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Thumbs Up: Digg Wasn't A Failure, It Was A Beginning
Jul 14, 3:25AM
"Don't let him climb a wall. We haven't finalized his life insurance plan." That was one of the first directions I was given at Digg when I started in early 2008. "Him" was Kevin Rose, the founder of the widely popular social news site, and I was on my third day. It was widely known that Kevin was an avid rock climber, though he had recently been extending this skill to common household surfaces...walls, doorframes, stairways. We were heading together to Miami, for his keynote at Future of Web Apps, and he had offhandedly mentioned that he was going to scale the 3-story inner wall of the conference hall.Your National AngelHack Winners: Appetas, GiveGo, And ShareBrowse
Jul 14, 1:27AM
This summer's AngelHack was a little more ambitious than your average hackathon. Instead of holding one event in one location over one weekend, it held hackathons in four different cities (Seattle, Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York), then allowed the winning teams to refine their products for three weeks before coming to Palo Alto and competing in the final event last night. I was one of the judges, along with Right Side Capital's David Lambert, AngelPad's Thomas Korte, Istanta Capital's Matt Oguz, Google Ventures' Wesley Chan, and Facebook's Austen Haugen. (Oh, and TechCrunch's Josh Constine was the event "host", which meant that he introduced each presenter and cracked jokes while they took the stage.) The judging felt a little odd, because the presentations and products were much more polished than what I've seen at other hackathons. At the same time, they weren't full-fledged companies yet, either.mPowa Replaces Hand Photo Allegedly Swiped From Square With Photo Of A Totally Different Hand
Jul 14, 12:16AM
It looks like a titanic legal struggle has been avoided. Mobile payments startup mPowa has responded to a cease-and-desist letter from Square by taking down a photo on its home page that Square said was swiped from its site. You can read more the dispute in yesterday's post, but basically, Square's lawyers said it was "clear and obvious" that mPowa had copied Square's image. mPowa CEO Don Wagner, on the other hand, told us that Square was just trying to "divert" the company's focus. At the time, he wouldn't say how mPowa would respond, but we heard that the company was probably just going to take the photo down.Nodejitsu Takes On Heroku, Microsoft Azure With Node.js Platform Cloud
Jul 13, 11:45PM
Nodejitsu announced a long awaited public beta for its Node.js platform cloud service this week, that runs on Amazon Web Services, Joyent or Rackspace. The company also offers suites of tools for deploying, monitoring and managing Node.js applications in both public and private cloud environments.Today In Brilliant Marketing Strategies: Uber Delivers Ice Cream
Jul 13, 10:23PM
Popular car service Uber is delivering ice cream today only to promote their newly diversified private rides. Last week, Uber expanded its fleet from Lincoln Town Cars to SUVs and hybrids in an additional service called "Uber X." To market the change, Uber is offering on-demand ice cream to users, ordered and paid for through their app, in Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington D.C. I rode along in one of the Uber ice cream trucks and here's a recap of the fun...Dalton Caldwell's 'Alternative to Advertising Hell': Making People Actually Pay For A Web Service
Jul 13, 9:59PM
Dalton Caldwell is a very smart guy who has been a prominent entrepreneur and programmer on the Silicon Valley scene for a while now, so any time he announces a new project you can pretty much tell it is going to be newsworthy. A blog post he published today about "refocusing" his App.net company to being a real-time feed API and service (essentially, a new version of Twitter) was no exception. Lots of things about Caldwell's new direction for App.net are interesting: It's a big idea, attempting to go up against a big competitor, and he's going about funding it in an interesting Kickstarter-like way. We will absolutely be reporting on all of that more in the coming days. But to me, perhaps the most compelling aspect of the whole thing is his assertion that the currently dominant revenue model for web startups -- advertising -- just cannot go on any longer.Lightspeed Ventures Positions For The New Age of Data With Investments in Storage Space
Jul 13, 9:31PM
Lightspeed Venture Partners (LVP) has had a phenomenal run in the next generation storage market. In the past 12 to 14 months, four of its portfolio companies have been acquired and one has gone to IPO.Tablet Tribulations: OGT Weighs In On Its Ill-Fated Android Slate
Jul 13, 8:38PM
Competition in the tablet space has been heating up for a while now, and it's not just the big guys that are feeling the strain. Take the tumultuous story of OGT Mobile, for instance -- they tried to make their mark on the industry by creating their own Android tablet, but just couldn't see the project through. I can't blame you if you've never heard of OGT before — back in April 2011 when the company revealed the Eros tablet, it made a few waves thanks to its claims of being the thinnest Android tablet in the world.Which Moguls Are Attending Sun Valley This Year? Well Here's The Complete List
Jul 13, 8:31PM
The lore is that news doesn't really break at Allen and Co's Sun Valley mogul retreat, but it definitely gets made. Everywhere you look there's an interesting pairing of successful individuals hanging out, which is what you'd assume would happen at a convergence of hundreds of the most powerful media, entertainment and technology elite. A conversation here can often turn into tomorrow's front page headline or top Techmeme hit. From Sheryl and Sergey taking a stroll, to New Jersey Governor's Chris Christie chilling post bar with Activision's Bobby Kotick to Peter Thiel and Palantir's Alex Karp grabbing a coffee between panels at the lodge, one finds themselves in a constant state of wanting to find out about what everyone's talking about.Gillmor Gang Live 07.13.12 (TCTV)
Jul 13, 8:01PM
Gillmor Gang - Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recording has concluded.Google Starts Giving Away Free CDs With Chrome At Best Buy
Jul 13, 8:00PM
At I/O last month, Google announced that it would soon start selling Chromebooks at Best Buy and the first Chromebook displays have now found their way into Best Buy's brick-and-mortar stores across the United States. One thing Google didn't say at the time was that it would also use these new Chromebook displays to hand out CDs with its Chrome browser on them. As Google+ user Clayton Pritchard found out, though, that's exactly what Google is doing. The CDs, says Pritchard, hang underneath the Chromebook demo units and come "in really cool plexi-glass cases held together by magnets."Facebook's Only Option To Boost Voter Turnout Is Completely Unethical
Jul 13, 7:30PM
Facebook and CNN recently announced an ambitious partnership to boost America's embarrassingly low voter turnout rate with a special "I Voted" app, which will broadcast users intent to vote and encourage their friends to follow suit. Unfortunately, it's unlikely to make much of a difference, since the only known option to dramatically improve voting rates is completely unethical: threaten to publicize if users do not vote.Confirmed: Google Has Begun Shipping All Those Pre-Ordered Nexus 7s
Jul 13, 6:56PM
Over the past day or so, a few lucky souls have managed to get their hands on Google's much-anticipated Nexus 7 tablet, leaving the rest of us to wonder when our time would come. As it turns out, the answer is very soon. After their Nexus support phone line tipped users off earlier today, Google has finally come right out and said it — the company has begun shipping those wallet-friendly tablets to all those who pre-ordered from them.Brewster's Address Book App Briefly Exposes Ashton Kutcher's & Others' Private Data; Company Says It's Fixed
Jul 13, 6:47PM
Brewster, the hot, new personalized address book app for iPhone, launched to much fanfare this week. But it also launched with a concerning bug. Some users reported they had the ability to see the personal contact information for people they shouldn't have had access to, including the likes of one Mr. Ashton Kutcher, for example. His wasn't the only private contact information exposed, from what we've seen. Other high-profile people whose personal information was available included TechCrunch contributor MG Siegler, Path co-founder Dave Morin, Foursquare's former Director of Business Development Tristan Walker, Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai, and more.SVP Bob Mansfield Says Apple Products Back On EPEAT Certification: 'This Was A Mistake'
Jul 13, 6:17PM
Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield just published a letter on the company's website announcing that Apple has reversed its decision to remove EPEAT environmental certification from its products. "We've recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system," Mansfield writes. "I recognize that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT."Google Translate Adds Example Sentences To Put Words Into Context
Jul 13, 6:02PM
Sample sentences have long been a standard feature in many online and offline dictionaries. Starting today, Google Translate will also feature sentences that put translated words into context. Unlike old-school dictionaries, which carefully curated these sentences, though, Google will use sentences from recent news stories around the web. This, says Google, ensures that it can help users understand new words "by observing them in their natural habitat."Changers Relaunches Out of Insolvency To Take On Japan
Jul 13, 5:49PM
Back in October Changers appeared offering a solar powered gadget-charging system designed to power up your USB devices, smartphones and the like, using a simple, one-button device. But this was not your average solar unit. The device uploads how much power it has generated to an online energy marketplace where users compare their energy savings with friends via Facebook/Twitter. It's "Green Social". Each saving is turned into "Changer Credits" which can be spent at the company's retail partners. But there was a problem.San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee And Ron Conway Are Ready To Rock Out At Disrupt SF
Jul 13, 5:18PM
We are pleased to announce our latest additions to the Disrupt SF agenda, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the ultimate angel, Ron Conway. Add this to our earlier announcement of Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and former New York Schools chancellor Joel Klein and expect to walk away with unique insights and unexpected inspiration. Sign up to see these visionary leaders right here. Disrupt SF starts with a Hackathon where Hackers come from all over to share their skills and tricks with each other in order to build a product within 24 hours. Drinks and snacks are served, and as you can imagine with no sleep, things are known to get a little crazy. In a good way. The winners of the Hackathon are invited to share their creations on the Disrupt stage on the last day of the conference in front of all to see. Past Hackathon winners have included: Docracy who went on to raise $600,000 from First Round Capital, the judges' favorite Gilt-ii, and even the hilarious Venture Crapital. Be sure to check our all of our winners from our last Hackathon in SF.Google Launches MyTracks 2.0 GPS App For Hikers, Bikers & Runners
Jul 13, 4:35PM
MyTracks for Android is one of Google's lesser known mobile apps, but it's actually a pretty useful tool for those who would like to keep a record of their bike rides, runs, hikes and other outdoor activities. Google itself is actually using it together with Team HTC-Columbia during the Tour de France to track the team's riders during the event. Today, the company is releasing version 2.0 of the free app, which introduces a new interface, as well as support for playing back data in Google Earth for Android, improved charts and additional statistics for evaluating performance trends.Meet Bitplay BANG!, The Lamp You Can "Shoot" From Across The Room
Jul 13, 4:06PM
A solid chunk of my formative years was spent lurking under tables, peering around corners, and generally tiptoeing around whenever possible. I fancied myself a tiny James Bond (or Weng Weng, considering my heritage) and — strange as it may sound — there's nothing I wouldn't have given to have the bitplay BANG! remote controlled lamp help me live out my pre-adolescent fantasies.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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