7 Ways Twitter Could Be Winning Local

<strong>Editor's note:</strong> <em>The following guest post is written by <a href="http://iamvictorio.us/">Victor Wong</a>, the CEO of <a href="http://www.paperg.com/">PaperG</a>, a local advertising

Lulz? The ‘Murdoch Leaks Project’ Gets A Landing Page

Over the last week, there's been quite a bit of news swirling around Rupert Murdoch's empire, including, most recently, the now infamous LulzSec's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/18/lulzsec-ha

Ouch: The Netflix Price Change Hangover

It's been pretty fascinating to watch Netflix's growth from a company that Blockbuster <a href="http://tusb.stanford.edu/2008/01/barry_mccarthy_chief_financial.html">laughed at in 2000</a> (when Found

More Americans Are On Facebook Than Have A Passport

To celebrate the fact that my vacation during the last two weeks of August has been officially confirmed, I am posting the most massive infographic I have ever seen: "The Social Travel Revolution" bro

VideoInbox, Another Google/Slide Production, Brings Viral Videos To Your Inbox

We've come across the latest in <a href="http://www.slide.com">Slide's</a> series of projects developed within Google, <a href="http://videoinbox.com/">VideoInbox</a> -- a combination daily newslett

Obvious Already Ramping Up With Two New Founding Team Hires

Back in January of 2009, we noted that a "<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/01/23/superstar-team-to-launch-flash-mmog-called-ohai/">superstar team</a>" was about to launch in the MMO space, with a

Doubts About Lytro’s “Focus Later” Camera

I've been meaning to address <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/21/lytro-launches-to-transform-photography-with-50m-in-venture-funds-tctv/">this Lytro thing</a> since it hit a few weeks ago. I wr

How MySpace Tom May Have Inadvertently Triggered The Google/Facebook War

Gotta love <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tom-anderson">Tom Anderson</a>. Newly reinvigorated by the launch of Google+, "MySpace Tom" has become a social power user (and regular TechCrunch

Spotify ecosystem grows as ShareMyPlaylists secures Angel funding

<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0005/4379/54379v5-max-250x250.png" class="shot2" />Any new US Spotify users will be busy creating playlists and sharing them with their friend

Google Acquires Facial Recognition Software Company PittPatt

Google has just acquired facial recognition software company <a href="http://www.pittpatt.com/">PittPatt</a> (Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition), according to an announcement on the startup's site. P

Long Before Google+, Google Declared War On Facebook With OpenSocial

Google and Facebook are at war. We've known this for a while. Of course, neither side will admit to it, but they are. Winner takes the Internet. After months of Facebook owning Google in just about

Festo’s SmartBird Robot Flies Through The Air At TED

You may recall the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/25/woah-this-robobird-really-flies-like-a-bird-like-with-wings/">SmartBird</a>, a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robots/">robot</a> we s

Founder Office Hours With Chris Dixon And Josh Kopelman: Profitably

Today, we are trying a special edition of <em>Founder Stories</em> that we are calling <em>Founder Office Hours</em>. Inspired by <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/25/absolute-must-watch-office

Enhanced eBooks: Valuable Sales Tool or Just a Gimmick? (TCTV)

New technologies usually allow for <em>more</em>. In the move from print media to the Web the "more" was comments, slideshows and of course rapid-fire content. In the move from VHS to DVDs the "more"

Leaked LG Roadmap Points To Five Android Smartphones And One Mango Fantasy

The only thing better than a leak is six leaks, which is exactly what we have for you today. Bundled nicely in the form of a 2011 <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/lg">LG</a> Roadmap (discovered by

Porsche’s Sport And Rennsport Bikes, For The Car-Loving Cyclist

We've already seen bikes from both <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/31/audi-gets-into-the-bike-game-presumably-to-compete-with-mclaren/">Audi</a> and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/25/

Apple’s iOS 5 Beta 4 Update Now Available, First To Be Released Over-The-Air

It's been just 11 days since Apple released Beta 3 of iOS 5 to developers, but a new Beta is already up in the air — literally. iOS 5 Beta 4 has just gone live, and it appears to be the first update

For The Geek Who Has Everything: A Gold-Plated Atari 2600

One thing most 30-something people in tech have in common is video gaming nostalgia. Generation X (and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/17/generation-i-the-middle-children-of-the-information-ag

Keen On: Why Google Is Now A Social Company (TCTV)

It was a first. Yesterday, we were fortunate to welcome Google’s two principle architects of <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/product/google">Google+</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person

I Had Cancer, A Social Network For Fighters, Survivors And Supporters (Private Beta Invites)

Social networks for cancer patients and survivors are not new. There's the <a href="http://www.knowcancer.com/community/">KnowCancer Community</a> and <a href="http://www.planetcancer.org/">Planet Ca
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