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Foxconn posts $218 million full-year net loss

Mar 31, 12:15PM

It seems that making stuff for other companies isn't as profitable as it once was. Foxconn, which builds gadgets ranging from motherboards to iPhones, has posted a $218 million full-year net loss,...

What are you doing for 'World Backup Day'?

Mar 31, 12:08PM

It's World Backup Day 2011. Do you know where your backups are?

Microsoft to file antitrust complaint vs. Google in EU

Mar 31, 12:02PM

Microsoft will file a complaint with the European Commission alleging anticompetitive behavior in Europe's search market.

Nintendo 3DS: Record-breaking sales or marketing fail?

Mar 31, 11:54AM

The 3DS is Nintendo's latest magical feat of gaming, but has shoddy marketing harmed sales or has it actually helped them?

Windows 8 M3 build contains new wallpaper, twin UI bits, and more

Mar 31, 11:51AM

Windows 8 information keeps trickling out slowly. Here to add to the mix is a new wallpaper and some additional information.

HP assigns Colorado data center to green-tech testing duties

Mar 31, 11:40AM

Let's be real. It is sort of difficult to test the side-by-side claims of one green data center practice or technology against another. So, Hewlett-Packard is trying to make it a bit easier for...

Time to celebrate World Backup Day 2011

Mar 31, 11:30AM

Today is April Fools Day eve, so to speak, but among techies, it's become known as World Backup Day. If you don't want to look like a fool when your computer crashes, keep reading.

Samsung 'keylogger' is a GFI VIPRE antivirus false-positive

Mar 31, 10:18AM

I've confirmed that the 'keylogger' that Samsung was accused of shipping with certain notebooks yesterday by NetworkWorld is, in fact, a false-positive result by GFI VIPRE antivirus software.

DataStax Brisk: Marrying big data tools Hadroop and Apache Cassandra

Mar 31, 10:07AM

What happens when a company marries big data and analytics? DataStax Brisk.

Five battery life savers for HTC Thunderbolt (and other Androids)

Mar 31, 9:30AM

The HTC ThunderBolt may be breaking land speed records with its 4G LTE connection, but all that speed seriously drains the battery. Here are practical tips for squeezing out more battery life.

Apple's iPad and tablet parade will boost IT spending, says Gartner

Mar 31, 8:00AM

Sales of media tablets such as Apple's iPad, Samsung's Galaxy Tab and an army of other competitors from RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard will give global IT spending a boost, says Gartner.

ePals ups its game with Learning Pages partnerships

Mar 31, 5:56AM

Does ePals represent an even better value, despite an actual per-student cost, than free collaboration services from the likes of Google? It's getting harder to dismiss its "Premium Services."

85% of women are annoyed by their Facebook friends

Mar 30, 11:01PM

There's a fine line between friend and frenemy on Facebook, according to a new survey with 400 female respondents.

Windows Phone 7 'NoDo' still a no-show on AT&T

Mar 30, 9:47PM

Microsoft has updated the Windows Phone 7 update page. Things are starting to move now, but WP7 handset owners on the AT&T network still have to wait.

How Amazon has outsmarted the music industry (and Apple)

Mar 30, 9:21PM

Amazon just brought back the best of the late, lamented Lala service that Apple killed. Yes, the recording companies are whining already. I have no doubt that legal teams from all of the major...

OMG! How to prevent confusing medical-ese from giving you a "brain attack"

Mar 30, 9:05PM

What's the craziest medical term you've ever heard?

Project 'Highlander': A hybrid creation for BlackBerry OS 7

Mar 30, 8:44PM

Details have emerged of the new BlackBerry OS 7, due out by the end of this year, which will be a BlackBerry OS 6.1 and QNX 'hybrid'.

BlackBerry Messenger not porting to iOS; At least... not yet

Mar 30, 8:19PM

Research in Motion is not bringing BlackBerry Messenger to iOS devices, discounting reports heard on the web. But they're not ruling it out completely.

Google's +1: A Facebook "Like" copycat that falls short on search enhancement

Mar 30, 8:09PM

Google today announced its version of the Facebook "Like" button, a search results tool called "+1." ÃÂ And as much as it appears to be a copycat of something that's already popular, Google's...

Google picks Kansas City for high-speed fiber network

Mar 30, 8:01PM

Google brings high-speed fiber Internet infrastructure to Kansas City. Next stop: the rest of America.

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DST Sets Up New Fund, Joins Huge Rounds For Spotify And China's 360buy: Reports

Mar 30, 12:15PM

According to Russian business newspaper Vedomosti (via Quintura), star investor Digital Sky Technologies has set up a new fund dubbed DST Global - 2. The fund has already made investments in Groupon (January 2011) and is close to investing $50 million in exchange for 5 percent of online music startup Spotify as part of a $100 million round, according to the paper. You may remember we broke the news that DST was indeed about to lead a huge financing round for Spotify back in February. In other news, DST has also joined a group of investors who've put hundreds of millions of dollars into 360buy.com, a Chinese online retailing powerhouse often dubbed China's Amazon.

EverFi Acquires Online Course For Substance Abuse Prevention Outside The Classroom

Mar 30, 12:00PM

Washington D.C.-based startup EverFi has acquired Outside The Classroom, the provider of the largest online alcohol prevention course AlcoholEdu. Founded in 2000, Outside The Classroom's online curriculum focuses on alcohol prevention in America's youth. Its online products, AlcoholEdu for College and AlcoholEdu for High School, are used in hundreds of high schools and over five-hundred college campuses. More than 3 million students to date have taken AlcoholEdu.

Salesforce Buys Social Media Monitoring Company Radian6 For $326 Million

Mar 30, 11:08AM

Cloud computing giant Salesforce.com has acquired social media monitoring company Radian6 for approximately $276 million in cash and $50 million in stock, net of cash. In addition, approximately $10 million in stock and $4 million in cash will be issued to Radian6's founders (subject to vesting conditions over two years). Radian6 helps clients like Dell, GE, Kodak and UPS monitor, analyze and engage in 'hundreds of millions' of social media conversations. Salesforce argues that the acquisition of the company will enable it to enhance all of its products, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Chatter and Force.com.

Skype In The Classroom: An International Social Network For Teachers

Mar 30, 10:20AM

Skype realizes full well its software is used by many school teachers and students from around the globe, and today announced that it has built a dedicated social network to help them connect, collaborate and exchange knowledge and teaching resources over the Web. This morning, the company launched a free international community site dubbed Skype in the Classroom, an online platform designed to help teachers find each other and relevant projects according to search criteria such as the age groups they teach, location and subjects of interest.

The Cloud Will Be Your Hard Drive, Despite The Record Labels' Greed

Mar 30, 7:55AM

Amazon's move into the cloud music storage and streaming game is nothing if not controversial. I love it. They've seemingly looked at what companies like Apple and Google have been dealing with for months, if not years, and just said "screw it, let's just do it." Ballsy. Brilliant. Wonderful. Of course, the service itself seems kind of "meh". But I'm more than happy to take "meh" over nothing at all — which is exactly what the other big players have given us. It has been all empty promises (Google) and endless whispers (Apple). Amazon actually did it. And they deserve credit.

Fly Or Die: How Will Color Solve The Loneliness Problem? (Plus, Amazon Cloud)

Mar 30, 5:34AM

In this week's episode of Fly or Die, we cover two big launches—Amazon Cloud Drive and Color—and a Quirky DIY pocketKnife called the Switch. Just yesterday, Amazon launched its Cloud Drive, which is a general storage service in the cloud which is being pushed as a media locker, starting with music Color is the $41 million photo app nobody can figure out. Is it the future or is it a dud on arrival? CEO Bill Nguyen joins us as our special guest and explains how his team is going to "solve the loneliness problem." (Video after the jump).

Want To Bet On The Cricket Match, But Avoid Losing Money? Check Out KheloCricket

Mar 30, 5:30AM

This one's for you, cricket fans. For those not familiar with "the gentleman's game", we are currently in the grips of the ICC World Cup -- or The World Cup of Cricket, if you prefer. "Who cares?" or "what's a cricket?" you may be asking. Well, considering there are only five proclaimed cricket pitches in the U.S., you may have a fair point. But for countries (and cricket powerhouses) like India, Pakistan, Australia, and South Africa (to name a few), cricket is serious business. In fact, The Economic Times is reporting that the international gambling industry collectively has more than $1.5 billion riding on tonight's match between India and Pakistan in the World Cup semifinals. Considering the combustible relationship between the new nations, the rivalry is a fierce one, and the matches tend to take on a significance greater than game itself. This is the first time the two teams have met since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be accepting the personal invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a miraculous show of "cricket diplomacy".

With Square In Its Sights, Intuit Readies A Tablet App For GoPayment

Mar 30, 3:37AM

Mobile payments are finally taking off right now. But it is not mobile wallets for consumers with NFC-chipped mobile phones leading the way. It is payment apps for small merchants like those made by Square and Intuit's GoPayment. Tonight at an Intuit showcase in New York City, I got a sneak peak at several new Intuit products still in development, including an upcoming GoPayment tablet app that aims to replace the cash register for small businesses, Intuit 401k, and an iPad Check-in app for doctor's offices. The GoPayment app will work on both the iPad and Android tablets In addition to taking credit card payments with a swiper that plugs into the headphone jack, it also lets merchants set up a cash register with their own products and prices. They can even take pictures of the products with their iPad 2 and the picture is placed on a virtual button to make it easy for any employee to ring up the items. It will also have the ability to take pictures of checks and deposit them from the image.

Android Market's In-App Billing Now Live

Mar 30, 12:46AM

One of the biggest gripes Android developers have about the ecosystem has been Android Market — it was slow to add support for paid apps internationally, and it's taken ages for it to support in-app payments. Today, it's finally fixing the latter issue: Android Market now supports in-app billing. The news doesn't come as a big surprise, as Google pre-announced the feature's impending launch last week so that developers could prepare for it. But it's still a big deal. In-app purchases have proven to be very lucrative for developers on Apple's iOS (which launched in-app payments back in 2009).

The Second Cluster Of Startups Ascend From AngelPad

Mar 30, 12:44AM

Last August, we broke the news that a new startup incubator was about to launch that was run by seven ex-Googlers, AngelPad. By November, the initial class of eight startups were ready to launch. Today, barely four months later, class number two is ready to be unveiled. And this time there are thirteen of them. At this rate, to quote the best line in Jaws, they're "gonna need a bigger boat". The fact that the class was whittled down to even thirteen is impressive, as the AngelPad team had several hundred applications to go through this time, co-founder Thomas Korte tells us. And while many in the initial class also featured fellow ex-Googlers, this group is more diversified (though the Google blood still runs deep with a number of them).

Google's Value To US Users And Advertisers Is Over $119B Per Year, According To Google

Mar 30, 12:28AM

Google's chief economist Hal Varian took the stage today to break down the value of Google to users. He spoke about two elements of value: The value of Google to users and the value of Google to advertisers. In order to estimate the value of Google to advertisers, Varian used a model to estimate the value vx - c(x) (where v = value per click, x = number of clicks and c(x) = cost of clicks) and then did some "back-of-the-napkin" math. The bottom line? Google's value to publishers and advertisers is $54 billion. In order to calculate the value of Google to users, Varian cited a the "A Day Without A Search Engine" study, which plotted students searching for the answers to questions in a library, as opposed to those that used Google to get their information. Students who searched in the library ended up averaging 22 minutes where students using Google took an average of 7 minutes, saving 15 minutes.

Ev Williams States The Obvious: He's No Longer Fully Committed To Twitter; Thinking About What's Next

Mar 30, 12:20AM

As we confirmed yesterday, Evan WIlliams is taking a step back from his day to day duties at Twitter. Williams just published a post, titled 'An Obvious Next Step' on his personal blog explaining the reasoning behind his decision. >From his post: The reason I left Blogger/Google when I did is that I felt it had reached a place where it was on solid ground and in capable hands (at the time, Jason Goldman's as product manager). Though still an independent company, I realized Twitter may be at a similar point today. So, as was reported in various places yesterday, I've decided to scale back my role at the company. (I'm still involved, but it's no longer my full-time job.)

The 6 Verbs For The Next 20 Years Of The Connected World

Mar 29, 11:49PM

Today at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly gave the first keynote of the day. His topic? The six trends he believes are most important for the connected world we live in going forward. Specifically, he broke these down into six verbs. "In general these are the long term trends as we look forward over the next twenty years," Kelly says. So what are they?

Google Brings Back The ChatBot: Google Talk Guru

Mar 29, 11:26PM

Remember back in the early days on instant messaging when people figured out that they could set up chatbots that users would interact with? Yeah, they were fun for like 20 minutes. But don't tell Google that — they're bringing one back today! Google Talk Guru is an "experimental" Google Labs service that allows you to chat with a bot to get information you're looking for. What kind of information? Sports results, weather, definitions, translations, etc.

Gmail To Roll Out Ads That Learn From Your Inbox

Mar 29, 10:40PM

Gmail is in the process of rolling out a new ad system that could prove to be quite powerful: ads that learn what you're interested in based on your email habits. The feature first showed up in my Gmail account earlier this afternoon (there's a prompt informing users about the new ads), and a Google spokesperson has confirmed that they are indeed in the process of rolling this out worldwide. Here's the full information page describing the feature, found by clicking the 'Learn More' button. Google says that while this notification will be rolling out to users gradually over the coming days, the personalized ads won't actually go live for around a month. In the mean time, users can opt-out of the new system through Gmail's settings panel (the default is that you're opted-in).

City Tax Battle Isn't About a Two-Year Break. It's About Repealing the Payroll Tax Completely

Mar 29, 10:30PM

Not only is the San Francisco Chronicle lacking the professional courtesy to link to TechCrunch for first reporting the tech industry's fears about San Francisco taxing stock options-- the paper is also missing the broader point in the escalating debate. This isn't about Zynga and Twitter negotiating a special deal, nor is it about a two-year deferral of payroll tax. Sure, that could keep a few companies and thousands of jobs in the city. But what would really cripple the city's future economic growth is if every other startup reading this news, grimaces at the idea of haggling with unsympathetic elected officials who don't seem to want their jobs, and decide instead to follow Mark Zuckerberg's lead and open their company in Palo Alto or another Bay Area city from day one.

Demonstrators Protest Tax Exemptions Outside Of Twitter HQ

Mar 29, 10:10PM

Protesters holding hash-tagged decorated signs like "Shame On Twitter" and "Respect Our Communities" gathered outside of Twitter headquarters this morning at 10am to protest what they see as an unfair tax cut and requests for other concessions made by Twitter to the city of San Francisco. The protests have since dissipated. The demonstrations were called by an organization called the South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN) that aims to represent poor and underserved communities. SOMCAN also asked protestors to tweet "SHAME on YOU!" for being "socially irresponsible" at Twitter in addition to picketing in real life. Even though about 50 people showed up in person, thus far no tweets have been sent.

How Aol Spends Its Money: Episode 40,000 – The Great Scratch Card Hoax

Mar 29, 10:10PM

One of the great things about working for Aol is the company's dedication to making its ~~5,860~~ ~~5000~~ remaining employees happy and motivated. Only this morning, for example, a package arrived at TCHQ packed full of materials promoting Aol's "4th Canvas Collection Unveiling" -- an initiative where upcoming artists are commission to produce art to promote the Aol "brand". Sounds awesome, right? Right. But it gets better: also included in the package were scratch cards, allowing we loyal Aol foot-soldiers the chance to (quote) "WIN A LIMITED EDITION SIGNED ARTIST PRINT FROM THE NEW COLLECTION!" Surely even a cynic like me could get on board with that, right? RIGHT! I grabbed my Aol hat, raced to a browser window and... well... video below...

Giveaway: Element Case Joule Chroma iPad 2 Stand

Mar 29, 10:01PM

We've always been impressed with Element Case; the build quality on their products is always outstanding. Sure, they're expensive, but you've heard the phrase, "You get what you pay for." Element Case hasn't abandoned this notion, even for their new $150 iPad stand. Want to try one for yourself? Well, we are giving one away. Details after the break.

Sundrop Mobile Raises $900K, Offers Mobile Loyalty Solution To Daily Deal Merchants

Mar 29, 9:58PM

In a recent post about Groupon's multi-billion dollar valuation and revenue estimates, colleague Erick Schonfeld talked about how creating repeat, loyal customers (and not just deal-happy coupon clippers) is essential to the daily deal site's long-term valuation -- and success. When Groupon offers 50 to 70 percent off a meal at a local pizza place, for example, the restaurant (and Groupon's site) tend to get flooded with eager pizza lovers, but that traffic really just translates to lead-generation and marketing marketing for the business. Which is great, yes, but Groupon hasn't yet figured out the key piece to the puzzle: creating a reliable way to measure how many of those customers end up returning to the pizzeria to pay full-price and offering the local business ways to keep 'em coming back. Florida-based mobile loyalty solution Sundrop Mobile is hoping to address this very problem. Sundrop's mobile service enables daily deal merchants like Groupon to capture data about their deal-redeeming customers and provides them with a way to create repeat, loyal customers.

CrunchBoard Jobs: Work At TechCrunch

Mar 29, 9:24PM

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Founders Of MP3.com, mSpot On Amazon's Music Locker: All Eyes On The Labels

Mar 29, 8:08PM

I penned a blog post earlier today covering the potential impact that Amazon's new digital music locker will have on startups that have been letting people upload their music to the cloud for years (but charge more for it than Amazon does unless they need to store literally tens of thousands of songs). I got a response from the founders and head honchos of two of those startups in the line of fire, MP3Tunes CEO Michael Robertson, who already has a long and fascinating career (and legal history) in the world of digital music behind him, and Daren Tsui, CEO and co-founder of mSpot.

Meg Whitman Hooks Part-Time Gig With Kleiner Perkins Post-Campaign

Mar 29, 7:26PM

After working at Disney, Proctor and Gamble, being CEO of eBay, running for Governor of California and losing, Fortune is reporting that Meg Whitman will now be joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a part-time strategic advisor. Whitman joins other politicos Al Gore and Colin Powell in the role, where she will "scope investments and coach startups" at what is prehaps Silicon Valley's most famous Venture Capital firm. Kleiner recently invested in Twitter, Spotify and Groupon, to throw out a few winners.

SoundTracking Is A Hit! Reaches 100K Downloads In Two Weeks

Mar 29, 6:54PM

If you haven't noticed by the amount of follower notifications you're suddenly receiving, music snippet sharing app SoundTracking has a had an impressive 14 full days since its SXSW launch, clocking in 100K downloads from the iTunes store on March 26th. While we've seen this level of app store growth with photo-sharing app Instagram (which hit similar numbers in a week), I'm going to drag out the Foursquare growth reference point (it took Foursquare seven months to get to 60K users) again to emphasize how impressive this is, especially for a music sharing service.

PapayaMobile Integrates Android In-App Billing

Mar 29, 6:52PM

As we heard last week, Google is finally rolling out its much awaited in-app payment and billing system. Papaya Mobile, the developer of a plug and play technology that incorporates social gaming elements into iOS and Android games, is announcing that it is integrating Android's in-app billing on its social gaming network. The company says that the new billing platform will enable 10 million Papaya users to engage in microtransactions. PapayaMobile will also integrate Android's In-App billing into its Social SDK and Game Engine products.

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