Record Numbers Pinging ...
An interesting beneficiary of Apple’s launch of music-oriented social network Ping —social status updater Ping.fm. According to Seesmic CEO Loic Le Meur, Ping.fm saw a record number of accounts created yesterday (Seesmic acquired Ping.fm earlier this year). Could it be a...
Steve Jobs’ Doublespe...
“You’re going to be able to be watching a movie, push it to your TV, and finish watching it there. You’re going to be able to push photos from your iPad to your TV… it’s going to be pretty cool.” – Apple CEO Steve Jobs, September 1st, 2010 Many...
UpNext On The iPad Intr...
Navigating maps on computers and mobile devices can still be a clunky experience, especially when you try to search for places on a map. Typically, on Google Maps or Bing Maps, you get a bunch of virtual pushpins for each place which you can click on for more information. UpNext , a 3D...
Google Chrome Shows Off...
Google is a big proponent of HTML5 , especially for video and rich graphics in the browser. To show off what HTML5 can do, Google Chrome teamed up with the Arcade Fire and director Chris Milk to create a custom interactive video for their song, “We Used To Wait.” The...
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...
OMG/JK: I’ll Have My ...
It’s time for this week’s episode of OMG/JK , the TechCrunch TV show that features fellow TC writer MG Siegler and myself discussing the top stories in tech. In this episode we cover the integration of Gmail with Google Voice (which is awesome), the launch of Digg 4...
Old School Steve Jobs O...
It looks like that Xerox IP isn’t the only thing Steve Jobs appropriated for Apple. Here he is in all his chubby 1997 glory, introducing the TBWA/Chiat Day produced “Think Different” campaign with an unattributed quote from poet Jack Kerouac, “People who think...
MIT’s Solar-Powered R...
MIT researchers tested the first prototype of the Seaswarm, a pack of robots that use nanotechnology to suck up oil from the surface of the ocean for immediate processing. When completed, the robots will be able to travel along oil-spilled waters, collecting oil more cheaply and...
Video Gallery: 4 Futuri...
Here’s a summary of a series of articles I posted over at CrunchGear earlier this week. The occasion: as the first international blogger, I was guided through a special tour of Japanese telecommunications giant giant NTT ‘s showroom NOTE [JP] in Tokyo (where I live) last...