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Facebook Home Hits 500K In Five Days, Pales In Comparison To Instagram's Android Shift
Apr 21, 11:03PM
It would appear that Facebook Home has just surpassed 500k downloads on Google Play since launching on the platform five days ago on April 16. The app's Google Play listing notes the milestone, and Ben Evans confirmed on Twitter. Facebook Home isn't so much of an app as a user interface for the phone, putting Facebook smack dab in the center of Android user's smartphone experience. Users with Facebook Home can post status updates and view the newsfeed straight from the lock screen, and conduct messaging without ever being interrupted thanks to Chat Heads.MBAx.me Wants To Help Non-Technical Professionals Learn Key Technical Skills Online
Apr 21, 11:00PM
It's not often that a guest post on TechCrunch turns into a startup Earlier this year, Googler Aditya Mahesh published a guest post on TechCrunch, which addressed what skills business students should take the time to learn before they start working in tech. As he writes, he wishes he had learned certain skills before entering the workforce at Google, such as Excel, basic HTML/CSS, web analytics, Photoshop, iMovie and other skills that he believes make you more valuable as a non-technical employee, even if you don't have a CS degree.Dawn Of The Digilante
Apr 21, 10:00PM
It's hard to say with any conviction where we are in the process of, shall we say, crowd-sourcing justice. Like most things, it is a process, not something achieved, and while some question its utility, it's no good to question its existence. Some see the events of this week as a turning point, and in a way, they were, but there are dark days ahead for digilantes.Hey Apple, What The Next iPhone Really, Really Needs Is A Much Better Keyboard
Apr 21, 9:00PM
What the next iPhone really really needs is not an even bigger screen, flatter icons, flexible widgets or live tiles, or even crystal-ball-gazing cards. Or Facebook Home. That list is just garnish compared to the biggie: the iPhone needs a better keyboard. The iOS keyboard remains the most offensive piece of skeuomorphism across Apple's faux realistic, lavishly textured user interface estate.Spoof Video Symbolizes The Energy And Brashness Of OpenStack, A Rising Cloud Power
Apr 21, 7:00PM
At the OpenStack Summit last week, Tuesday's keynote opened with Dope'n'Stack E.N.T.E.R.P.R.I.S.E, a video that symbolizes the arrival of a new force of disruptors who see riches in building software and systems that will displace the legacy systems of old. It's not a question anymore. OpenStack has the momentum to win, and it can thank this young group of developers and feisty systems gurus for making it happen.Fox Shuts Down Cory Doctorow's Homeland Book In Overzealous DMCA takedown
Apr 21, 6:00PM
TorrentFreak is reporting that links to Cory Doctorow's book, Homeland, are being shut down after a DMCA request by Fox. Why is Cory's Creative Commons licensed book that is available for free being attacked? It kind of sounds like it could be a copy of Homeland, the TV series, so they shut it down.Iterations: From Singapore To Silicon Valley, The Cross-Pacific Journey Of Developer-Focused Nitrous.IO
Apr 21, 5:00PM
During the summer of 2012, while working in venture capital, one of the early-stage companies I stumbled upon was founded by a trio of guys based in Singapore. We met a few times in the Valley and quickly became friends, and I informally helped them, from time to time, navigate the waters of moving to the Valley and getting situated here. I hadn't talked to them in a while but we recently reconnected, and I thought their journey from starting a company in Asia to raising venture capital in California would be interesting to share with others, not only for those who reside outside the Valley and hope to move here to build their businesses, but also because this team is focused on building software exclusively for developers. This is an interest-area of mine because I've found there are some investors who are betting long on developer-focused businesses, while others like them but worry about their ability to scale to venture "size." Below is an edited transcript of an informal Q&A we all coordinated over email with founders of Nitrous.IO, Arun Thampi, Peter Kim, and A.J. Solimine:
My Favorite Entrepreneur Story In A Long Time
Apr 21, 4:28PM
The tech industry has a certain narrative on how startups are created. Given the immense wealth generated in a short period of time, entrepreneurial lessons are often lost in the measure of dollars and growth. My take away from Mark Zuckerberg & Steve Jobs are their maniacal passion for building a great product. Startup founders are always looking to apply lessons. If you look closely in the real world around you much can be learned. Even from a Vietnam refugee selling, well, hot sauceBitcoin's Last Mile Problem
Apr 21, 3:00PM
Joey DeVilla was (and still is) one of my favorite bloggers. Calling himself the Accordian Guy, Joey has been writing cool stuff for most of this decade and he recently hopped on the bitcoin train by posting a long how-to in the vein of my own guide to mining. His is quite thorough in his process but sets an old HP all-in-one to the task, resulting in very slow mining speeds and, as a result, a tangible waste of resources including time, energy, and computer wear.Put Away The Eulogy, The PC Is Alive And Well
Apr 21, 6:00AM
Editor's note: Chester Ng is co-founder and CMO of SweetLabs, makers of Pokki, a modern app platform for the PC. Follow him on Twitter @chest. Over the past couple of weeks, we've been blessed by the prescient researchers at Gartner and IDC with fresh data and predictions about the shipment trends for smart devices, especially the PC. This has sparked the typical "PC is dead," "PC is really dead," and "PC is really, really dead" mass burial blog posts around the world.Backed Or Whacked: iPads In Good Standing
Apr 21, 4:00AM
Editor's note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. Each column will look at crowdfunded products that have either met or missed their funding goals. Backed or Whacked first explored the murky underworld of iPad wearing devices last November. The GoPad saw its Kickstarter campaign whacked despite a temptation-inducing expository video. With a resounding harumph regarding Kickstarter's unfriendliness toward sales-oriented projects, inventor Peter Kielland tried again on Indiegogo. Unfortunately, he also fell short there, collecting less than $1,000 of his $50,000 goal.Encouraging Female Engineers Is Key To Facebook's Recruitment Strategy
Apr 21, 1:58AM
Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer and Director of Engineering Jocelyn Goldfein spoke at the she++ conference today, making Facebook by far the most represented company at the Stanford conference. Their public remarks and comments shed light on Facebook's aggressive strategy to recruit talented engineers to join their "deep bench" -- the company's greatest asset, according to Goldfein.Andreessen, Schroepfer, Others Rally For More Women In CS At She++ Conference
Apr 21, 1:35AM
Marc Andreessen and Mike Schroepfer delivered keynote addresses today at the she++ conference, sharing their thoughts on women in technology and growing the pool of talented engineers. "If we're building technology that the whole population uses, then we should have people of all backgrounds building that technology so that they build it for the audience that is themselves," he told me.Marc Andreessen: The World Would Be Much Better If We Had 50 More Silicon Valleys
Apr 21, 12:23AM
Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, delivered a keynote speech at the she++ conference today, sharing what technology is exciting him right now, what he thinks about current startup culture, and how Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In, affected his view of Silicon Valley. "I like to tell people that I'm beta testing the new Google Contact Lenses," he joked.CrunchWeek: Facebook's Weird Home Commercial; Our Experiences With Google Glass, And Fibermania
Apr 20, 10:00PM
The weekend is here, and so is another episode of CrunchWeek, the TechCrunch TV show where a few of us writers sit down for some real talk about the stories that dominated the tech world over the past seven days. This week, Ryan Lawler, Greg Kumparak and I talked about Facebook Home's weird new commercial featuring a screaming goat, our experiences with Google Glass (which was released to developers this week) and the expansion of Google Fiber to Austin, TX and Provo, UT.Newly Discovered Android Malware Was Downloaded Millions Of Times
Apr 20, 9:33PM
Security firm Lookout has detailed a clever new bit of Android Malware lurking in the Google Play store. The good news: unless you're downloading questionable Russian clone apps, you're probably not affected. The bad news: that hasn't kept it from being downloaded a few million times.Gillmor Gang: Kaleidoscope Eyes
Apr 20, 8:25PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — pictured themselves in a boat on a river, as the first wave of Google Glass hit the network, aka Scoble's forehead. @scobleizer promises to never take off this thing, and even the hyperbole doesn't refute the central notion. The whole world is not only watching but feeding the realtime stream. Social meets mainstream.CBS Twitter Accounts Hacked, Tweeting Suspicious Links
Apr 20, 8:07PM
At least 3 CBS-affiliated news accounts have been hacked, apparently by a rabid conspiracy theorist who wants the world to believe that President Obama is aiding Al-Qaeda. Accounts for @60minutes @48hours, and @CBSDenver have all been hacked, some tweeting suspicious links (don’t click on them). Screenshots below. CBS is apparently working with Twitter to get the situation under control.Watch A Drone Visit College Football To Give Coaches Better Perspective
Apr 20, 6:28PM
University of Tennessee coach Butch Jones wanted to get an eagle-eye view of his players but apparently didn’t have the resources to spend it on the kinds of expensive, cable-suspended Skycam equipment used by broadcasters. Instead, he sent up a drone, in what appears to be the first – or one of the first — uses of unmanned aerial vehicles in college football. A Vine (above) showing the coaches warming up the drone for practice immediately started making the rounds on sports blogs. According to Outside magazine, military drone technology was quickly adopted by the entertainment industry, and is becoming more pervasive for aerial footage. “Even at upwards of $5,000 per day, a drone runs a fraction of the cost of a helicopter rental,” explains Joe Spring. A number of policymakers are proposing moratoriums on low-surveillance drones, until privacy laws can catch up to the quickly evolving technology. But flying cameras are completely legit for sports. Interestingly, Coach Jones credits the experiment to a Google-style mass-innovation approach to management: “It’s a number of guys. It’s our support staff, it’s [Sports Technology Coordinator] Joe Harrington. It’s everyone just always trying to make the program better each and every day. That’s the culture that we’re building here. It doesn’t matter if it’s our secretaries, our equipment staff, our training staff, or our cooks. How can we make Tennessee football better each and every day?”Vine, The App That Eats Your Precious Memories
Apr 20, 5:27PM
No app has ever broken my heart quite like Vine, Twitter's six-second animation maker. You capture a scene, then pocket your phone while you think of a witty way to describe. But when you open it a few minutes later or the app randomly crashes, it's gone. That moment, that memory, deleted. I still love Vine, but I'll never forgive it for the visions it stole from me.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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