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Ron Conway, Mayor Lee And Heather Harde Launch sfCITI, Want To Keep SF At The Forefront Of Tech
Jan 13, 8:00AM
At a press conference tomorrow at San Francisco's Founders Den, newly elected Mayor Ed Lee will be announcing sfCITI (San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology & Innovation), a set of tech initiatives spearheaded by investor Ron Conway, Mayor Ed Lee and TechCrunch's beloved Heather Harde and contributed to by a series of tech industry partners, including TechCrunch.Anthony Ha Joins TechCrunch
Jan 13, 5:23AM
Blogging is still a relatively young part of the media industry. But already there are a cadre of professional reporters who cut their teeth blogging, who are used to the pace and get an adrenaline rush from covering events as they unfold. Anthony Ha is one of them, and I am very pleased to announce that he will be joining the TechCrunch writing staff next week in San Francisco. Anthony (pictured here writing furiously at a conference) comes to us from AdWeek, where he is currently a staff technology writer. Before that was one of the most prolific bloggers at VentureBeat, which is where I first noticed him. (Another one of our recent hires, Eric Eldon, also hails from there).Pitch Now: Intel Awarding Young Entrepreneurs With $100K For Whizbang Business Ideas
Jan 13, 5:01AM
Intel knows a thing or two about technology and innovation. Hey, that's why they hired Will.i.am as "director of creative innovation". (Wink.) Really, in the same way that it's catalyzed change in the computing industry (and helped bring modern microprocessing to life), in December Intel launched a platform designed to give young entrepreneurs the opportunity to bring their own innovative ideas to life.MySpace Isn't Dead In The US, It's Just Getting Closer To Zero Users… As Twitter, G+ Grow
Jan 13, 2:19AM
If you look at just one month of data, you'll see that Myspace still has users. That's the good news for the aging social network. The bad news is that it has kept losing them through its many executive changes, various redesigns and the recent acquisition by Specific Media and Justin Timberlake. Maybe that new plan to do something with TV will turn things around? Anyway, the latest US numbers from comScore are out now, for December, and here's how MySpace stacks up against its many rivals.Study: 80% Say Social Networks Had No Influence On Holiday Shopping Decisions
Jan 13, 2:16AM
Social networks could one day revolutionize how we get shopping recommendations, but not yet. Instead, tablets are causing the biggest shakeup in ecommerce. 80.2% of 1000 holiday shoppers said no, personal connections on Facebook or other social networks did not influence their shopping decisions. Other findings of Baynote's study include that 48.6% of tablet owners made a purchase through that mobile device, and that email had the most useful promotions.Urban Airship To Shutter SimpleGeo Services In March, With Factual Picking Up The Slack
Jan 13, 1:09AM
Urban Airship acquired SimpleGeo at the end of October for approximately $3.5 million. Considering that the two startups had some months before struck a strategic partnership, and both provide location-based services for mobile developers, the acquisition made sense, even if the price was lower than many had hoped. (And SimpleGeo Co-founder Joe Stump left the company post-acquisition, following Co-founder Matt Galligan.) At the time, it was unclear what Urban Airship would be doing with the terabyte-plus of SimpleGeo location data. Today, that became clear. Simply put, it looks like it's curtains for SimpleGeo's services. Urban Airship said this afternoon, after the requisite internal discussions, talks with customers, and hand-wringing, that it will "wind down the availability of the current versions of [SimpleGeo's] Places, Context, and Storage over the next few months".CES: A Wonderful Example Of Not Knowing When To Stop
Jan 12, 11:52PM
From a great distance, a massive waterfall is a beautiful thing. From a lesser distance, it's deafening. Directly beneath it, it'll crush your bones to salt. Each year, we make our voyage through the waterfall that is CES. Each year, the noise gets a bit louder, the water a bit more torrential. This year is the first in which I've felt my bones begin to give. Enough metaphor? Fine: CES, which has long been the biggest consumer tech show in the world, has gotten too big for its own (or anyone else's) good.The Last TechCrunch Gadgets Live CES Podcast Is Going Live At 4PM
Jan 12, 11:44PM
Our coverage of CES is coming to a close, and we're finishing it off with a third and final video podcast from the show floor. We've got some really great stuff to give away, both for viewers and our audience here at the booth. After this, our live CES coverage is concluded and we'll be focusing on posting some of the highlights from it, as well as our lists and editorials relating to the show. Then, sadly, it's back to business as usual. The show starts at 4PM sharp! Read on for details on the giveaways. We're talking cameras and helicopters here.
Eyes On: The Nokia Lumia 900
Jan 12, 11:19PM
Ah, so close yet so far. Nokia's new flagship Lumia 900 handset was on display here at CES 2012, and though we couldn't quite get our hands on it, we did the next best thing -- we shot some video.
It's 10pm And You Need A HDMI Cable – No Problem This Week in Vegas
Jan 12, 10:56PM
TechCrunch TV is using a LiveU mobile pack provided by our partner Ustream for our live streaming coverage from CES. Our camera connects to the pack via a HDMI connector cable. But at the end of our evening Showstoppers coverage, the HDMI plug snapped and broke. At 10pm in Las Vegas, how do you find a replacement HDMI plug? Actually, of all the places in the world to have this happen, we were in the right place.A Fireside Chat With Boxee's Avner Ronen On The State Of Boxee And Smart TVs
Jan 12, 10:43PM
Boxee is one of the rare success stories of a software company making the leap to consumer electronics. The formula is simple: a clear message combined with a solid product. Having smart and passionate people help too. And as shown by this video shot at TechCrunch's CES booth, Boxee has both.
Turntable.fm Founder Says He's Flattered By Facebook Listen With, But They're Different
Jan 12, 10:35PM
"I'm flattered Facebook was inspired by turntable.fm and created a listen together feature" says co-founder Billy Chasen about Facebook's new synchronous music listening and chat feature Listen With. Chasen tells me "I look forward to seeing how they interpret what social music means as we seem to have different core philosophies about it (such as the importance of discovering new music from strangers and not just friends)." Chasen seems to think that only listening to what your friends enjoy won't provide discovery as adventurous as Turntable.fm's public rooms.Compete Against Other Players Learning To Code With Treehouse's Code Race
Jan 12, 10:34PM
As part of the ongoing trend of coding literacy among a more mainstream audience, Treehouse, a startup that teaches people how to program online has developed Code Racer, a game that teaches people how to code by pitting them up against other people also learning how to code, building, appropriately enough, some kind of race car related website.Zynga Scores Another EA Exec, Interactive Head Barry Cottle
Jan 12, 10:12PM
Zynga has already hired quite a few senior leaders out of rival Electronic Arts, and today the evisceration continues with one of its biggest hires yet: EA Interactive executive vice president Barry Cottle. Among a long list of other accomplishments, Cottle has been behind the acquisitions of social game developer Playfish, casual gaming leader PopCap, and mobile developer Chillingo. He'll be reporting to chief operating officer John Schappert, who previously held the same position at EA.Hulu's 2011 Revenue Grew 60 Percent To $420M, Will Invest $500M In Content This Year
Jan 12, 10:08PM
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar just posted a recap of the online content business in 2011, and revealed that Hulu's revenue grew 60% from 2010 to approximately $420 million. While the growth is a good sign, this is less that the $500 million expected for the year. Kilar says that Hulu Plus now has more than 1.5 million paying subscribers and is attracting more than 2 times the number of subscribers each day when compared to this time last year. Hulu continues to expect that its subscription services will account for more than half of Hulu's overall business later this year.Google Names VMware Cofounder Diane Greene To Its Board
Jan 12, 9:47PM
Google has just announced that it's named Diane B. Greene, a cofounder and longtime CEO of VMware, to its Board of Directors. Greene is also on Intuit's Board of Directors, where she serves on the Audit and Risk Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as well. Greene was formerly President and CEO of VMware from 1998 through 2008, leading it to a $625 million acquisition by EMC in early 2004, and, in 2007, an IPO on the NYSE.Hands-On With The Sony Ericsson Xperia S From CES
Jan 12, 9:29PM
I've never been a huge fan of Sony Ericsson. The phones are fine, I guess, and I certainly commend the company's drive to differentiate. The Xperia Play is a great concept but it failed to really take off. Today, however, I was very impressed after taking a good hard look at the new Xperia S. It's not the thinnest phone at .4 inches, nor does it have the biggest screen, but it is something fresh which is more than I can say for most Android Gingerbread phones.
Facebook "Listen With" Artist Page Links Will Help Musicians Monetize
Jan 12, 9:11PM
Today's launch of Facebook's synchronous music listening and chat feature "Listen With" will grow the social network's time on site and encourage streaming service usage and subscriptions. But another big benefactor will be the musicians themselves. When someone plays a song for a friend, their "Listen With" chat room will display a link back to that artist's Facebook Page. This will help musicians accrue fans to whom they can publish news feed links to concert tickets, merchandise, and their websites. Driving traffic to these additional revenue streams is crucial since streaming royalties are just a fraction of a cent per listen.Android Finally Gets Serious About Its Looks, Launches Official Design Portal
Jan 12, 9:04PM
Tired of looking at Android apps that are decidedly more homely than their iOS counterparts? Google is too — and it's finally doing something about it. Today the Android team has launched an official 'Android Design' portal, featuring an extensive guide outlining UI best practices that developers should work to use as they're building their apps. You can find the new site right here. Android's visual shortcomings have been well documented (you can find a video of me discussing this issue with Android's Director of User Experience, Matias Duarte, right here). In the old days (say, when the original Droid launched) it really was often downright ugly — and the apps were even worse, with buttons that did unexpected things and UIs that looked generic and amateur.NewME Accelerator Adds Andreessen Horowitz As Sponsor, Plus New Tech Mentors
Jan 12, 8:36PM
The NewME Accelerator program is getting more support as it heads towards its second class of founders, today announcing that it's landed top venture firm Andreessen Horowitz as a sponsor/partner. Joining other backers, including Google, HP and Tagged, the firm will also provide mentors for companies, speakers at founder dinners, as well as connect top minority tech talent with its Talent Agency.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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