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Whaling Is The New Harlem Shake
Mar 29, 4:09PM
Have you whaled yet today? It's the new thing. Whale at the club. Whale at school. Whale in your cubical. Just don't whale at a funeral. That would be doing it wrong. As the Vines below show, the premise is to act like a whale breaching the water behind an unsuspecting observer. Bonus Internet points are awarded for twisting in the air. Read More
Pre-IPO Imperative: Know Your Customer
Mar 29, 3:00PM
The IPO window is currently wide open. Riding the wave of strong IPO performance over the past few years (the classes of '12 and '13 IPOs have on average returned 234 percent and 78 percent, respectively, according to Deutsche Bank data), a growing number of high-growth, venture-backed companies are filing for IPOs. In fact, five venture-backed IPOs have been completed already this year, and… Read More
The 11 Memes That Define Oculus Riftbook (NSFW)
Mar 29, 2:17PM
Now that the dust has settled, it’s time to have a little fun. Virtual reality itself used to be a punchline. Now, Facebook and its latest purchase of Oculus Rift is the joke. But can Facebook raise and nurture Oculus Rift into the virtual reality device of the future? As the following memes show, not everyone trusts Zuckerberg and team to raise and nurture Oculus VR into the chosen one.… Read More
Google Cracks Down On Deceptive Ads And Other Shady Behaviors Found In Android Apps
Mar 29, 1:55PM
Android apps are about to get cleaned up. That is, if the recently added changes to the Google Play Developer Program Policy are actually enforced. Google this week updated its policy that dictates to app developers what sort of content their apps are permitted to display, with a number of rules designed to crack down on shady and deceptive ads. Read More
The Internet Is Held Together With Bubble Gum And Baling Wire
Mar 29, 1:00PM
Did you know that, to quote an angry hacker: The Internet from every angle has always been a house of cards held together with defective duct tape. It's a miracle that anything works at all. Those who understand a lot of the technology involved generally hate it, but at the same time are astounded that for end users, things seem to usually work rather well. Today I want to talk about all of… Read More
Facebook Bought Oculus VR To Create The Metaverse, Or Why Angry Kickstarter Backers Need To Chill
Mar 29, 4:00AM
There are many people out there who take a pessimistic view of Facebook. To them, Mark Zuckerberg is a huckster, out to sell us the snake oils of distraction and dopamine in exchange for our eyeballs and personal data. I take the more optimistic view. Read More
After Supporting Prop 8, New CEO Brendan Eich Comes Under Fire From Mozilla Employees
Mar 29, 1:55AM
Mozilla employees across the web are calling for the removal of new CEO Brendan Eich, who previously held the position of CTO and has been with the company since its formation out of Netscape in the 90′s. In 2008, Eich donated $1,000 to support Prop 8, which was a California ballot proposition that aimed to ban gay marriage in California. In 2012, the public listing for the donation was… Read More
Today In Dystopian War Robots That Will Harvest Us For Our Organs…
Mar 28, 10:01PM
Oh, hey, there TIDWRTWHUFOO fans. Thinking about going for a little dip this summer? How about you go for a swim with a one-ton crab that will smash you under its massive legs? Sounds fun? Definitely! Read More
Meet Astro Teller, Head Of Moonshots At Google's Project X Lab
Mar 28, 9:45PM
Astro Teller has your dream job, currently serving as the Captain of Moonshots at the Google[x] lab. There, he dreams and creates things like Google Glass, smart contact lenses, balloons that bring the Internet to the most remote regions, and many other seemingly impossible projects he and his team hope will one day become reality. Read More
Keen On… Scale: How To Spread Excellence From The Few To The Many
Mar 28, 9:39PM
Bob Sutton is one of Silicon Valley's most influential business gurus. Read More
Tesla Strikes Deal To Keep Dealerships In New York
Mar 28, 9:29PM
Tesla can keep its dealerships in the state of New York. An agreement was made between the auto maker and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that will allow Tesla to keep its five direct-to-consumer retail stores as long as it doesn’t open any more. Tesla took the deal and ran to the bank. As the WSJ reports, any new dealerships Tesla wishes to open would have to abide by a “strengthened… Read More
TechCrunch Is Looking For An Executive Assistant
Mar 28, 9:11PM
Working at TechCrunch the past three years has been a privilege for me, but it’s time for me to move on. And this is an opportunity for you to move in. Really, being the Executive Assistant to Matthew Panzarino and Alexia Tsotsis is a dream job. You get to work alongside great co-workers and for a company that’s truly passionate about startups. We all work very hard here at… Read More
The Shifting IPO Market
Mar 28, 9:06PM
Once the Facebook hangover had lifted, Marketo and Tableau had big openings, and Twitter smashed the world on its opening day, the door for IPOs appeared to be wide open. King Digital and Aerohive both pulled the trigger, and Box is on deck. The market reaction to Aerohive and King has been flat to negative. Even more, Aerohive mentioned that it saw a "deterioration" in the market during its… Read More
Gillmor Gang Live 03.28.14
Mar 28, 8:10PM
Gillmor Gang - Danny Sullivan, Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session today has concluded. Read More
Zuck Nerds Out On Drones Vs. Satellites For Delivering Internet
Mar 28, 7:26PM
Free Space Optic lasers? Low earth orbit satellites? Solar-powered drones? Mark Zuckerberg has just penned a deep dive on how Facebook's newly revealed methods for delivering Internet to the developing world actually work. Here's are the highlights from his 3000 word progress report on Internet.org, including digs at Google's Project Loon, and how it all fits into Facebook's long-term plan. Read More
BeHere Lets Teachers Take Attendance Using iBeacon Technology
Mar 28, 7:11PM
While Apple’s iBeacon technology is already being adopted by both large and small retailers, we’ve started to see other use cases pop up for this new indoor positioning technology, which involves Bluetooth LE-enabled transmitters that can communicate with nearby iOS 7 devices in order to push alerts, or even interact with other devices in your home. Now a small team of developers… Read More
Confirmed: Dropbox Aqcui-Hires Social Reading App Readmill
Mar 28, 7:04PM
As TechCrunch’s Steve O’Hear predicted yesterday, Readmill just confirmed that Dropbox acquired the company and that the service will shut down. It is a pure acqui-hire as the team will join Dropbox’s team and work on its core service. “As of today, it is no longer possible to create a new account, and on July 1, 2014, the Readmill app will no longer be available,”… Read More
This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Facebook Oculus, HTC One, And Microsoft's Glass Clone
Mar 28, 7:00PM
Are you ready for the future? Facebook certainly is, considering the social giant just bought Oculus VR, which makes virtual reality gaming headsets, for a cool $2 billion. And Microsoft is joining in on the fun, with reports indicating that the company has purchased wearable computing technology similar to Google's Glass. Read More
Microsoft Will Stop Inspecting Customer Content, Will Instead Refer Cases To Law Enforcement
Mar 28, 6:37PM
Microsoft has released a blog post from General Counsel and EVP – Legal & Corporate Affairs Brad Smith detailing changes to its practices stemming from a recent report detailing how it read a blogger’s email without their permission to track down a source code leak. Microsoft will not be doing that ever again, the post says, and instead they’ll refer any and all potential… Read More
SRCH2 Brings Its Fast, Google-Like Search Technology To Android Developers And Consumers
Mar 28, 6:27PM
SRCH2, an enterprise software company founded by ex-Googlers and Stanford PhD's and focused on building faster, more efficient search technology, is expanding its reach to mobile consumers and mobile developers. The company is now launching a new Java SDK for Android app developers, which will allow third-parties to integrate the SRCH2 technology into their own applications. In addition, a… Read More
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