13th, 2008

    NVIDIA going mobile with APX 2500 cell phone chip

    What say you to the idea of cramming an NVIDIA GeForce chip into your cell phone? It’s coming, and in high definition too. The NVIDIA APX 2500 is an ultra-low power mobile applications processing platform that’s recently been announced at the MWC in Barcelona. The new chipset will basically allow you to (among other things) capture and/or play back 720p movies and take photos at up to… → Read More

    John Biggs
    February 12th, 2008

    Hands on with LG's great big shining stars

    [photopress:scaled.IMG_1232.JPG,full,pp_image] Here we have the KF700 and KF600 in all their haptic, touchscreen glory. Can we expect these stateside? Probably not, but it’s nice to know we can drool. Oh, and the “watch phone” was there for all to ogle and shoot. Both phones are very slick and very dark, a massive change from their “Shine” movement of a few years ago. → Read More

    John Biggs
    February 12th, 2008

    GPhone mauling

    [photopress:scaled.IMG_1227.JPG,full,pp_image] Another collection of photos from my mauling of the GPhone in the wild. It’s ugly, sure, and it doesn’t work. But isn’t it exciting? → Read More

    John Biggs
    February 12th, 2008

    TechCrunch/CrunchGear/MobileCrunch Barcelona Meet-up – UPDATE!!

    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. [Map] → Read More

    John Biggs
    February 11th, 2008

    SkyNet is online in Barcelona, doing well

    [photopress:scaled.IMG_1196.JPG,full,pp_image] An actual company in Barceona SkyNet was brought online on August 4, 1997 and immediately crashed. Disheartened, it settled in the outskirts of Barcelona, met a nice girl with a tongue stud, and now works as a web designer and makes and sells its own candles online. It still has a grudge against Sarah Connor, but it’s in therapy and actually… → Read More

    John Biggs
    February 10th, 2008

    Hello from sunny Barcelona

    Hola from charming Espana. I’m here at the Mobile World Congress and just got out of a quick meeting with Samsung. Look for more goodies tonight from Sony-Ericsson and ShowStoppers along with a picture of my distended intestines, brought low by tapas and Estrella beer. I’m currently in and out of Wi-Fi and phone range so if you need to contact me SMS me at +972543563127. Merci! → Read More

    John Biggs
    February 10th, 2008

    On the ground at MWC 2008

    Just got onto the Mobile World Congress grounds and will be posting here — on the service side — and on CrunchGear [RSS] for gadgets and phones. I’ll try do lots of cross-posting but expect some juicy Mobile 2.0 news soon. If you need to contact me, SMS me at +972543563127 or email john@crunchgear dot com. The meet-up is still on Wednesday at 6pm, location TBD. Merci! → Read More