“We’re breaking beta from alpha. That doesn’t exist anywhere. We’re literally saying, ‘Only pay us for alpha and define beta. Nobody has done that.” That’s an energized quote fro
The online artisans’ marketplace sells some unique products and has some unusual needs when it comes to IT. The company sets itself apart in a number of ways. Instead of using cloud services lik
Arthur Chu is best known for his odd - but winning - Jeopardy! strategy. He brought a web native's attitude and methodology to win almost $300,000 on the show. He is now an outspoken anti-Gamergate wr
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/Weev">Weev</a> aka Andrew Auernheimer is free. The 29-year-old hacker, released from the Allenwood Federal Correctional Center in Pennsylvania last weekend, has spe
I'm not a huge fan of banks, but when senior director <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpanowicz">Michal Panowicz</a> approached me about <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mbank.p
Allow me just a little self-congratulation. Two years ago I wrote "<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/07/why-the-new-guy-cant-code/">Why The New Guy Can't Code</a>," about my contempt for the sta
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.wetmachine.com">John Sundman</a> is best known for his seminal dot-com-boom cyberpunk novel, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Acts-Apostles-Mind-Over-
When I first saw this tiny <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/28/a-diy-raspberry-pi-hack-lets-you-build-the-smallest-gaming-cabinet-in-the-world/">gaming cabinet this morning</a>, I was fascinate
Blackberry's future is the tech debate <em>du jour</em>, with pundits on either side promising either a BB10 renaissance or a slow-motion tailspin. While the jury was still out, we had a few moments t
<a href="http://www.hireart.com/">HireArt</a>, a newly launched Y Combinator-backed company, is working to solve a major problem that all employers face today: resumes are bullshit. Job candidates oft
I had the distinct pleasure of bringing Mike Doughty, songwriter and author, into the TCTV studio to talk about his new book, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Drugs-Memoir-Mike-Doug
You can watch the whole thing here but Mike Lazaridis is cracking up. Basically, in an interview with a BBC reporter, the co-CEO shuts down the the meeting after being asked about security concerns in
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/gamermag.jpg" />Conventional wisdom says that it’d be a better idea to build a ladder to the moon than it would be to start a magazine
I had myself a bit of a field trip yesterday, going over to Reebok’s fancy gym on Columbus Avenue in New York to try out their new ZigTech shoes. The name alone implies, well, tech, which would
Most gadget do-it-yourselfers have stories of an idea that didn’t quite work out. Maybe the prototype never functioned properly. Or maybe a competitor introduced a similar piece of gear into the mar
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sheva.jpg" />Dearest CrunchGear readers: I recently had the honor and privilege of speaking to Karen Dyer, who is not only the voice of S
Reuben Langdon is a motion capture artist in motion pictures and games — you’ve probably directed his actions without knowing it in such games as Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising. Most rece
I recently sat down with the king of gadget modders, Benjamin J. Heckendorn.
Jack Conte is an Internet musician who makes his living from selling MP3s online and generally running around like a madman making great music. I was introduced to him through Electro-Harmonix but I w
Greg “Heaven 17” Kumparak was interviewed by his local CBS affiliate on the rise of online newsreading and the death of dead-tree papers. There’s no real way to embed the video so I&
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