December 2010

Many digital point-and-shoot users often overlook the need for a tripod. Often times Facebook photos are full of blurry pictures, and that’s just not professional. One of the most often…

The Meister Prodigy has been around for a while, but I think I like this new one the best, designed for Brandon Jennings with the Bucks colors. The plain black…

Sevenload, the German video startup, is performing what amounts to an exit – it must be said in a somewhat roundabout fashion. TechCrunch Europe understands that German media giant Burda,…

SHUT IT DOWN, everybody. You can now use your real hand to grope a virtual lady. We’ve come a long way since Trespasser.

http://cdn2.themis-media.com/media/global/movies/player/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.5.swf The review as NSFW as Splatterhouse. But you’re still going to watch it, aren’t you? Yeah, I know.

Hey Sprint Evo 4G owners! Want an unremovable demo of some game installed on your handset? No? Well, that’s too bad. You’re getting it anyway! Just days after the Verizon…

If there’s one thing I hate (just one, you understand), it’s playing games with the wrong controller. Right now, as I’ve found occasion to mention today already, I’m playing Mega…

Despite the growing popularity of their mobile OS, Android users have a problem: the more apps crop up, the harder it becomes to keep track and discover the good ones.…

Kindles are fantastic devices, but they can’t live alone. They need cases, lights, and other  items to complete the experience. We’ve rounded up seven of the best around items that are…

There’s no way around it: this is pretty neat. This here video shows a bunch of teenagers, from Japan, running a sky-diving simulation using nothing more than Google Earth and…

Help Mozilla squash a bug, earn some money. Nothing wrong with that, right? The organization that brought us Firefox has expanded its program that pays people between $500 and $,300…

It’s no secret that Facebook’s Photo product is the most popular photo sharing service on the web by a huge margin. And one of the key features that made it so…

Mobile carrier Three UK, owned by Hutchison Whampoa, has beefed up its ‘One Plan’ pay-monthly tariff to include an all-you-can-eat data allowance. This is quite interesting on several fronts. Firstly,…

On Monday this week TechCrunch Europe held the first ever TechCrunch Moscow event. We expected 300 people. We attracted around 500 attendees and another 400 went on the waiting list.…

As of today search engine Blekko has made search a little bit more social, letting users log in through Facebook and using Facebook API data to let you know what…

One of these days, I will buy a PS3. And then I will disappear from this earth for a month or two while I complete Uncharted 2, Demon’s Souls, Valkyria…

The average time spent on the Internet by adults in the U.S. grew an estimated 6 percent in 2010 to 155 minutes a day, or about two and a half…

Microsoft has already officially announced that Windows Phone 7 will see its first big update (complete with Copy & Paste) early next year, and the rumor mill has long been…

The Dreamcast. Nearly 11 years later, it still tugs at my heartstrings. The 9/9/99 launch; the way it felt to run from the whale in the first level of Sonic…

Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine which is thought to be mulling over an IPO for up to $1.5 billion, is rolling out a new feature today that aims to make…

The nominations are pouring in and the excitement is building. We are pleased to announce the first handful of tickets to attend the Crunchies Awards celebrating the best tech accomplishments…

The smoke has cleared and the Twitter bidding wars have finally ended, AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher reports that microblogging service Twitter has added another $200 million to its coffers and a…

GateGuru, the iPhone app that’s been called the Yelp for Airports, is releasing a new version today, that makes it even more of a go-to destination for travelers. For those…

Without much fanfare Truphone, international mobile roaming and app company, has decided to re-brand as “Tru”. Like all re-brandings this is a path fraught with danger, as people must now…

Because it’s so awesome, we’ve spent multiple times covering the 50-foot Gundam statue Japan erected in Tokyo and later in Shizuoka. And now we can see that a theme park…

Today Microsoft is holding a ‘Bing Search Summit’ in San Francisco, where it’s showcasing some of the latest addition to its search engine, as well as some new features for…

Now available on an Xbox 360 console near you: Quake Arena Arcade. It looks to be a fairly straightforward port of Quake Live (which is to say, a fairly straightforward…

Live mobile streaming startup Bambuser is releasing its application for the Samsung Bada platform. Like the apps it already does for iPhoneOS, Symbian, Android, Nokia Maemo, Symbian, Windows Mobile platforms,…

Fubra, the Aldershot, UK-based online media company behind PetrolPrices.com and a network of around 100 other sites, has invested in deal-a-day aggregator Buyometric. The actual amount isn’t being disclosed but…

You know you want to see Tron Legacy. I do. Is it me, or does that white-haired villain look a little much like Julian Assange? (Maybe it is him). Come…