Matthew Panzarino
Matthew Panzarino has been a professional photographer, hobbyist chef, hardware tinkerer, independent Apple blogger, Managing Editor at The Next Web and now Senior Editor at TechCrunch.
He has made a name for himself in the tech media world as a writer relentlessly covering Apple and Twitter, in addition to a broad range of startups.
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In Wake Of TestFlight’s Acquisition By Apple, Twitter’s Crashlytics Launches Beta Beta App Distribution Tool
Crashlytics, the testing and analytics company that was acquired by Twitter last year, is firing up a new beta distribution tool. The timing is pretty on-point as one of the major two players in the business — TestFlight — was just acquired by Apple along with its parent analytics company Burstly. Read More
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Here’s An Actual 3D Indoor Map Of A Room Captured With Google’s Project Tango Phone
We broke the news yesterday that Google was producing a prototype 3D sensing smartphone called Project Tango. We also broke down the capabilities of the vision processor inside the device and talked about what it means for the future of phones. Read More
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Secret To Launch A Bug Bounty Program As Soon As Today
Today, for a brief time, a post on the secret sharing app Secret and an image on Twitter caused a twinge in the cockles of every user’s heart. The image appeared to indicate that your email — and therefore your identity — could be tied to your Secret posts. Given that the vast majority of posts on Secret are stuff that would end up being really, really awkward to explain to… Read More
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LinkedIn Axing Clever But Ill-Advised “Intro” Feature And Slidecast Product
LinkedIn is axing its feature that intercepted emails to iOS devices to inject them with information from the site. The announcement was made via email to customers today, where the company detailed steps on removing the feature if users had enabled it. “We strive to deliver product experiences that delight our members and add value to their professional lives,” reads an email sent to… Read More
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How A Startup Accidentally “Hacked” Shark Tank With A QR Code
If you’re not familiar with Shark Tank, it’s a show on ABC that has a set of entrepreneurs presenting their products or companies before a panel of investors. They’re there to secure funds for expansion or whatever purpose from a group that includes billionaire Mark Cuban, fashion giant Daymond John, Internet mogul Robert Herjavec and a variety of other participants. The show is… Read More
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Foursquare Gets $15M And Licensing Deal From Microsoft To Power Location Context For Windows And Mobile
Today, Foursquare is announcing that it has received $15 million in funding as a result of a partnership with Microsoft. The deal will see Foursquare contributing to the Bing platform’s location and context layers on both Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Read More
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Adobe Photoshop Veteran John Nack Moves To Google To Work On Digital Photo Team
Adobe’s John Nack is leaving the company after 14 years to work at Google. Nack was on the Photoshop team for 8 years, working on features like Camera Raw, Smart Objects and Adobe Bridge. He’s been acting as Principal Product Manager at Adobe since then, focusing on its mobile app efforts like Photoshop for tablets. In a blog post, Nack says he’s moving over to Google to work on… Read More
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GoDaddy Admits Hacker’s Social Engineering Led It To Divulge Info In @N Twitter Account Hack
An update in the @N account hacking case has just come through from GoDaddy, one of the companies involved in the somewhat convoluted social engineering case. The company admits that one of its employees was ‘socially engineered’ into giving out additional information which allowed a hacker to gain access to Naoki Hiroshima’s GoDaddy account. The hack, which we detailed in a… Read More
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Google Keeps ‘Vast Majority’ Of Motorola Mobility Patents In Sale To Lenovo
Motorola Mobility is being sold to Lenovo, in a deal worth $2.91B. Google is divesting itself of the handset division it purchased for $12.5B in 2011, but it will keep some of the assets — including patents. “Google will maintain ownership of the vast majority of the Motorola Mobility patent portfolio, including current patent applications and invention disclosures,” says… Read More
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Why Hasn’t Twitter Just Given @N His Name Back?
Yesterday Naoki Hiroshima, an Echofon developer, posted an article about how he lost his extremely short Twitter handle @N in an extortion scheme. Hackers compromised his GoDaddy account with social engineering (calling and lying to an account rep), gaining access to his email on a personal domain. They said that they gained access via a similar call to PayPal, who the hacker claimed gave them the… Read More
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Low Overhead Blogging Platform Svbtle Opens Up To All
I’m a pretty big fan of the way that Svbtle, a blogging platform from designer and developer Dustin Curtis, handles the creation and development of ideas. Curtis rolled the lightweight publishing tool out to a select few users in its early days, and has been slowly expanding that over time. Today, the platform opens up to anyone who would like to register. If you’re interested in a… Read More
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Biz Stone’s Jelly Raises Series B Led By Greylock, And Josh Elman Joins The Board
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has raised a Series B round of investment led by Greylock Partners, with Spark Capital participating. The raise comes just under a year since it raised a Series A round from Spark, Jack Dorsey and Greylock, via its Discovery Fund. Read More
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The Tablet Is The New General Purpose Computer
Apple’s latest iPad spot demonstrates that tablets have general purpose computing strengths that have never been exhibited by laptops. Laptops have had decades in the spotlight as our portable computers of choice and were on their way to eradicating desktop machines before tablets came along. But they’ve never managed to exhibit the flexibility of purpose that tablets can. Read More
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Storehouse: An Apple Vet Tries To Move The Needle On Long-Form Visual Communication
The way we communicate is increasingly visual. The devices that we carry with us are uniquely suited to both capturing and displaying stories primarily comprised of images, rather than words. That’s what Storehouse, a new app and service from ex-Apple, Facebook and The Daily talent is looking to tackle. Read More
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Tesla Issues ‘Recall’ On About 29,222 Model S Power Adapters That Could Cause Fires
Tesla issued a recall today on a power adapter that could have a defect that leads to shorting and even fire in some cases. The recall says that the NEMA 14-50 adapters used to charge Model S vehicles could exhibit higher than normal resistance when subject to corrosion, damage or fluctuating outputs of electrical sockets. When the adapters encounter resistance, they heat up, which could lead to… Read More
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Twitter Rolls Out New Web Design That Aligns With Mobile Interfaces
Twitter is rolling out a new design on the web today that eliminates the pop-up compose window and brings its look more in line with its mobile apps. We've been seeing Twitter test versions of this design for some time now, but this particular one appears to be the test bucket that got the best reaction from users. Read More
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Google Is Buying Connected Device Company Nest For $3.2B In Cash
Google is acquiring connected device company Nest for $3.2B. Google sent out an email to employees noting the acquisition today and later issued a press release. Read More
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Twitter Toys With Ways To Boost Engagement With ‘@AchievementBird’ Experiment
Twitter has begun experimenting with an account, called @AchievementBird, that will direct message you ‘achievements’ that you earn with your tweets. The account is protected but has granted follows in the past few days. Once you’re on the list, the account will occasionally send you messages about how one of your tweets has performed. Xero engineer Owen Williams noted the… Read More
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Return Of The D: Mossberg And Swisher Open Registration For Re/Booted ‘Code’ Conference
Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher’s new ‘Code’ conference has opened registration today. The conference is a near identical reboot of the ‘Dx’ events that they’ve been putting on for the last decade. The conference is being held in the same place as D11 and at roughly the same time. The same team is producing it as well. Essentially this is D12 by another name. The… Read More
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Yahoo News Digest Reviews Get A Boost From Yahoo Employees, Cheerleaders
Some folks out there really, really, really like any app that Yahoo puts out. At least, that’s the picture we get from looking at the recent reviews of its Yahoo News Digest app, introduced yesterday. The app is currently flying high in the charts, and features a 4.5 star rating with 282 massively positive reviews. Taking a closer look at the review listings, many of the people leaving… Read More
