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Motorola's Patent Lawsuit Against Apple Goes After Siri, Location Reminders, Email Notifications & More
Aug 19, 12:28AM
On Friday, Google's Motorola Mobility unit filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington. So far, Motorola has only confirmed that this lawsuit has indeed been filed. The details of the lawsuit remain elusive, as the actual documents won't be available on the ITC's website until Monday and Motorola hasn't released any concrete information about its allegations, yet. We have now learned, however, that the lawsuit, which seeks to ban imports of Apple's hardware into the U.S., accuses Apple of infringing on seven of Motorola's patents.What Makes A City A City? New Visual System Identifies City Characteristics
Aug 19, 12:11AM
If you've been to cities and you've had enough, have you been to Paris, France? Paris is defined by a few magical characteristics - the street signs, the architecture, the street features - and a new system at Carnegie Mellon identifies cities based on their special traits. The project describes a fairly complex algorithm that is able to find aspects from Google Street view.Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL
Aug 18, 11:38PM
Oracle is holding back test cases in the latest release of MySQL. It's a move that has all the markings of the company's continued efforts to further close up the open source software and alienate the MySQL developer community. The issue stems back to a recent discovery that the latest MySQL release has bug fixes but without a single one having any test cases associated with it. That creates all sorts of problems for developers who have no assurance that the problem is actually fixed.Thoughts On Apple's Latest TV Efforts
Aug 18, 11:00PM
Earlier this week, a few reports emerged about Apple's upcoming plans to disrupt the TV market. The first mentioned that Apple was trying to work with cable providers on finding new ways to distribute TV through its hardware, rather than trying to license content itself. The second report gave a few more details about what that hardware would be capable of. I've been thinking about this a lot over the past few days, and this is what I think we can expect from any Apple TV efforts being announced over the next few months, possibly even next month at its September 12 event. The new set-top box hardware that Apple is talking to cable operators about using is none other than an updated version of its Apple TV product. Which is to say: Apple probably isn't creating new hardware to suit the needs of cable operators, or to try to replicate their existing set-top boxes. Instead, Apple is trying to convince them to build new apps for its existing device.WickedLasers Releases 1.25W Spyder Super Laser
Aug 18, 10:35PM
This being Shark Week and all, budding super villains may be interested in this 1.25W laser from WickedLasers. This monstrous slab of electronics sends out a beam powerful enough to pop multiple balloons and looks like a light saber. It would look great on your shark's head.
Infinite Scroll: The Web's Slot Machine
Aug 18, 10:00PM
Editor's Note: Nir Eyal writes about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business at NirAndFar.com. He is the author of the forthcoming book "Hooked: How to Drive Engagement by Creating User Habits". Follow him on Twitter @nireyal. A few years ago, everyone was clicking. Today, we're all scrolling. Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, and as of this week, Instagram and Medium - it seems everyone is getting on the infinite scroll bus. What is it about this magical design pattern that has so many consumer web companies using it?Hands On With Romain Jerome's Octopus Steampunk Dive Watch
Aug 18, 9:55PM
Here is a high-end dive watch to consider if you like that Captain Nemo look. It is called the Octopus, and is from avant garde Swiss watch brand Romain Jerome (RJ). Those familiar with the Romain Jerome Titanic DNA collection of watches will recognize the styling of this new Octopus diver.Feast Your Ears On Fresh Jams From Musicians You Love At Hipset Via YC's Tracks.by
Aug 18, 8:26PM
Hipset is a music discovery site launching today from Y Combinator's Tracks.by that makes sure you never miss the hot new songs, videos, and other content from the artists you Like on Facebook -- updates which the social network might not show in your feed. If launched on its own, Hipset would just be a fun site for listeners. But while disarmingly simple, it's the culmination of Tracks.by's year-long master plan to shake up the music marketing industry. Here's how Hipset is going to rock you.How Instacart Hacked YC
Aug 18, 7:00PM
Editor's note: Apoorva Mehta is the founder of YC-backed Instacart, a startup that's taking on 1-hour grocery delivery. He previously worked on supply chain infrastructure at Amazon.com. Getting into Y-Combinator is hard enough; but getting in two months late and as a single founder is almost impossible. This is how I hacked my way in. It was June, and I decided to apply to Y-Combinator. I always wanted to go through the intense program, and I knew that getting in would dramatically improve the chances that Instacart would succeed. But there was a problem: I missed the application deadline. By over two months.Gillmor Gang: Please Stand By
Aug 18, 5:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — huffed and puffed but could not blow Twitter's house down. The social startup is betting we'll still keep tweeting no matter how gated the community becomes, and with Facebook only worth some 40 billion, Jack and Dick may be right. Besides, push notifications make the clients irrelevant anyway. Three weeks in, @scobleizer has given away his Nexus 7, with @kteare the only holdout. I can't believe how much time I've switched over to the pocket tablet, but soon enough we'll learn Apple's response with iPhone the next. With our director on vacation I'll have to watch the show to catch the rest of the conversation, as I found it impossible to talk and switch at the same time. And thanks, NBC, for pushing The Who out of prime time. Meet the new boss...Payment Data Is More Valuable Than Payment Fees
Aug 18, 4:18PM
We are in the midst of a great revolution in the payments space: anyone with a phone can now accept credit cards; online-to-offline commerce is allowing online payment for offline purchase and significant friction is being removed from the consumer purchase experience thanks to mobile. All of this innovation (read: competition), combined with government intervention, means that payment fees are falling, threatening revenue streams for incumbents and startups alike in the payments space. But a broader opportunity exists: using the data of payments to build a more valuable, more defensible business model, one not dependent on fees. The result will revolutionize offline commerce and online advertising.Unicorns, Banana Suits, and 500 Startups; Just Another Night With Dave McClure
Aug 18, 2:00PM
Editor's note: Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 20-city event series hosted around the world to help educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. He's an ex-Electronic Arts employee, as well as the founder of Commonred and Vaporware Labs. Until a few weeks ago I'd never met Dave McClure. Like many of you I have read all about him, casually Twitter followed him, and personally censored many of his YouTube videos over the past few years. After attending 500 Startups Demo Day earlier this month I was really impressed by the founders and their products which were as good or better than any I've seen. The person I shook hands with at the end of that day was a soft spoken, humble guy who seems to be in full grind mode pushing 500 Startups to a new level. Last week I interviewed him at Startup Grind in Palo Alto.Move Along, No Panopticon To See Here
Aug 18, 1:00PM
Last week Wikileaks--remember them?--released a sheaf of documents about the Trapwire security system, which, depending on who you believe, is either a network of cameras being used to spy on everyone everywhere, or an ineffective bust more notable for shady business practices than any successful surveillance. Is it being used for "monitoring every single person via facial recognition"? Probably not. Doesn't matter. Let's not kid ourselves: the point is that as cameras get cheaper and more connected and more ubiquitous, facial recognition gets more accurate, and data-mining software gets better, something like conspiracy theorists' worst nightmarish fantasies of Trapwire will come to pass. I've said it before, I'll say it again: this is only a matter of time, and not all that much of it. Little pieces of the panopticon are already being built all around you.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.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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