The Problem With Ping...
With the launch of Ping this week in the latest update for iTunes, Apple is finally adding social elements to its software. Ping is essentially a social music discovery feature in iTunes. You can friend, follow, or lurk to see what music other people on iTunes—people you know, people...
The iTunes Ping Social ...
Right now, many of you are likely downloading iTunes 10 , the latest version of Apple’s media software. The most notable feature in this new version is Ping, Apple’s first stab at building a music social network (or really any kind of social network). It’s interesting...
Our Favorite New Apps F...
Over the weekend, over 200 teams of developers met up to participate in Node.js Knockout , a 48 hour coding competition with one basic rule: you *had* to use node.js to build your app. The deadline was midnight on Sunday, which means that the finished applications are currently being...
comScore Acquires Dutch...
Audience measurement company comScore has acquired Nedstat , an Amsterdam-based provider of web analytics and video measurement solutions for approx. $36.7 million. ComScore says the purchase will help the company accelerate its global expansion strategy, particularly in European...
Meet Booyah’s InCrowd...
Booyah’s InCrowd, famously announced by founder Keith Lee at the Facebook Places launch event earlier this month, just hit the App store. InCrowd is the first of the inevitably many apps that will be built off the Facebook Places API and the only location-based app that has...
Let’s Make Sure Longs...
Here’s what’s fun about TechCrunch’s new(ish) San Francisco office. I go out to grab a sandwich, see people I know and get to rudely grill them about how well their company is doing. Today it was Mat Honan , one of the founders of Longshot Magazine , which just put out its second...
Speaking of tattoos –...
When a great story leaps out in front of you, sometimes you just have to whip out your flip camera and hope for the best. Apologies for the lighting on this one, but this interview with Micah Baldwin was just too good to miss. First some background. Micah’s company, Graphic.ly (a...
What If UberCab Pulls A...
If you live in San Francisco and you haven’t tried UberCab yet, do it. The service, which we first covered in July , eliminates everything bad about a taxi experience. In my order, that’s flagging one down, finding the cash to pay, and being in a sometimes disgusting car. For...
Remember Magic Inbox? Y...
In May 2009, I wrote a post speculating about something called “Magic Inbox.” What was so special about it? It was a reference found in the code of Gmail by the blog Google Operating System , and appeared to point to a new Gmail feature that would sort your email with the...