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Michelle Obama's Speech Brings In 28K Tweets Per Minute, Destroys Mitt Romney
Sep 05, 5:04AM
If you're into all of this political hoopla and you gauge the interest of America from the number of tweets during political events, then Michelle Obama has put the Democrats into the driver's seat with her speech tonight. On my train ride home from the TCHQ, my entire feed was filled with nothing but nice things to say about the speech from the first lady. Twitter shared some stats from the night, and it wasn't just my feed that blew up.When Should You Buy Facebook Stock?
Sep 05, 1:06AM
The rise and fall of Facebook's stock has been one of the most-covered topics of the summer, and for good reason. Everyone wants to know what will happen next, so we asked investors, CEOs and media pundits about when they think the best time to buy will be. Because of its 950 million users, an Oscar winning movie based on its founding story and an ecosystem of other companies built off of it, Facebook enjoyed one of the most anticipated IPOs ever. Since then, watching the stock falter has been "painful" for Facebook, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg puts it.iPhone 5. Because Of Reasons.
Sep 05, 12:51AM
It turns out we may have been over-thinking it. If the invite sent out this morning by Apple is any indication, the next iPhone is likely to be called the "iPhone 5". No, it doesn't technically make sense — it is the sixth iteration of the iPhone — and yet, at the same time, it makes all the sense in the world. It's the iPhone 5 because that's what everyone is calling it. Sometimes it is that simple. Sometimes.With $1.3M From 500 Startups & Others, Chalkable Launches An App Store For Schools
Sep 05, 12:32AM
Over the last two years, there's been a significant increase in the amount of educational media available to the world's learners, but teachers and parents are hard pressed today to navigate the education content jungle. As a result, curators, algorithms and content analyzers like Learning Registry have popped up to help educators find the best and most effective learning media from the 100K apps on the App Store and the long-list of educational tools available on the Web. Chalkable, a 500 Startups grad that officially launches today, is offering its own solution to the education content shuffle with a platform that's part app store and part learning management system. And to help support its launch in 50+ schools at the beginning of the school year, Chalkable is also announcing that it has raised $1.3 million in seed funding from 500 Startups, Expansion Venture Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, former Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly, former Facebook mobile platform lead Luke Shepard and a handful of other VCs and angels.Tackk Opens Its Publishing Platform For E-Fliers, Raises $400K
Sep 04, 10:59PM
Hey, remember those bulletin boards in your neighborhood coffee shop? The ones where people would post all kinds of fun, random crap? To a certain extent, Craigslist has replaced those boards (heck, you could argue that the entire Internet has replaced those boards) but there's a new startup called Tackk that's trying to replicate that experience. It is, in other words, a simple publishing tool for content that's "single use" and "disposable" — basically the online equivalent of a flier. The goal, says co-founder Eric Bockmuller, is to create something that's simple to use, but also expressive and customizable. He describes Tackk as filling a gap on the publishing side. Sometimes Facebook or a Twitter are too limiting, but you don't want to have to go through the trouble of creating a blog post on a platform like WordPress. With Tackk, users upload an image (or embed other media), enter some text, and then customize the appearance as much or as little as you want. Then they can share it via the Tackkboard or other social networks.Google+ Hangout Featuring World Premiere Of "Lincoln" Movie Trailer To Be Broadcast In Times Square
Sep 04, 10:35PM
This piece of news comes wrapped up with quite a few bows-of-interest. If you're familiar with how Google+ Hangouts work, then you'll be interested to know that Steven Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be participating in one on September 13th at 4 PM PT. If you're a super movie buff, then you'll be interested to know that the duo will be debuting the trailer for their latest film, "Lincoln", during the Hangout. The movie is due out in November and buzz about it has been pretty loud. In case you haven't heard, Daniel Day-Lewis will be playing Abraham Lincoln.Forget About "iPhone 5″, Leaked Image Shows Packaging For "The New iPhone"
Sep 04, 10:04PM
The next iPhone will be called simply "iPhone" if this pic is to be believed. Published by iPhonenieuwsblog.nl, the image is reportedly of the next, ahem, new iPhone's packaging fresh off a massive printing press. And within, clear as day, is the new iPhone with five vertical rows of icons and the wording "The New iPhone." Gone is the numerical designation that's been with the iPhone for the last four generations. Apple is making it as simple as possible with the next iPhone -- and this will likely be confusing to a lot of people.Salesforce Bows To Peer Pressure, Withdraws 'Social Enterprise' Trademark Applications
Sep 04, 9:53PM
So much for that. In a victory for all of us who find the idea of trying to trademark generic-sounding terms tedious -- and a victory, too, for those who actually work in the world of social enterprise -- Salesforce.com has announced that it has withdrawn its applications to trademark the term "social enterprise," originally filed earlier this year in the U.S., UK, Australia and Jamaica. It's also promising to stop using the term "social enterprise" in its marketing materials in the future. In a statement, the company today acknowledged that part of the reason for its turnaround was the response from the "social sector" -- that is, non-profits -- who worried that Salesforce's trademarking of the term would cause a lot of confusion. Indeed, while Salesforce applies the term to how businesses use social media -- and has been marketing a suite of services to help them do this -- Salesforce today acknowledged that the social sector uses the same term for "organizations that apply commercial strategies to improve human and environmental well-being such as reducing poverty or improving education." In other words, not quite the same thing as monitoring a hashtag around the launch of a new perfume.Facebook Cancels Secondary Offering, Zuck And Board Members Won't Sell To Keep Shares Off The Market
Sep 04, 9:50PM
With its share price ailing, Facebook doesn't want to flood the market with any more stock, so it has cancelled its secondary offering and will instead pay for taxes on its RSUs with cash as detailed in an 8-K filed with the SEC today. Also, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has informed the SEC he has no plans to sell any of his stock in the next year. Meanwhile, board members Marc Andreessen and Don Graham will sell some to cover taxes but beyond that "have no present intention to sell any shares". Along with allowing employees to sell up to 234 million shares two weeks sooner than the original November 14th lockup expiration date when the other 777 million go free, today's announcement will let Facebook get the lockup over with sooner, avoid a secondary sale or big shareholder dump from hurting its share price, and finally get back to business.Following Facebook's Shut Down Of Face.com's Facial Recognition API, Lambda Labs Debuts An Open Source Alternative
Sep 04, 9:49PM
Facebook retired Face.com's facial recognition APIs less than a month after its $55-$60 million acquisition of the Israeli-based company, which previously offered developers tools to build applications that could identify people based on digital photos. The move left Face.com's some 45,000+ developers stranded, and saw the developer community demanding an open source alternative. And now, there is one. In response to the outcry, an early stage startup out of San Francisco called LambdaLabs has launched an open beta version of its Lambda Labs Face API to developers.Gdgt Refocuses As The Remedy For Overwhelmed Gadget Shoppers
Sep 04, 9:47PM
Once, buyers were overwhelmed with choice. Now, they're just overwhelmed with a choice of tools to help them choose. But gdgt, one such site, is hoping that it can build the ultimate solution for consumers looking to make smart gadget buying solutions, is launching new custom search tools it hopes will make using it to clear up shopper confusion a no-brainer. Gdgt is the creation of former Engadget founder Peter Rojas and former editor-in-chief of the same site Ryan Block, offering users a huge database of products to rate, review, compare and declare both their ownership of and desire for. For the gadget space, which is pretty strongly rooted in conspicuous consumption, it is a mecca. You can search for search for virtually anything that runs on electricity and get a look at how it's been reviewed around the web by professionals, and what other users think. Lately, the team behind it has been quietly and steadily adding new features to make it even better at its job.GatherContent Launches An Easier Way To Collaborate On Web Content
Sep 04, 9:29PM
When James Deer led digital design agency DEER/digital, he says he encountered the same issue over and over — when his team built content-rich websites, it was largely an email-based process, where they had to dig up images and files from email threads that were months old, or copy content from Word documents that were hundreds of pages long. To reduce their own headaches, Deer's team member built a product to manage the content collaboration process, and eventually the agency spun that product out into a new startup, called GatherContent. "Content chaos is just rife," Deer says. "We want to bring content harmony."FBI: "No Evidence" Apple Device UDIDs Were Leaked From Our Laptop
Sep 04, 9:13PM
Earlier today, hackers at AntiSec claimed that it had got its hands on a database containing around 12 million UDID numbers from iPads and iPhones from an FBI employee-owned computer, a breach my colleague Sarah Perez described the meaning behind and possible reifications of in a post earlier today. Now, however, the FBI has issued a statement to AllThingsD that refutes the claim. "The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed," reads the quote from AllThingsD. "At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data."Gadgets Are The Name Of The Game At Disrupt Hardware Alley
Sep 04, 9:00PM
As if our new hardware-based Hackathon opportunities weren't enough, we'd love to draw your attention to Disrupt Hardware Alley, a collection of hardware startups who are ready to amaze, delight, and stupefy you with crazy hardware from around the world. This year we have over 25 participants and we're sponsored by NewBlue Innovators Program by Best Buy. Look for some wild stuff including a programmable flashlight, a compact and effective botanical vaporizer, and a robot that will allow home viewers to motor around the show floor and interact with visitors and exhibitors.Chrome Turns Four: Team To Create Five Foot Logo Out Of 10,000 LEGO Pieces To Celebrate
Sep 04, 8:42PM
Four years ago, people like me were quite scared to think of a world where we'd only have Internet Explorer and one or two more options for our web browsing experience. Luckily, Google stepped up and brought us its own offering, Chrome. Four years later, Google Chrome is the popular browser in the world and its team is planning on commemorating the event with LEGO, as any proper geek would.TechCrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon – Workshop Schedule, Prizes & More
Sep 04, 8:41PM
We're four days away from the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco Hackathon. We're crossing the t's and dotting the lowercase j's, and passing the savings onto you! But more importantly, we've been working very hard behind the scenes and pleased to bring you a bunch of new event information, including:SV Legend Bill Campbell Will Join Us At Disrupt SF
Sep 04, 8:38PM
New entrepreneurs dream about making an impact that spans decades. Bill Campbell has done it. Some readers may know him as a key early Apple executive featured in the Steve Jobs biography, and as an Apple board member today. Others will recognize him for his work as CEO turned now chairman of Intuit. But ask around in Silicon Valley executive circles and you'll most likely just hear that he's "Coach." Get your tickets here while you still can. He really was a football coach, at Columbia, before he joined Apple. And he really is one today, providing formal and informal advice to industry leaders across the industry. He'll be bringing his wisdom and experience to bear this Monday at Disrupt SF, where he'll be interviewing Andreessen Horowitz cofounder and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz.Kickstarter Co-founders: "We Take Accountability Very Seriously"
Sep 04, 8:35PM
Yesterday, NPR's All Things Considered produced a piece on accountability in crowdfunding. That is to say, if a business fails to produce or follow-through with its goals, how do financial backers get their money back? The piece focuses its attention on Kickstarter, saying, "while the company's policy says creators have to give refunds on failed projects, the website doesn't have a mechanism to do it." Today, Kickstarter's co-founders Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler responded in a blog post on the site, saying, "we take accountability very seriously at Kickstarter." The post addresses NPR's questions in a Q&A (which has been added to the site's FAQ page as well), essentially re-stating Kickstarter's approach to accountability, reviews and their legal involvement.True Fanboyism: A Kickstarter Project Wants To Correct History By Making A Movie About Nikola Tesla
Sep 04, 8:30PM
Some members of the Tesla community are currently directing a movie about the incredible life of inventor, Nikola Tesla — Electricity, The Life Story of Nikola Tesla. Tesla is the scientist was mostly credited with the invention of alternating current. After The Oatmeal proclaimed him as the greatest geek and helped the new Tesla museum raise one million dollars, Tesla is currently under the spotlights. His work was essential to make electricity a commercial success because direct current cannot be transported efficiently. Yet, what is fascinating in Tesla's story is that he used magic to spread the word about his invention.Dropbox Gets Integrated With Samsung Galaxy Camera, Galaxy Note II
Sep 04, 8:08PM
Following earlier moves which saw Dropbox's cloud storage service integrated into devices like the big-screened Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy S III, Galaxy tablets, and even some Sony Ericsson Android phones, for example, Dropbox is today is announcing integration with newer Samsung devices: the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Camera and the Galaxy Note II. For Samsung fans who buy into the whole ecosystem, that means that Dropbox is now an option for syncing data across all your devices, including desktop, tablet, mobile and camera.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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