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Apple Will Reportedly Unveil The Next iPhone On September 10
Aug 11, 12:31AM
It's about time for a new iPhone and with the rumors about an iPhone 5S and maybe even a cheaper version getting louder, AllThingsD now reports that the next iPhone will launch on September 10. Apple introduced the iPhone 5 on September 12, 2012, so there is a good chance AllThingsD's sources are correct, though we haven't heard anything from our usual sources yet (and earlier rumors of a June launch definitely didn't pan out).CrunchWeek: Jeff Bezos Buys WaPo; Max Levchin Tackles Fertility With Glow And FailWeek
Aug 10, 10:00PM
Welcome to a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us TechCrunch writers together to talk about the most interesting tech news stories from the past week.Casio Updates G-Shock Bluetooth Line With Added Functionality
Aug 10, 9:38PM
Don't call it a smart watch. The Casio GB line appeared in 2011 with little fanfare - it was up against devices like the Pebble in the public imagination and so an underpowered smartwatch was of little interest. However, Casio has updated their Bluetooth line with the GB-6900B And GB-X6900B, improved versions of their iconic G-Shock watches that allow you to control your phone from your watch and, more important, control your watch from your phone.The Pirate Bay Celebrates Its 10th Birthday By Launching A Tor-Based Anti-Censorship Browser
Aug 10, 8:30PM
The Pirate Bay (TPB), the torrent site that really doesn't need an introduction anymore, celebrates its 10th birthday today. To mark the day, TPB launched PirateBrowser, "a bundle package of the Tor client (Vidalia), Firefox Portable browser (with foxyproxy addon)."Your Miyagi Moment
Aug 10, 8:00PM
There's a scene in the 80s movie The Karate Kid when Daniel LaRusso discovers that he's actually learned how to fight. I'm willing to bet you've experienced a similar breakthrough. Here's the problem: we expect learning to be linear. When we invest 10 hours of effort into learning a new programming language, we expect to feel 10 hours smarter. In reality, we could actually feel less smart than before we started.Close A Round With New "Inbound" Tools And Techniques On AngelList
Aug 10, 7:00PM
Last week, my company Directly closed a $1.75 million seed round using an "inbound" approach to fundraising. In past ventures, we'd used the "outbound" approach that virtually all startups use – identifying investors, networking to coordinate calls and meetings, and working 1:1 to create demand. Our new inbound approach applied new marketing technology to crowdfunding sites to generate broad investor demand, track investor engagement, and transform the traditional and inefficient outbound fundraising process to an efficient inbound raise.YouTube's Geek Week Easter Eggs Celebrate Missile Command, Star Trek And Bronies
Aug 10, 6:36PM
YouTube just wrapped up its first Geek Week, a celebration of all things geek. Besides featuring daily videos of things like slow motion water balloon fights, Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about science and anime versions of Doctor Who, YouTube also featured a daily Easter Egg every day last week. If you're like us and you didn't fully pay attention to every single one of these, here is a full list of all of them, including a pretty fun Missile Command clone that has you defend your favorite videos from those pesky missiles.NSA Reportedly Changing Section 702 Of The FISA Amendments Act To Search US Citizens' Communications
Aug 10, 5:25PM
Today the Guardian reported that a change to section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) appears set to allow for the searching of communication information of United States citizens. Previously, section 702 was restricted to communications of foreign individuals who were located outside of the United States at the, to quote the Guardian, “point of collection.” United States citizens were outside the scope of section 702 authorization. However, that appears now to be potentially changed. An image published by the Guardian’s James Ball – it was leaked by Edward Snowden – states that a change has been enacted to section 702, that “the FAA 702 minimization procedures approved on 3 October 2011 now allow for use of certain United States person names and identifiers as query terms when reviewing collected FAA 702 data.” In other words, the NSA now claims the authority to search databases for the communication data of United States citizens. However, there is a firm caveat to the above: “[A]nalysts may NOT/NOT implement any USP [United States Persons] queries until an effective oversight process has been developed by the NSA and agreed on by DOJ/ODNI.” That’s somewhat encouraging, as it demonstrates a certain moral imperative at the NSA to build oversight into its activities, even if it appears to be able to set its own rules. What is discouraging is that the NSA appears to be reinterpreting section 702 far from its earlier mission. This is a key change, and one that should be aggressively pushed upon for distinction. And if the above “oversight” process has been put into place, we need to understand its strengths, and weaknesses. There is a current school of thought that, sans proven abuse of collection and search operations at the NSA, we are not proving enough; that until we have documented cases of misuse, we are overreacting. It’s my view that mere existence of programs and authorities that could quickly allow for the abrogation of rights should be opposed simply given their potential. Therefore, in my view, we do not need to wait for the gun to smoke. The firearm is sufficient. Now you know my bias. According to Ball, Sen. Wyden told the Guardian that section 702 allows the NSA “warrantless searches for the phone calls or emails of law-abiding Americans.” If that is not correct the onus is now on the NSA to step up and explain itself.Spotify Wants To Be Everything To Everyone
Aug 10, 5:10PM
You can get a little music from a lot of places, but Spotify is on a quest to be your omni-jukebox. It's already offers on-demand streaming and radio, and it's just launched Browse, a new way to discover critic and community playlists for different moods and genres. Spotify hopes to combine social, algorithms, and expert curation to beat the platforms and become the only music companion you need.Gillmor Gang: I Spy
Aug 10, 5:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Doc Searls, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — well, let's just say this show went to some very strange places. Kangaroo balls, Google auto-urinary services, the real reason Jeff Bezos bought a newspaper, and other details of the Lull before the Next Storm. Much to be entertained with, but bolstered by some serious business about the tradeoffs around privacy in a dangerous world.Apple Brings Final Developer Services Back Online, Extends Memberships By 1 Month
Aug 10, 4:25PM
Apple today announced that all of its developer program services are now back online. Apple's portal for developers, which also hosts its iOS and OS X beta downloads, went down on July 18th and a few days after, the company acknowledged that there had been a security breach. To make up for the prolonged outage of some of the services, Apple will extend all memberships, which are usually for a year, by one month.Microsoft Doesn't Want To Admit Windows RT Is Dead
Aug 10, 3:30PM
Microsoft is in a tough spot. Windows RT is all but dead in the water. But Microsoft has approximately a zillion and a half Surface RT tablets collecting dust in warehouses. And so Ballmer and Co. continued its ignorant fight against Apple and the far more successful iPad with another TV spot that pits the two against each other. Spoiler: The Surface RT is declared the winner.Why Founders Fail: The Product CEO Paradox
Aug 10, 3:00PM
This happens all the time. A founder develops a breakthrough idea and starts a company to build it. As originator of the idea, she works tirelessly to bring it to life by involving herself in every detail of the product to ensure that the execution meets the vision. The product succeeds and the company grows. Then somewhere along the line, employees start complaining that the CEO is paying too much attention to what the employees can do better without her and not enough attention to the rest of the company.The Angel Health Monitor Is A Fitbit For Hackers
Aug 10, 2:26PM
The Angel Health monitor, besides having a fairly morbid name (you rarely see angels unless you're sailing down the river Styx), is actually quite cool. Designed to be a "developer's" health monitoring system, the Angel senses motion and acceleration, skin temperature, blood oxygen saturation, and heart rate.The Future Of Work: Amazon vs. Zappos
Aug 10, 1:00PM
Twenty years ago Tony Hsieh was part of the three-man Harvard team that won the hyper-prestigious ACM Programmming Contest. Five years later he sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for more than $250 million. Then he sold Zappos to Amazon for $1.2 billion, while retaining operational independence. Now he's trying to make the desert bloom. And if he fails, we're probably all in big trouble.Five Things Entrepreneurs Should Never Do
Aug 10, 6:00AM
I'm breaking all the rules. I'm at a silent retreat for the week. No talking! My wife is two doors down. She said to me before we went silent for the week, "put your computer on airplane mode." It's in a beautiful area. There are paths and trees and birds and flowers and benches to sit on with sprawling landscapes and blah blah blah. I like to stay in my room and write. And I break rules.Bitcoin Ticker Available On Bloomberg Terminal For Employees
Aug 10, 12:48AM
Bitcoin is now officially mainstream. According to BTC Geek, Bloomberg terminal users can now look up Bitcoin’s pricing history. Data comes from ubiquitous Bitcoin exchange service Mt. Gox as well as Tradehill. For now, only Bloomberg employees can access the ticker. But the feature should make its way to regular Bloomberg terminal customers under the label XBT. The ticker probably shows what a bitcoin is worth in U.S. dollars over time. So far, trading Bitcoins have remained a hobby activity as volatility is very important. It’s hard to predict price changes due to the lack of tools and the relatively low number of Bitcoin traders compared to currency traders. One of the most efficient tickers is Bitcoinity, but Bloomberg terminals could become the de facto standard for traders. The feature proves that investment banks are interested by the cryptocurrency. With the Bloomberg terminal, traders could easily compare Bitcoins with other currencies in order to short them. When it comes to shorting currencies, traders do it by investing their portfolio in another currency. For example, they would sell USD to buy EUR, effectively creating a net short USD and a net long EUR position. Yet, traders still have to use Bitcoin exchange services like Mt. Gox or Tradehill for transactions. They won’t be able to execute buy or sell orders from their Bloomberg terminals. It could be the last technical difficulty before investing some time and money in Bitcoins. At first, the Bloomberg terminal remains a great tool to keep up with financial news. It even includes Twitter feeds now. Even if Bitcoin trading won’t become the main activity on Wall Street, the ticker creates another data point for information purposes. Just three days ago, a federal judge in Texas ruled that Bitcoin is a currency. Transactions and institutions should therefore be regulated just like other financial institutions that deal with dollars. Similarly, back in May, Mt. Gox had to state that it provides money services in order to continue to operate in the U.S. While the original purpose of Bitcoin was that there was no central bank and regulation, Bloomberg confirms yet again the legitimation of Bitcoins with the new ticker. Bitcoins and U.S. dollars will soon appear on the same screen, side by side. Traders, start trading.Why Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post For $250M
Aug 09, 11:44PM
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Aug 09, 11:28PM
Skolkovo, the much debated public effort by the Russian government to kickstart a startup culture inside the country, said it secured another 135.6 billion ruble ($4 billion) commitment from the government through the next seven years. With additional private investor money projected on top of the government commitment, Skolkovo’s new funding should total about $15 billion through 2020, according to a report in The Moscow Times. Skolkovo is a massive government-led effort to diversify the Russian economy away from its dependency on natural resources and build an entrepreneurship culture inside the country. At its heart is a 1,000-acre site about an hour from central Moscow that is slated to become a hub for venture-backed startups, technical research and education. Right now, the site contains a lone Hypercube — a steel, glass and concrete structure housing conference rooms and co-working spaces. It is basically surrounded by vacant plains at this point. Mike Butcher took a look at the project earlier this year in this feature. Naturally, Skolkovo has also attracted its critics. Is the project too quixotic? Is it corrupt? These are issues that Russians in the startup community debate regularly. Earlier this year, the project became embroiled in a corruption scandal, resulting in the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov. Not only that, the project’s major backer has been former president Dmitry Medvedev, who took the role of prime minister after Vladimir Putin returned to power. There were questions about whether it would be as strongly supported under Putin’s regime, which may view Medvedev as a threat. But this new commitment will apparently keep the project moving forward. Companies like Nokia, Siemens, Samsung and Cisco Systems have pledged to move research and development resources to the hub and Skolkovo says it has ties to about 1,000 startups and currently supports 13,000 jobs. Skolkovo echoes the old secret technical cities of the Soviet era. It is a special economic zone that has unique tax breaks lasting five to seven years, its own border controls and legislative incentives for startups. It also has its own special version of the ‘Startup Visa’ with laws allowing foreign-born entrepreneurs to work there from other companies. The idea is to circumvent existing laws in Russia, which are especially complex for new businesses. Many Russian startups I’ve met have decided to incorporate in Luxembourg or Cyprus where they feel the intellectual property protections might be stronger. MinorityThe Lytics Facebook-Style Timeline For Customer Intelligence Helps Land $2.2M In Seed Funding
Aug 09, 11:16PM
Lytics has raised a $2.2 million seed round from Rembrandt Venture Partners with participation by Voyager Capital for its platform that provides a Facebook-style timeline for customer intelligence. The customer profile reflects the analysis that Lytics does behind the scenes, collecting data from customers as they interact with the company's brand. It's a database for marketers built on real-time data.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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