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Daily Crunch: Rectangle
Feb 18, 9:00AM
Here are some recent stories on TechCrunch Gadgets: Motorola Droid 4 Review: This Keyboard Rocks, But That's About It Review: The Playstation Vita, Sony's Portable Powerhouse More Backpedaling: Netflix Brings Back the $7.99 DVD-Only Plan ProView Is Suing Apple Over The Rights To An iMac Clone Foxconn Increases Wages, Raises Pay By 16-25% For Chinese WorkersPinterest Is Not "Playing Dumb" About Making Money
Feb 18, 3:14AM
It seems like everyone's discovered Pinterest this week! Alongside the countless posts dissecting its userbase over, sideways, and under have been a series of stories about how it's "secretly" "monetizing" -- a fact unearthed when LLSocial revealed that the startup was using a service called SkimLinks in order to drive affiliate revenue from purchases that originated on Pinterest.CrunchBase: Social, Mobile And Deals Categories Led 2011 Private Tech Investments
Feb 18, 12:33AM
In case it wasn't already clear to you that later-stage social, mobile and deal-oriented companies led venture fundraising last year, here's some analysis of CrunchBase data that drives the point home, courtesy of Alexey Tolkachiov at BuzzSparks.org.Purported Next-Gen iPad Display Caught And Examined; 2048×1536 Resolution Confirmed
Feb 18, 12:10AM
MacRumors has done something very bad - they went and got themselves an iPad 3 display module. Actually, it's not so bad when you can apparently just order one online. Normally this part even being online and available ahead of launch would suggest it was a scam, but what matters isn't the name of the part (could easily be a scam) but the part itself. They took a microscope to it, see — and it appears to have exactly four times the pixels of an ordinary iPad screen. It's really just the latest in a long line of "confirmations," but it's nice nevertheless to see the thing itself.Groupon Acquires NYC-Based Startup Hyperpublic
Feb 17, 11:55PM
Groupon has just acquired Hyperpublic, a NYC-based startup that's spent the last two years building technology related to geo-location and the layers of information — like deals and events — that live on top of it. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed, but CEO Jordan Cooper describes it as a "huge win for our team and our investors". He adds that Groupon was after Hyperpublic's technology — this isn't a case of it acquiring the team alone.Keen On… Pomplamoose: How Nataly And Jack Are Reinventing The Music Business (TCTV)
Feb 17, 10:03PM
So maybe there really is a sensible middle ground in the music business - somewhere between David Lowery's pessimism and Bram Cohen's blind faith in our digital future. That future may be the pop music band Pomplamoose. Its members are Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte, two young musician-entrepreneurs who are not only making a living marketing and selling their music online, but who even own a "nice house" with two recording studios. Nataly and Jack, I suspect (and hope), are the viable future of the music industry - one that will neither revolve around Platinum records nor completely free online content.Irrationally Paranoid? AdiOS Shows Which Apps Access Your Address Book
Feb 17, 9:48PM
Does Address-gate have you terrified that your mobile apps are secretly slurping up your address book? AdiOS is a free new Mac program that in seconds detects which of your iOS apps have the ability to access your phone numbers and email contacts. AdiOS doesn't indicate if or how the apps are transmitting your address book, but you should still delete any that access it. No. That was a joke. This has all gotten ridiculous.Google Under Fire For Circumventing Safari Privacy Setting
Feb 17, 9:38PM
It's a tense time for Google: controversial policy and user-experience changes are combining with a growing distrust of tracking and advertising to produce something of a toxic atmosphere. Not the moment, then, you would want a minor scandal to erupt in the form of Google circumventing, intentionally or unintentionally, the privacy settings of millions of Safari users. The allegations have their source in a report by Stanford grad student Jonathan Mayer, who showed that using Safari triggered a special behavior in the normal cookie-creation process; his report was later played up by the Wall Street Journal. This behavior deliberately goes around the default Safari behavior of blocking all third-party cookies — like one from Google when you're visiting TechCrunch. Google says it's a side-effect from something else, but even if that's true, it's still ugly.Fundraising Platform For Startups ProFounder Shuts Its Doors
Feb 17, 9:29PM
ProFounder, a startup that offered entrepreneurs ways to raise money for their startups and ideas, is shutting its doors, according to an announcement on the company's site today. ProFounder, which is the brainchild of Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley and fellow Stanford Business School alum Dana Mauriello, allowed entrepreneurs to share a percentage of their revenues with investors (their friends, family, and community) over time in exchange for an investment.Gillmor Gang Live 02.17.12 (TCTV)
Feb 17, 9:06PM
Gillmor Gang Live - Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor . Recording has concluded.Rumor Roundup: What To Expect From HTC At Mobile World Congress
Feb 17, 8:20PM
With the end of February nearly in sight, the tech community is all abuzz with talk about Mobile World Congress, the huge mobile conference set to take place in beautiful Barcelona in just over a week. All the big players will be there (though some will be less conspicuous than before), and of course among them will be Taiwan-based phone giant HTC.New Windows Logo Shows Microsoft Is Going All In With Windows 8
Feb 17, 7:14PM
In a move that demonstrates how cleanly Microsoft intends to cut itself off from the last 20 years of its most widely-used and widely-recognized products, they have given the Windows logo its most significant redesign in 20 years. Ever since Windows 3.1, the slightly curved, red-green-blue-yellow panes have greeted millions on startup, or at least peeked out from the corner of the screen. No longer: Microsoft has abandoned the shape, color scheme, and even the start button. The new logo is monochromatic (or rather, polymonochromatic), straight, and unfamiliar. If they intended to show just how much they've changed the philosophy of the OS, this is a good way to do it.Review: The Playstation Vita, Sony's Portable Powerhouse
Feb 17, 6:52PM
Like a line of hard-marching Lemmings (or a swarm of Patapons), Sony's countless, niggling enemies would like nothing better than to distract and steal the company's hard-won fan base. The Playstation has long been the gold standard in console gaming, despite the Xbox's recent challenges to the throne. And Sony does a good job. Graphics are better, gameplay is or can be more immersive, and in the battle for RPG dominance the PS3's library is peerless. But now Sony is fighting against lots of great ways to waste your time. Stuck in a long line? Whip out the iPhone, RAZR, or Blackberry. Want to play something bigger and bolder? Pull out a tablet and rock a few hours of Civilization Revolution or Need For Speed. Want to watch a movie? Bring up Netflix on any device in the house save your kitchen blender. There's not as much space for a dedicated gaming device out there as there used to be, and both Nintendo and Sony know it.After Conquering The World, Our Favorite Angry Birds Head Into Space On March 22
Feb 17, 6:31PM
I'm not even going to pretend that you don't know what Angry Birds is... that would be insulting to both you and the game. But do you know what Angry Birds Space is? Nah, I didn't think so. And truth be told, I'm not quite sure what it is either. According to Rovio, Angry Birds Space will be the biggest launch for the company to date. Remember what a big deal Angry Birds Rio was with that whole 20th Century Fox partnership and a movie and all that jazz? Well guess what! Space is even bigger.Cobook, A Slick Address Book App That Doesn't Upload Your Data
Feb 17, 6:27PM
The mundane Address Book was big news this week due to the privacy fiasco, but here's a post about an impressive address book app with a different approach to privacy. Cobook is a Mac contact management app that's simple, powerful and actually fun to use. The software, made by a boot-strapped startup, is now in a free beta test, with 60,000 downloads since it launched at the end of January. Cobook is what the Mac OSX Address Book should be. It sits in the menu bar or can be undocked and instantly synchronizes with Apple's Address Book. Any data entered into Cobook gets synced to your other computers and devices. Because it's a native app, adding contacts, assigning tags, and editing contact info is very quick. Your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn contact info can also be pulled in, and if you hover over it, a pop-up window displays your contacts' Facebook info, Tweets, or LinkedIn profile.Study: Windows Web Browsing Market Share Drops 10% Over Past 6 Months
Feb 17, 6:07PM
Following up on its earlier report on iOS browser market share, ad network Chitika today released new results from a study which analyzed the impact mobile computing has had on traditional web browsing trends. In examining traffic across it network from August 2011 to February 2012, Chitika says that Windows web browsing market share has declined by almost 10%.WinZip iOS App Lets You Crack Open .Zip Files From Anywhere
Feb 17, 5:35PM
Having access to your documents and pictures is really easy these days. About a million services, including Dropbox and iCloud, allow you to sync your stuff between devices, but there's one little thorn in our collective cloud-syncing side: it's called a .zip file. Fortunately, WinZip has just launched on the Apple App Store and it effectively rids us of this particularly annoying issue. After installing, a single tap will let you get a peek at what's inside the .zip file. If you tap again, you'll be able to look at individual files, even if you don't have the associated applications installed on your iPhone or iPad.Analyst: Facebook Will Make $1.2 Billion Annually From Mobile Ads
Feb 17, 5:11PM
No, Facebook is not advertising yet on mobile platforms. Yes, that hasn't stopped people from speculating on what it will mean when it does. The latest: an estimate of how much the social network stands to make from mobile advertising: $1.2 billion a year in the U.S. and its five biggest markets in Europe -- the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The numbers come from UK-based analyst firm Mobile Squared, which has worked out that Facebook will be making an average revenue per mobile user of around $6.50 per year -- some $2 more than Facebook currently makes per users online, using figures supplied in its S-1 earlier this month. The caveat here is that the modelling appears to be hinged on mobile display-style ads, while in truth it's not known what Facebook will do when it comes to formats; and several reports have pointed to them first opting for something altogether different -- sponsored stories.RVIP Karaoke: The Most Amazing RV On Earth Is Now Much More Than A Hobby
Feb 17, 4:45PM
You'll never forget your first time. Huddled in a hallway three feet wide, arms reaching every which way for a cup or a beer or the microphone. It's hot and it's messy and it's noisy and everyone is pushing against everyone else but it doesn't matter because your best friend is at the front of it all belting Total Eclipse of the Heart (how did she just hit that note) — and the world outside is whirling by in a blur. It's incredible. And now the RVIP Karaoke RV is ready to take the country by storm. Today, the people behind this legendary tradition are announcing that they're turning their passion into a full-fledged company. The papers have been filed, they're fully insured, and the RV fleet has doubled in size (to two — with more on the way)."Etsy For Eco" Ethical Community Raises $300,000+ In Seed Funding
Feb 17, 4:42PM
Ethical Community, an online, eco-friendly marketplace (which has plans for a snazzier name in the works!), has secured a £200,000 ($316,640 USD) round of seed funding from a syndicate of angel investors, the company is announcing today. Founded in 2009, the marketplace has signed up over 850 sellers from around the world, who have now listed over 7,000 eco-friendly, organic and natural products including clothing, jewelry, health and beauty products, food and drink items, pet items and more.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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