The Google AdSense Kill...
Tiny sidebar and news feed ads aren’t going to cut it. If Facebook wants to live up to a $104 billion valuation it will need bold new revenue streams. An offsite ad network, big glossy news feed ads, or and payments for physical goods are a few ways it could boost its average...
Everyme Adds Android, A...
Everyme , the Y Combinator-backed mobile startup that helps users create groups for private sharing , is launching a whole bunch of new stuff today. For starters, it’s releasing apps for both Android and the Web. Co-founder Vibhu Norby says both products have the same features as...
“In the Studio,” CR...
Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil “In the Studio” hosts a Silicon Valley technology veteran this week, someone who has been around tech since 1977, in...Comcast Kills Its 250GB...
Comcast announced today that it is doing away with its 250 GB data cap , and will be moving to test out new plans will charge customers based on usage, rather than cutting them off. Since 2008, Comcast has had a data usage cap of 250GB for all its broadband plans. At that time, the cap...Balloonduck: Where Pint...
We first wrote about Balloonduck back in March . At the time, the social network was accepting invite requests prior to a full launch, so as to avoid empty room syndrome. But today is the big day: Balloonduck has hit 1,500 invite requests and is now officially live. If you perchance...Enough With Social Stal...
INTRO , the ambient location app whose claim-to-fame is how it’s angling to become the “LinkedIn” of the social/local people-stalking space , is now increasing its business-oriented focus. With the iOS app ‘s most recent update, due to roll out any day (minute?) now, INTRO is...Rakuten CEO On The $100...
Rakuten , the Japanese e-commerce giant leading a $100 million investment in Pinterest , valuing the company at $1.5 billion, will be making two major contributions to the image-based social network as it gears up for its next stage of growth: the funds to take the image-based social...Bitly Kinda Says It’s...
Is link shortener Bitly raising $20 million in new funding? The Verge says it is . In response to my email, a company spokesperson denied The Verge’s story, but in vague enough terms that it could probably turn around and announce a new round in the next few weeks or months....
Viacom Gives Up Fight A...
Customers of Time Warner Cable have some reason to rejoice today, as the cable company has gotten the go-ahead to add channels like MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to its live streaming iPad app . The addition comes after the channels’ owner Viacom has settled its differences and...