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Google's Reportedly Launching A Music-Streaming Spotify Killer At I/O This Week
May 14, 11:58PM
Google is ramping up to deliver a streaming music service, which could debut as early as tomorrow at the I/O keynote, sources have told The Verge. The report has since been picked up by other publications, including The New York Times, which confirms that this is indeed the case according to its own unnamed sources, "people briefed on the plans."A Chat With Daniel Guermeur, Founder Of Das Keyboard
May 14, 11:15PM
I've been enamored with the Das Keyboard since it launched in 2005. These supremely clicky, IBM-style keyboards are some of the most rugged mechanical input devices you can buy. Their Pro model -- an all-black monolith with black keys and no key markings -- is the gold standard for Gibson-esque console jockeys who believe that the best keyboard can be used as a weapon and shouldn't be touched by mere mortals. The company just launched a new "quiet" version of its Das Keyboard, Model S Professional Quiet, and I thought it would be fun to talk with Daniel Guermeur, founder of the company who went from being an open-source software maven at the turn of the century to making one of the most sought-after and coolest keyboards on the market. While Guermeur still works in software, his clicky Das Keyboard is probably his most lasting legacy in the gaming and programming world, a unique tool suited to unique professionals.RocketSpace Launches RocketU Developer Bootcamp With In-Person Classes For N00bs And Ninjas
May 14, 9:56PM
If you can't program, the future's looking bleaker and bleaker. And if you can, learning to manage other code monkeys could get you promoted. Office-as-a-service provider RocketSpace's new RocketU is a tech professional education program aimed to aid engineers no matter where they are in their career. RocketU offers rookies and programming veterans alike a way to get an edge in the job market.Cydia Substrate Comes To Android (Cydia Store Next?)
May 14, 9:32PM
Cydia, a platform commonly thought of as the alternative app store for jailbroken iPhones and iPads, has just today arrived on Android of all places. Though Android is by its nature more open and customizable than Apple's locked-down iOS, it now has a growing collection of apps designed for power users who root their devices - a process that's similar in spirit to the iOS jailbreak. Cydia for Android could soon become home to some of those same tweaks in time - or at least allow developers to port them to the Android ecosystem, whether or not they're housed in Cydia directly.BlackBerry May Be Dabbling In Phablets With A 5-Inch Z10 Refresh
May 14, 9:08PM
BlackBerry's wryly jovial CEO Thorsten Heins spent quite a bit of time talking up the new mid-range Q5 at this morning's BlackBerry Live keynote address, but the folks in Waterloo may be working on a follow-up smartphone that's staggeringly different than the one we saw today. According to a report from KnowYourMobile, the struggling Canadian company is working an all-touch BlackBerry smartphone with a 5-inch display.Send In Your Questions For Ask A VC With Accel Partners' Rich Wong
May 14, 9:03PM
This week on techCrunch TV's Ask A VC show, we have Accel Partners' Rich Wong in the studio. As you may remember, you can submit questions for our guests either in the comments or here and we'll ask them during the show.I/O 2013: One Google, Under Page, With Unification And Usability For All
May 14, 8:40PM
This is the evening before Google's I/O developer conference and there's already been quite a bit of chatter about what the company will announce and share at the conference. One important thing to note is that there will only be one keynote this year, a mega three-hour session where Google will talk to the attendees about all of the important things that have happened over the past year and what to expect moving forward.Facebook Now Lets You Rate Movies, TV, And Books To Turn Graph Search Into A GoodReads For Everything
May 14, 8:23PM
Facebook is hoping to give developers a better way to get discovered and improve Graph Search. So today it announced it's finished rolling out "Sections" for Timeline that show what apps you use, which people now add 200 million items to daily. New features coming alongside the rollout include the ability for users to rate different types of media and for developers to track traffic from Sections.Update Your Facebook Status And Comment Using Google Glass And Your Voice With ThroughGlass
May 14, 7:57PM
We wrote about an app for Google Glass that let you share photos to Facebook, but another one has come out that has a way more interesting feature, the ability to create status messages or comment on on the social network with the sound of your voice.Let's Talk About That 500 Startups Video
May 14, 7:45PM
By now you've probably seen that 500 Startups Accelerator has a new class of startups, its sixth. And it's got a ton of international folks taking part and that is fucking awesome. You know what's not so awesome? The video that accompanied its announcement.Nokia's Smart Devices Chief On Instagram, Android, Phablets & The Continued Lack Of A 41MP PureView Lumia
May 14, 7:25PM
Nokia has added another device to its burgeoning Lumia portfolio of smartphones today, with the introduction of the Lumia 925: a sleek, PureView-branded handset that will be its first flagship on T-Mobile U.S. At today's London launch, Nokia executive VP of smart devices, Jo Harlow, sat down with TechCrunch to field a few questions.Loop Makes It Easy To Conduct Real-Time Surveys Via iPad
May 14, 7:03PM
Loop co-founder and CEO Rajit Marwah argued that "surveys and reviews are everywhere" — but they're often ignored or delayed. With his new startup, on the other hand, Marwah said he's giving businesses a way to create and conduct those surveys instantly. When a business downloads the Loop iOS app, they can use one of the app's survey templates (the templates are based on business type, such as restaurant or hotel) or create a survey from scratch, then share the it via email, Facebook, Twitter, or anywhere else where you can post a link.Rushmore.fm Wants To Fix The Music Industry, Ex-Virgin Group Online Boss Named As CEO
May 14, 6:37PM
Rushmore.fm, a new London-based startup founded by Fictive Kin and Betaworks, is de-cloaking somewhat today with what sounds like the rather lofty but noble mission to fix the music industry. Described as a "music ecosystem", the (currently) invite-only site initially consists of a Wikipedia-like music resource where you're encouraged to contribute and follow content, although the site's broader aim is to connect music fans "directly and effortlessly with the artists and labels they love", and in doing so make it easier to make a living from music.Open Garden Gets Google Glass To Connect To Its Mesh Network, Asks Google To Make It Available To All
May 14, 6:36PM
Open Garden, the San Francisco-based startup that allows Android, Windows and Mac users to create mesh networks between their devices to share Internet connections, today announced that it has managed to get Google Glass to connect to its network. This matters because Glass users typically need a tethering plan to connect to the Internet (which is pretty much essential to using Glass). Those plans typically cost around $20 extra, depending on the data plan and carrier. With Open Garden, users can just use the service to connect to their phone without paying extra.Urban Storage Startup Boxbee Is Opening For Business In The San Francisco Bay Area
May 14, 6:30PM
Have a lot of stuff? Don't have a lot of space to store that stuff? Don't know how you'd get yourself organized enough to keep track of it, even if you did have the space? No worries, urban storage startup Boxbee has the solution to all your too-much-stuff-having problems.@WalmartLabs Acquires Cloud Computing Startup OneOps & Delicious Founder's Tasty Labs
May 14, 6:16PM
Walmart, via its Silicon Valley innovation lab @WalmartLabs, today announced the acquisition of two startups: cloud computing newcomer OneOps and the software development shop Tasty Labs, from Delicious founder Joshua Schachter. Tasty Labs offered two services Jig.com and Human.io – both domains which are now redirecting to Walmart’s acquisition announcement, along with that of their corporate parent. Walmart declined to disclose deal terms. OneOps developed a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capability that Walmart explains will enable it to “significantly accelerate” its PaaS and Private Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) strategies. The company offered developer tools built from the ground up for those who host their applications on cloud services like Amazon Web Services, for example, as well as Rackspace and HP Cloud. Developers could publish to any cloud and seamlessly port their apps elsewhere as needed, eliminating lock-in. The company offered a library of predefined building blocks to quickly bootstrap an application, which could be visually assembled in its interface. A variety of categories such as content management (ex. Drupal, WordPress), e-commerce (ex. Magento), enterprise portals (ex. Liferay) and more were available. OneOps was named one of the 12 Hot Cloud Computing Companies Worth Watching by Network World, and was a finalist at the GigaOM LaunchPad Competition. “Walmart is looking to create a best-in-class global e-commerce platform to power ‘anytime, anywhere’ shopping for our customers. The Platform team has been working tirelessly to build the tools to help our developers deliver big site changes faster,” explains Walmart Public Relations Director Ravi Jariwala in a statement. “We are innovating on a very large scale, and OneOps brings us tools that will allow us to move even faster toward a global platform.” Meanwhile, Tasty Labs was founded in 2010 by a team that includes ex-Mozillian Nick Nguyen, HousingMaps creator Paul Rademacher, and Joshua Schachter, who was best known for founding of of “web 2.0″‘s finest: the social bookmarking service Delicious. The company had raised $3 million in Series A funding from Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and other unnamed angel investors. The startup launched its first product Jig.com in 2011, which was described as a “marketplace for needs” — meaning users would post “I need…” and others would respond to help them. The following year, it debuted Human.io, a micro-task service operating in the same general space. This application targeted businesses with small requests – like wanting to know how many people were in line at a store, for example, or getting people to take shortGoogle CEO Larry Page Reveals He's Recovering From Vocal Cord Paralysis, Will Fund Research
May 14, 5:48PM
In a post on Google+ today, Google CEO Larry Page discussed for the first time publicly the voice problems he's been experiencing. It doesn't sound like Page is experiencing life-threatening medical problems, but it has become a topic of interest every time he speaks publicly. During the last earnings call, Page actually spoke for a long time, albeit a bit labored, and answered questions at the end of the call.Keen On… How One App Ends The Debate About Global Warming
May 14, 5:44PM
Finally we have an app that ends the age-old debate about whether or not the earth is getting warmer. The Just Science app has collated all the data from the last two centuries to determine the earth's surface temperature. Developed by Novim, a research group from UC Santa Barbara, the Just Science app just won $20,000 from the American Clean Skies Foundation for improving our scientific knowledge about the world.To Ease Small Screen Nesting, Pinterest Mobile Adds Search Suggestions, Mentions, And Notifications
May 14, 5:36PM
Pinterest works best on the web, with its big images and pinning from other browser tabs. But mobile is the future and Pinterest needs to play catch up there. Today Pinterest mobile added search suggestions to make single screen pinning easier. Its iOS and Android apps also got basics like notifications and mentions. Pinterest will need to add value, not just port its website, to win on mobile.Angry Birds Maker Rovio Will Now Publish And Market Select Third-Party Games
May 14, 5:16PM
Rovio Entertainment, maker of the popular line of “Angry Birds” games, announced today that its expanding its business to include third-party titles, which it will publish, distribute and market to consumers. The new program is being called “Rovio Stars,” and makes available the company’s expertise as well as its marketing teams to other publishers. The first title to be released under the new effort is “Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage,” by Nitrome Ltd. The Icebreaker game, which follows the adventures of a lone Viking, will be followed by medieval adventure and puzzle game “Tiny Thief,” made by 5 Ants. This is the first time Rovio has included third-party titles in its lineup, the company announced this morning via a blog post and press release. “We want to help the developers to give these games that last coat of polish, publish the games and find their audience,” said Rovio’s Director of Development Kalle Kaivola. “We're focusing on a small, select number of games, and each Rovio Stars launch will be an event of its own.” That “last coat of polish” means Rovio will actually assist its partners in finalizing game production and with post-production, the company explains. Rovio notes that it’s looking for titles in “an advanced stage of production” – that is, in either alpha or playable format. Rovio’s experts will specifically help to mentor developers in order to “turn their games into blockbusters,” as well as market them, provide PR, and help publishers distribute titles to all the relevant app stores. Developers can now apply for consideration as one of Rovio’s next picks on the Rovio Stars dedicated website, where the company provides a submission form. Interested parties can attach screenshots and/or video alongside a description of their game. For now, only mobile titles are being considered. Expecting a high volume of submission, the company says it can’t promise that everyone will receive a response. Rovio has long since moved beyond being only a games publisher, and is now more of media company offering cartoons, toys, and other merchandise like t-shirts, books, and even soda. It has debuted an “Angry Birds Space Encounter” at the Kennedy Space Center, and Angry Birds-themed parks. It also recently partnered with Dreamworks to release “The Croods,” a game based on the animated film. These expansions have been working well for the company so far. In April, Rovio announced its 2012 sales were up 101 percent to $195If 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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