Facebook Adds “Good E...
Today Facebook begins rolling out file sharing to all Groups, and while it’s got many restrictions, it could be good enough to limit the long-term growth potential of cloud storage / file sharing services like Dropbox , iCloud, and Google Drive. Music and any copyright files...
Uber Is Testing In San ...
Uber , the mobile car service that’s becoming indispensable (I think I spend more money on Uber than on food), is continuing its geographic expansion by entering “super secret stealth test mode” in San Diego. “Super secret” means something different for Uber...
Facebook Amends IPO S-1...
Facebook has just filed a sixth amendment to its S-1 filing to IPO in order to provide more transparency about how the shift of its user base from the web to mobile is causing it to show fewer ads per user, which could hurt revenue in the long term. I’ve excerpted the significant...Let The News Find You: ...
Keeping up with the news is pretty much a full-time job these days. Thankfully, recommendation services like Zite and Flipboard have figured out some ways of keeping their users informed without overloading them with information. Ideally, though, a recommendation service wouldn’t...The Future Is Going Ret...
Nest and Lowe’s have teamed up to sell the Nest “learning thermostat” at 500 Lowes stores throughout the country, a first for a major bit of high-tech geekery. While Lowe’s has sold thermostats for years, they are not planning on adding a new “learning...
TC/Gadgets Webcast: CTI...
We’re back and ready to attack with another episode of our TechCrunch/Gadgets Weekly webcast. Matt, unfortunately, could not make any time for us as he was in the happiest place on Earth with his family, but we still managed to cover a range of topics including CTIA, the freshly...
Review: Ernst Benz Offi...
As a big watch nerd , I love sharing cool watches with you guys in hopes that my obsession, as unseemly as it is, will be passed from writer to reader like an STD. This time I was lucky enough to be able to handle the new Ernst Benz Officer ChronoLunar , a huge...
Nathan Myhrvold, ex-MSF...
Nathan Myhrvold, erstwhile Microsoft CTO and now patent powerbroker extraordinare, has hit the news this weekend, but it’s not for his latest licensing deal with a mobile phone maker , or for a lawsuit against a tech company (or three ) that refuses to pay up for patents that his...
YC Price Guide Startup ...
How much should you pay for a used iPhone, TV, or bicycle? Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel and more think you need to know, so they’ve invested $1.5 million into Priceonomics , a Y-Combinator winter 2012 startup. The seed round that shall be announced later today will...