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DJIA Week in Review: Why Investors Pushed the Index Toward 13,000
9 hours ago

Windows. From reviewing traffic across its network from August 2011 to February 2012, Chitika found that Windows market share as a web browser fell nearly 10 percent. The study did have a large sample size, but was limited in the fact that it only...
So I took this Wired Magazine reporter to a hackathon and we built this app ....
22 hours ago

“You can see the idea, see the product, and watch how quickly a team develops at the height of stress. It’s a one-stop shop.” At AngelHack, the winner receives $15,000 in seed capital and a spot in a startup accelerator. At TechCrunch’s Disrupt...
10 Reasons Pinterest Booked 10 Million Visitors a Month So Fast
1 day ago

It’s Easy: Pinterest’s bookmarklet makes quick work of responding to things you see online, which turns passive viewing into active curation.* It’s simultaneously a way to share and a way to remember what you’ve seen and liked. It’s About Discovery,...
10 Reasons Pinterest Booked 10 Million Visitors a Month So Fast
1 day ago

Pinterest, the??almost two-year-old social scrapbooking site, is on a tear.??TechCrunch reported on Tuesday that Pintrest reached 11.7 million monthly active users. Whether they are indeed the fastest independent site to reach 10 million monthly uniques...
Samsung is wrong about TV
1 day ago

"TVs are ultimately about picture quality." Okay. That marks Samsung as one of the pigs in an Angry Birds game. Like Kodak and Blackberry in years-gone-by. I was watching the Knicks game on Time-Warner cable last night, and remembered why TV sucks, and...
Microsoft Officially Unveils New Windows Logo
1 day ago

Washington-based computing giant Microsoft has confirmed that they will be doing away with their iconic, more than two decade old multicolor flag-style logo and replacing it with a simplified, one-color image that will launch alongside its upcoming...
Daily Crunch: Rectangle
1 day ago

Bryce Durbin is a designer for TechCrunch Gadgets. Bryce is an illustrator and designer for print and web. He grew up in Columbus, OH and now lives in Elkader, Iowa with his wife Shannon and their son Link. His portfolio is at brycedurbin.com.
New Facebook Policy on Made-Up Names Lets Gaga be Gaga
2 days ago

Twitter, which has been a popular hangout for celebrities seeking a direct connection with fans, has long had a "verified accounts" program that bestows a special checkmark on the pages of prominent and authenticated users. The new Facebook program,...
Traders on the Fence With These 2 Stocks After Earnings
2 days ago

(NYSE:T) Senior Vice President John Donovan says that the company’s wireless data traffic has grown 20,000 percent over the last five years according to TechCrunch. Donovan says wireless data consumption has doubled each year since 2007. The company...
RVIP Lounge & Karaoke Cabaret Becomes Full-Time Endeavor
2 days ago

So, they “tricked out an RV with a karaoke rig and cases of top-shelf liquor and parked outside other people’s parties” and became a huge success. TechCrunch is reporting that Kerstin and Jonathan have now quit their day jobs and are making the RVIP...
Confessions of a Money Manager: Is Facebook the next Google or the next Vonage?
2 days ago

If we knew the answer to that, we'd be clairvoyant. What we can say is that Facebook looks to have the pedigree of a strong fundamental performer. According to Erick Schonfeld, co-editor of the blog TechCrunch and a frequent contributor to Seeking...
Proview Threatens Apple With $2 Billion Suit Over iPad Trademark
2 days ago

Hejun Vanguard is a consulting firm working with creditors to restructure Proview, which has been forced to file for bankruptcy." "Responding to allegations that Proview is trying to strong-arm Apple just to get out of its financial quagmire, Proview...
Facebook Invites Famous Users To Upload Their Social Security Cards
2 days ago

Elliott's Facebook account is about to get official When Forbes fashionista Hannah Elliott signed into Facebook this week, a “digital bouncer” asked if it could see her id. Facebook is in the process of verifying the accounts of “prominent public...
Facebook Invites Famous Users To Upload Their Social Security Cards
2 days ago

Elliott's Facebook account is about to get official When Forbes fashionista Hannah Elliott signed into Facebook this week, a “digital bouncer” asked if it could see her id. Facebook is in the process of verifying the accounts of “prominent public...
Ff Venture Capital Quietly Raised a $27 M. Fund Last November and Has Already Invested in 23 Startups
2 days ago

Venture Capital has been giving new meaning to word stealth mode. Tucked into an interview on TechCrunch yesterday was the news, reported for the first time, that the New York City-based seed investment firm had raised a $27 million fund last November. ...
THE APPLE INVESTOR: Apple's Smartphone Market Share In China Slips (AAPL)
2 days ago

In the long term, Devitt believes Amazon comes out stronger. In the short term, he's expecting pain. Apple's Smartphone Market Share In China Slips In The Fourth Quarter (TechCrunch) As Apple claimed the top spot as the world’s biggest smartphone...
Facebook Verify Accounts & Pseudonyms Feature Rolled Out
2 days ago

According to a TechCrunch report, the site already started notifying public figures with a substantial amount of subscribers from Thursday, asking them to verify their accounts by submitting a government issued proof of identity. Once verified, they...
Facebook To Allow Pseudonym Profile Pages, If You Are Famous Enough
2 days ago

The social powerhouse plans to manually approve alternative names to assure they are real stage names, pen names, or otherwise established monikers for applicants, reports Josh Constine for TechCrunch. Unlike Twitter or Google+’s verification programs,...
As Social Bookmarking Reignites, Venture-Backed Clipboard Acquires Clipmarks & Amplify
2 days ago

Meanwhile Clipmarks, an older service, did much of the same, but focused more on publishing clips to your blog, emailing items to friends or even printing them out. It also once included a Digg-like feature that allowed the most popular bookmarks to...
Will Apple win the iPad trademark battle? New evidence obtained
2 days ago

The battle between the two companies has swept China. It was reported Tuesday that Chinese officials seized 45 iPads for copyright infringement in response to complaints by Proview. Apple pulled the iPad off Amazon China's site, TechCrunch reported...

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