“Hashtag App” Lets ...

This is kind of handy – and just in time for TechCrunch Disrupt. The team at Lemon Labs just launched a new app called “ Hashtag App ,” which lets you follow Twitter hashtags on your iPhone or iPad. But there are a bunch of apps for that, including Twitter itself, you...

As The End Of Google Do...

Google always pitched Google Drive , which launched  in April after a considerable period of hype, as a replacement for Google Docs. What many users didn’t realize, it seems, is that Google will indeed completely replace Google Docs with Drive later this year. While Drive is still...

Saygent Launches In-App...

Apple’s Siri has been transforming how people interact with their phones. It taught us that’s it’s not just OK to talk to our phones, but that, in many cases, it’s actually a more useful way to get things done. Along those same lines, a company called Saygent is...

Twitter Back Up In Paki...

A temporary solution to the drama that unfolded this morning when Twitter was blocked in Pakistan — some believe over representations of the Prophet Mohammed and Twitter’s refusal to block these images; and some believe while it was testing an image filtering service....
China’s Tencent To Restructure Into Six Groups, Here’s Why

China’s Tencent To Re...

China’s Internet juggernaut Tencent  announced today that it would undergo a restructuring of its business units into six groups. Ren Yuxin was also named as the new chief operating officer and will head  up the media and social-networking groups. The six groups include: TEG...
Tracks Releases Most Ambitious Update Yet: Custom Camera, New Filters, And Real-Time Video

Tracks Releases Most Am...

How timely. After launching a year ago at Disrupt NYC 2011 , Tracks is today releasing one of its biggest updates to date. The service is much like Color, but without the creepy factor as any and all members of a specific photo-sharing group must be invited. I like to think of it as the...
Samsung’s Galaxy S III Reportedly Racks Up Over 9 Million Pre-Orders Worldwide

Samsung’s Galaxy S II...

As if anyone needed any more proof that the Samsung’s Galaxy S III would sell like (slightly more expensive) hotcakes, a report from the Korea Economic Daily reveals that the long-awaited handset racked up over 9 million pre-orders from mobile carriers across the globe. To put that...

Analysts: Nokia On Trac...

The Facebook IPO is expected to usher in a day of massive trading volumes on the markets, and some believe that might translate to a lift for some tech stocks . But one that could really use some help has just been served another course of bad press: Nokia is apparently burning through...
Watch Mark Zuckerberg Ring The NASDAQ Bell Before Facebook’s IPO

Watch Mark Zuckerberg R...

You can watch live  from the NASDAQ site as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes history this morning ringing the bell to open the day’s trading on the NASDAQ from Facebook’s headquarters just before his company’s IPO. The ceremony has just transpired, with Zuckerberg...
Facebook’s $38 Share Price Makes Instagram Deal Worth Nearly $1.2 Billion

Facebook’s $38 Share ...

Facebook’s $38 share price would make its deal to buy Instagram worth nearly $1.2 billion, up from the roughly $1 billion price the company announced in April . That’s a nice little bump but the deal hasn’t gone through given regulatory reviews. On top of that, we...

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