October 16, 2010
Mark Zuckerberg On Facebook's Strategy For China (And His Wardrobe)
Today at Y Combinator’s Startup School, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down for a lengthy interview with Jessica Livingston. The topics discussed ranged from Facebook’s beginnings (including a brief discussion…
Deals Aggregator DailyD Raises $5 Million
Group buying aggregator DailyD has closed a $5 million round of what looks like Series A funding according to a Form D SEC filing and reports on LA Tech blog…
Getting To The Bottom Of The Crazy Yahoo-Groupon Rumors
I’ve had an interesting few days trying to track down exactly what is and isn’t going on with Yahoo and Groupon. One source earlier this week said that a $1.7…
I’m a sucker for these setups. All the chrome, the bars, the rails, the pads, the cables — whenever I see my friend’s RED setup in full gear it always…
So What If Google Does It?
If the Google robocars have taught us anything it’s that no industry is immune to the rapidly encroaching search service’s clutches. Maps? Done. Mail? Done. Translation? Done. Social? In progress.…
Startup School: Reid Hoffman On The Burden Of Competition
Oftentimes when you hear a startup CEO speak about their competitors, there’s a lot of talk about “validation of the market” and how there’s room for multiple winners. That may…
Y Combinator Startup School Kicks Off With Founders Of Sun, Groupon, And YC
Today Y Combinator is holding its sixth Startup School, where a roster of Silicon Valley’s most experienced and successful founders and investors come together to lecture hundreds of eager entrepreneurs.…
TripTrace: A Place Book For Where You've Been And Where You're Going
Back in August, we got word that a startup called PlaceBook was being bullied by Facebook into changing their name. Obviously, a lot of companies are trying to ride on…
The Father Of CSS Talks HTML5, CSS3 (A TCTV Interview)
Lots of abbreviations in the title and URL, but with an audience like TechCrunch’s I’m not too worried about the point coming across or not. At this week’s Opera press…
What could be better on a fine morning like this than an Epson WorkForce 635 all-in-one printer. This printer does it all, including scan, fax, print, and solve many of…
Nexi is kind of old news but she’s getting some new friends in the form of a Mark III robot that is being built at MIT’s Media Lab. Nexi here…
Skype's VP Of Enterprise On Future Strategy, Products And Competitors
It’s no secret that Skype has major ambitions for its enterprise business. When the VoIP company filed to go public, Skype publicly stated that it plans on adding enterprise products…
Why Twitter Is Massively Undervalued Compared To Facebook
Editor’s note: In this guest post, Naval Ravikant and Adam Rifkin argue why Twitter is undervalued. Naval was an early investor in Twitter and owns Twitter shares; Adam does not.…
Crashing Washington: How CleanTech/Silicon Valley Can Have Their Cake And Eat It Too
Editor’s note: Guest writer Maury Litwack is a lobbyist, former Hill staffer, opinion writer and author of the recently published The Capitol Plan – A Comprehensive Washington Advocacy Strategy. TechCrunch’s…
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