Screw The Rich (Here’s How)

Tax the rich. Those bastards. I get why people who aren't rich hate those that are. No one really cares what they have, they only care what they have relative to others. When there is inequality, a

“Defending Android”

Bravo Google, well played. There's no denying that Google's maneuver this morning to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/15/breaking-google-buys-motorola-for-12-5-billion/">acquire</a> Motoro

BART Shuts Down Cell Service To Thwart Rumored Protests, Gets Actual Protests (And Has To Close Stations)

Since shutting down cell service on Thursday to try to quell rumored protests which never came to fruition, the Bay Area Transit Authority (BART) has had an interesting weekend and Monday. Aside fr

Supply Line Troubles To Delay iPad 3 Launch?

Analysts and pundits have been predicting an iPad 3 with a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/06/analyst-predicts-higher-res-ipad-2-plus-will-launch-in-late-2011/">late 2011 launch</a> for some t

Photovoltaic Cells In LCDs Could Recycle Wasted And Ambient Light

Researchers at UCLA have <a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineers-invent-photovoltaic-210685.aspx">created a twist on traditional LCDs</a> that would allow displays to reclaim wast

Obama Checks In: You Can Now Follow Our President On Foursquare

First Facebook, then Twitter and now Foursquare; Obama sure gets around (social platforms). As announced today on the White House blog, Obama will be checking in to the location-based service as he hi

YC-Funded MarketBrief Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly

WhaleShark Media Buys UK’s Top Coupon Site, VoucherCodes

<a href="http://www.whalesharkmedia.com/">WhaleShark Media</a>, which just announced an <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/01/google-ventures-invests-in-coupon-startup-whaleshark-media/">investme

Michael Arrington’s New Executive Assistant Did It All For The Labradors

Michael Arrington decided to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/01/ea-appreciation-day-techcrunch-style/">test the limits </a>of what his new Executive Assistant, <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/B

Digital Chocolate Scoops Up Game Publisher Sandlot Games

Social gaming contender Digital Chocolate has just <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110815006676/en/Digital-Chocolate-Acquires-Highly-Respected-Sandlot-Games">announced</a> the acquisi

Twitter Opens Photo Service To Third-Parties — API Hints At Other Media Down The Line

It's been two and a half months since Twitter first <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/01/twitter-photos-search/">unveiled</a> their own photo sharing service, in partnership with Photobucket. Ju

Steve Jobs Biography To “Launch” In November

A bit of non-Motorola news comes in the form of a change in the <a HREF="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/steve-jobs-walter-isaacson/1104099551?ean=9781451648539&itm=1&usri=walter+isaacson+stev

PrimeSense Positioning Itself For Integration With Next-Gen TVs

The great smartening of the idiot box continues. It was several years ago that we started seeing the first internet-connected TVs, and since then TV makers have been adding more and more slightly usef

Namaste poised to launch user-gen gaming platform, bags Anil Hansjee as advisor

<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0014/7803/147803v1-max-250x250.png" class="shot2" /><a href="http://www.namaste.vg/">Namaste</a>, a games startup which is poised for launch,

This Fake Apple Store Is More Stylish Than Most Real Ones

China is infected with fake Apple Stores. Some have been shut down where some have <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/13/fake-apple-store-is-now-the-smart-store/">just changed their names</a>. Th

peerTransfer Raises $7.5 Million From Spark, Accel, And Maveron For Simple Payment Solution For Students

<a href="http://www.peertransfer.com/">peerTransfer</a>, a simple payment solution designed for international students, today announced that it has closed a $7.5 million series A financing round. The

HackFwd – The slow-burn European accelerator is speeding up

<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0008/9876/89876v1-max-250x250.jpg" class="shot2" />Back in June last year Lars Hinrichs, the founder of LinkedIn competitor XING who <a href="

Androids Are For Cheap Pessimists, iPhones Are For Worldly Optimists

Ever wonder what's the real difference between Android and iPhone users? According to <a href="http://hunch.com/">Hunch</a>, Android users are 10 percent more likely to be men, skew younger, and 20 p

RIM’s BlackBerry Management Center is Free BES-Lite

BlackBerry's Enterprise Server has long been a mainstay of the corporate world, but <a href="http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/server/exchange/#tab_tab_pricing">considering the costs involved</a>

TechCrunch Europe takes a break for a couple of weeks

From today we’ll be taking a vacation break for the next two weeks. Posting will be ‘light’. If urgent please send to colleague Robin Wauters or tips@techrunch.com. Normal service wi
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