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Twitter Uses Country-Specific Blocking Powers For The First Time To Restrict Neo-Nazi Account In Germany
Oct 18, 8:26AM
Twitter has used country-by-country blocking powers for the first time to restrict access to a neo-Nazi Twitter account in Germany at the request of local authorities. The move was spotted by the FT, which also flagged up two tweets from Twitter's general counsel, Alex Macgillivray confirming both the request to close the account and the fact that Twitter had acted on the requestYou've Got (Too Much) Mail: With Alto, AOL Tries A Fresh Approach To Combat Email Overload
Oct 18, 8:08AM
The way we use email has changed dramatically in the past decade-plus — written down like that, it seems like an almost laughably obvious statement. Yet David Temkin, AOL's senior vice president of mail and mobile, argues that email clients haven't kept up with the change, with the last major innovation coming in 2004, with the launch of Gmail. Given its age, and its association with the "You've got mail!" era, AOL (which owns TechCrunch) might not seem like a natural choice to reinvent email. However, the company isn't just bolting on some new features to the existing AOL Mail product. Instead, it's launching an entirely new cloud-based email client called Alto, which is being gradually rolled out in a limited preview starting today.Watch The Videos From Google's Zeitgeist Event, Featuring Eric Schmidt And CEO Larry Page
Oct 18, 6:02AM
Google's TOP SEKRET Google Zeitgeist event took place this week in Arizona. The company has released a series of videos from the event, featuring such speakers as Eric Schmidt and current Google CEO Larry Page. Topics consisted of "The World" and exploration, Google's strong areas.Why Color Both Failed And Could Still Come Out Millions Of Dollars Ahead: Patents And Trademarks
Oct 18, 4:05AM
It's been a crazy day for Color. Actually, it's been a crazy few months. But now it's looking possible that it could be coming to a happier ending than most embattled startups can dream of: After all that's happened, Color might still be able to say that it has been acquired by a major technology company for millions of dollars. Or, more accurately, that some of its assets have been acquired.Cucumbertown Nabs $300K From FarmVille Co-Creator, AngelList's Naval Ravikant To Build A Dribbble For Chefs & Recipes
Oct 18, 2:48AM
Cucumbertown, although it may not have the coolest name (see what I did there?), has a backstory that is very much a sign of the growing democratization in the way startups raise funding. Let me explain: The startup was initially founded by Cherian Thomas, an Indian entrepreneur and former engineer at Zynga, and today has a team of four people. While one might assume that its employees all live near Thomas in his hometown of Bangalore, in fact each of them live on different continents — and they’ve never met each other in person. And yet, in spite of the fact that Thomas had never been to Silicon Valley until last month (or met his founding team in person), Cucumbertown is today announcing that it has raised a $300K seed round from a number of familiar names. The startup’s first round included angel investors like Naval Ravikant of AngelList, Paul Singh of 500 Startups, FarmVille co-creator Sizhao Zao Yang, founder of MightyText Maneesh Arora, early Google product guy Richard Chen and Sonique Player co-creator Tabreez Varjee. So, considering it has a remote staff and Thomas’ admission that it has few contacts in Silicon Valley or in the U.S. for that matter, how was the startup able to raise funding from these angels? The startup is one of the first companies to use AngelList Docs to source its angels, its new service that allows both angels and entrepreneurs to avoid legal fees while filling out term sheets and all the necessary paperwork that comes with raising and closing an early-stage financing round. Not to overstate, but this could have big implications for international entrepreneurs and founders who don’t have an expansive rolodex of investors and contacts in the U.S. or Silicon Valley. That being said, what exactly is Cucumbertown, and what are they up to? Thomas tells us that the startup’s mission is to give amateur cooks and chefs an easy way to publish recipes in a simple, frictionless and easy-to-use interface. Cucumbertown aims to present culinary enthusiasts with an alternative to posting recipes and food-related content on WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and so on. The founder describes it as the Dribbble for cooks and recipes. Simply put, Cucumbertown aims to make it easy for anyone to write recipes and publish them in a community that contributes to recipes and posts by submitting pictures, adding tips, sharing the top content and ratingBig Data To Drive $232 Billion In IT Spending Through 2016
Oct 18, 2:20AM
Big data will drive $232 billion in spending through 2016. It will directly or indirectly drive $96 billion of worldwide IT spending in 2012, and is forecast to drive $120 billion of IT spending in 2013.Learn Code, Get Hired: Treehouse Offers Free Courses To Another 5,000 College Students
Oct 18, 1:57AM
Quick to grow its user base and revenues, last month Treehouse decided to give back to its community by doling out $3 million-worth of free tech education to 2,500 college students. The scholarship received so much that it had to turn students away. This, combined with the fact the program was for U.S. students only, has led Treehouse to decide to do it all again, but this time go international -- and double the size of the scholarship.Not Everyone's Excited For Their Next Adventure. Sometimes People Get Fired
Oct 18, 1:42AM
There's a big difference between jumping ship and being forced to walk the plank. Yet every time a high-ranking employee leaves a tech company, people assume the boat is sinking. In fact, it can mean quite the opposite. No respectable company is going to throw a team member under the bus by saying they were fired. But sometimes that's the truth, and the company is better off, not worse.Despite NYC Delay, Uber Launches Taxi Option In SF
Oct 18, 1:35AM
Uber is starting to look like it's participating in a nationwide game of whack-a-mole -- and it's really fun to watch. Uber just announced in a blog post that today it is launching the lower-priced "Taxi" version of its car service in San Francsico.SigFig Partners With Yahoo Finance To Power 'My Portfolios'
Oct 18, 1:26AM
SigFig, a startup that tracks your investments and provides Mint-style graphics and recommendations, has reached an agreement to provide the technology for the "My Portfolios" section of Yahoo Finance, according to a source with knowledge of the partnership. SigFig declined to comment for this post. I also reached out to Yahoo and will update if I hear back.Google Issues Invites To October 29th NYC Android Event, Says "The Playground Is Open"
Oct 18, 12:25AM
Google just sent out invites for an October 29th Android event in NYC. The festivities start at 10:00 and the event will also be live streamed on YouTube, seemingly indicating this is a big announcement. The invite sheds little light on the subject matter, but that's the date long-rumored for the launch of LG Nexus smartphone.The New eBay: The Personal, Mobile And Global E-Commerce Company
Oct 17, 10:41PM
Last Wednesday, eBay unveiled "The New eBay", a completely redesigned website that is slowly being rolled out to all users, and released same day delivery service eBay Now in San Francisco. We got the chance to talk about product vision with President Devin Wenig and CTO Mark Carges.Facebook's New Translated And Localized Global Pages Could Lure International Marketing Dollars
Oct 17, 10:14PM
Until now, a Facebook Page showed up only in the language it was created in, alienating foreign fans. Now Pages appear translated into a visitor's local language, which could inspire global brands to buy more Facebook ads promoting them. Global Pages could help a billion language-fragmented users commune around what they like, and connect Facebook to the pesos, pounds, and yen Wall Street wants.Shutterstock CEO Jon Oringer On IPO Success, The Future Of Video
Oct 17, 10:09PM
Last Thursday Shutterstock went public under the ticker SSTK, becoming the first NY-based tech company to IPO since 2010.Nuance-Owned Swype Keyboard Gets Another Update: Now You Can Sync Your Slang Across Devices (And Tap Into Other People's Lingo)
Oct 17, 10:00PM
Nuance-owned Swype, which makes virtual keyboards for mobile devices, has released a new version of its software which adds the ability to backup and sync your personal dictionary across multiple mobiles devices -- so you can take your slang with you. It also now offers dictionary updates for relevant trending 'hot words' -- so you can take other people's slang with you too.Dial-A-Mentor Service Clarity Talks Stats: 12K Calls Across Nearly 50 Countries [TCTV]
Oct 17, 9:44PM
A new startup called Clarity launched five months ago with a straightforward but lofty goal: It wanted to give people all over the world access to the kind of expert advice that could help them attain success in their careers and running their own businesses. To do this, Clarity built a platform to arrange one-on-one phone calls between budding entrepreneurs and mentors such as successful businesspeople and venture capitalists.Wowzapp: Microsoft Opens Registration For Its Worldwide Windows 8 Hackathon In November
Oct 17, 9:38PM
Windows 8 is almost here, but despite Microsoft's best efforts, there just aren't that many Windows 8-style apps available yet. To kick-start the Windows 8 development community, Microsoft today announced that it is hosting a global hackathon in over 60 cities from November 9 to 11. Registration for the event is now open.App.net Launches A Directory For App.net Apps. Apps!
Oct 17, 8:57PM
It's been a few months since App.net launched its new social platform, and the company has gotten some good feedback from developers. While not nearly the size of Facebook or Twitter, the company has has a couple dozen apps already. Today, App.net announced a new way for users* to discover and download apps to use on its platform. The App.net Directory App.net clearly wants to differentiate itself as friendlier social network for developers. The hope is that with great apps using its platform in new and interesting ways, users will follow to take advantage of those apps. So creating a place where users can easily find those apps — whether they're made for desktop, web browser, or mobile devices — makes a lot of sense.Thanks To Marketplace And PayPal Growth, eBay's Q3 Revenue Up 15 Percent To $3.4B, Net Income Up 22 Percent
Oct 17, 8:20PM
eBay just released Q3 earnings this afternoon, reporting earnings per share of $0.55 on revenue of $3.4 billion. Analysts expected EPS of $0.54 and revenue of $3.4 billion for Q3 2012.Amiigo Is A Fitness Bracelet (Plus App) That Knows What Type Of Exercise You're Doing — And What It's Doing To You
Oct 17, 8:00PM
Amiigo is a fitness app, bracelet and shoe-clip that uses gesture-recognition algorithms to identify the type of exercise you're doing and a variety of sensors tell you how well you're doing it as you're doing it -- monitoring your heart rate, blood oxygen level and skin temperature. It's also waterproof -- making it the only fitness gadget capable of keeping up with triathletes.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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