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Onswipe Data Suggests Kindle Fire Maintained Its Holiday Traffic Bump, While Nexus 7 Shed Share
Feb 26, 8:21PM
Last year, Onswipe noticed that despite considerable growth for the Kindle Fire during its first holiday sales season, interest seemed to drop off pretty quick a month or so after all the gifts were unwrapped. This year, it wanted to see if the same held true for two leading Android-based tablet platforms, to see if it couldn't back up the Apple claim that most tablets using Google's mobile OS quickly fall into disuse.Instagram Hits 100 Million Monthly Users 28 Months After Launch
Feb 26, 8:19PM
From just two guys at rented desk to a $715 million sale to Facebook, a second wind on Android and a mess of privacy scares, Instagram today announced 100 million people use it every month to share the way they see the world. The startup hedged its bets by being acquired just as it expanded beyond iOS, but despite what it could have sold for now, there's no disputing Instagram's success.The Chromebook Pixel Is The Most Brilliant Laptop You'll Never Buy
Feb 26, 8:12PM
"Wait. That's a touchscreen?!" That wasn't the first thought that popped into my head when I started to use the Chromebook Pixel -- it was about the tenth. But that's only because it seemed impossible that a screen this nice could be a touchscreen. Of course, being that nice, comes with a price.Former Lolapps Engineers Launch Rollbar, An Error-Tracking Platform For Developers That Has A Sense Of History
Feb 26, 8:06PM
Rollbar (formerly Ratchet.io), an error tracking product for developers, is launching its product out of a beta today, following nine months of private testing. Founded by former Lolapps engineers and inspired by tools they once relied on internally, the new company is backed by a small, "pre-seed" round of funding ($250,000+) from Resolute.vc's Mike Hirshland, Hiten Shah of KISSmetrics, and Arjun Sethi, former Lolapps CEO.Google+ Sign-In Sounds Simple For Users, But Lacks The Personal Info And Distribution Developers Need
Feb 26, 7:26PM
Growth, to reach more users, and data, to improve the experience. That's what apps need in an identity and social system. They're what Facebook and Twitter deliver, and what the new Google+ Sign-In can't without completed profiles, the social graph, and eyeballs. Logging into apps with your Google credentials would be convenient, but developers may be reluctant to offer the option.Intel Launches Hadoop Distribution And Project Rhino, An Effort To Bring Better Security To Big Data
Feb 26, 7:04PM
Intel has launched its own Hadoop distribution, entering an already crowded market of major players all looking to get a piece of the big data pie. The company also announced an open-source effort to enhance security in Hadoop. Earlier this week, EMC and HP each announced its own Hadoop distribution. But for Intel, the challenge is to fortify its market-leading position in the data center, where it will face increasing challenge from an emerging ARM ecosystem. Intel says the distribution is optimized for the Intel Xeon processor platform. In its announcement, the company states it can analyze one terabyte of data, which would previously take more than four hours to fully process, can now be done in seven minutes. Partners supporting the launch include Cisco, Datameer, Dell, Hadapt, LucidWorks, Red Hat, SAP, Tableau Software, Teradata, Wipro and Zettaset. As part of the news, Intel has also launched Project Rhino, an open-source effort to improve the data protection capabilities of the Hadoop ecosystem and contribute the code back to the Apache Foundation. Avik Dey, director of Hadoop Services at Intel, posted the details of Project Rhino last night on the Apache Hadoop mailing list. The project will seek to improve encryption, provide improved ways to authenticate users, make security more granular and available at the “cell” level. Ely Khan is co-founder of big data startup sqrrl and the former director of cybersecurity at the White House. He said in an email interview that his team is following Rhino closely: We are seeing more and more customers in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and government wanting take Hadoop to the next level by integrating big data with mission-critical systems and sensitive data. In order for this to happen, Hadoop and NoSQL databases need to adopt enterprise security functionality, such as encryption, fine-grained access controls, and auditing capabilities. Project Rhino is a good validation of this.Congress Should Listen To Marissa Mayer
Feb 26, 7:04PM
Congress could learn some lessons from Silicon Valley. Extreme partisan gridlock over the federal budget is inching the country closer to drastic spending cuts, known ominously as "the sequester." Yet, members of Congress used to be far more agreeable back when they weren't occupied with four-day weekends raising cash in their districts and, instead, could spend time face-to-face with the colleagues at bi-partisan family BBQs.Relaxation Resource Calm.com Launches iPhone App That Helps You Chill, Grabs $415K In Angel Funding
Feb 26, 7:04PM
Calm.com, which began as a website that helped busy, information-overloaded web workers take a mental break, is now turning into a real business. The company is today announcing a $415,000 round of funding from a number of notable angel investors, and the debut of a mobile application initially aimed at teaching relaxation.Opera's CEO On Innovation And Privacy, And A First Look At Its New WebKit-Based Browser For Android [TCTV]
Feb 26, 6:37PM
Web browser company Opera Software, now 300 million users strong, caught the world off guard the other week when it announced that it would be ditching its own Presto framework and moving instead to Google's WebKit to power its mobile and desktop browsers. In an interview with TechCrunch today, Opera's CEO Lars Boilesen said that the decision has freed up the company to innovate in a way that it hadn't for years. "By moving, it meant that we no longer had to have to have 200 engineers working on the core-level product," he said in an interview with TechCrunch. "That meant they could work on new stuff. We could go on the offensive."With Its New Medical Language iPad App, Swiftkey Edges Closer To The iOS Platform
Feb 26, 6:35PM
Switftkey — the intuitive typing interface for smartphones which has made its way into some Android phones and is reputedly behind the new BlackBerry touchscreen keyboard (though the company declines to comment or confirm) — is edging closer to the iOS platform. Today it announced exclusively with TechCrunch at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, that it is launching an iPad typing app aimed at the lucrative Healthcare market.Keen On… The Cloud: How Digital Technology Is Making Us More Human
Feb 26, 6:32PM
The Pulitzer Prize winning technology journalist Matt Richtel is one of the New York Times' crown jewels. But while Richtel works his Silicon Valley beat during the day, he has a much darker night-time profession. Richtel is also a fiction writer, the author of fantastically seductive techno-fictional novels such as Hooked and his latest book, The Cloud, released earlier this month.Google Launches Improved Spell Checker For Chrome And Docs
Feb 26, 6:26PM
With the release of the latest Chrome Beta today (version 26), Google is rolling out a new spell checker inside its browser and on Google Docs. The new version features support for three additional languages (Korean, Tamil and Albanian) and a number of other improvements. The most important new feature, however, is that users who sync their Chrome settings between devices can now also sync their custom dictionaries across all of their machines, so "you won't need to teach that new Chromebook how to spell your name" (or remind it that the hot startup you're writing about really doesn't have any vowels in its name).The Ego! Smartmouse Combines Hardware Authentication With A Mouse That Doubles As A Motion Controller
Feb 26, 6:24PM
A new Kickstarter project called the Ego! Smartmouse blends together some recent trends in computing, including hardware identity authentication and 3D motion control to come up with a unique input device that wears many hats. The Ego! is a mouse in the traditional sense, allowing you to control your desktop or laptop computer, and it also has on-board file storage, can work as an authentication device for various services, and features built-in acceleration and motion detection to work like a Wiimote for controlling games.Death To The Bundle! Cablevision Sues Viacom Over Requirement To Carry Networks You've Never Heard Of
Feb 26, 6:00PM
New York-based cable company Cablevision is suing cross-town content partner Viacom. The lawsuit is over Viacom's requirement for Cablevision to carry a bunch of channels its users don't watch in order to have access to a bunch of channels they do. Viacom has 8 channels Cablevision wishes to carry, but Viacom bundles in a bunch of channels viewers don't watch and its customers don't care about.AppTrailers Expands Beyond, Uh, App Trailers By Adding TV Trailers, Too
Feb 26, 5:51PM
AppRedeem recently launched a new version of its AppTrailers app, which now allows users to watch TV show trailers and to earn points (and eventually rewards) for watching. There's a new section in the app for TV. You can watch trailers and also hit the "set reminder" button, so that the app gives you a push notification 15 minutes before the show starts, based on your TV provider and location. For example, I opened up the app this morning and could choose to watch trailers for Beauty and the Beast, Vegas, Modern Family, and Two and Half Men. A commercial plays before the trailers.VidIQ Raises $800,000 From Mark Cuban And Others To Give YouTube Producers Actionable Analytics
Feb 26, 5:50PM
VidIQ hopes to provide a layer of analytics on YouTube as a way to help those who distribute their content on the platform — be they brands, marketers, or independent producers — to reach more viewers. Through a mix of YouTube SEO, smart scheduling and listening tools, VidIQ promises new ways for producers to optimize their distribution strategy.YC-Backed Zaranga Adds Dynamic, Priceline-Style Purchasing To Vacation Rentals
Feb 26, 5:34PM
The business of holiday home rentals has been one of the most natural areas to migrate to the world of e-commerce -- the ability to search for and view lots of properties makes it a significant improvement on whatever it was that people used to do in the past (magazines? vacation agencies? brochures?), and that has helped the online rentals industry to blow up. One area that hasn't evolved very much, however, is pricing and paying -- oftentimes, the cost of a rental is static, and paying in many cases ends up being an offline effort. Until now.Preorders For TheGaming-Focused Razer Edge Tablet Start March 1st, Prices Start At $999
Feb 26, 5:23PM
Surface Pro fanboys? Take notice. Your hot little tablet will soon be the runner-up in the ever-growing category of "incredibly expensive Windows 8 tablets aimed at a tiny, but rabid demographic". Razer just announced that the Edge and Edge Pro gaming tablet will ship in late March, with the startup accepting orders starting on March 1st.Startup Accelerator Rock Health Now Accepts Applications Exclusively Through AngelList
Feb 26, 5:20PM
500 Startups just announced recently that it would be using AngelList, a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, exclusively for startup applications to the incubator. Now Rock Health, the accelerator for health tech startups, is making a similar move, taking applications exclusively (here) through AngelList for its fifth class.Andy Rubin: Google Has 'No Plans' To Launch Retail Stores
Feb 26, 5:18PM
In a roundtable discussion with reporters today, Google's head of Android Andy Rubin came right out and flatly denied the search giant was considering the launch of retail locations. "Google has no plans and we have nothing to announce," Rubin was reported as as saying by AllThingsD's Ina Fried. Curiously, Rubin's explanation for why Google doesn't need stores was basically the exact opposite of argument from third-party observers about why it does.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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