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Italians Take Up The Torch To Ignite Their Own Tech Startup Scene

Sep 30, 7:14AM

TechCrunchItalyLast year Italy's official statistics bureau, ISTAT, produced a report on the state of the internet in Italy. It found that in world terms, Italy was below average in terms of Internet usage. The European average is 73% usage by population, but Italians were hovering around the 63% mark. But official statistics can be cruel and out of date - and it's clear now to any observer on the ground that whatever is happening in the home market, Italian tech startups aren't just shooting for their own country but for yours as well. Evidence of this emerged when Facebook bought Italy-based Glancee, this year - this was the location based mobile story of the year. And there have been other undercurrents. The Italian Startup Scene Facebook Group which now has over 8,300 members, up from less than 3,000 last year - is still growing. Clearly many of the old attitudes are changing fast, and are probably out of date as we speak. For instance, the TechCrunch Italy CrunchUp event in Rome this last week was originally supposed to be a simple meetup. But it's a sign that Italy's startup eco-system has exploded in the last 18 months or so that we ended up having to find a venue for over 1,000 people who wanted to come. Italy has clearly changed since I scratched around a tiny Italian-only event in 2008.


A Tech Way Around "Creative Block"

Sep 30, 5:00AM

alex cornellEditor's note: Alex Cornell is co-founder and creative director at Firespotter Labs, makers of ÃœberConference, NoshList, Nosh, and Jotly. Firespotter is backed by Andressen Horowitz and Google Ventures. Follow him on his website and on Twitter. I've always found it interesting when the non-creatives in a company estimate how long it will take the creative team to accomplish something. What's often baked into their scheduling assumption is that the creatives will deliver results at a predictable and regular rate. They expect that 10 hours of creative work will produce 10 hours worth of pretty pictures; as predictable as a banker crunching numbers.


Klout Would Like Potential Employers To Consider Your Score Before Hiring You. And That's Stupid.

Sep 30, 2:29AM

6056125359_d96b0bfa05_zLet's put it out there right now: I am personally not a fan of Klout, which ranks people based on their Internet interactions and engagement on services like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. I have nothing against the company whatsoever, and this is a vertical that someone was going to get into sooner or later. However, I still feel like the whole concept is bunk.


A Venture Capitalist's E-Commerce Shopping List

Sep 30, 2:00AM

Niren Shah - Norwest Venture PartnersEditor's note: Sergio Monsalve is a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners where he is focused on early and growth investments in the digital media, mobile, and social areas. Follow him on Twitter E-commerce is one of the fastest-growing sectors in technology and is poised to get even hotter, with sales expected to double between 2010 and 2015, according to eMarketer. So how can discerning investors find the most promising opportunities? They have to first take off the rose-colored glasses.


Five Big Changes In The iOS 6 App Store (And What Developers Should Do)

Sep 29, 11:00PM

appstoreiconIs the new iOS App Store a step forward or step back for mobile app developers, users, and the app economy overall? Some developers are complaining that since the introduction of the Chomp-inspired App Store redesign in iOS 6, sales have noticeably dropped. Others say the changes are good for indie developers. Whichever side of the coin you're on, there are a number of reasons why developers are feeling the effects. In the new iOS App Store, the user interface now encourages a slower search method (flipping through cards, not scrolling through vertical lists), less attention is given to new releases and category-based search as "Genius" recommendations are given a higher billing, App Store SEO (ASO) is basically a black box that no one seems to understand, and more.


Canadian Internet Provider Rogers Experiencing Major, Prolonged Outage [Update: It's Back!]

Sep 29, 10:48PM

rogersCanadian wireless and internet provider Rogers is currently experiencing a widespread, continued outage of services on both its cellular and cable home internet data networks, according to various user reports. Rogers is the second-largest internet provider in Canada by subscriber count, and the largest cellphone provider with somewhere around 10 million mobile customers.


Hate

Sep 29, 10:00PM

big_blackIt's a powerful thing, this Internet of ours. The greatest tool for the distribution of knowledge, the administration of compassion, and development of conversation ever created. And the events of this week have shown how it can be a platform for tolerance and understanding, for love and peace. Particularly touching was the story of a man who, with the assistance of friends and the Internet, was able to confront a tormentor with his misdeeds, bringing the young troll to heel and redeeming a child who surely knew not what he did. An example for the ages of gentleness and cooler minds prevailing over humanity's companion and adversary, hate. Yes, isn't it pretty to think so?


The Search For Minority Entrepreneurs Is Over — Now They Need To Be Ready For Investors

Sep 29, 9:00PM

minority-ntrepreneursEditor's note: Wayne Sutton is the founder and CEO of PitchTo, a mobile development lab that builds tools for investors to make smarter decisions and help entrepreneurs deliver exceptional pitches. This article is inspired by Dave McClure's "Women in Tech: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is." post. Follow Wayne on Twitter What a difference a year makes. Last year the question was "Where are the minority entrepreneurs?" It was highly motivated by the 2010 CBinsights Venture Capital Human Capital Report, which stated that only 1 percent of minority tech startup founders were founded by African-Americans. But the conversation about minority entrepreneurs didn't only apply to African-Americans, it also included women and Hispanics. The dialogue reached its peak by various snippets from the CNN's "Black in America 4" documentary and niche tech blogs.


Kickstarter: Helios, An iPhone Telepresence Rig On A Budget

Sep 29, 8:15PM

aca97df6ac15f6781e4166361db41bf0_largeAnother day, another iOS-based telepresence rig. The Helios is a tiny little two-wheeled car that drives around with your iPhone or Touch in the passenger seat, allowing you to move around a scene and interact with remote subjects through the magic of telepresence. They are raising money through Kickstarter.


Facebook Updates Messenger For iOS With New Chat UI, iOS 6 And iPhone 5 Support

Sep 29, 7:15PM

facebook_messenger_ios_logoFacebook just launched a new version of its Messenger app for iOS. Messenger, the company's stand-alone chat app, got a bit of a user interface refresh with this update, as well as a speed boost and official support for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5's larger display. Today's update comes just a bit more than a week after Facebook also launched an update to its Messenger app for Android and, for the most part, this update brings the iOS app's design on par with the Android app.


The Next Big E-Commerce Wave: Vertically Integrated Commerce

Sep 29, 7:00PM

Boris WertzEditor's note: Boris Wertz is the founder of version one ventures, and has invested in more than 35 early-stage consumer Internet and mobile companies, including Chloe & Isabel, Julep, and Indochino. Follow him on his blog and Twitter. There has been more e-commerce innovation during the past year than there has been during the last decade. First, flash-sale and daily-deal sites brought a much-needed breath of fresh air to a vertical that hadn't seen much change since Amazon and eBay arrived on the scene. Now there's a whole new generation of e-commerce players.


Bootstrap's Maintainers Leave Twitter For GitHub And Obvious Corp., Will Move It Into Its Own Organization

Sep 29, 6:30PM

Twitter BootstrapTwitter's Bootstrap, an open-source framework for quickly building web sites and apps, has been a massive success. It's even starting to spawn its own ecosystem of related services now. Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton, the two developers behind the project, however, have now decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities at GitHub and Biz Stone's and Evan Williams' Obvious Corp. respectively.


Should You Trust Your Gut? The Answer Is Yes.

Sep 29, 6:00PM

Editor's note: Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 30-city event series hosted in 15-countries that educates, inspires, and connects entrepreneurs. He's ex-Electronic Arts as well as the founder of Commonred. A few years ago I asked a successful entrepreneur for advice on what I should do with my latest product idea. His reply was simple. "Trust your gut. What does your gut tell you?" I confidently replied, "That this is a $100MM business." To which he added, "Then go for it." So that's exactly what we did. We went for it and a year later we didn't have a $100MM business or even a $10MM business. We didn't even have a….ok I'll stop there. But how did I get it so wrong? Is my gut untrustable? Was I wrong to follow it? Or was my stomach just acting up after a recent trip overseas? I recently sat down with Charles River Ventures Partner George Zachary who has had his fair share of big successes.


PSA For Win8 Devs: The Only Way To Distribute Your Metro Apps Is Through The Windows Store

Sep 29, 5:30PM

3482.Windows Store_thumbHere is a reminder for developers who want to write apps for Windows 8's Metro mode (or whatever Microsoft prefers to call it these days): the only way to distribute your apps to consumers is through the Windows Store. This isn't actually a new policy but one that Microsoft announced a year ago. Judging from this Hacker News thread, though, this still comes as a surprise to many developers and it's clearly something Microsoft hasn't stressed enough in the run-up to the Windows 8 launch on October 26.


Gillmor Gang: Platformicide

Sep 29, 5:00PM

Gillmor Gang test patternThe Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — watched in amazement as Twitter made good on its promise to hobble the core of its viral power adopter developers and users. By shutting down third-party clients to focus monetization on its core clients and the Web, Twitter leaves itself exposed to its challengers for control of the realtime wave. To some of the Gang, Apple's move to eject Google Maps in favor of its own immature product seems similarly motivated and fated to bad results. But Twitter has historically made these kinds of protective overreaching moves in order to protect the fledgling company from being overrun by more powerful competitors. This time it's different, as Twitter releases services designed to capitalize on the innovations of its ecosystem. The real calculation is whether the openings provided to Google+ and, to a lesser extent, Facebook can be leveraged before innovation dries up in the Twitter pipeline. A high-stakes game of Chicken.


Apple's Maps Is A Black Eye, Nothing More

Sep 29, 3:00PM

IMG_9634Editor's Note: Jim Dalrymple is a former Editor at Large at Macworld, and contributing expert on Apple-related topics on CNN, Fox, CBS and ABC. You can follow Jim on Twitter at@jdalrymple, and on his blog The Loop. With the release of iOS 6 last week, Apple introduced a brand new version of Maps, the company's new turn-by-turn mapping application that replaced Google's offering on the iPhone. While the fervor over Maps has given Apple a black eye, it's certainly not the beginning of a downward spiral for the company, as some tech pundits like to say.


Lessons From The Dramatic Slow-Motion Death Of Wikitravel

Sep 29, 1:00PM

broken-globeOnce upon a time, in 2003, there were two entrepeneurs with a dream. Their names were Evan Prodromou and Michele Ann Jenkins, and they dreamed of a collectively edited global travel guide -- a Wikipedia for travel, if you will. So they created Wikitravel. And it went over like the proverbial "lead zeppelin." Two years later, a company named Internet Brands bought it from them for $1.7 million; pretty good money for those long-lost days before the startup craze began. And Wikitravel thrived, and lo, it was good. Until Paradise came crashing down in flames.


Startup Success Requires The Drive For Data

Sep 29, 5:00AM

Jeff MaEditor's note: Jeff Ma is the founder of tenXer, a startup that provides tools to help people better understand their performance, progress, and productivity at work. Previously, he helped start GolfSpan.com, CircleLending, and Citizen Sports. Follow him on Twitter. The first thing you learn when you start playing Blackjack is something called basic strategy - a decision matrix that tells you the correct play for every hand based on your cards and the dealer's exposed card. Data and statistics will tell you that basic strategy is always the optimal strategy. In fact, following it perfectly reduces the casino's edge over the average player from 3 percent to 0.5 percent.


Here Are The Singers Competing In Next Week's 'American Idol For The Geek Set'

Sep 29, 2:00AM

silicon valley voice logoEarlier this month, I wrote about Silicon Valley Voice, a karaoke competition for the tech world hosted by Silicon Valley Bank and Coverflow (a cover band made up of techies including Mayfield Fund's Tim Chang, Facebook's Ethan Beard, and Fandalism's Philip Kaplan). Now, the finalists have been selected, and you don't even have to wait until next week's event to hear them sing. Coverflow member (and Mayfield managing director) Raj Kapoor  tells me that all of the regular tickets have sold out, with 800 RSVPs. But the organizers convinced Silicon Valley Bank to expand the budget, which means there's room for another 200 people.


Rest In Peace, Charles Alfred Eldon: A Pioneer Of Silicon Valley, A Role Model For This New Generation

Sep 28, 11:28PM

180px-Eldon_005Decades before Steve Jobs, the Google founders, and Mark Zuckerberg, small groups of unglamorous technologists turned Santa Clara Valley into the world-changing region we are still reinventing today. My grandpa, Charles Alfred "Bud" Eldon, was one of them, a Hewlett-Packard engineer and executive since the days of the apricot orchards. He passed away at 7:45am this morning. I'm going to share a little bit about his life below, because my generation in Silicon Valley and the tech world needs to know about all the shoulders of giants we are standing on, and the heights we can also reach. Too many of us don't right now. His story begins in Hawaii during the Great Depression.



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Graphene switches to new role as anti-corrosion coating

Sep 28, 5:38PM

With applications ranging from electronics to ships, the discovery that a graphene coating protects against corrosion gives the wonder material another string to its bow.


SAP on African expansion trail as it lands multimillion Dangote deal

Sep 28, 5:07PM

A massive deal that SAP has clinched with Nigerian conglomerate Dangote highlights the growing opportunities for enterprise software vendors throughout Africa.


Google opens new office in Berlin

Sep 28, 3:47PM

Google has just opened new premises in the German capital - its third office in the country - which will play home to the search giant's marketing, sales and lobbying efforts.


Trade Me's 'greed' fuels new rivals

Sep 28, 1:34PM

Is New Zealand's premier auction site Trade Me justified in going for a money grab by raising its fees, or will it open the market up to those that might do a better job?


S'pore data protection bill must continue to evolve

Sep 28, 12:48PM

Singapore's data protection act needs to be in line with similar legislation around the world, especially with the growing adoption of cloud services and use of data to improve business processes.


Indian govt shouldn't restrict Internet use

Sep 28, 10:13AM

Internet is an indispensible tool for governance in a free democracy, says India's Union Minister for Communications and IT, who calls for industry stakeholders to help build a roadmap for the sector.


Daily Cuppa: RIM continues slide, Adobe hacked, LG sues Samsung

Sep 28, 6:23AM

Intel targets Gen Y and the enterprise, AMD and BlueStack team up for Android apps for Windows desktops, and Google Apps dump support for old Windows Office formats.


Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one

Sep 28, 4:50AM

A survey finds that even hard-core Windows 8 fans prefer Windows 7 by a two to one margin.


Microsoft invests in Klout; integrates data into Bing

Sep 28, 3:36AM

Microsoft's Bing team is teaming up with social-media vendor Klout in the name of social-influence and big data.


Can't shop for Windows Store apps using Chrome... But is Google being evil?

Sep 28, 3:16AM

Like using Windows 8, but don't like IE? You might seem some curious behavior when shopping for Windows Store apps on the web using Chrome.


Intel targeting both enterprise, Generation Y with Windows 8 tablets

Sep 28, 3:11AM

Intel is going for a more youthful vibe in showcasing its partner ecosystem of Windows 8-based tablets.


How big data can help conserve energy

Sep 28, 2:55AM

As more businesses focus on energy efficiency measures to cut electricity costs, analytics applications and services are emerging to help prioritize.


HP: Is a push into tablets, smartphones risky?

Sep 28, 2:49AM

An analyst downgraded shares of HP based on a likely push into tablets and smartphones. However, HP has to push into the post-PC era regardless of the risks.


BlueStacks and AMD bring Android apps to Windows

Sep 28, 12:16AM

AMD and Bluestacks have announced a partnership to bring Android apps to Windows 7 and 8 PCs and tablets.


Citrix's Podio collaboration platform expands onto Android

Sep 28, 12:08AM

Citrix-owned Podio follows up its iPad app with support for Android users.


Nokia Lumia 920 pricing revealed: £125 cheaper than iPhone 5

Sep 27, 11:41PM

Pricing for the upcoming Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 handsets is beginning to trickle out from European markets, indicating that the range-topping device could come in more than £100 cheaper than the equivalent Apple device.


IHS: Hard drive market makes record rebound and 'full recovery'

Sep 27, 11:26PM

Analysts assert that the hard drive market is back on track thanks to greater demand in both the consumer and enterprise PC markets.


Visionary pushing Canada toward cloud, identity future

Sep 27, 9:51PM

Entrepreneur sees robust cloud industry growing from Canadian government's forthcoming digital economy strategy.


DIY nano-SIM mod using tools from your desk

Sep 27, 9:22PM

The iPhone 5 uses a new nano-SIM card that's tinier that micro-SIM it replaces. While new iPhones come with the new nano chip, you may want to modify an older (and larger) model to fit your new device. Here's how to do it.


Ten Strategic CIO priorities for 2013

Sep 27, 9:22PM

The best list I have seen on issues facing innovative CIOs for the coming year.



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Startup Success Requires The Drive For Data

Sep 29, 5:00AM

Jeff MaEditor's note: Jeff Ma is the founder of tenXer, a startup that provides tools to help people better understand their performance, progress, and productivity at work. Previously, he helped start GolfSpan.com, CircleLending, and Citizen Sports. Follow him on Twitter. The first thing you learn when you start playing Blackjack is something called basic strategy - a decision matrix that tells you the correct play for every hand based on your cards and the dealer's exposed card. Data and statistics will tell you that basic strategy is always the optimal strategy. In fact, following it perfectly reduces the casino's edge over the average player from 3 percent to 0.5 percent.


Here Are The Singers Competing In Next Week's 'American Idol For The Geek Set'

Sep 29, 2:00AM

silicon valley voice logoEarlier this month, I wrote about Silicon Valley Voice, a karaoke competition for the tech world hosted by Silicon Valley Bank and Coverflow (a cover band made up of techies including Mayfield Fund's Tim Chang, Facebook's Ethan Beard, and Fandalism's Philip Kaplan). Now, the finalists have been selected, and you don't even have to wait until next week's event to hear them sing. Coverflow member (and Mayfield managing director) Raj Kapoor  tells me that all of the regular tickets have sold out, with 800 RSVPs. But the organizers convinced Silicon Valley Bank to expand the budget, which means there's room for another 200 people.


Rest In Peace, Charles Alfred Eldon: A Pioneer Of Silicon Valley, A Role Model For This New Generation

Sep 28, 11:28PM

180px-Eldon_005Decades before Steve Jobs, the Google founders, and Mark Zuckerberg, small groups of unglamorous technologists turned Santa Clara Valley into the world-changing region we are still reinventing today. My grandpa, Charles Alfred "Bud" Eldon, was one of them, a Hewlett-Packard engineer and executive since the days of the apricot orchards. He passed away at 7:45am this morning. I'm going to share a little bit about his life below, because my generation in Silicon Valley and the tech world needs to know about all the shoulders of giants we are standing on, and the heights we can also reach. Too many of us don't right now. His story begins in Hawaii during the Great Depression.


Ford CTO Paul Mascarenas On Bridging The Worlds Of Silicon Valley And Motor City [TCTV]

Sep 28, 11:15PM

Screen Shot 2012-09-28 at 5.41.04 PMWhen you think about Detroit, you don't often think first about technology; you think about automobiles. But the reality is that nowadays, the two industries are more intertwined than ever. Indeed, it's becoming increasingly apparent that, as Marc Andreessen likes to say, "software is eating the world" and becoming more central to the future of many traditionally non-techie companies. Ford Motors is no exception to this trend.


Post-SingTel Acquisition, Photo Aggregation App Pixable Gets An Image-Centric Redesign

Sep 28, 11:15PM

pixable_newA little more than a week after announcing its acquisition by telecom giant SingTel, Pixable is releasing a substantially redesigned version of its iPhone photo aggregation app. As with the old version, the Pixable app aggregates photos and videos from social networks, highlighting the ones that are most likely to be interesting to you. The big theme with the redesign, the company says, is "letting the photos shine." That may seem like an odd claim for a photo app — weren't the photos front-and-center before? Well, the change is obvious when you compare at the old home page and the new one.


Apple Adds A Clarifying Description To Its "Apps For Passbook" Page In The App Store

Sep 28, 11:00PM

passbook-app-storeApple has made a small but significant tweak to its App Store for iOS 6 users, changing the Apps for Passbook section of the store. Before, when you clicked through in Passbook the link that brings you to a list of apps, that's all you saw: a simple listing of compatible apps. Now, there's a new paragraph describing what Passbook is, and what Passbook-enabled apps are capable of.


TechCrunch Giveaway: Free Tickets To Box's 2012 #BoxWorks Event

Sep 28, 10:35PM

picHappy Friday! We have something special to give away. Box is hosting its annual BoxWorks event October 7-9 in San Francisco and we have a bunch of tickets. Box has some amazing speakers on tap. Box CEO Aaron Levie kicks things off, followed by Marc Andreessen, John Donahoe, and Clayton Christensen. There's also Tony Fadell, Gary Reiner and Gary Kovacs along with Adam Lashinsky, Andreas Bechtolsheim and our own Drew Olanoff. It's three days, six keynotes, 55 speakers, and a ton of fun.


Cloud Security Firm Qualys' IPO Opens At $12/Share, Raising $71.8M

Sep 28, 10:29PM

qualys logoAs of today, one more enterprise cloud startup is now a publicly-listed company. Qualys -- trading as QLYS -- opened trading today on the NASDAQ with shares priced at $12, in the mid-range of the expected offering of between $11 and $13. After a slow start in the morning, the shares climbed up to $14.85 during the day, to settle down at $14.12 at close. Not quite as much of a rise as Palo Alto Networks when it had its IPO in July 2012 -- where it saw a 26% increase on its opening price of $46 -- but still an increase of 17.7%.


The FeedBurner Deathwatch Continues: Google Kills AdSense For Feeds

Sep 28, 9:56PM

Dia de los Muertos | Flickr - Photo Sharing!As part of its latest round of "spring cleaning," Google just announced that it is shuttering AdSense for Feeds. The service, which allows publishers to earn a bit of extra revenue by adding Google's ads to their RSS feeds, will be retired on October 2 and will close on December 3. Given that Feedburner has long been expected to be on one of Google's next spring cleaning lists, it doesn't come as a surprise that the company is now shutting down the only way it was actually making money from the product.


Google's "Spring" Cleaning In Fall: AdSense For Feeds, Classic Plus, and Spreadsheet Gadgets Get The Axe

Sep 28, 9:11PM

4781607809_13d04ce5da_zIt's that time again when Google does its "Spring Cleaning." Basically, that means the company axes the stuff that really isn't working and takes up too much time or resources. But lets' call it what it is, these things failed or fizzled.


Facebook Shares Jump More Than 6% After Gifts Launch. (Hooray For New Revenue Streams.)

Sep 28, 8:46PM

Screen Shot 2012-09-28 at 1.41.36 PMWell, Facebook shareholders sure like the sound of Gifts. Around Wall Street's close yesterday, the company launched a much anticipated e-commerce initiative that lets Facebook users send real, physical gifts to friends and family on birthdays and special events like engagements and weddings. It gives the company a third business model beyond advertising and payments revenue. Shares have jumped by 6.6 percent today to $21.66. So what could Gifts mean for Facebook's bottom line? Let's do some guesswork.


Evernote Listens To Unhappy Skitch 2.0 Users: Brings Back Some Old Features And Version 1.0

Sep 28, 8:38PM

skitch_logoEarlier this month, Evernote launched version 2.0 of Skitch, the popular screenshot tool the company acquired in 2011. Sadly, Skitch 2.0 didn't just do away with Skitch's idiosyncratic but highly functional user interface, but it also dropped a number of features in the process. Version 2.0 currently has a 1.5-star rating in the Mac App Store and almost 600 1-star reviews. Today, Evernote is launching version 2.0.1 of Skitch and thankfully, this version brings back a number of features that went missing in the first update. In addition, Evernote is making Skitch 1.0 available for download again.


Groupon's Leadership Shuffle Continues: New North American Sales VP Named To Replace Muhr, Who Now Heads EMEA

Sep 28, 8:10PM

Groupon-Logo1The churn at Groupon's executive level continues apace. The company has just announced that it has appointed a new vice president for North America, Rob Kilgarriff, who is taking over the role from Chris Muhr. Earlier today Reuters reported that Chris Muhr was being shipped out to Europe, where he had first started his career with Groupon, to become the new SVP for the Europe, Middle East and Africa as the daily deals company looks to fix its flagging European business. Muhr has replaced Veit Dengler, who had joined from Dell only in April to take up the reigns as the Sawmer brothers began their gradual stepping away from management roles at the company. (The Sawmers' CityDeal, acquired by Groupon, forms the basis of Groupon's European operation.) Kilgarriff will report to SVP of global operations Kal Raman.


Ptch Partners With Paramount, Letting Users Remix Their Own Paranormal Activity Found Footage

Sep 28, 7:56PM

PTCH_EditorEver since Paranormal Activity hit it big in movie theaters five years ago, fans have been making their own spoof videos, essentially trying to replicate the found footage style of the movies in homage to the original. Shot on a shoestring budget, Paranormal Activity became a huge hit and has inspired a series of sequels, one of which -- Paranormal Activity 4 -- is set to be released next month, just in time for Halloween.


Foursquare Partners With OpenTable To Make Dinner Reservations Simple

Sep 28, 7:56PM

OpenTableMaking reservations just got really easy, thanks to a new partnership. Here's what Foursquare had to say about its parntership with OpenTable today


Treasure Data Launches Cloud-Based Data Warehouse With Investment From Ruby Creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto

Sep 28, 7:55PM

tdlogoCloud-based data warehouse company Treasure Data officially opened its doors this week with $1.5 million in funding that includes an investment from  Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto – the creator of the Ruby programming language.


Meet Apple's "New CEO," Tom Brooks

Sep 28, 7:49PM

tombrooksEarlier today KTVU got a major component of the Apple Maps apology story wrong, tweeting that: "Apple CEO Tom Brooks apologizes for new Maps application http://t.co/YJbhg7tj." Obviously, KTVU got mixed up and has since corrected the error, but it sparked some funny tweets. And I couldn't get the image above out of my head until I made it real and shared it with the world. Meet "Tom Brooks."


Music-Sharing Startup MyStream Preps Android Launch, Looks Beyond Music

Sep 28, 7:47PM

mystream androidMyStream, a mobile music-sharing app that launched on iOS more than a year ago, plans to go cross-platform next week with the launch of its Android app. Founder and CEO Richard Zelson also tells me the company is working on features that go beyond music-sharing, and that it's about to raise a Series A.


HP's Open webOS Goes 1.0, Can Now Be Ported To New Devices

Sep 28, 6:30PM

open-webosHP's TouchPad and Palm phones are dead, but webOS continues to enjoy some kind of existence as open-source technology. Following an initial beta release back at the end of August, Open webOS graduates to a 1.0 release today. This release makes it possible to fully port the OS to a host of new devices.


Color CEO Bill Nguyen Checks Out Of Day-To-Day Operations, While A New Leadership Team Re-Tools

Sep 28, 6:04PM

bill nguyenSources tell us there is turmoil at the executive levels of Color Labs, the startup that launched with a focus on photo-sharing but quickly became a poster child for Silicon Valley hype after landing more than $40 million in Series A funding but failing to gain any real user traction. In recent months the company's leadership has been in a state of flux, we're told -- and some are attributing the instability to Color's charismatic but controversial founder Bill Nguyen. As with any startup drama, there are many moving pieces here. But after weeks of discussions with multiple sources very close to the situation, we're pretty confident that Nguyen has backed away from the typical duties of being CEO, although he retains the title in name.



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Visible Ops: Will old IT habits scupper its chances?

Sep 28, 10:24PM

With ITIL and change management, the Visible Ops framework promises a new approach to creating an efficient IT operational model. But its chance of success is open to doubt without changes to the way IT is procured, designed, configured, validated and implemented.


Parents Need Mobile Device Management, Too

Sep 28, 9:52PM

Parental controls apps are to parents what mobile device management is to IT administrators. This is an area where Android, perhaps surprisingly, may have the lead over iOS.


Graphene switches to new role as anti-corrosion coating

Sep 28, 5:38PM

With applications ranging from electronics to ships, the discovery that a graphene coating protects against corrosion gives the wonder material another string to its bow.


SAP on African expansion trail as it lands multimillion Dangote deal

Sep 28, 5:07PM

A massive deal that SAP has clinched with Nigerian conglomerate Dangote highlights the growing opportunities for enterprise software vendors throughout Africa.


Google opens new office in Berlin

Sep 28, 3:47PM

Google has just opened new premises in the German capital - its third office in the country - which will play home to the search giant's marketing, sales and lobbying efforts.


Trade Me's 'greed' fuels new rivals

Sep 28, 1:34PM

Is New Zealand's premier auction site Trade Me justified in going for a money grab by raising its fees, or will it open the market up to those that might do a better job?


S'pore data protection bill must continue to evolve

Sep 28, 12:48PM

Singapore's data protection act needs to be in line with similar legislation around the world, especially with the growing adoption of cloud services and use of data to improve business processes.


Indian govt shouldn't restrict Internet use

Sep 28, 10:13AM

Internet is an indispensible tool for governance in a free democracy, says India's Union Minister for Communications and IT, who calls for industry stakeholders to help build a roadmap for the sector.


Daily Cuppa: RIM continues slide, Adobe hacked, LG sues Samsung

Sep 28, 6:23AM

Intel targets Gen Y and the enterprise, AMD and BlueStack team up for Android apps for Windows desktops, and Google Apps dump support for old Windows Office formats.


Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one

Sep 28, 4:50AM

A survey finds that even hard-core Windows 8 fans prefer Windows 7 by a two to one margin.


Microsoft invests in Klout; integrates data into Bing

Sep 28, 3:36AM

Microsoft's Bing team is teaming up with social-media vendor Klout in the name of social-influence and big data.


Can't shop for Windows Store apps using Chrome... But is Google being evil?

Sep 28, 3:16AM

Like using Windows 8, but don't like IE? You might seem some curious behavior when shopping for Windows Store apps on the web using Chrome.


Intel targeting both enterprise, Generation Y with Windows 8 tablets

Sep 28, 3:11AM

Intel is going for a more youthful vibe in showcasing its partner ecosystem of Windows 8-based tablets.


How big data can help conserve energy

Sep 28, 2:55AM

As more businesses focus on energy efficiency measures to cut electricity costs, analytics applications and services are emerging to help prioritize.


HP: Is a push into tablets, smartphones risky?

Sep 28, 2:49AM

An analyst downgraded shares of HP based on a likely push into tablets and smartphones. However, HP has to push into the post-PC era regardless of the risks.


BlueStacks and AMD bring Android apps to Windows

Sep 28, 12:16AM

AMD and Bluestacks have announced a partnership to bring Android apps to Windows 7 and 8 PCs and tablets.


Citrix's Podio collaboration platform expands onto Android

Sep 28, 12:08AM

Citrix-owned Podio follows up its iPad app with support for Android users.


Nokia Lumia 920 pricing revealed: £125 cheaper than iPhone 5

Sep 27, 11:41PM

Pricing for the upcoming Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 handsets is beginning to trickle out from European markets, indicating that the range-topping device could come in more than £100 cheaper than the equivalent Apple device.


IHS: Hard drive market makes record rebound and 'full recovery'

Sep 27, 11:26PM

Analysts assert that the hard drive market is back on track thanks to greater demand in both the consumer and enterprise PC markets.


Visionary pushing Canada toward cloud, identity future

Sep 27, 9:51PM

Entrepreneur sees robust cloud industry growing from Canadian government's forthcoming digital economy strategy.



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New Pricing For Amazon RDS Running Oracle Database

Sep 28, 6:03AM

Amazon Web Services LogoAmazon Web Services (AWS) has added  a new pricing option for its Relational Database Service (RDS) running on Oracle with a micro instance. The addition follows announcements over the past few months about Oracle on AWS.


Which Founders Use FoundersCard? Craig Newmark, Kevin Rose, Leah Busque & 8K Others

Sep 28, 4:28AM

founderscardIn 2009, Eric Kuhn created FoundersCard as a way to give entrepreneurs the same kind of elite programs, perks and networking opportunities traditionally reserved for execs of Fortune 500 companies. By offering discounts on hotels, airfare and business services entrepreneurs and founders use every day -- and by throwing good parties -- its community of entrepreneurs and founders has grown to over 8,000 members. Of course, until now it's been unclear who one might expect to find at a FoundersCard party or using its card when checking into a hotel.


If You Had Remote Access To Your Neighbor's Printer, What Would You Print?

Sep 28, 2:46AM

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Pluralis Takes A Crowdsourced Approach To Improving Your Landing Pages

Sep 28, 2:03AM

pluralis logoA startup called Pluralis is taking a 99 Designs-style approach to solving a fairly specific problem — improving the conversion rate on landing pages. Normally, if a business has a landing page that it thinks could be driving more user registrations (or purchases, or whatever they're aiming for), then it has to devote time and resources on a redesign that may or may not actually improve things.  With Pluralis, businesses can crowdsource the problem, challenging "creative optimizers" (a category that includes copywriters, designers, and marketers) to compete to create the best page.


An Afternoon With Bad Piggies, Rovio's Next Hit

Sep 28, 12:06AM

leadYou've probably already heard, but just in case you forgot to wear your Angry Birds merchandise, Bad Piggies has just hit the scene. It's Rovio's latest and greatest, and it brings something slightly different to the mix. Instead of flinging birds through the sky, or space, you're actually much more concerned with the Pigs. The goal is to reach the finish line of a map by constructing vehicles (both terrain and aircraft) and loading pigs inside.


Most Docks Should Work With The Lightning Adapter And iPhone 5

Sep 27, 11:36PM

barbie-ipod-dockA bit of good news amidst the seeming rubble that is the iPhone 5 launch: the $30 adapter you have to buy to connect your Lightning iPhone 5 to your old and busted iPod dock should stream audio without problem. The folks at audio company Line 6 did some "preliminary tests" and found that:
Line 6 is still testing their accessories with iPhone 5, but founder Marcus Ryle tells CDM, "Based on what's been announced, for audio products that operate using USB Host mode and follow Apple approved methods such as CoreAudio and CoreMIDI, I would not expect there to be any technical issue." I asked if they had anything to say about future Lightning support, but Ryle responded, "We continue to be excited about providing music-making devices for iOS devices, but we can't comment on what additional products might be upcoming."



Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords In California

Sep 27, 11:13PM

FBpasswordA newly signed California law forbids employers and universities from asking employees and applicants for their social media passwords. The law was hastily developed in response to a string of reports last spring of employers coercing applicants to "voluntarily" allow businesses to snoop through their Facebook accounts as part of the interviewing process. The United States House of Representatives failed in an attempt to ratify a Federal ban, paving the way for states to take up the responsibility.


Brit + Co. Gets Into E-Commerce With 'Brit Kits', Monthly Deliveries Of All Things Crafty

Sep 27, 9:41PM

BritKits-Blue-1-645x444For the past year, Silicon Valley's geek-chic answer to Martha Stewart, Brit Morin, has been full speed ahead on Brit + Co., her tech-meets-fashion-media-and-lifestyle startup -- raising $1.25 million, hiring 10 full-time staff (half of whom are engineers), cranking out two mobile apps, snagging big-name partnerships. And the launches just keep coming.


App.net Will Start Paying Developers $20K A Month To Be Part Of Its Ecosystem, Beginning October 1

Sep 27, 9:14PM

appnet dalton caldwellAfter raising $500,000 to create an ad-free social platform for developers six weeks ago, Dalton Caldwell's App.net has silently been courting developers to build apps that rely on its APIs. Now it's giving them another reason to build on its platform by offering a financial incentive. In a blog post today, Caldwell announced that the company will begin rewarding developers with at least $20,000 a month, distributing funds based on user feedback about which apps are providing the most value to its users.


Have Just A Phone Number? iOS 6 Facebook Integration Can Fill In The Blanks [Updated]

Sep 27, 8:44PM

fadebook-ios6A tipster pointed out to us that Facebook integration in iOS 6 could fill in details someone might not otherwise have if they get a hold of a phone number and put it into their Contacts app. Daniel Ioffe noticed that should a number in Contacts correspond to a Facebook profile, it'll populate that entry with a profile photo and Facebook user name, even if all of the above information is kept private by the user.


Google Now Lets You Watch Movie Trailers Directly On Its Search Results Pages

Sep 27, 8:29PM

finding nemo 3d - Google SearchGoogle just announced that it is adding a 'trailer' button to movie-related search results. With this, you can now watch a YouTube-based trailer in an overlay on top of your search results page without the need to ever leave Google Search. The button will appear with Google's regular showtime listings, as well as whenever you search for a specific movie and the search triggers Google's universal search results box for movies.


First Look At Snapjoy's iOS App For Photo Viewing. Apple, Take Notice.

Sep 27, 8:15PM

2328435_1cd4c18f9f_zI told you about a new feature from the Snapjoy team just the other day, but it seems like things are picking up for the small Boulder company. Co-founder Michael Dwan understands the dilemma of keeping all of your photos online and in one place, better than most companies I've ever discussed the subject with. It's that, combined with a beautiful design and comprehensive, yet simple, feature set, that impresses me.


Moo Adds Programmable NFC Chips To Their Business Cards

Sep 27, 8:10PM

NFC-stackAs the proud owner of a set of tiny Moo business cards with a big sexy QR code on them, I'm impressed to see that Moo itself has done me one better. They're now adding nearly invisible programmable NFC chips to their business cards, thereby allowing high-tech business folk to run around town tapping other peoples' phones to pass contact information. One NFC card is going into every package of Moo cards you buy and Moo is planning to release an app that will let you read and program the card on the fly.


RIM's Fiscal Q2 2013 Results: Net Loss Of $235 Million On $2.9 Billion In Revenue, 7.4 Million BlackBerrys Shipped

Sep 27, 8:08PM

rim-grayAfter a roller coaster of a week, RIM has just released its fiscal Q2 2013 financials and -- shocker -- they're not as bad as some thought. The Waterloo-based company reported a net GAAP loss of $235 million (which equates to $0.45/share diluted) on revenues of $2.9 billion, enough to beat analysts' grim expectatations. Given all that RIM's been through recently, it's no surprise that analysts haven't been very bullish on the company — as per a Thomson Reuters poll, they expected the company to report a loss of $0.46/share on revenue of $2.48 billion. It's still not great news for the RIM, but it's a welcome change from its downright lousy earnings figures (net loss of $518 million on $2.8 billion in revenue) reported last quarter. What's more, it's the first time in three quarters that RIM has managed to bump its quarterly revenue.


Watch Out Ecommerce, Facebook Turns Karma Acquisition Into 'Gifts'

Sep 27, 7:59PM

Facebook Gifts IntroducingFacebook today launches Facebook Gifts to make ecommerce more convenient. It turns user data into suggestions for gifts to buy right from where you spend your time, and without a friend's address. Facebook earns a percentage of sales when you use it to buy friends physical products or digital gift cards for their birthday, wedding, or other special occasions. Starbucks, Uber cabs, Warby Parker glasses and products from over 100 other partners can be purchased over desktop or mobile for friends who'll receive them as digital gift cards or physical shipments. You can even buy Gifts for yourself.


Search.XXX Is Live And Ready To Help You Search The XXX

Sep 27, 7:34PM

Screen Shot 2012-09-27 at 3.23.34 PMThe eunuch led the blind man through the market, through the door in the wall, and into the gardens. They sat under a dead tree. The eunuch took out the meal. They ate. "Tell me about the Unraveling?" said the eunuch. The blind man took a bite of fish. It crumbled, a bit of it caught his beard. The eunuch brushed it away.


Meet Ignite, The Personal Health Startup Launching Out Of Bravo's 'Silicon Valley' Reality Show

Sep 27, 7:30PM

Screen Shot 2012-09-27 at 2.58.58 PM So far, the most successful company to be launched out of Bravo TV's incredibly popular suite of reality shows is a company that makes low-calorie cocktails for women. A lucrative business, sure, but not exactly a blockbuster when it comes to cutting edge innovation and technology. But the cast of Silicon Valley, the controversial new Bravo reality show set to debut next month, wants to shake things up a bit -- some real startups were apparently built in the weeks this past summer that cameras were rolling. One of those startups was Ignite Wellness...


Fuze Network, A Payments Company Focused On The Under-Banked, Raises $2.5 Million Series A [Updated]

Sep 27, 7:18PM

billpay-fuzeFuze Network, a payments technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has raised $2.5 million in Series A financing, according to a new SEC filing. The round was led by Dana Stalder at Matrix Partners and Meyer Malka, founder of Bling Nation and co-founder of Lemon, Inc., now of Ribbit Capital. The company had previously closed on $1.2 million in seed funding, from NYC's Metamorphic Ventures (Lewis Gersh) and Kickstart Seed Fund of Salt Lake City (Gavin Christensen), as well as other angels in a seed round announced last February. That round had since been extended to include additional money from previous investors as well as new investors, including Insikt Ventures (James Gutierrez, founder of Progreso), Gene Lockhart (current Chairman CCFI, former Chairman NetSpend), Chris Britt (former SVP Green Dot), Tim Coltrell (former CEO AccountNow), James Jones (current CEO AccountNow), Park City AngelsPaul Wozniak, and Jeramy Lund. In total, the company has raised nearly $5 million to date. [Note: See update at bottom of post]


"In the Studio," Maynard Webb Pays It Forward With WIN

Sep 27, 7:00PM

Screen shot 2012-09-22 at 7.37.52 AM"In the Studio" welcomes this week a seasoned operational executive, a board member at some of the Valley's largest companies, and long-time angel investor who, upon leaving behind his work in industry became so interested in early-stage startups, he not only started his own seed-stage technology fund, but also elected to put his own personal twist on his model. Maynard Webb wears many hats. Having spent his entire career in the technology sector, most recently in executive operational roles with eBay and LiveOps and currently holding board seats at Yahoo!, LiveOps, and Salesforce, Webb wanted to create a structure whereby he could continue his angel investing but also keep him in close contact with his network while helping the next generation of entrepreneurs get their ventures off the ground.


Murdoch Finally Invites The Google Spiders To Search London Times

Sep 27, 6:59PM

Trapdoor SpiderBack in 2009, Rupert Murdoch closed the London Times down with a paywall, preventing even Google from perusing the stories contained within. Approximately 200,000 subscribers later (or 130,751 if you're to believe PaidContent), the experiment was clearly a failure. Now Murdoch is opening up the paper to search engines, although they will only get two lines of each story, thereby ensuring Google is full of ledes but no meat. TechDirt notes that the Times will still be a paid subscription and that the content will still live behind a paywall. However, now that consumers can be made aware of stories behind that wall, in whatever truncated form, perhaps that subscriber number will rise.



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