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Facebook has started phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. The browser is not allowed to show the new Timeline profile, and renders the old one instead. This is just the beginning.
The Internet speaks and Verizon is forced to listen.
Facebook has over 300 million monthly active mobile app users, according to a new report. Can you guess which platform has the highest penetration rate when it comes to using the Facebook app?
2011's top sex and tech stories ranged from porn bittorrent bizarreness to strange sex crimes and beyond.
Google's New Years' Eve doodle can now be viewed on certain international websites in the run up to 2012.
A new technology has been unveiled by Japan's Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology -- a chair that can identify you by the shape and size of your posterior.
Amazon reveals its best-selling products of 2011, but it would seem that the Kindle was the hottest brand this holiday season.
This time Go Daddy really does get off the Stop Online Piracy Act bandwagon. No! Really!
Google has recently been criticised for failing to tackle online piracy and illegal downloading in what they consider a "press stunt". Should search engines become regulated?
A tour of the highs and lows of Android’s year.
Korea's government IT consolidation program shows real, documented, cost savings and IT benefits.
Enterprise vendors are investing to reduce failures and improve deployments for customers. Here's what this positive trend means for you.
The Motorola DROID XYBOARD comes in both 8.2-inch and 10.1-inch sizes, and I have been using both.
Will a price tag save the Xyboards? That's certainly what Verizon hopes.
Sales for the PlayStation Vita have dropped 72 percent in its second week, with only 72,000 units being sold.
Verizon's explanation of its recent 4G outages leaves out a lot of detail that would have offered customers more transparency.
The topic "Big Data" always brings in many reader comments. Here's a segment of on response that gets to the heart of Big Data use cases.
While everyone gets excited about public APIs such as Facebook and Twitter, an even bigger revolution has been quietly underway: enterprises of all sizes are API-enabling their back-end systems.
In 2011 tech increased its awareness about depression and suicide, highlit by tragedy.
Facebook has responded to the leak of its Messenger for Windows application by simply releasing an official download. It's a great way to downplay the leak while keeping users excited.
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Facebook phasing out support for Internet Explorer 7
Dec 30, 10:53PM
Facebook has started phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. The browser is not allowed to show the new Timeline profile, and renders the old one instead. This is just the beginning.
Verizon backs off $2 bill payment charge
Dec 30, 10:40PM
The Internet speaks and Verizon is forced to listen.
Facebook has 300 million app users (report)
Dec 30, 10:23PM
Facebook has over 300 million monthly active mobile app users, according to a new report. Can you guess which platform has the highest penetration rate when it comes to using the Facebook app?
2011's Top Ten Sex and Tech Headlines
Dec 30, 9:49PM
2011's top sex and tech stories ranged from porn bittorrent bizarreness to strange sex crimes and beyond.
Google's New Year doodle on display
Dec 30, 7:24PM
Google's New Years' Eve doodle can now be viewed on certain international websites in the run up to 2012.
Rear-end recognition: Another step forward (or behind) for security?
Dec 30, 6:44PM
A new technology has been unveiled by Japan's Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology -- a chair that can identify you by the shape and size of your posterior.
Amazon reveals best-selling gifts of 2011, record holiday for Kindle
Dec 30, 5:57PM
Amazon reveals its best-selling products of 2011, but it would seem that the Kindle was the hottest brand this holiday season.
Go Daddy really and truly opposes SOPA now
Dec 30, 5:06PM
This time Go Daddy really does get off the Stop Online Piracy Act bandwagon. No! Really!
Google's SOPA press stunt: Can we truly hold them liable?
Dec 30, 4:36PM
Google has recently been criticised for failing to tackle online piracy and illegal downloading in what they consider a "press stunt". Should search engines become regulated?
2011 Year in Review - Android's year
Dec 30, 2:54PM
A tour of the highs and lows of Android’s year.
Korea sets the standard for government datacenters
Dec 30, 2:27PM
Korea's government IT consolidation program shows real, documented, cost savings and IT benefits.
Predicting 2012: Rapid implementation in focus
Dec 30, 2:05PM
Enterprise vendors are investing to reduce failures and improve deployments for customers. Here's what this positive trend means for you.
Motorola DROID XYBOARD 8.2, 10.1 hands-on review
Dec 30, 1:50PM
The Motorola DROID XYBOARD comes in both 8.2-inch and 10.1-inch sizes, and I have been using both.
Verizon's on-contract Xyboard is now $50 cheaper
Dec 30, 12:30PM
Will a price tag save the Xyboards? That's certainly what Verizon hopes.
PlayStation Vita sales drop in Japan
Dec 30, 11:45AM
Sales for the PlayStation Vita have dropped 72 percent in its second week, with only 72,000 units being sold.
Verizon explains 4G outages: Parsing the IT failure transparency
Dec 30, 11:32AM
Verizon's explanation of its recent 4G outages leaves out a lot of detail that would have offered customers more transparency.
Another take on "Big Data"
Dec 30, 11:15AM
The topic "Big Data" always brings in many reader comments. Here's a segment of on response that gets to the heart of Big Data use cases.
2012: the year back-end enterprise systems open up to the world
Dec 30, 5:40AM
While everyone gets excited about public APIs such as Facebook and Twitter, an even bigger revolution has been quietly underway: enterprises of all sizes are API-enabling their back-end systems.
Tech's Relationship With Depression, Suicide and Asperger's
Dec 30, 4:53AM
In 2011 tech increased its awareness about depression and suicide, highlit by tragedy.
Facebook Messenger for Windows officially released
Dec 30, 2:10AM
Facebook has responded to the leak of its Messenger for Windows application by simply releasing an official download. It's a great way to downplay the leak while keeping users excited.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Those words seem to encapsulate Apple's 2011 perfectly. The year saw the company both became the most valuable company in the world and lose its founder, savior, visionary, and leader. Earlier, Erick published his 
Upstart digital cinema company RED, which has been the bane of many established camera companies for several years now, has filed suit against Arri, a leading camera manufacturer. They allege that Arri employed one Michael Bravin, a former employee of camera kit maker Band Pro, who hacked the email account of his former employee and stole confidential information relating to RED — and astroturfed for Arri on the official forums to boot. They also take exception to some claims Arri made in advertising disparaging RED's cameras.
In case you 
It is remarkable to think that we're in the early days of the app era, when there are already close to 600,000 iOS applications and nearly 400,000 on Android. The growth of these app ecosystems has been rapid, exponential and shows no signs of slowing down. As well it shouldn't: the untapped, 
One of the most interesting trends in 
Back at Google I/O in May, members of Google's Android team 
Well, that didn't take long. Less than 24 hours after word got out that Verizon Wireless planned to introduce a painfully ironic "convenience" fee of $2 for anyone paying their bill online, the carrier has just officially confirmed that such plans have been cancelled.
Okay, last workday of the year. It's nostalgia time. Let's take a quick glance in the rearview mirror at the year in Tech, before we speed forward again in 2012. There were defining moments, epic battles, new product introductions, and major corporate screw-ups. Mobile and social drove many of the changes in tech, and we've certainly gone through our own major transition here at TechCrunch (but I'll save that for another post). Below is our list of 11 events in tech that made 2011 memorable.
It's the last Friday in 2011 and the new year is imminent. So what were the top technological, cultural and economic trends in 2011? What shaped a year that some are 
"If at first you don't succeed, try try again." It looks like LG and Intel have taken that old adage to heart, if a new report is to be believed. The 
The Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor – are recording live at 9am PT. Recording has concluded.
File synchronization and sharing platform 
If you had to describe your company's mission in a single sentence, what would your pitch read or sound like? One good way to summarize what you do and boil it down to one clear sentence, in my opinion, is following the advice of 
In November, Mobile ad network Millennial Media 
Thirty-six hours ago, the recently founded software development firm Wappwolf launched 
iOS devices are generally very accessible for most people. But for felines? Apparently so according to the video recently tweeted by Halfbrick, the developer of Fruit Ninja. It's clear within seconds of the video starting that the cat has done this before. This cat slashes fruit like a boss. As 
Photo organization service (and 
Casio Japan is 
It's the end of the year and that means 
It seems that Verizon (or Motorola) got the message: The Droid Xyboards 
Google is experimenting with its Google Adwords offerings, attempting to go beyond regular text ads with Google Email Subscription Ads, allowing companies to buy ads that automatically fill in a "Subscribe to newsletter (or whatever, I'm assuming)" slot with a given searcher's Google email address during a search.
There are iPhone cases and then there are...more iPhone cases. There are probably close to a gazillion different iPhone cases available now. But none are as elaborate as the 
Early this year, Amazon made a 
After a 
Callin' Oates. Heard of it? If not, you've gotta get yourself some more meme-hungry friends. Built (partly as a gag) to satisfy a Twilio employee's new-hire requirements, it's an on-demand Hall & Oates hotline that has managed to pull mentions everywhere from Time to NPR . Call the number, pick a song, hear Hall & Oates music. 600,000 calls later, the developer behind the project is releasing the service's code and a quick tutorial on how to put it all together yourself. Think of the possibilities! Bob Dialin'! Rung D.M.C! The Rolling Tones!
[Update 12/29/2011 5:20pm: Facebook tells me it has now made the Messenger for Windows 
comScore has 
Most third party web measurement firms have provided a steady drumbeat of positive growth news for Facebook over the years, as the company has gained tens of millions of users in the US and around the world. But now the social network appears to be reaching market saturation among internet users in some of its early key markets, with one firm showing nearly 75% of all US internet users on the site. Instead of raw user growth, the numbers to watch going forward will be around engagement.
Just in time for the aptly named 
I loved talking to the skankiest prostitutes at three in the morning with a camera crew around me, fires burning in the street, sad, abused people clinging to scraps of life for their pleasures, bailed out prisoners and the drug dealers waiting for them to be released, homeless addicts with nowhere to go and they only weren't freaks if you saw them at three in the morning . In short, I loved my job. Entrepreneurship ruined it.
Members of the Occupy movement are building a "Facebook for protesters" called The Global Square, Wired reported yesterday. Less than a traditional social network, it's an international collaboration network. While a valiant effort, I see 3 big problems with the project's concept that will limit its success and impact.
Say what you will about YouTube's affinity for cats or their audience's collective inability to write insightful comments, but there's one thing that YouTube really just doesn't get enough credit for: saving the music video. As MTV losts its original love in favor of Nick Cannon Presents: Whacky Garbage Nonsense and re-runs of America's Next Quickly Forgotten Reality Show Person, music videos went without a proper home for nearly a decade. Then came YouTube. The only bad part about watching music videos on YouTube? Everything else on YouTube. The soul-crushing comments; the gawdy artist backgrounds; the endless recommendations. That's where Tubalr comes in. It's YouTube's glorious music video collection, minus all of that darn YouTube.
There are a lot of naysayers out there when it comes to the Windows Phone platform, but as 
While 2011 is almost over, the year has only really just begun in terms of determining its historical significance. 2011 wasn't, of course, just another year. Like 1989, 1968, 1917 and 1848, 2011 was a revolutionary year, one that - from Cairo to Athens to Tunis to Wall Street to Moscow - may have changed the world forever. And to mark the historic nature of 2011, Time magazine just made 
Yesterday 
According to the end-of-season benchmarks from 
Rather than looking back (which I'm sure we will), I thought it would be nice to look forward to 2012 and beyond and note some of the gadgets that will change the world in the next few years. I've included mobile, gaming, and computing gadgets but I think 2012 will also be the year of Windows Phone, 3D printing, and fitness technology that actually makes a difference. I'm not expecting much in the way of massive change this next year, just more of the same, but better. Here are our picks for the best of 2012.
According to new data from 
There are no shortages of "predictions" 
Blip Networks, which operates 
Local interactive advertising firm 
Facebook has AppData, Twitter has Twitaholic, and now Google+ has its own independent brand page rankings site: 
In many ways, 2011 was the year of the pivot. One startup that successfully switched gears was 
Other than Salesforce, no cloud SaaS provider handles more transactions than 
As far as web sites go, there's only one site I look at more than Google Reader. You're on it right now. There's nothing technically "wrong" with Google Reader, but when you look at it every five minutes, every day of your life, another RSS reader option is super exciting. Enter 
Oh, how I love Reddit AMA (Ask-Me-Anything) posts. In almost all cases, the inherent down-to-earth nature of a community-driven interview leads the most interesting of people to open up in genuine, honest ways that they otherwise might not in a one-on-one interview. Plus, they're almost always jammed with all sorts of interesting facts and stats. Take
A 
Quick, how many pairs of chromosomes do you have? If your mind just drew a blank — or an image of Ethan Hawke fiddling around with tweezers in GATTACA — then you probably aren't alone. The answer, of course, is 23 pairs, for a total of 46 chromosomes. And it's what the name of well-funded genetic testing company 
If you're a New York Times subscriber -- or 
It seems like December just can't end soon enough for the folks at Verizon -- we're getting reports that Verizon's data network is 
M-Edge, a small Maryland-based company responsible for many popular Kindle cases, last week filed suit against Amazon. According to the 
And that, friends, is what we call seizing the moment. (Meme-ment?)
We all know that not much happens in the week between Christmas and the New Year. But less well know is how little has happened culturally in the last twenty years. Indeed, so little has happened in this time (except, of course, for all the all-important caveat of technological change), according to the writer and broadcaster 
For a young startup, sometimes you want any funding you can get. For an incubator program, sometimes any startup is what you're looking for. Finding each other won't necessarily make either one successful, but more pairings might help overall. Or so believes TechStars, which is 
