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Sexism In Tech? The Times Is ON IT
Jun 11, 1:18AM
"MEN invented the Internet. And not just any men. Men with pocket protectors. Men who idolized Mr. Spock and cried when Steve Jobs died. Nerds. Geeks. Give them their due. Without men, we would never know what our friends were doing five minutes ago."The New York Times is ON IT. No, seriously, what the hell are they putting in the water over there? ...
Video Review: Can The Dry Case Waterproof Backpack Withstand A Dip In A Pool?
Jun 11, 1:13AM
First of all, let me say that the Dry Case Waterproof Backpack is designed for use in outdoor environments with the main goal of keeping things in the inner compartment dry. Clearly, all the marketing pictures at DryCase.com, show people using the bag in wet, outdoorsy places (on a canoe, on a boat, etc), and with that in mind the biggest question is "does it actually work?" I put it through the ringer. Here are the results:Startup Act 2.0: Great For Foreign Graduate Students, But Not Foreign Tech Entrepreneurs
Jun 11, 1:00AM
Editor's note: Yuri Ammosov is a serial Internet and mobile entrepreneur and an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Department of Computer Science, PhysTech (Moscow, Russia). Startup Act 2.0 was just introduced in the U.S. Congress, and hearings of the bill are starting shortly. When it comes to U.S. visas, company founders are among the most discriminated folks. Unlike employees, they cannot get a work visa (called H1-B) – or any other long-term visa. I care about attempts to enact legislation that will make it easier for foreign-born entrepreneurs to move to the U.S and start companies here for a good reason.Google's New Chromebook: Much Improved, Still With Limited Appeal
Jun 10, 11:34PM
The first generation of Google's Chromebooks worked fine, but few people would have ever described these browser-centric laptops as excellent. Sure, they had some great features, including long battery life and very fast boot-up times, but they never caught on with consumers. For the most part then, they were relegated to being used in schools, libraries and Google's own campuses (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). I'm not sure the latest Chromebook, the Samsung Series 5 550 will change that, but it's a much improved version of Samsung's earlier ChromeOS effort and thanks to some changes in ChromeOS, it's now actually a very usable laptop replacement if you are one of the few people who can live without using desktop software.Twitter Uses Its First TV Ad As An Opportunity To Launch Hashtag Pages
Jun 10, 10:02PM
Twitter launched its first TV ad Sunday, and it was all about NASCAR. But beyond just getting the attention of NASCAR Twitter followers, the ad is also meant to show off what brands can get if they partner with the social network. Based on what we've heard, we're pretty sure the ad Twitter ran on TNT during the Pocono 400 is all about calling attention to a revamped page displaying search results for a topical keyword -- a hashtag, in Twitter parlance. Business Insider was first to notice that Twitter.com/#NASCAR redirects to twitter.com/hashtag/nascar, a new landing page for the race league. On its blog Thursday, Twitter gave a preview of what NASCAR fans could expect if they tuned into the Twitter.com/#NASCAR page. That includes commentary from drivers, their crews, and expert commentators, as well as a whole bunch of beautiful behind-the-scenes photos, all surfaced through a combination of algorithms and curation by the race league. It's a way for Twitter and NASCAR to help fans sift through all the noise that they'd find if they just looked at the #NASCAR hashtag in search.Mobile Payments: A Trillion Dollar Industry… Once Everyone Can Actually Make A Payment
Jun 10, 9:15PM
"Is that a Windows phone? Uh, sorry about that…. we only accept payments from Apple devices." The absurdity of the above statement is crystal clear. Basic transfer of money from one party to another in exchange for goods and services shouldn't be this exclusive. Yet, this is where we find ourselves today. Did we just unveil the new "we don't accept American Express" of our generation?A Visit To The Pre-WWDC Mountain Lion Rumor Mill
Jun 10, 8:01PM
Rounding up Mountain Lion rumors is actually quite simple. After all, the OS update has been floating around the developer boards for a while now and while there is no Gold Master available, many of the upcoming features are already detailed and fully baked. Mountain Lion, in short, is Apple's move to add iOS functionality to the laptop and desktop. A convergence of best-of-breed mobile techniques - notifications, do-not-disturb systems, and signed software - and a strong back end, the new OS aims to scratch a few itches rather than change the way we work in a wholesale manner. Mountain Lion is an iterative update. Folks looking for touchscreen laptops and other weirdness are probably going to have to wait. However, we do know quite a bit and it's definitely an update that will make your Mac run a little better and your work a little more efficient. Here are the rumors we've heard about Mountain Lion. If you want a bit of insight into what Mountain Lion will do to your computer right now, check this out while you can read MG's review here.America's Next Top Model Boosts Its Social Strategy With User Voting And Video Comments
Jun 10, 6:57PM
If you're a fan of competitive reality shows like America's Next Top Model, waiting for the next season can be a drag. But this off-season, while the show is recording, the producers have added a fan vote component that will allow viewers to weigh in on the photo shoots that the models have taken part in. It's also going beyond just letting fans cast a vote and leave comments by text -- they're also able to record a video to share their thoughts. Today, and every few days throughout the shooting schedule of ANTM, a group of photos are uploaded to the web and fans are able to vote on their favorites. Fan votes will count toward the outcome of the show, with the aggregate audience becoming a "fifth judge," along with the three regular judges and a weekly guest judge who joins the cast. And the producers will use some fan videos during the show itself, allowing a few lucky participants to actually be on TV.The Future Fruits Of Apple + Facebook
Jun 10, 6:50PM
When CEO Tim Cook kept saying "stay tuned" at D10 about new Apple collaborations with Facebook, he may have meant it literally. Soon you could be tuning into Facebook on Apple TV, or seeing your iTunes or iPod activity auto-shared to Facebook. Boosted revenue, better ad targeting, and trouble for mutual enemy Google are all potential benefits. While there are plenty of smaller ways Facebook and Apple could intertwine, here's a look at two big developments that could grow from deeper ties between 1 Infinite Loop and 1 Hacker Way.MIT Psychologist, Sherry Turkle, Says Facebook For Pre-Teens Is 'Agonizing'
Jun 10, 6:26PM
"I don't think this is such a good idea. I think that 13's and above are having a hard enough time around some of the pressures of Facebook," argues, MIT Psychologist, Sherry Turkle, and author of Alone Together. Facebook is reportedly mulling a decision to permit children under 13-years-old to join. Mark Zuckerberg, himself, has broached the subject, "my philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age."Play Minesweeper In Real Life With These Scratch Cards
Jun 10, 4:53PM
Get up from the desk and take a step into real life with these Minesweeper scratch cards. They're just like the classic Windows game except losing actually means something since the cards cost $2 a piece. You can't click New Game with these cards and, as technabob points out, it's totally possible to lose on the first play. Even better, the cards double as postcards allowing you to send the gift of nostalgic gaming to a buddy.Linux on Microsoft Azure Platform-as-a-Service: Big Whoop
Jun 10, 2:32PM
As much fun as it is to view the world in a "Linux versus Microsoft" way, the reality is that a technology monoculture is less useful than a heterogenous one. Even Microsoft knows this: they've made a variety of tepid attempts to support integration with other operating systems for decades, because they know their customers are relying on those other systems. More recently Microsoft has even contributed to the Linux kernel. So it shouldn't be terribly surprising that Microsoft is courting Linux developers with its Azure Platform-as-a-Service. Both Ubuntu and SUSE Linux are available and fully supported by Canonical and SUSE, respectively. CentOS is also an option, with support provided by OpenLogic.WWDC iOS 6 Rumors: What To Expect, Reject, and Wish For
Jun 10, 1:00PM
It's WWDC time. Like, tomorrow. And we expect to see plenty of fun announcements, not least of which being a brand new mobile operating system, iOS 6. It's the type of Apple product every iPhone owner can enjoy, and I'm more than pumped to bring you a full list of expected, rumored, and wishlist features that we'll soon enjoy. So how does a silver user interface sound as opposed to blue? What about a departure from Google Maps and a brand new 3D map view brought to you direct from Apple? How about Facebook integration as deep as (if not deeper than) Apple's beloved Twitter? All that and more after the break.The Re-Imagination Of Everything: I'm Pissed That The Future's Not Here Fast Enough
Jun 10, 5:01AM
I've seen the future, and it consists of a 5 foot eleven-inch hologram of Tupac rapping onstage with an incredibly stoned Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre at Coachella. Despite all the (consumer Internet) startups I interact with, with the possible exception of TaskRabbit, Dropbox and Uber, this pretty old-school hologram technology applied in this completely novel use case is the closest I've ever come to feeling like I live in the future.I Update, Therefore I Am
Jun 10, 2:00AM
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the book DIGITAL VERTIGO, authored by TechCrunch columnist Andrew Keen. It occurred to me that the corpse might make more human sense after I'd expressed myself about it on Biz Stone's Twitter where, as @ajkeen, I had a following of several thousand followers. Squeezing the rectangular BlackBerry between my fingers, I wondered how to socially produce my confusion about Bentham in under 140 characters. Turning away from the Auto- Icon, I noticed that the University College corridor was thronged with students walking to and from their afternoon classes.Everlane: Does A Designer Shirt At Any Other Price Point Smell As Sweet?
Jun 10, 12:07AM
Editor's Note: Sales Marketing Manager Leslie Hitchcock is a non-editorial TechCrunch employee. In addition to working at TechCrunch and being super fashionable, she reviews startups and tech products occasionally on her personal blog, Leslie Just Joined. Two weeks ago I sat next to Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal at a dinner. Because I cannot help myself when meeting someone as interested in the fashion world as I am, I naturally talked his ear off. What we specifically discussed was the panel Neil sat on at Disrupt called "When Will Fashion Tech Just Be Fashion?" One thing that came up in the panel was the concept of fashion startups disrupting traditional brick and mortar stores by cutting out the middleman and keeping prices lower, presenting a unique AND cheaper online customer experience. Win win, right? The market is booming with companies entering this space: Warby Parker, Shoes of Prey and Everlane to name a few.Meebo Gets The Classic Google Acq-hire Treatment: Most Products To Shut Down Soon
Jun 09, 11:41PM
Looks like a talent acquisition. Smells like a talent acquisition. Meebo, the chat and publishers tools company that Google acquired for roughly $100 million, is going to see most of its products shut down next month. That includes Meebo Messenger, the sharing widgets and mobile apps. The one major product that will keep running is that Meebo Bar. (Yes, that one.) Haters aside, Meebo Bar does actually generate some meaningful revenue for publishers, but it sometimes irks visitors with ads that pop up from the bottom, left-hand side of the page. All of the products, except for the bar, will go down on July 11.You Don't Know Anything About Other Countries
Jun 09, 9:00PM
In today's fast-paced and global tech world, internationalization is often on the minds of entrepreneurs and CEOs. If done correctly, it's a great step that will make your business thrive on a global scale. However, there are a few essential insights an entrepreneur/CEO needs to break into a new country successfully. This is both easier and harder than you think it is. Easier, because you've already built up your business in one market. Harder, because what you don't know how to do, you really don't know. And there's no faking it - examples of internationalization gone wrong are a dime a dozen (think "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" or i18nguy). If you're seriously considering venturing beyond your core domestic audience, make sure you cover your bases and internalize these lessons.Meet Tom Lowe, The Filmmaker Who Talked Back To The Pirate Bay
Jun 09, 7:36PM
On June 6, 2012, filmmaker Tom Lowe found his film, Timescapes, on The Pirate Bay. His response wasn't to sue the uploaders into oblivion. Instead, he wrote a simple note: Greetings. I am Tom Lowe, the person who spent two years of his life living out of a Toyota pickup truck to make this film. If you enjoy it, please consider buying a copy from our website at TimeScapes.org or at iTunes, or maybe giving it as a gift to a friend, so we can recover the money we invested in the film, and then make some more films for your enjoyment. :)
Which Apple WWDC Notebook Rumors Are Most Likely To Come True?
Jun 09, 6:40PM
WWDC kicks off next week and in traditional fashion, a keynote headlines the event Monday morning. Much is expected from this year's show including iOS 6 and new Macintosh desktops and laptops. So far the rumor circuit has been a buzz with talk of a complete hardware refresh including Apple bringing back the MacBook brand, adding a retina display to at least one model and finally employing Intel's latest silicon that will also bring USB 3.0 to Macs for the first time. What follows is the first post in a series rounding up nearly every rumor concerning Apple's WWDC notebook announcements (iOS 6 and Mountain Lion to come) no matter how far-fetched or wild -- some will likely come true and others probably won't.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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