October 2012
Location-Sharing App Glympse Adds Groups, Calendar Integration To Eliminate All Those “I’m Running Late” Messages
Glympse, the location-sharing app which first debuted back in 2009, is still hanging in there. The app arrived at a time when its competitors were the original, location-based social networks…
The iPhone 5 Faces Off Against The Samsung Galaxy S III In The Most Important Arena – The Blender
It’s definitely on between Samsung and Apple, with the two are battling it out in consumer hearts, courts around the world, and in supply chain arrangements. But now, the company’s…
After 30M Visitors And Trillions Of Clicks Scanned, Facebook Expands Anti-Virus Marketplace To Mobile
Facebook is seeing more mobile usage and wants to ensure those users aren’t spreading scams and malware so today it begins offering free mobile anti-virus software, starting with Android. The expansion…
Study: Average Display Size Climbing On All Devices Except For Mobile PCs
A new study from NPD DisplaySearch today shows that on average, the diagonal size of LCD and other displays on electronic devices and public signboards is on the rise, with…
Beats By Dre Debuts ‘The Pill’ Wireless Speaker, Aiming To Take On Jawbone’s Jambox [TCTV]
Beats By Dre is best known for its flagship line of headphones, which can be spotted on hip teenagers, Olympic athletes, and high-end celebrities alike — perhaps partly because of…
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A Look Into The Magical Shop Of The Microsoft Surface – A Clinking, Clacking PC-Like Tablet
Clink, snap, click, swipe – the sounds and the feel of the new Microsoft Surface comes alive today out of Microsoft’s self-described Willy Wonka style workshops. This is the birthplace…
Moolah Media Launches Real-Time Bidding Platform For Mobile Ads, Says It’s Seeing $1M+ In Monthly Revenue
Performance-based mobile ad startup Moolah Media is announcing that it’s taking its real-time bidding platform out of beta. It’s also sharing its revenue numbers today. The company had already talked…
Now At 25M Users, Wix Brings Third-Party Apps To Its Website Builder With New Marketplace
Hard to believe, but the now-popular Iraeli-American startup, Wix.com, was founded in February 2006 — back when Tumblr was only a twinkle in David Karp’s eye. Since then, the company…
Samsung Galaxy Note II To Hit Sprint On October 25 With A $299 Price Tag
It’s no secret that all five major U.S. wireless carriers will be getting Samsung’s Galaxy Note II, but they’ve mostly tended to dance around the issue of firm release dates…
Sizing Up Apple’s Potential iPad Mini Storage, Display And Wireless Connectivity Options
Apple has yet to announce the event at which it’ll supposedly announce an iPad mini, but the rumors are reaching a fever pitch ahead of anything official. Now, a new…
MyFitnessPal Launches API To Sync Its 30M Users With Other Fitness Apps And Devices
MyFitnessPal, which a popular online service for tracking your exercise and nutrition, is launching an API today allowing users to sync their accounts with devices and apps from other companies.…
The Boxee TV Offers Unlimited DVR Storage, Dual Tuners, And Netflix For $99 (And $15/Month For The DVR)
Meet the Boxee TV: A $99 TV tuner/DVR aimed squarely at cord cutters and casual cable TV subscribers. It packs a DVR with unlimited storage, dual ATSC/QAM tuners, and several…
ER Accelerator To Boost Seed Funding By $15K Per Startup For Winter 2013 Class
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator has popped out more than a few successful startups. Centzy, Number Fire, Bespoke Post, and Triple Lift come to mind. Not to mention PublicStuff, which recently raised…
M-Commerce Startup Branding Brand Goes From Bootstrapped To $7.5M Series A, Brings In Former GNC, Dick’s Sporting Goods Head As President
Branding Brand, a startup powering the mobile commerce for sites and mobile apps from – you guessed it – big-name brands, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding and…
Facebook R&D Goes Global: Opens Engineering Office In London, Its First Outside The U.S.
With the majority of Facebook’s 1 billion users, and subscriber growth, now coming from outside the U.S., the company is taking ever more steps to building out its global footprint to…
Announcing Office Hours For The TC Northern Meetups: Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, And Yes, Ann Arbor, MI
The TechCrunch Northern Meetups are in two weeks! We’re attempting to make the most of our short time in each city and thus will be holding office hours the morning…
Leaked T-Mo Photo Points To ISIS Mobile Wallet Debut On October 22
The mobile wallet space is heating up — in that sun-peaking-over-the-mountains-and-evaporating-the-dew sort of way — and T-Mobile and co. won’t be left behind. Isis, the joint venture mobile payments service…
Readmill Releases Its New PDF-Enabled App, Outlines Six New Stores
Last week Social reading iPad app Readmill announced it planned to put in new support for Adobe DRM-protected ePub and PDF formats, and today you can grab the updated app…
Dock+ Aims To Keep Things Simple And Give Your iPhone 5 The Lightning Support It Needs
A new Kickstarter project launching today wants to be the first officially licensed iPhone 5 dock, and possibly the last one you’ll ever need for Lightning-bearing. The Dock+ comes with…
Pokki Attempts To Fix Windows 8 By Adding A Start Menu, Web App Store
SweetLabs took the wraps off a new and improved version of its Pokki software this morning. It adds a Start menu back into Windows 8 that is loaded with functionality…
AppDirect Acquires Open Source Billing Company jBilling
Today cloud app store company AppDirect announced its acquisition of open source billing company jBilling. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. AppDirect co-CEO Daniel Saks says existing jBilling won’t…
Healthrageous Lands $6.5M To Help You Take Control Of Your Health (With Data)
Founded in 2010, Boston-based Healthrageous has developed a platform that helps individuals, employers, health providers and everyone in between, to prevent and manage chronic health conditions. The startup’s platform collects…
U.K. Government Blocks Hacker Gary McKinnon’s U.S. Extradition On Human Rights Grounds
It’s been a very long fight but British hacker and Asperger’s sufferer Gary McKinnon has finally won his battle to avoid extradition to the US under the controversial Extradition Act.…
Cloud-Based Mobile App Testing & Monitoring Platform Perfecto Mobile Raises $15 Million Series C
Boston and Israel-based Perfecto Mobile, the makers of a testing and monitoring platform for mobile apps and websites, is today announcing it has secured $15 million in a Series C round of…
Opinsy Launches Into Public Beta To Create The ‘Opinion Graph’
You’ve heard of the social graph and the interest graph – but it may be time for the Opinion Graph. Opinsy, a new platform which lets people build viral communities…
Microsoft Surface RT Priced: 32GB For $499 Without Touch Cover, $599 With; 64GB For $699
Microsoft today detailed pricing for its Surface tablets, at least those running the scaled down RT version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system designed for use on low-power processors.…
Apple Patents 3D Remote Tech, Software To Protect iPhones From Unauthorized Use
Apple was granted a number of patents today, including a couple that could have big implications for its range of mobile devices. One describes a Wii remote style 3D control…
Here’s What Accessory Manufacturers Expect The iPad Mini To Look Like
What you see here is a mock-up provided by an Shenzhen-based accessories manufacturer who is planning to build cases and hardware for the iPad Mini. Although they will most likely…
Microsoft Betting Big On Surface: Orders 3 To 5 Million Tablets For Q4, Says WSJ
Redmond is getting ready to go to war, tablet war against iOS and Android — with the looming launch of its Windows 8-powered Surface slate, due to get the final…
The first Romo was a cute little hand-made robot with a cute little face that roamed around the room, turning your phone into a rat-sized telepresence rig. The Romo folks,…
