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If A Social Network Falls In A Forest…
Feb 15, 8:03PM
Google Plus experienced an outage this morning, and almost no one noticed. Gizmodo poked fun. Engadget wrote a few sentences. Someone posted it to Hacker News. Where it gained zero comments. Google+, reportedly the fastest-growing social network in history (or fastest-growing "thingy" ever), and reportedly the second-biggest social network worldwide, experiences an outage, and nothing hits Techmeme. Google+, where the President of the United States just hungout, goes down, but Twitter users (and TechCrunch reporters) only have jokes, not frantic questions and concerns.Sage Software Sells Off $100M In "Non-Core CRM" Assets In Attempt To Reinvent Itself
Feb 15, 7:55PM
Sage Software, facing competition from a host of cloud providers, has sold off $100 million of its "non-CRM," assets to focus on its core ERP and accounting practices.Zynga And EA Settle Legal Battle Over 'Unmistakable Copy' Of The Sims And 'Anti-Competitive' Practices
Feb 15, 7:36PM
According to InsideSocialGames, Zynga and EA have settled their legal dispute over the former’s alleged copying of EA’s popular game “The Sims.” It was clear to many that once Zynga started teasing “The Ville,” it took some major elements from EA’s classic. A source has told TechCrunch that no money has exchanged hands as part of the settlement. At the time of the lawsuit, companies threw barbs back and forth with EA alleging that Zynga “doesn’t understand copyright.” Details as to what the terms of the settlement are haven’t been made available, but we’ve reached out to both companies, and people familiar with the case, for more information. At one point, Zynga countersued for “anti-competitive” practices, turning this into an online gaming bloodbath of epic proportions. Things quieted down since August, and today it appears that everything is resolved. At least legally. EA and Zynga spokespeople have issued the following statement on the matter, which is clearly a part of the settlement: EA and Zynga have resolved their respective claims and have reached a settlement of their litigation in the Northern District of California. Here is the copy of the proposal to dimiss the case, via AllThingsD: eavszynga This is developing. [Photo credit: Flickr]Congrats Ingrid, On Your One-Year Anniversary At Techmeme
Feb 15, 7:22PM
Ingrid Lunden began working for Techmeme in February of 2012, after an extensive career at paidContent.org and regular freelance work for publications such as the Financial Times. Today, she celebrates her one-year anniversary with Techmeme. Ingrid is passionate about all new technology, but has specific interest in mobile, digital media, advertising. Her dedication to the intersection of these spaces has made her a true Techmeme star. We expect to see many more years where her stellar 2012 came from.Why Mozilla Matters And Won't Switch To WebKit
Feb 15, 6:55PM
Earlier this week, Opera announced that it would stop working on its own Presto layout engine and switch to WebKit. It's obvious that the open source WebKit engine currently has a lot of momentum behind it, with Google, Apple and now Opera backing it. As Mozilla's CTO Brendan Eich wrote last night, however, don't expect Mozilla to switch engines anytime soon. Mozilla, thanks to its not-for-profit status (something most people are probably not even aware of), has a mission that's very different from the other vendors.Ubuntu Mobile Developer Preview Will Grace The Galaxy Nexus And Nexus 4 On February 21
Feb 15, 6:45PM
After spotting it on video and briefly playing with it at CES, Canonical's mobile-friendly version of Ubuntu will soon be available for the truly curious to muck around with. Starting on February 21, developers will be able to load the build onto their Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4 -- on the off-chance that you're attending MWC like we are, Canonical will be on hand to flash your compatible hardware for you.Roelof Botha, David Lee And Ron Conway To Speak At Disrupt NYC 2013
Feb 15, 6:24PM
It's the most wonderful time of year ... Because Disrupt New York is getting closer! We're now wrapping things up behind the scenes, and the show is shaping up to be our best ever -- We know, we know, we always say that. Today we're honored to be announcing three more luminaries who will take the much vaunted Disrupt stage in late April. Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha, SV Angel's David Lee and Valley don Ron Conway are all speaking at Disrupt NYC 2013. They'll be joining previously-announced speakers Fred Wilson, Ken Lerer and Ben Lerer.Sequoia's Bryan Schreier Says It's Time For The Ivy Leagues To Embrace Startups
Feb 15, 6:19PM
Sometimes, I feel like every single person in their 20s is hoping to either create or work at the next big startup. But Bryan Schreier, a partner at Sequoia Capital, said that's largely a West Coast phenomenon. For example, according to Sequoia's research, 41 percent of Stanford's computer science majors go to work for a startup after graduation, while that number is only 13 percent for Harvard, with similar results at other top East Coast schools. So Sequoia is hoping to bring those numbers up, in part through a conference at Princeton this weekend (co-hosted by student publication Business Today) called Start @ A Startup.The Tesla Saga Continues As NY Times Journo Refutes Claims, CNN Drives A Long Route Without A Hitch
Feb 15, 5:59PM
Another day, another salvo in the long-running NY Times/Tesla Motors war. This time the NYT journalist John Broder, writing on the New York Times blog Wheels, has refuted nearly all of Elon Musk's points regarding fabrication at worst and lying at best.Over A Year After Tango, Skype Adds Video Voicemail Option
Feb 15, 5:26PM
After this morning's news that the transition from Windows Live Messenger to Skype will be delayed, word comes that Skype will now begin testing a video messaging feature. Essentially like a video voicemail option, this will allow users to record messages for contacts who aren't online, which can be played back when they return to Skype.BitTorrent Sharpens Enterprise Focus, Launches SoShare To Send Large Files, Offering First Terabyte Free
Feb 15, 4:59PM
BitTorrent, the once-notorious P2P file-sharing site that has turned a new leaf as a legit, distributed computing provider, is today launching SoShare, a service to send large files from one computer to another, with the first terabyte of files sent free. Out today in beta for Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari for Mac; and Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer for Windows, the service competes with the likes of YouSendIt, as well as DropBox, Box and other cloud-storage and file-transfer services. SoShare was previously available in alpha as Share, and it complements Sync, BitTorrent’s cloud-based service that syncs your computer’s files with a cloud storage service, which itself launched in alpha in January. The idea behind SoShare is to target creative professionals – designers, photographers, musicians, and so on – who handle large data files and need to send them to others. That makes sense, since it also targets that community for content for its consumer-facing services. SoShare is built by BitTorrent engineers, on BitTorrent’s P2P framework (not clear whether it uses Amazon’s EC2 and S3 services for caching, as it did in the alpha version), and will sit alongside Sync in Labs, BitTorrent’s “test kitchen,” where it puts work in progress for its community to try out and develop into potentially more commercial products. “For now, we’re going into the public beta without fees,” Catherine Meek, BitTorrent’s director of product strategy, noted in an email exchange. “Leveraging the distributed BitTorrent protocol has helped keep our costs low. We’ll be looking at a few options along the way, but building something that is reliable and adds value to the user is our primary objective.” With a number of companies like YouSendIt and SugarSync, newer players like Mega, and more established startups like Dropbox already developing names for themselves in the same space as SoShare, it will be worth seeing whether BitTorrent can entice more people to its platform by way of the very large file size threshold — one free terabyte being possibly the largest data allowance yet. BitTorrent is taking the approach of targeting one vertical first. “We saw a gap in the current offerings, a chance to introduce something new,” says Meek. “A key learning from the alpha was that there was a need within the creative community and we had the ability to fix a problem for them.” Meek cites figures from the Americans for the Arts that estimate 3.34 million Americans areDropbox Makes PDF Viewing Less Painful, Adds Push Notifications For Shared Folders
Feb 15, 4:50PM
Just a few days after adding a new set of features to Dropbox for Teams, the cloud storage company rolled out a new version of its iOS application which introduces a few useful additions as well. For starters, it has added an improved PDF viewer, which lets you navigate to any page in the document by tapping on the thumbnail. It's rather awesome, in fact. The update also introduces push notifications for folders shared with you - a feature that's now available on Android, too.Chute Brings Its Photo Aggregation Tools Into Real-World Locations With Chute Live
Feb 15, 4:30PM
Chute is a Y Combinator-backed startup that helps publishers and brands incorporate photos and other media (sometimes submitted directly by users, sometimes aggregated from social networking sites) onto their own websites. Now it's offering similar functionality for real-world locations, thanks to a new feature called Chute Live. For example, according to co-founder Ranvir Gujral, the Cosmopolitan Hotel has launched a "Pop Up Wedding Chapel" along the Las Vegas Strip, and it's encouraging people to post photos of themselves on Twitter or Instagram using the #PopUpChapel hashtag. (The photos can be of real or fake weddings, but c'mon, it's Vegas — do it for real.) Chute then pulls in the photos and displays them on screens throughout the chapel, including a "massive" one facing the Strip.Peak Gmail: Too Many Messages, Not Enough Space, And, Finally, A Way Out
Feb 15, 4:06PM
I've been receiving ominous warnings in my Gmail inbox for months now: "You are almost out of space for your Gmail account. Once you run out of space, you will not be able to send or receive any emails until you delete some items." Well, that's one way to get out of inbox overload! Unfortunately, it's also not a real option. Email is mission-critical. Just buy more storage!, people recommended. Delete your emails!, cried others.Google's Street View Goes Inside Its First NFL Venue, Maps Colts Stadium
Feb 15, 3:00PM
The football season may be over, but with 202 days to go before the next NFL game kicks off again, Google today announced that it has brought its Street View cameras into the Indianapolis Colts' Lucas Oil Stadium. The new 360 degree imagery, Google Maps product manager Evan Rapoport writes, is "another example of how we're working hard (and having fun!) building the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world -- complete with imagery from inside your favorite sporting venues."Windows Live Messenger Will Be "Upgraded" To Skype Starting On April 8
Feb 15, 2:48PM
Good news for those of you still clinging to Windows Live Messenger in its current form -- it looks like you'll able to keep using it for just a little bit longer. It's no secret that Microsoft would retire its 13 year old messaging service in favor of the one it paid $8.5 billion for, but Skype announced in a post on its blog that the timeline for the official transition process has been pushed back by a hair.Meteor Video Footage Goes Large On YouTube, Thanks To Bad Russian Drivers, Corruption And The Use Of Dash Cams
Feb 15, 2:39PM
Today's incident involving a falling meteor in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia has resulted in an estimated 500 injuries, and while people are scrambling to figure out exactly what has happened in this remote area of the country, 900 miles from Moscow and near the Ural mountains, some of the more remarkable footage so far has been video shot by ordinary people, specifically with dashboard cameras.Y Combinator-Backed FlightCar Launches Its 'Airbnb For Airport Car Rentals' Service At SFO
Feb 15, 2:00PM
Airport car rentals are a $10 billion business. But until recently, most travelers were stuck with poor customer service and high rates from the incumbent rental car agencies. Y Combinator-backed startup FlightCar wants to offer a much cheaper alternative to those companies in airports around the country, and it's starting in San Francisco.Google Rated The Best Place To Intern In 2013, Followed By Qualcomm, Microsoft, Intel And Cisco
Feb 15, 1:50PM
For student jobseekers, in these challenging economic conditions, internships still rank as one of the best ways to prevent yourself from joining the growing ranks of the overeducated and underemployed. In fact, A recent study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that interning in college not only increases your chance of landing a job, but actually keeping it, too.Facebook Wins Court Challenge In Germany Against Its Real Names Policy
Feb 15, 12:56PM
Facebook has won a court challenge against its real names policy in Germany. Yesterday an administrative court in the North of Germany granted Facebook's request for "suspensive effect" against a ruling made by Schleswig-Holstein's Data Protection Commissioner that Facebook was violating German and European law.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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