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Shaker Is Going To Have A Rockin' New Year's Eve
Dec 24, 7:18AM
TechCrunch Disrupt winner Shaker is already getting ready for New Year's Eve. The Facebook app creates 3D virtual rooms where you can party with your friends and meet new people. The startup is partnering with Dick Clark Productions to create a virtual loft where a pre-party will take place right before the "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012" show begins. The New Year's Eve loft will be a place where people can virtually hang out between 4PM and 8PM ET on New Year's Eve before the live show begins. You will be able to dance, mingle, buy virtual drinks and watch exclusive interviews with some of the performers who will be on the ABC television show, including Will.i.am, Taio Cruz, LMFAO, Gym Class Heroes, Fergie, Blink 182, and The Band Perry. (RSVP for the event here, or just show up on New Year's Eve).Facebook Subscriber # > Twitter Follower # ?
Dec 24, 12:52AM
Where do you publish first if you have more Facebook subscribers than Twitter followers? That's a question more and more journalists are going to be asking themselves. Just 3.5 months after the launch of Facebook's late entry into asymmetrical following, many individual content producers including TechCrunch / CrunchFund's MG Siegler, The New York Times' Nick Bilton, and myself have have seen our subscriber counts surpass our follower tally. How? Because Facebook's larger user count makes it easier to amass subscribers.Ron Paul Is The Second Most Popular Republican Candidate On Facebook (And He's Gaining)
Dec 24, 12:20AM
I know there are lots of people out there who have passionate feelings about Ron Paul. He's a principled and independent fighter for old-time American values, or a conspiracy theorist loon, or someone who let idiotic racist stuff get published in his newsletters decades ago... or whatever else it is that you see about him that makes you react. I'm not here to take sides and tell you how to vote, I'm just writing this article to point out that he's been gaining the most new Facebook fans every day for most of the past month. He's now the second-most popular candidate behind Mitt Romney (and Democratic incumbent Barack Obama, of course), according to the Inside Facebook Election Tracker.Flurry: Largest Addressable Markets For Mobile Developers In 2012 Include India, China, Japan & U.S.
Dec 23, 9:40PM
Mobile analytics firm Flurry is closing out the year with a look into the forthcoming shift in mobile installed bases expected in 2012. Using data from the firm's dataset of over 140,000 apps running worldwide, it was able to calculate smartphone penetration in established markets like U.S. and Europe. Then, using additional data from the IMF in combination with Flurry's own data, the firm was able to then determine which countries represented the top market opportunities for mobile app developers. Not surprisingly, China and India made the list. But so did the U.S.Gillmor Gang Live 12.23.11 (TCTV)
Dec 23, 9:00PM
The Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor – are recording live at 1pm PT. Recording has concluded.GoDaddy CEO: "There Has To Be Consensus About The Leadership Of The Internet Community"
Dec 23, 8:53PM
In a brief interview with TechCrunch, GoDaddy's new CEO, Warren Adelman, did a little damage control relating to the company's highly public reversal of its position on SOPA. GoDaddy had previously issued a strong statement of support for the controversial bill, which you can find here. The last day has seen a growing grassroots rejection of the company and its position in the form of a boycott. But today brought a statement from the company apparently doing a complete about-face. Adelman noted that he had "been CEO of this company for all of one week," and that the complaints and feedback had grown just over the last 24 hours, and it is during this time that he became involved. He said that the feedback made him realize they should "take a step back and look at the current legislation." Of course, the outcry against SOPA and its twin in the Senate goes back much further.The Congressional Grill: House Co-Sponsor Defends SOPA (TCTV)
Dec 23, 7:42PM
The Internet is up in arms about the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and for good reason. It could potentially block and censor sites for alleged copyright infringement without full due process. Companies that support the bill are facing boycotts (GoDaddy just withdrew its support for this reason). But people on the two sides of the debate still don't see eye to eye, which is why we invited one of the SOPA's co-sponsors, Congressman Bill Owens (D-NY), to address the issues. We captured the conversation in the video above.UC Berkeley Picks Google Over Microsoft In Battle Over Campus Cloud Services
Dec 23, 7:32PM
When you've got a campus with 70,000 students and staff on it, all requiring some form of integrated cloud service, be it for email, scheduling, documents, or what have you, the decision-making process over which service to use is not a trivial one. Fortunately, UC Berkeley considered it not only necessary, but a duty to the public to not just consider the options carefully but to explain those considerations. They've put up a nice detailed comparison of Google and Microsoft's offerings (Apps and Office 365) as they relate to University business. Anyone or any institution thinking of doing a similar deployment may find it interesting reading.Last-Minute Gift Guide 2011: iOS Apps
Dec 23, 7:06PM
Looking for a quick last-minute gift? Not feeling up to fighting the holiday traffic, crowds and checkout lines? Just too GoDaddy No Longer Supports SOPA
Dec 23, 6:48PM
Surprise! GoDaddy has just recanted their support of SOPA, issuing a press release and blasting out a massive mountain of tweets on the matter. This comes just hours after they were seemingly cementing their position, shrugging off the boycotts as something that had yet to cause "any impact to [their] business".Forget BBX: RIM Faces Legal Woes Over BBM Trademark
Dec 23, 6:46PM
I swear, it never ends -- not long after a U.S. court passed down a judgment that saw RIM change the name of their new operating system, the company has once again gotten themselves into a tiff over trademarks. This time, the name in question is "BBM," RIM's preferred shorthand for their popular BlackBerry Messenger service. The lawsuit comes courtesy of BBM Canada, a not-for-profit broadcast and audience measurement organization that's been in business considerably longer than RIM has. Originally known as the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement, the group was originally founded in 1944 and took on the BBM moniker in 2001 -- well before RIM's BlackBerry Messenger service came to be.LogMeIn Remote Control iOS App Goes Freemium
Dec 23, 6:45PM
Users of LogMeIn's Ignition are in for a pleasant surprise this holiday season. The once paid — and quite expensive — app is now migrating to a freemium model. That said, users who paid for Ignition won't have to cough up the dough for a LogMeIn Pro subscription, but they will get the added premium features including HD remote control (and HD streaming) from their computers to their iOS devices.A Very Merry Giveaway: Galaxy Nexus #TechCrunch
Dec 23, 6:13PM
You spoke and we listened. The holidays are upon us and yesterday we asked all of you what you would want as a gift out of six different options. Those options were: iPad 2, Canon S100, Kindle Fire, Galaxy Nexus, Boxee Box, and last but not least, a Kinect for Xbox 360. At first, all of you wanted an iPad 2. Then we asked one more time, and you all chose a Galaxy Nexus for your most wanted gift. So, with it being that time of the year and all, we are giving away.. a Galaxy Nexus to one lucky reader!New Startups Pitch In Berlin At HackFwd Build Event [TCTV]
Dec 23, 5:45PM
HackFwd, the pan-European accelerator created by Lars Hinrichs, the founder of LinkedIn competitor XING, recently held its open PitchInBerlin session, where startups are invited to enter the programme. It's a sign that HackFwd, one of the few accelerators in Europe to stress the need for technical co-founders, is opening up to new teams. I went to the event in Berlin and interviewed all the startups pitching on the day, as you'll see in the below video.£1,275 BlackBerry Porsche P'9981 Will Launch In U.K. By Year's End
Dec 23, 3:49PM
Pop quiz, phone fans: what device will you soon be able to buy in the U.K. that costs nearly twice as much as a Galaxy Nexus and looks three (maybe four!) times stranger? Well, if you've read the headline, you already know the answer: it's the BlackBerry Porsche P'9981. T3 reports that high-end retailer Harrod's will be carrying the love-it-or-hate-it device in store by the end of the year. What really gets me is the price tag to it: the Porsche will sell for €1,275 ($1,662, or £1,021).How Best Buy Stole Christmas
Dec 23, 3:32PM
"I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole." There's a bit of inherent risk when shopping online. You're handing over your credit card to a retailer that promises to ship you something in return. Most of the time transactions are completed without issue and orders are fulfilled as promised. Sometimes things go awry, though. And sometimes Best Buy ruins Christmas. Best Buy started reaching out to customers earlier this week -- you know, mere days before Christmas -- that the retailer was unable to fulfill orders placed as far back as November. Big Blue was sorry but they were canceling the affected orders. Happy holidays! Signed, your merry friends at Best Buy!No Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab, Says Samsung
Dec 23, 3:00PM
Sorry Galaxy S owners -- even though your device has a near-identical spec sheet to the ICS-friendly Nexus S, Samsung has announced on their corporate blog that the company's first Galaxy device won't be getting the offical bump to Android 4.0. The original Galaxy S isn't the only one to get the snub, as the 7-inch Galaxy Tab won't be able to join in the fun either. It looks like TouchWiz deserves most of the blame here -- according to Samsung Tomorrow, neither device has enough RAM or ROM to accomodate TouchWiz and all of its Samsung-designed accoutrements without affecting the quality of use.VideoCam3D For iOS Lets You Shoot & Convert Movies To 3D
Dec 23, 2:47PM
NXP Software, developer of the CineXPlayer mobile application, is launching a new iOS app for recording and converting video into 3D. The app, VideoCam3D, lets you record in both blue/red and split screen 3D and works in conjunction with the CineXPlayer video viewing app, which also supports 3D movie playback.Patent Troll Sues Google, Groupon
Dec 23, 2:38PM
Sigh. Here we go again. A patent troll called Mount Hamilton Partners has filed two separate patent infringement lawsuits against daily deals juggernaut Groupon and Google, which also operates a digital couponing business called Google Offers. Mount Hamilton Partners, which purports to be an 'investor in technology companies' on its website, garnered headlines about two and a half years ago when it sued OpenTable right before the restaurant reservation service provider went public. Now they're going after Google and Groupon.In-Flight Wi-Fi Company Gogo Files For $100 Million IPO
Dec 23, 2:34PM
In-Flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo has just filed for an IPO, and will raise as much as $100 million in a public offering. Gogo, which has raised over $500 million in funding, provides in-flight connectivity to nine of the ten North American airlines that provide internet access, including Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Virgin America, Alaska Airlines, US Airways, Frontier Airlines and Air Tran Airways. The company also has trial agreement with United Airlines and Air Canada.If at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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