Big Question (Answered): "Should Apple Build Its Own Social Network?"
3 months ago
In the wake of several companies admitting to uploading iPhone address book data without permission, Dan Frommer wonders if Apple should consider another go at social. While Ping wasn't the success Apple hoped, Frommer suggests Apple may still be smart to return to the drawing board and create full featured social network...
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The Rise and Fall of Megaupload [Infographic]
4 months ago
We're not even two weeks into the aftermath of the Megaupload shutdown, but the saga seems to unfold with a new angle or detail everyday. From Kim Dotcom's colorful personal life to questions about the fate of non-infringing data uploaded by former Megaupload users, this story is far from over. However, if the company's...
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Twitter Executive Says Site's Interface Needs An Overhaul
2 months ago
If you've ever sent a tweet and thought "That seems so 1998" you're in good - and perhaps surprising - company. Let's face it: Twitter doesn't let you hyperlink text, it doesn't thread conversations and, despite a redesign late last year, it still doesn't showcase video and photos as well as, say, that 845 million member...
Summify Users: We're here for you. You're Safe. | News.me
4 months ago
Summify Users: We're here for you. You're Safe. Yesterday, our friends at Summify announced that they have been acquired by Twitter, that they “will be disabling new account registrations immediately...
Big Question (Answered): Your Tablet Complaints
3 months ago
Many people adore their Kindle Fire or iPad tablets, myself among them. Even so, we still have a few gripes, and Q&A site, FixYa shared a study they had done that showed some of the most common complaints of the owners of Kindle Fires and iPads. We thought it might be just as interesting to ask you about your own experiences...
Read/Write Daily: Heavy Metal
13 days ago
Today's theme is heavy metal. There's not a geek on this earth who doesn't have a thing for extreme vehicles. Here's a Friday roundup of nice rides. If you're quick, you might even be able to buy one for yourself.
Infographic: What Tools Developers Actually Use
5 months ago
The folks at BestVendor.com interviewed 500 developers and compiled this profile of the tools that they actually use. A few stalwarts, such as Git, Eclipse, AWS, Dropbox, MySQL, ...
Infographic: What Tools Developers Actually Use
5 months ago
The folks at BestVendor.com interviewed 500 developers and compiled this profile of the tools that they actually use. A few stalwarts, such as Git, Eclipse, AWS, Dropbox, MySQL, ...
How I Screwed Yasser Arafat Out of $2 Million, the Comic Book | TechCrunch
2 months ago
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Skype Hits 40 Million Simultaneous Users! - Disruptive Telephony
1 month ago
Congrats to the folks at Skype for hitting over 40 million concurrent users! Today at 2pm US Eastern when I typed "/users" in any Skype chat on my Mac, I got this great message (Windows users should see the count...
Infographic: 7 Companies Who Made Major Pivots in Strategy
5 months ago
From the folks who brought you the Pivot Conference and Hasai Marketing comes an infographic that tells the story of 7 companies that, you guessed it, made significant pivots in strategy to successful ends. Included are gaming companies, social networking sites and group buying pioneers. From instagram's departure from...
TechCrunch Gadgets Finale: Hands On With The Terrifying Parrot AR Drone 2 | TechCrunch
4 months ago
Biggs is the editor of TechCrunch Gadgets. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+...
AeroFS (S10) is hiring smart engineers | Hacker News
5 months ago
You've heard about us on Hacker News, and you've seen us on TechCrunch (http://ae.ro/oo9oUV).Located in the heart of downtown Palo Alto, AeroFS is backed by some of the world's best investors (Andreessen-Horowitz, Jerry Yang, Paul Buchheit, SVAngel and others). We are solving fundamentally fun and hard problems in the system...
The BLN | Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. 16th January 2012. Attendee List.
4 months ago
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The proper way of reading blogs
3 months ago
Reading blogs is something I believe every developer should do often. Not only is it a good way to broaden ones horizon and get up to date with all the great things happening round the world, you can also get in touch with the author and have a discussion about the subject in the comments.
Who Wrote OpenStack Essex? A Deep Dive Into Contributions
1 month ago
It's always interesting to see who really contributes to open source projects. That's doubly true when it comes to projects that are corporate-driven, because they provide a lot ...
Monads and Curry - We're hiring Haskell hackers (YC S11) | Hacker News
4 months ago
We’re a small team of passionate developers, designers, and product folks who are rethinking the way people buy and sell things locally. We're well-funded (YC S11), our users love what we're building, and we do too.We're looking for a hardcore generalist with Haskell chops. Ideally you...