Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats”

Andreessen’s Advice T...

Legend has it that when Cortes landed in Mexico in the 1500s, he ordered his men to burn the ships that had brought them there to remove the possibility of doing anything other than going forward into the unknown. Marc Andreessen has the same advice for old media companies: “Burn...
Apple Stock Hits All-Time High, Near $200B Market Cap

Apple Stock Hits All-Ti...

Hot off the news that the iPad will ship more-or-less on time on April 3, Apple stock has shot up to a new all-time high of 219.70, besting a previous high of 215.59, which it hit on January 5, 2010. See the original post: Apple Stock Hits All-Time High, Near $200B Market...
Netflix Is Surveying Interest In An iPhone App

Netflix Is Surveying In...

There has never been a shortage or rumors that Netflix streaming is coming to the iPhone . View post:  Netflix Is Surveying Interest In An iPhone...
Y Combinator To Startups: “We think the iPad is meant to be a Windows killer”

Y Combinator To Startup...

Last August, we wrote about Y Combinator’s latest idea: RFS , or, Requests for Startups. Basically, this allows the incubator to lead entrepreneurs in a certain direction based on trends they think will be hot. Read more from the original source: Y Combinator To Startups: “We...
Jobs: “Flash Would Murder the iPad.” Really Now, Let’s Be Realistic

Jobs: “Flash Would Mu...

I feel like I should come to Flash’s defense, partially because I gave it one between the ribs last night, and partially because, in the words of Sherlock Holmes, “to see justice done is every man’s business.” Now here we have Steve Jobs saying in a WSJ interview...
Google Reader Recommendations Swap Popularity For Personalization

Google Reader Recommend...

Back in October of last year, Google Reader rolled out a nice little update that added a new “Popular items” feed to the “Explore” area of the service. In here, you would find items from around the web that were gaining popularity fast. Original post: Google...
Wired’s iPad Tablet App Is Looking Good

Wired’s iPad Tablet A...

Although the iPad was a disappointment to us as far as what we were expecting, I’m still excited to try one out because I know it will be one of the devices that really helps introduce and popularize the tablet computer. And one consequence of this is the kind of app Wired is...
The iPad Is Step 1 In The Future Of Computing. This Is Step 2 (Or 3).

The iPad Is Step 1 In T...

In 2008, I attended a meeting in Madrid, Spain that featured the coolest demonstration I had ever seen. The problem was that I wasn’t allowed to talk about what I had seen because the company was still in stealth-mode. See the original post: The iPad Is Step 1 In The Future Of...
20 Percent Of TechCrunch Readers Are Already Browsing With Chrome

20 Percent Of TechCrunc...

Google’s Chrome browser is quickly gaining market share, with one estimate putting it at about 5 percent of total usage, while Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is seeing a drop in overall share. But among TechCrunch readers Chrome is already beating every browser except for...
With Subscriptions Off The Table For Now, Apple To Test $1 TV Shows

With Subscriptions Off ...

Leading up to its January event, rumors were swirling that Apple was talking to the TV networks about offering possible subscriptions to their shows through iTunes. Original post: With Subscriptions Off The Table For Now, Apple To Test $1 TV...

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