Disrupting Media: Where...

In a world where Instagram is worth more than the New York Times, old media is no longer dying, it’s dead. Instead, in its wake, we’ve got the Wild West: A chaotic morass of never-ending slideshows, puny WordPress blogs breaking big time news (and selling for tens of...
Twitpic Launches An iPhone App, But Is It Too Late?

Twitpic Launches An iPh...

Twitpic was once the de facto standard for photo sharing on Twitter. Before Instagram and Twitter’s own photo-sharing solution, the service worked a treat, allowing us to compress our photos and share them in the twinkle of an eye. The app resided as sort of a symbiotic pilot fish...

Twitter Improves Discov...

One of the core features of Twitter’s redesign last year was the addition of the Discover tab in the web and mobile interface. Today, the company is launching its first major update to this feature. The new and improved Discover tab, says Twitter, will now begin to surface more...

Help! The TechCrunch No...

When John and I first chatted out the idea of an NYC-based TC meet-up, we expected around 500 attendees. Last week we hit the 700 mark, and today we’ve surpassed 1,000 RSVPs. Luckily, our fine sponsors have made sure that there’ll be enough beer and pizza for everyone. But,...

CareZone, A Service For...

CareZone has been busy discovering a few key markets since launching in February , chief executive Jonathan Schwartz tells me. And the results are good enough to warrant a big round of funding: nearly $13 million from New Enterprise Associates , Catamount Ventures , and Schwartz himself....

Jack Dorsey Talks Squar...

Twitter co-founder, and Square CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey sat down with Charlie Rose yesterday (you can watch the full video clip here ) to talk about the two companies he’s developed as well as Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram and the “digital...
Sincerely Ink Launches In-App “Giving” Program, Lets You Send Cards With Charitable Donations

Sincerely Ink Launches ...

Sincerely  is on a roll. The startup behind a ton of photo-printing and greeting card mobile apps, including  Postagram ,  PopBooth ,  Sincerely Ink  and  Dotti , just launched the underpinnings its photo sharing network earlier this month with the debut of “Sincerely...
Track Your Facebook Abuse, Bullying, Spam Reports With Transparent New Support Dashboard

Track Your Facebook Abu...

Facebook wants you to know it’s listening when you report bullying, hate speech, identity theft, and spam, so today it launched a new Support Dashboard for tracking these reports until they’re resolved. Users can check to see if their report has been reviewed, be notified of...

Mon.ki Is Building A Ra...

Prepare for the concept of the address book to be flipped. Today, a startup called mon.ki is launching a new way for you to discover “who you know” by providing that information to you in the context of what you’re viewing. The product, which they’re calling a...

Apple ≠ Sony: Why App...

While I often prefer to watch analysts hoist themselves with their own petard, it’s not often that one dumps out a bit of drivel so short-sighted as George Colony at Forrester. In short, Colony believes that Apple is the next Sony – a desiccated organization that has nothing...

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