March 2011
We first posted about Lego guns back in January and now they’re back and these guns actually fire. That’s right – not only do they completely ignore the pacifist notion…
A long chain of rumor and innuendo point us to this mock-up of a potential iPhone 5 design with a metal back. Why a metal back? Maybe because the original…
Business Insider Turns A $2,127 Profit On $4.8 Million In Revenue
The Business Insider is now profitable—just barely. In a post this morning reporting the digital media startup’s revenues, operating profits, and other metrics, Henry Blodget reveals that his collection of…
Have you ever tried pushing buttons on your music player while you’re out jogging or reaching for your cell phone when you’re stuck in a crowded train? It’s not a…
Qriously Raises $1.6M To Let Brands Replace Mobile Ads With Questions
Qriously, a service that lets brands measure location-based public opinion, has raised $1.6m in a new funding round led by Accel Partners. Amalfi Capital also participated, while the London-based startup…
Skype Revenue Up 20 Percent To $860M In 2010; Paid Users Up 19 Percent
As the company prepares for a public offering in the next year, Skype released an updated S-1 filing that includes several new revenue, income and usage numbers. As you may…
The Social Printshop Introduces An Instagram Trio: Prinstagram, Instagrid, and Instawar
It’s only been a few weeks since social photo-sharing app Instagram released its API, but developers are trying their hand at it and coming out with new photo-linked services. Today,…
In The Search For More Revenue, Skype Rolls Out Advertisements In Windows Client
It’s no secret that Skype is looking for way to make more revenue from its VoIP technologies, both in the consumer and enterprise sectors, as the company prepares for a…
A digital camera that’s shaped like a cat? That’s what Tokyo-based Superheadz announced today with the so-called Necono [link in English]. The Necono is being marketed as “No longer a…
Mobile Messaging Startup Kik Raises $8M; Launches Group Chat And Photo Sharing
Mobile messaging startup Kik Interactive has raised $8 million in Series A funding from RRE Ventures, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures. Kik also announced that Union Square Ventures’ Fred…
ZoomSafer Raises $1.1 Million, Seeks To Prevent 'Distracted Driving'
ZoomSafer, developer of safe driving software for mobile phones, has raised an additional $1.1 million round of financing from White Birch Capital and SugarOak Holdings, bringing the company’s total capital…
Kiwibox.com Acquires German Photo Blog Community Pixunity
Kiwibox.com, a social network focused on young adults, has acquired German photo book community site Pixunity.de for an undisclosed sum. Pixunity lets users upload photos, design scrapbooks and share photo…
PlugShare Helps Electric Vehicle Drivers Find Free, And Paid Charging Options
A newly released app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, called PlugShare aims to alleviate so-called “range anxiety” for electric vehicle drivers by giving them a map of an…
SpareFoot Lands $1.5 Million For Online Marketplace For Self-Storage Companies
SpareFoot, which helps people find and compare self-storage facilities online, has raised $1.5 million in an extension to its Series B round of funding, bringing the total round size to…
AOL Closes $315 Million Huffington Post Acquisition; Expands Editorial Team
Well that was fast. AOL has closed its $315 million acquisition of The Huffington Post. The deal was originally announced on February 6, so it’s taken a month for the…
AdGrok Raises $470K To Be The TurboTax For Search Engine Marketing
Y Combinator-backed AdGrok has raised $470,000 in angel funding from Chris Sacca, Russ Siegelman, Ben Narasin, TriplePoint Capital and Y Combinator. Today, the startup, which launched in August 2010, is…
Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: Hands-On With The iPad 2 Elfoid: Creepy Robot Cell Phone (Video) This Is Not An iPad Post. It Is About…
Privalia Raises $123.4 Million, Buys German Online Fashion Retailer 'Dress for Less'
Privalia is very serious about becoming a major private online sales club on a global scale, kicking up its European presence up a notch with the acquisition of Germany’s online…
We7 launches free personalised Radio App for Android – offline playback supported
After pivoting somewhat to focus on the more economical Internet radio model, the UK’s We7 has launched a new, ad-supported app for Android. Along with its headline price of free,…
Love The Twitter #Dickbar? Get Your Own, We Did
Regardless of what you think about the Quick Bar in the newest version of Twitter for iOS, there’s no contesting that it’s definitely captured tech pundits’ imaginations for the past…
Shed Simove: "I Suggested ‘Lie Pad’ But Apple Didn’t Like That Either" [NSFW, TCTV]
For reasons too odd to get in to right now, I’m writing this from the Hollywood Hills, in a house owned by the voice of one of the Rugrats. I’m…
Facebook Comments Have Silenced The Trolls — But Is It Too Quiet?
As you’ve noticed by now, we’re about a week into our latest experiment in troll-slaying with Facebook Comments. So far, the reactions have been very mixed and very interesting. Publicly,…
In Search Of The Internet Kill Switch
The complete internet shutdown this week in Libya involved a new way to turn off web access for an entire country. Earlier this year, the total internet blockade in Egypt…
World Record: The iPad Is The Only Camera With A Lower Resolution Than Its Display
I think we can all admit that the iPad’s camera, while welcome, is pretty much just bad. I took issue with the iPod touch’s camera, wondering where Apple can even…
Technology is crucial to The Big Society, says the Lord of Silicon Roundabout
Nat Wei (@natwei), is a social entrepreneur and adviser to the UK Government on their “Big Society” project. As one of the youngest people ever to have been made a…
Last week was about the other tablets, but this week was all about the iPad 2. You’ve read all the posts and previews, but will it fly as high as…
Thieves took a a cache of Buran-signed 800 ETA movements from a watchmaker in Porrentruy, Switzerland. They included some 2824-2 and 7750 movements. The 7750s are used in chronographs.
YouGotListings Offers A Broker-Tested Rental Listing Management Software
There’s no question that technology has helped redefine the real estate industry. With the success of Trulia, Zillow and others, it’s clear that there is a huge market for providing…
The Coolest Tech Tour Ever: A Look At How SRI Is Augmenting The Human Condition
Editor’s note: the following is a guest post by Robert Scoble, who studies tech startups and innovators for Rackspace Hosting. His videos usually go up on Rackspace’s Building43. In the…
Jump Ball
By the end of the iPad 2 launch event this Wednesday, you could see a future without Windows. Not just Office dead, or in the cloud. An alternate universe, a…