2012
DoxOut Turns Any Tablet Or Smartphone Into A Google Docs PC
Google is trying to sell an ultralight operating system running on inexpensive hardware in the form of Chromebooks, and not really doing a great job of it. But the basic…
FashionPlaytes Raises $5M To Help Tweens Design Their Own Clothes
FashionPlaytes, which runs a fashion website for “tween” girls called FPGirl.com, has raised $5 million in Series B funding. The site is aimed at girls between 5 and 12 years…
Careticker’s KnockedUp App Has Everything You Need To Know Before, After, And During Your Pregnancy
CareTicker has created a mobile platform that provides all the necessary planning and coordination for pre- and post-procedure hospital stays. And it’s planning to roll out a host of different…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg On Being Under The Radar: I Would Rather Be Underestimated
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, closed off his interview with Mike Arrington today at TC Disrupt SF with a very modest assessment of himself and what Facebook (reminder: world’s…
Zuckerberg: Spotify, Airbnb, Nike+ And Runkeeper Are Killing It
On stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg named a few products that he is impressed by. In particular, Spotify, Airbnb, Nike+ and Runkeeper caught the attention of…
YourMechanic, The “Uber Of Car Maintenance,” Offers On-Demand, Certified Mechanics At 30-50% Savings
YourMechanic, a peer-to-peer car repair marketplace that enables mechanics to fix users’ cars at their home or office, launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF today. It claims it will lower costs…
Zuckerberg Talk Drove Facebook Stock Up 4.6% In After-Hours Trading
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s talk with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington drove up Facebook stock 4.58% in after-hours trading today. The stock closed at $19.43 today but rose to…
Mark Zuckerberg: “A Facebook Phone Just Doesn’t Make Any Sense”
“I’ve been bugging you about Facebook phone for months,” said Michael Arrington in Mark Zuckerberg’s first interview since the Facebook IPO. “You say there’s nothing, but I don’t believe you.”…
Zuckerberg On Coding: “Everything I Do Breaks, But We Fix It Quickly”
On stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder and CEO, says that he still codes sometimes for fun. But there is a rule at Facebook, he…
Zuckerberg On Building A Search Engine: Facebook Is Pretty Uniquely Positioned, At Some Point We’ll Do It
Mark Zuckerberg is on stage at Disrupt talking about the potential for Facebook to get serious about creating a search engine, saying “we’re basically doing 1 billion queries a day…
Zuckerberg On Facebook Hiring: It’s A Good Time To Join And A Great Time To Stick Around
In CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s first public appearance since Facebook’s IPO on May 18 — with the stock losing roughly half its value, employees selling options, and many questions about the…
Mark Zuckerberg: Our Biggest Mistake Was Betting Too Much On HTML5
Today, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook’s mobile strategy relied too much on HTML5, rather than native applications. Not only was this a big mistake with mobile, but Zuckerberg says that…
Zuckerberg On Facebook’s IPO: Stock Performance Has Been “Disappointing”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington dived right into the most glaring and obvious question of the day following the company’s May IPO. How does Zuckerberg feel…
Zuckerberg: Mobile Users More Likely To Be Daily Active Users
In his first post-IPO public appearance, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed a packed house at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF conference where he was interviewed by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. The…
Zuckerberg Says “On Mobile We Are Going To Make A Lot More Money Than On Desktop”
The talk that everyone has been waiting for at TechCrunch Disrupt is happening, and Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is on stage with Michael Arrington. The two are talking about everything…
Siri Co-Founder Adam Cheyer Said To Have Left Apple
According to Bloomberg, Siri co-founder and Apple Engineering Director post-acquisition Adam Cheyer has left the company. So far, the only information available is that Cheyer “recently” left the company, and…
Trigger Street’s Dana Brunetti: Silicon Valley Will Write The Next Big Check For Original Video Content
During a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt today, Trigger Street’s Dana Brunetti said that Silicon Valley will likely become a major funding source for original content soon. For a company like…
Citing “The Math,” HBO’s Alison Moore Says There Are Still No Plans For Standalone HBO GO In The U.S.
Those lucky folks in the Nordics just recently got access to an on-demand, over-the-top HBO service that bears more than a passing resemblance to HBO GO, but we here in…
Ron Conway And SF Mayor Ed Lee On Crucial Upcoming Tech Policy
Ron Conway and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee sat down with TechCrunch to chat about two crucial upcoming policies for the technology industry. First among them was Proposition E, a ballot initiative to…
The first thing I asked Andres Godoy and José Daire about their new app called Hop.in — launching this week at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco — was “isn’t this just…
Google Chose Do.com Instead Of Asana To Get Stuff Done
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff said that Google chose to use his company’s productivity app Do.com over Asana, which was founded by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz…
Millennial: Apple Devices Top Mobile Ad Impressions, Expect Lead To Grow With New iPhone
Millennial Media sent out its quarterly Mobile Mix report for the second quarter of 2012 today, and the number tells a story of rising fortunes for Samsung in smartphones, and…
Salesforce Wants To Kill Asana, Box And Okta? CEO Benioff Says ‘It’s Not About The Hunger Games’
Salesforce.com is a major force in the CRM space (it even managed to nab CRM as its stock ticker when it went public on the NYSE) for the trailblazing they…
Google Launches Open Course Builder
Google launched an open source course building web application for the growing list of K-12 and big-name universities developing online classes. The barebones website is a lightweight way to bring…
Microsoft’s Windows Store Is Now Open For All Developers In 120 Markets
Microsoft just announced that the Windows Store, the app store for the company’s upcoming Windows 8 release, is now open for app submissions from all developers, including individuals. This marks…
Benioff On His Hawaiian Vacays: As Long As Ellison Is Not On The Island I’m On, That’s OK With Me
Marc Benioff is not buying a private island even though, like rival Larry Ellison, apparently, he finds the need to head out to tropical destinations like Hawaii to recharge. He…
Salesforce To Compete Against Box With New, Cloud-Based File Sharing Product
At TechCrunch Disrupt today, Salesforce CEO and founder Marc Benioff revealed the SaaS company’s next product—file storage. We don’t know much more, but the new product will be announced next…
Marc Benioff: “Facebook Has The Opportunity To Be The Next Google”
On stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO and founder, only had good things to say about Facebook. “They have a great CEO, they are a…
Marc Benioff: Yammer Should Not Have Sold The Company To Microsoft
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff said on stage today at Disrupt San Francisco 2012 that Yammer should not have sold to Microsoft and that he passed on buying them due to…
Marc Benioff: Google Squandered Its Enterprise Opportunity
At TechCrunch Disrupt SF today, Mike Arrington talked to Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff about the future going forward for Salesforce, and how the company is taking on Asana, Box and…
