May 8, 2013
Why Syria’s Response On The Internet Outage Is Complete BS
The Syrian government claims it’s working to repair yesterday’s widespread Internet blackout. State-run media are reporting that a “fault in optical fibre cables” disconnected the beleaguered Middle-Eastern nation from the…
Google Makes Its Customizable Apps Admin Console Available To All Customers
Today, Google announced the eventual rollout of a brand new look for its Admin Console, an area that only admins of Google Apps will see. The aim of the redesign…
Coming Soon To Microsoft’s Office Web Apps: Real-Time Co-Authoring, Editing On Android Tablets, Easier File Management
Microsoft’s Office Web Apps have been around since 2010. Since then, they have slowly morphed from lightweight document viewers to relatively full-blown Office apps. Going forward, Microsoft senior product marketing…
Meet Earl, The Android Tablet That Wants To Be Your Backcountry Buddy
Sure, your Android tablet probably works like a champ when you’re splayed out on the couch, but is it one of your go-to gadgets for when you go traipsing through…
Movable Ink Gets $11 Million Series B Led By Intel Capital For Real-Time Email Marketing Tech
Movable Ink, a New York City-based company whose technology lets clients create more relevant email marketing campaigns, has taken on $11 million in a fresh round of funding. The funding,…
Crunch, Crunch, CrunchU: Course Registration Is Now Open
That crunching sound you hear is software eating the world, and TechCrunch is always looking for ways to pull a chair up to the feast. For example, we have CrunchBase…
With ‘Snap Your Stay,’ HotelTonight Launches A More Visual (And Less Review-y) Take On Hotel Reviews
Before he co-founded last-minute hotel-booking startup HotelTonight, one of CEO Sam Shank’s previous companies was the hotel review site TravelPost. And today, he’s launching what he said is a reinvention…
Backed By $1.7M In Funding, MIKA Debuts A New Fashion Shopping Site Featuring Top Designers, Daily Looks & Exclusives
Elena Fesenko grew up in the fashion industry. Her mother worked as a buyer for Bloomingdale’s, and she herself spent time both as a fashion design student and model. Now…
Makerbot has released an inspiring video about how a group of hackers built 3D-printed hands for children and adults who are missing fingers or entire hands. The project aims to…
Google Glass Update Adds Hangout, Google+ Notifications, Long Press For Search Throughout The UI
Google Glass is still very much a pre-release product, but a new update today edges it closer to a shipping device, thanks to some core functionality additions that you’d expect…
Bang With Friends Goes Mobile, Launches On iPhone And Android
You know, it’s been a pretty good few days for the (still mostly undercover) dudes behind Bang With Friends, the app that aims to help you do exactly what its…
OpenSignal Launches WeatherSignal, Using Its Crowdsourcing Cell Phone Coverage Tech To Tackle Meteorology
OpenSignal, the UK startup that has made a name for itself with its Android and iOS apps that crowdsource cell phone coverage based on data picked up from users’ devices,…
Crosswa.lk Debuts First Public-Facing Tool To Send iOS Apps From Web To Mobile, No Need To Launch iTunes
Crosswa.lk, a mobile application discovery which just over a year ago arrived on the iPhone as an improved version of Apple’s “Genius,” has been quietly building a new product over…
iOS 7 Mobile Traffic Spikes On Both iPhone And iPad Ahead Of Apple’s WWDC, According To Onswipe
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference is only around a month away, and while we’re already expecting to see iOS 7 at least previewed at the event, now we have some…
La Dolce Vita Startups At TechCrunch Italy In Rome, 26-27 September
This October we’re looking forward to bringing you a full-blown, all-hands-on-deck, TechCrunch Disrupt Europe in Berlin, the only Disrupt conference outside North America. This will feature the biggest stars of…
Betaworks-Backed Telecast Brings The TGIF TV Experience To Mobile Internet Video
When this generation looks back to retell the best and most amazing past times of the early oughts, surfing YouTube will undoubtedly be on the list. But as we shift…
CardFlight Partners With Stripe And Launches SDK To Become The ‘Stripe Of Real-World Payments’
CardFlight is launching with an encrypted, Square-like card reader of its own, as well as an SDK and APIs that will allow developers to create apps and take “card-present” payments…
Are You Interested Makes 2M Connections Through New Friends Of Friends Matchmaking Feature
Are You Interested has been in the online dating game since 2007, predominantly focused on the Facebook platform as a way to connect people through the internet. The company has…
Localytics Adds Features To Complete The Picture For Mobile App Developers And Marketers
Boston-based Localytics is fleshing out its mobile app analytics and marketing platform in a major way today with a variety of new features to help not just with customer acquisition,…
HealthTap Lands $24M From Khosla Ventures And Keith Rabois To Take Its “Quora For Doctors” Global
Since launching in 2010, HealthTap has been on a mission to bring the proverbial “house call” back to healthcare — virtually speaking, of course. With more than 80 percent of…
T-Mobile’s Q1 2013 Shows 500K iPhone 5 Sales In One Month, Signs The ‘Un-Carrier’ Plan Is Working
T-Mobile USA has reported its first quarter earnings for 2013, and this marks the first reporting period ever that the newly rebranded “Un-Carrier” has included iPhone 5 sales, which began…
AOL Q1 Beats The Street On Sales Of $539M, Comes Even On EPS Of $0.32, As Global Display Inches Up To $140M
AOL (owner of TechCrunch) has just reported its Q1 results for the quarter, and it’s a mixed bag, with sales of $539 million, up 2%, beating Wall Street estimates, with…
Trulia Acquires Market Leader For $355M To Take Its Business Beyond Listings And Into SaaS For Real Estate Professionals
Online real estate company Trulia has announced it plans to acquire real estate SaaS CRM provider Market Leader for approximately $355 million. The pair said the rational for the merger…
Tablet Purchases To Drive Mobile Content Revenues To $65BN In 2016, Up From $40BN+ In 2013, Says Juniper
As tablet ownership & usage continues its upward trajectory, little surprise that more people are expected to be paying for more stuff on tablets in the coming years. But analyst…
New Database Reveals Adjacent Hospitals Charging $200,000 Difference For Same Procedure
A new federal database of hospital prices shows a massive disparity in medical costs. “Average inpatient charges for services a hospital may provide in connection with a joint replacement range…
Nokia Teases Lumia 928 In Low Light Camera Test, Pits It Against Galaxy S3 & iPhone 5
Nokia is teasing the Lumia 928 — a phone it has not officially announced yet, despite all the leaks, rumours and, er, magazine ads — in a camera comparison video…
Meet Codoon, Jawbone UP’s Chinese Knock-Off
Codoon is one of the first wearable tech gadgets produced by a Chinese company. It’s also an almost exact copy of the Jawbone UP. Sina Tech reports Chinese consumers will…
China’s Efforts To Rapidly Build Its 4G Network Is A Boon For Struggling Telecom Gear Makers
The Chinese government will reportedly begin issuing 4G licenses (link via Google Translate) by the end of this year or early 2014 at the latest, following news that China Mobile…
