Google Invests $86 Mill...
Google is partnering with U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC), a division of U.S. Bank; to create an $86 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund. According to a release issued today, the funding will be used towards the construction and operation of 480...
AP Tries Its Hardest To...
Kentucky senate candidate Rand Paul is being partially bankrolled by the porn industry, apparently. At least that’s the story that the AP’s Bruce Schreiner is pushing today . This is what appears to be the AP’s most recent hit job on Paul Here is the original...
Google Begins Charging ...
Completely open stores and galleries are great — until you realize that they quickly get loaded up with crap. Go here to read the rest: Google Begins Charging Devs $5 To List Chrome Extensions, Themes, And...
TC Disrupt Finalist App...
Appbistro , a marketplace for Facebook tabs that businesses, bands, and brands can use to add functionality to their Facebook pages, has just scored some angel funding. The company has raised a $550,000 convertible note led by Sand Hill Angels, with participation from Alfred Lin (TellMe,...
Rdio Gaga: How Spotify...
Poor old Spotify . Less than a week after Billboard magazine reported that the music-on-demand service had “rebooted” its negotiations with US labels, rival service Rdio has just opened its doors in both the US and Canada, proudly boasting deals with many of those same...
PayPal Brings Their And...
No matter how big your company is, maintaining platform parity — that is, keeping all of your apps functionally identical across multiple smartphone platforms — is tough work. Even Facebook can’t seem to get their Android app quite up to par with their iPhone app See...
YouSendIt Raises $15 Mi...
File sharing service YouSendIt has closed a $15 million Series D funding round led by Adams Street Partners, with existing investors Emergence Capital, Sigma Partners, and Alloy Ventures also participating. Robin Murray, a partner at Adams Street, will become an observer for the...
Roger Ebert Would Pay F...
How will Twitter make money? It’s a question as old as time itself Read the rest here: Roger Ebert Would Pay For Twitter And So Would About 20% Of His...
How To Get Our Attentio...
Many a post has come before this one on the special adventure that is pitching TechCrunch. And while most of our writers have their own preferences (Please don’t call my cell before 7 a.m. unless you’re Google, and you’re buying Twitter Originally posted here: How...