Over the past three years, every weekend, I sit down with my laptop and write something that eventually becomes a blog post on TechCrunch. Every Sunday, 10am PST. It started back when Mike was writing
This past week, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.techmeme.com/140418/p30#a140418p30">conflicting</a> reports about Nike leaked, suggesting either <a target="_blank" href="http://recode.net/2014/04/
Last week, my column discussed how on-demand mobile services -- <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.semilshah.com/2014/04/06/tap-your-phone-get-stuff-including-funding/">Tap Your Phone, Get Stuff</a>
Earlier this week, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/schlaf">Steve Schlafman</a>, an investor with RRE in New York City, <a target="_blank" href="http://schlaf.me/post/81679927670">creat
<p dir="ltr">Finally, Microsoft's flagship Office suite (Excel, PPT, Word) is <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/03/28/microsofts-office-for-ipad-suite-dominates-app-store-ch
<p dir="ltr"><span style="line-height:1.625;">Ask three different smart, knowledgeable people in tech about their views on smartwatches, and you’re bound to receive at least four plausible opinions
<p dir="ltr">Every Sunday, I try to write something about mobile that’s relevant today or tomorrow. This week, I thought it would be fun to briefly look back in time. When it comes to mobile (and th
<p dir="ltr">Greetings from a rainy (but always fun) Austin, TX. As is the case leading up to every SXSW, many wonder what will be the breakout app. As someone who works in, invests in, and writes abo
<p dir="ltr">It’s no secret that many entrepreneurs and investors are seduced by the <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.semilshah.com/2013/08/30/oh-the-marketplaces-youll-go/">specter of network e
<p dir="ltr">Silicon Valley and the tech world at large are filled with a variety of conventions. These conventions are now created, captured, and shared ad nauseam disguised as blog posts, tweets wit
<p dir="ltr">A year ago, I wrote a post titled “<a target="_blank" href="http://blog.semilshah.com/2014/02/16/silicon-valley-slowly-awakens-to-android-on-samsung/">Silicon Valley Slowly Awakens To A
Late in 2013, I stumbled upon two bootstrapped entrepreneurs -- <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/timothy1ee">Timothy Lee</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/nesquena">Nath
<p dir="ltr">In the world of mobile apps, the biggest news from this week was the announcement, by Facebook, of a new app, built by the social network, to read news and stories: <a target="_blank" hre
<p dir="ltr">Every Sunday for this column, I write on something <a href="https://techcrunch.com/author/semil-shah/">related</a> to mobile. To date, it’s mostly been about consumer-facing apps, <a ta
<p dir="ltr">About three years ago, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/artypapers">Rebekah Cox</a>, an early product designer at Facebook and Quora, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitt
<p dir="ltr">I’ve never been to CES before, but it’s hard to escape the flurry of noisy tweet, and headlines. One morsel that managed catch my attention centered around major automobile manufactur
<p dir="ltr"><span style="line-height:1.625;">Yes, we know...If you’re reading <em>TechCrunch</em>, there’s a great chance we all look at our phones too many times during the day, during meetings,
<p dir="ltr">Last year, as 2012 ended, I scanned the early-stage startup landscape and tried to identify one company that was a breakout for the year -- I ultimately selected Stripe, and explained w
<p dir="ltr">Every week for this column, I write about something related to mobile technology or apps. It would be only natural, then, for me to devote at least one column to the intersection of mobil
<em></em>‘Tis the season to reorganize the apps on my iPhone. With iOS 7 and the shift from spotlight search to swipe-down-to-search for apps, I’ve noticed my app behavior has changed a bit, as it
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