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Media & Entertainment
Nintendo’s Mario Kart DLC Is The Best (And Also The Worst)
3:23 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Nintendo has seen better times. Back in June, the company announced a quarterly loss despite tripling sales of its flagship console, the Wii U. The numbers were bad, but look…
Media & Entertainment
Singld Out, A DNA-Based Dating Service, Can Match You With Dates Who Will Smell Sexy
3:07 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of services out there to help you find someone you might like to have sex with. But there are very few that are run…
Consumer electronic companies are giddy. They can’t help themselves. They have a new thing. A new gadget. A new widget to sell to you. After years of notebooks, tablets and…
Google Stops Showing Authorship In Search Results
2:33 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Google today announced that it has stopped showing the names of authors in its search results. The company first started showing authorship on its search results pages a few years…
Startups
CalPal Adds Messaging To Your Calendar To Simplify Making Plans With Friends
2:00 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Making plans with friends can be like herding cats. Finding out who’s available when and trying to get everyone to agree on a place to meet at a certain time…
Downtown Launches Mobile Payment App In Palo Alto
1:56 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Downtown wants to change the way you order and pay for food, starting with its launch today at the Palo Alto’s Coupa Cafe, a common startup meeting spot. Although it’s easy to…
Instagram Is Down (Update: Back up!)
1:24 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Don’t worry, it’s not just you. For the second time this year, Instagram is down hard. At least on my end, it’s completely down. You might be able to get…
Startups
Findster’s GPS Tracker Locates Missing Kids Or Pets, Without A Monthly Fee
1:13 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
There are a number of gadgets, both new and old, that allow parents to geo-locate their children – or let puppy parents track down a wandering Fido – but many of…
Tips From The Startup Fundraising Playbook
1:00 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Recently, I’ve been considering raising a seed round for my startup Foundersuite. So, to get my head in the game, I’ve been chatting up various startup friends who have recently…
Windows Phone Picks Up Domestic Support As Its International Numbers Plateau
12:57 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Good news for Microsoft: HTC’s new One (M8) Windows Phone handset will land on at least three of the four largest carriers in the United States. Bad news for Microsoft:…
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A Chat With Jack Conte, Musician And Entrepreneur
12:11 pm PDT • August 28, 2014
Jack Conte is a busy guy. He and his partner, Nataly Dawn, are on tour with Pomplamoose, a band that rivals only OK Go in their dedication to weird and…
Announcing The Full Agenda For TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2014
11:12 am PDT • August 28, 2014
TechCrunch Disrupt hits San Francisco September 6-10 at its new home at Pier 48, and we’re excited to announce the full agenda. The event will span five days and feature industry…
Cloud Note-Taking App Notability Launches On Desktop Just In Time For Students Heading Back To School
11:00 am PDT • August 28, 2014
Notability has emerged as one of the favorite apps for students who wish to take notes during class while also recording audio of their lectures. The app, which was already…
Microsoft Azure Now Supports Google’s Kubernetes For Managing Docker Containers
10:54 am PDT • August 28, 2014
Back in June, Microsoft announced that it would bring support for managing Docker containers with the help of Google’s open-source Kubernetes tool to Azure and today, it is making good…
Media & Entertainment
In-App Search Is An App That Searches In Your Apps
10:48 am PDT • August 28, 2014
Are users itching for a better way to search through the information contained within their mobile apps, bypassing the web and traditional search? Developer Steve Taylor decided to find out,…
How Municipal Broadband Dies
10:05 am PDT • August 28, 2014
Municipal broadband has become a surprisingly debated topic on the national level, after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler indicated that he believes that the FCC has the legal…
Tilt, The Startup Formerly Known As Crowdtilt, Drops Fees For Groups Pooling Money
10:02 am PDT • August 28, 2014
Tilt, the group funding startup that recently chopped its name down from its former moniker “Crowdtilt”, announced today that it’s chopping its fees, too. The San Francisco company has dropped…
I’ve stopped writing about a few things recently, mostly because of fatigue. First, I’m not that interested in merchants accepting bitcoin – these little blips are primarily PR moves and…
Let’s face it, HP was once the king of Silicon Valley, but over the last several years, the company has had issues due in part to the revolving door in the CEO office.…
Media & Entertainment
Apple Confirms Special Event On September 9, Likely For iPhones
9:06 am PDT • August 28, 2014
Apple has sent out invites to a special event it’s holding on September 9, where we will almost certainly get our first official look at the next iPhone. The invites…
