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Startups Shouldn't Ignore International Patent Protection
Aug 18, 5:21AM
Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by Jeffrey Shieh, a senior patent attorney at patent filing provider inovia. I (Alexia) actually completely disagree with him. Oh well -- I should probably just write a post about it. Yay TechCrunch! The tech giants are clearly at patent war – Nokia vs. Google, Apple's lawsuits in China, and Facebook vs. Yahoo!, etc. And international patent protection is clearly a vital part of both these companies' defensive and offensive competitive strategies. However, not much is said about how international patent protection does or should factor into the business strategies of startups. But we know that for many startups, their innovations are the lifeblood of their company. As such, it is vital for these companies to protect their innovations from competitors by securing intellectual property rights.Marissa Mayer's First 30 Days
Aug 18, 3:45AM
On my last visit to Yahoo at the end of July, it was as if a dark cloud had been lifted. Employees enthuastically lined up to enter the cafeteria in the first week of "Free Lunch". URL's, Yahoo's main cafeteria, was more packed than a typical Tuesday. Many expressed how excited they were about the future of their company. "I used to worry about my team quitting; not anymore!" said an engineering manager with a big smile. "I was looking for a job but I am going to stick around for a while!" exclaimed another employee. One Thing is For Sure —Twitter Wants Nothing To Do With The Enterprise
Aug 18, 12:13AM
Apigee's Sam Ramji pointed out to me today that Twitter did a first when communicating with developers yesterday about its new platform policies. For the first time in recent memory Twitter has used a graphic to actually illustrate what it sees as the acceptable and not so acceptable ways to use its API. The graphic is clear and to the point. When you look at the graphic, one thing is for sure, Twitter wants nothing to do with the enterprise.Google Files New Patent Lawsuit Against Apple, Seeks To Block iPhone, iPad & Mac Imports To U.S.
Aug 17, 11:25PM
According to Bloomberg, Google's Motorola unit just filed a new patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington. According to this report, Google's complaint seeks to block Apple from importing the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and "various Apple computers." Today's lawsuit is only the latest in a long series of recent disputes between Apple and Motorola/Google, but it marks the first time that Motorola is filing one of these lawsuits since its acquisition by Google became final in February.Source: OnLive Found A Buyer, Cleaned House To Reduce Liability Prior To Acquisition (UPDATED)
Aug 17, 9:45PM
We're hearing from a reliable source that OnLive's founder and CEO Steve Perlman finally decided to make an exit -- and in the process, is screwing the employees who helped build the company and brand. The cloud gaming company reportedly had several suitors over the last few years (perhaps including Microsoft) but Perlman reportedly held tight control over the company, apparently not wanting to sell or share any of OnLive's secret sauce. Our source tells us that the buyer wants all of OnLive's assets -- the intellectual property, branding, and likely patents -- but the plan is to keep the gaming company up and running. However, OnLive management cleaned house today, reportedly firing nearly the entire staff, and we hear it was done just to reduce the company's liability, thus reducing employee equity to practically zero. Yeah, it's a massive dick move.Academia.edu Adds Analytics To Bring Transparency To How Research Spreads
Aug 17, 9:19PM
Far away from Silicon Valley is another echo chamber in the Ivory Tower, except there's very little transparency there about how content and ideas spread. Academia.edu, a social network for researchers, just unveiled an analytics dashboard that's meant to help scientists and other academics understand how their work is being read and distributed. It's a difference from an older, more opaque world in which researchers vied to get into elite journals like the New England Journal of Medicine. "To be a successful academic, it's becoming as important to have an established web presence as it is to be published in a journal and it's going to be increasingly critical," said CEO Richard Price.AT&T On FaceTime Over 3G: Free For Mobile Share Users, Unavailable For Everyone Else
Aug 17, 9:01PM
More than a few AT&T customers got worked up a few weeks back when a peculiar pop-up in iOS 6 Beta 3 pointed to the possibility that the carrier would charge people to use FaceTime over its wireless data network. Well, that's officially not that case -- AT&T just confirmed in a statement that it won't be charging its subscribers to video chat over the air. That would normally be great news, but there's a catch: some people won't be able to FaceTime over AT&T's network at all.David Tisch Steps Down From Managing Director Role At TechStars
Aug 17, 8:27PM
David Tisch, the well known New York City-based seed investor and advisor, is stepping down from his role as Managing Director of the TechStars startup accelerator. Tisch has been with TechStars since 2010, when he co-founded the program's New York city location.The New iPad Is Finally Catching Up In Ad Impressions (According To Velti)
Aug 17, 8:10PM
Yes, it's a big day for mobile ad reports, at least at TechCrunch — mobile marketing company Velti just released its report for July. One of the themes in recent reports has been the relatively slow growth of the new iPad when it comes to ad impression frsnt. In July, however, Apple's new tablet started to close its gap with the iPad 2 — the older device now accounts for 24 percent of the total tablet impressions tracked, compared to 20 percent for the new iPad. Apple also released the new iPad in China last month, and in the week following, ad impressions from the device increased 150 percent.Japanese Tape Dispenser Cuts Tape To Desired Length
Aug 17, 7:53PM
If you were told you could listen to the radio at a reasonable level in your cubicle and that you were going to be allowed to keep your stapler, this is probably the tape dispenser for you. The T-EM50 by Koyoku will spit out tape at pre-determined lengths again and again, ensuring a perfect piece of tape every time.YouTube And The Olympics: 231M Video Streams And Up To 500K Concurrent Viewers
Aug 17, 7:40PM
The less said about the quality of NBC's Olympics coverage in the U.S., the better, but in terms of the quantity of live and recorded Olympics video streamed this year, the partnership between NBC and YouTube clearly worked out well. Even by YouTube's standards, live streaming the Olympics for NBC was a pretty massive undertaking and the company just released new data about its Olympics coverage from earlier this month. At its peak, the service pushed out more than half a million livestreams at the same time. On NBCOlympics.com, YouTube says, viewers watched more than 159 million total streams and just over a third of these came from mobile devices and more than 50% were in HD.OnLive Responds To Layoff Reports: No Comment, But OnLive Is Not Dead
Aug 17, 7:25PM
Reports are hitting that OnLive, the cloud gaming service, laid off the majority of its staff today. Apparently the staff was called in for an all hands on meeting this morning and was promptly shown the door -- or something like that. According to Mashable, some staffers could be rehired for the company's next venture. We reached out to OnLive's head of Corporate Communications who promptly replied: "I have no comment on the news other than to say the OnLive service is not shutting down."19 Months And 1 Pivot Later, AnyLeaf Relaunches As AnyList To Build A Better Grocery List App
Aug 17, 7:24PM
In early 2011, Y Combinator-backed AnyLeaf opened its grocery deal aggregation service to to citizens of the San Francisco Bay Area. Our own Leena Rao (and TC alumnus Greg Kumparak) thought rather highly of it, but it's been over a year since then and the team behind it has had a change of heart. Today, the company formerly known as AnyLeaf will be officially relaunching with a new name and a new spin on its original mission. CEO and co-founder Jeff Hunter says the company — now called AnyList — still plans to improve the grocery shopping experience, this time with its thoughtful (and free) iOS-only grocery list app.The Team Brain: Beyond Email, Meetings, and Middle Management
Aug 17, 7:19PM
Editor's note: Justin Rosenstein is the co-founder of Asana. He'll be speaking at Disrupt SF on the future of work. This article is a precursor to a larger vision which he has offered to share at SXSW; you can vote for his talk here. What if organizations could coordinate themselves as effortlessly and transparently as a guitarist coordinates her fingers and hands? How much more could they accomplish if they had a sophisticated "team brain"? And, emboldened by the confidence in their capacity to execute complex projects with clarity, purpose, and precision, what would they dare to pursue?OfficeDrop and ExpenseMagic Combine To Offer Easy Mobile Receipt Scanning and Automated Expense Reports
Aug 17, 6:42PM
The weekend is coming up and that means one thing. I have to do my expenses. It's time to organize my receipts and make an expense sheet and invoice document. After that comes the scanning - standing over the printer, making sure the wireless is working so it syncs with my MacBook Pro. That will be followed by the email with the PDF files for all of the above. That will take care of my Saturday morning.Does Your Startup Pitch Suck? Call PitchPhone And Practice
Aug 17, 6:28PM
Um, we leverage crowdsourcing and um, like, people's social graph to like find out about new discoveries and the people and places you might find interesting. Right, OK. But what do you actually do? We tap into Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn to personalize our recommendation engine which generates the topics. And then, you know, you can like follow those and learn new things. It's really addictive! Oh, for god's sake, what the hell are you? A mobile app? A digital magazine? A social network? Can you please just back up and start from the beginning and tell me what you've built? Who's it for? What problem does it solve? We, um. Um. Well, it's like the Facebook News Feed, but better - because it's personalized to your interests, not your friends. CLICK. Hello? Are you there? .... I think they hung up. Sound familiar? Maybe you need pitch practice.Google Launches Private Messages In Hangouts, Adds New Video And Sound Features To The Hangouts API
Aug 17, 6:00PM
This is probably not the Google+ API you have been waiting for, but Google just announced the launch of version 1.2 of its Hangouts API, which comes with a number of significant new features for developers who are building products on top of Google's group video chat service. In addition, Google also just launched private messages in Hangouts as an experimental feature.HP Forms Mobility Global Business Unit, Proving Again HP Needs A New Business Naming Unit
Aug 17, 5:49PM
Will the TouchPad ride again? HP apparently just internally announced a new division focused on mobile within the Personal Systems Group. This new team, named in HP's traditional jargon, Mobility Global Business Unit, is essentially responsible for getting HP back in the tablet fight. Details are still a bit light. This word comes from a leaked memo obtained by the The Verge. The memo says in part, "With this move, we are building on our commitment to re-invest in mobility via dedicated leadership, focused research and development, amazing new products and a growing suite of applications and services." It sounds like HP is finally getting serious about tablets.Pics Or It Didn't Happen: YC-Backed HD Trade Services Lets Small Logistics Providers Track Shipments Like The Big Boys
Aug 17, 5:35PM
The globalization of our economy -- and the role that countries like China play in manufacturing goods that get consumed very far outside its borders -- has been a big topic in the tech world. One of the sidenotes of that story is the role of shipping and distribution -- an essential part of the equation, but one that carries a lot of risk: risk that products do not arrive on time, or in perfect condition, or perhaps in the worst cases, at all. That's were Y-Combinator-backed HD Trade Services comes into the picture. HD Trade Services has developed a suite of software for logistics services providers, delivered via portable-friendly tablet and smartphone apps, which lets them track the arrival and departure of products in warehouses to make sure that things are going where they are supposed to, and that products are what their suppliers say they are.MoPub Mobile Ad Report: Android And Social Networking On The Rise
Aug 17, 5:34PM
MoPub, the Accel-backed ad serving startup that helps mobile publishers manage multiple monetization sources, has just released its first report on the data from its mobile ad exchange. It takes a different tack than most of the reports I've seen, focusing on slightly arcane-sounding metrics like win rate (percent of auctions that have winning bids) and bid depth (bids per impression request) to show advertiser demand. In terms of mobile platforms, MoPub's data shows iOS still ahead of Android when it comes to auction volume, but the gap appears to be closing — in May, Android had 28 percent of auction volume, a number that had increased to 39 percent in June. iOS also appears to be maintaining a big lead over Android in ad pricing, with an average eCPM of 90 cents on iOS versus 43 cents on Android in June.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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