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CrunchWeek: Facebook And Google's Big Privacy Changes, Zulily's IPO, And All The Latest Twitter Talk
Oct 12, 10:00PM
Need a 12 minute break from raking leaves, drinking cider, and carving pumpkins (and whatever other autumnal chores are taking up your Saturday)? Well I've got just the thing for you! It's time for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the TechCrunch TV show that brings a few of us writers together for talk about the most interesting tech stories from the past seven days.Ditto Defeats Patent Claim After Teaming Up With A 'Troll'
Oct 12, 9:08PM
Earlier this year, I wrote about a startup called Ditto, which launched a campaign on Indiegogo to fund patent battles against 1-800-CONTACTS and Lennon Imaging Technology — or, as Ditto characterized it, to "save" the startup from "patent trolls." Since then, Ditto's story has taken a couple of turns. Over the summer, the company partnered with IPNav and its founder Erich Spangenberg. Spangenberg is an odd ally, since Ditto co-founder and CEO Kate Endress described him and IPNav as "one of the largest patent trolls in the country." However, as outlined in an IndyStar article, he reached an agreement with Endress where IPNav is paying for Ditto's legal costs, and if it wins, it gets a $1 million stake in the startup.Gillmor Gang: Context Matters
Oct 12, 5:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — took out their devices and slapped them down on the table. By any measurement, the Context Wars are well under way. But neither Apple or particularly Google seem to realize what Twitter does — that notifications are the way to roll up both armies in the battle for user engagement. Twitter’s direct message lab is producing experiments in personalized notification of group swarming. Right now it looks very tentative and potentially too much of nothing. But the more companies and even political parties reform around these new dynamics of user cloud attention, the more likely a meaningful way forward out of the swamp of gerrymeandering gridlock. Yeah, we talked some shutdown too. @stevegillmor, @jtaschek, @scobleizer, @kevinmarks, @kteare Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor Live chat stream The Gillmor Gang on FacebookThe Panopticon Is Extremely Convenient (So Use Facebook, Google, And Chrome)
Oct 12, 1:00PM
I write from the Philippines, where a phone has just been released which, if stolen, can be remotely triggered to repeatedly scream "Thief! Thief! Thief!" Back home, BART riders have been hearing: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your train operator. If you have any electronic devices with you, please make sure they are secure, especially if you are near the exits."How To Opt Out Of Google's Weird New Ads That Use Your Face And Name
Oct 12, 7:19AM
Angry that Google is planning on using your face and name for the sake of advertisements? Here's how to make them not.ION Glasses Are The Unobtrusive Notifications System You Wear On Your Face
Oct 12, 4:00AM
Google Glass, Google schmass. What you really want on your face are these puppies. ION Glasses are sunglass or prescription glasses frames with a built in LED, Bluetooth stack, and tiny button controller. What do they do? Well the LED lights up to notify you of new messages - you can set different people to different colors - and you can use the glasses to control the music on your phone, a presentation, or almost any thing else controlled via Bluetooth.Yahoo Acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener That Earned You Money
Oct 12, 1:29AM
Yahoo has just acquired Bread, a 2.5 year old startup that had raised $3.5 million [Update: and we hear was low on cash and shopping itself around to several companies]. Bread let people make money or generate donations by designing interstitial ads. These ads could promote a product or cause and would be shown to people who click links the designer shared through Bread's URL shortener.Memo From AOL Mgmt Re: Use Of TechCrunch Editorial Branding For Personal Pranks
Oct 11, 11:37PM
Dear [Name Unknown, possibly Chris Smith?], It has come to our attention that you recently used a fake, mocked-up version of our technology editorial "blog" property TechCrunch in a personal prank. Furthermore, it has come to our attention that your friend, a Mr. "Olivier M," was in fact fooled by the aforementioned prank — or so it seems, based on the email entitled "Personal information in your website", which was sent to TechCrunch Editorial "Tips" earlier this week (please see Attachments A, B, and C).Marc Andreessen: Series A Investments Are Still The Bread And Butter Of A16Z
Oct 11, 11:30PM
This week, the Wall Street Journal published a brief interview with Andreessen Horowitz Partner Scott Weiss in which he seemed to indicate that the firm is moving away from Series A investments in consumer startups. He also compared many consumer companies to "fruit fly experiments." It was unclear what Weiss meant by this, but A16Z founder Marc Andreessen jumped into this Hacker News thread over the topic to clarify the firm's stance on Series A investments.Rappers Are Rapping About Being Verified (Or Not) On Twitter
Oct 11, 10:43PM
Here's a question: Are rappers rapping about being verified on Twitter? As it turns out, a number have, both in the positive (verified) and the negative (not verified). And, it also turns out, I am way, way behind.Brian Chesky Talks About Why Airbnb Didn't Acquire European Clone Wimdu, Global Growth And More
Oct 11, 10:30PM
Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky and Sequoia Capital partner, Airbnb board member, and former Zappos COO Alfred Lin joined us in the TechCrunch TV studio for a special three-part series on how Chesky and Lin work together on retaining culture, expanding internationally, and maintaining customer service.
Ask A VC: Redpoint's Ryan Sarver On Why He Joined Venture Capital And More
Oct 11, 9:30PM
In this week's Ask A VC, we hosted Redpoint Ventures' newest partner Ryan Sarver in the studio to talk about his jump to the VC world from Twitter and moreAussie App Omny Is Heading To The U.S. To Be An All-Purpose, Personalized Radio
Oct 11, 9:21PM
After delivering audio versions of blog articles to the busy masses through SoundGecko, Australian startup 121cast is back with a new service that creates personalized radio stations for users. It's called Omny, and after a soft launch in the land down under this week, the team is shooting to bring it to the States in the next few months.Here Is Apple's Mailer Asking Cupertino Residents To Support Its New Campus Ahead Of City Council Vote
Oct 11, 8:51PM
If you live in Cupertino, you might have received a little gift from Apple in the mail: a brochure asking for support for its new headquarters, which the company calls "Apple Campus 2." The circular building has become famous even before becoming real, due mostly to its striking design and massive size. The complex, when complete, will house around 13,000 of Apple's employees.GitHub For Windows Makes Layout Changes, Abstracts Time Zones To Simplify Updates
Oct 11, 8:37PM
GitHub for Windows has received some updates to make for what the company calls a "lighter and brighter" user experience for the popular version of the code collaboration platform. The changes to the layout are part of a number of other minor changes that GitHub has made.The Comical Irony That iOS 7 Users Are Suffering From Blue Screens Of Death
Oct 11, 8:28PM
So, Windows sometimes does this thing when your computer freaks the heck out, displays a blue screen, and then reboots or fails in some other way. Called the Blue Screen of Death, it's long been a cultural meme among nerds about the shortcomings of Windows. Blue Screens are more past than present, as they are, at least in my experience, more the provenance of Windows XP than Windows 7 or 8.Gillmor Gang Live 10-11-13 (TCTV)
Oct 11, 8:22PM
Gillmor Gang - Kevin Marks, Roberts Scoble, Keith Teare, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session for today has concluded. like the Gillmor Gang on Facebook at Facebook.com/gillmorgangYou're Not Just The Product, You're The Ads (And Your Friends Should Thank You)
Oct 11, 7:33PM
Word of mouth, sponsored. Trusted recommendations, promoted. Reviews from friends, endorsed. This is the new lexicon of advertising. As the world learns to ignore traditional advertising online, tech giants have found a way to grab people's attention: using your name, face, and words. Are we okay with that? Maybe we should be.This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: BlackBerry, FitBit Force, The New iMac, And Pokemon?
Oct 11, 7:00PM
Is BlackBerry co-founder really mulling over buying back the company he founded, now called BlackBerry instead of RIM, a company which has recently lost most of its design team and talent and... well, dignity? Is the new iMac the most amazingly awesome thing Apple has ever done in the history of Apple? What's the deal with that new FitBit Force smartwatch, fitness tracker thing? Do we care? And, in news that doesn't belong on TechCrunch, what's our excitement level on a scale of one to ten now that new Pokemon is coming out?Following Its Revamp, Yahoo Email Forwarding Bug Leaves Users' Inboxes Empty
Oct 11, 6:19PM
Yahoo Mail has been experiencing a major bug following its revamp earlier this week. According to a number of reports, the service has been automatically forwarding emails to users' "alternate," external email addresses -- a setting that was switched on without users' permission. Yahoo has replied to some help request via its Twitter account @YahooCare, but has not replied to help requests on its UserVoice forum, nor has its Customer Care site offered a solution to this problem.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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