Daily Archives: May 25, 2011

Congratulations to GetAround, the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt 2011. It allows users to rent cars from each other.

May 25, 2011

Kill Facebook’s new photo viewer, create lists of people who can’t see your photos, add desktop notifications, and much more. Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/4xqWNjTGgs0/congratulations-to-getaround-the-winner-of-techcrunch-disrupt-2011-it-allows-users-to-rent-cars-from-each-other-2011-5

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And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt NYC Is…Getaround!

May 25, 2011
And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt NYC Is…Getaround!

Three days and 32 startup pitches later, the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt has been determined. Out of the 30 startups and two audience choice winners, we whittled the list down to six finalists, which include Billguard, ccLoop, Do@, Getaround, InvoiceASAP, and Sonar. Without further ado, the two runners-up are Billguard and Sonar (that’s the...

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The Secret to The Heist’s Success

May 25, 2011
The Secret to The Heist’s Success

MacHeist and developer tap tap tap Tuesday released The Heist, an iPhone (a aapl) puzzle app that provides a real-world reward upon completion. The $0.99 app is a huge success so far, topping the U.S. paid charts just 20 hours after its release. So how did the app come about, and why is it...

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Big Microsoft Investor David Einhorn Says Ballmer Must Go (MSFT)

May 25, 2011
Big Microsoft Investor David Einhorn Says Ballmer Must Go (MSFT)

Image: AP See Also: The Ballmer Days Are Over BILL GATES: He Got The Big Stuff Right And Never Let Go Silicon Valley Guru Steve Blank Welcomes The New Bubble And Says Microsoft Is Doomed Hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital believes Microsoft is a strong buy — but he thinks the...

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Amen: Plazes Founder And First Twitter Engineer Team Up For Mysterious Startup

May 25, 2011
Amen: Plazes Founder And First Twitter Engineer Team Up For Mysterious Startup

Looking for a startup with a healthy dollop of hubris, a sense of humor, and a shroud of secrecy? Meet Amen, a company that claims to be offering “the best job in the world”. At this point we don’t know much about the startup aside from a few things: it has a very solid...

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Internet Explorer 9 now supports 93 languages

May 25, 2011
Internet Explorer 9 now supports 93 languages

Internet Explorer today added support for 53 new languages, bringing the total number of languages that it supports to 93. By comparison, Safari 5 supports a mere 5. But there are other browsers that are also quite multilingual, including Firefox 4 which supports 86 languages. According to Microsoft, this is the lay of the land in terms...

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Nokia plans rapid fire WP7 hardware release cycle

May 25, 2011

Nokia is beginning to release details of its plans for its forthcoming line of Windows Phone 7 handsets. Nokia’s leader of its transition to Microsoft’s new smart phone OS, Jo Harlow, spoke to Forbes and PCMag and in the process let loose several new facts that help to sketch an outline of Nokia’s future mobile...

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Whoops: NFC Partner Spoils Google’s Surprise Tomorrow. ViVOtech One Partner. Citibank Too?

May 25, 2011
Whoops: NFC Partner Spoils Google’s Surprise Tomorrow. ViVOtech One Partner. Citibank Too?

Google is holding an event tomorrow in New York City. While everyone seems to be aware that it’s a partner event to announce the NFC strategy for their Android phones, Google has refused to confirm it. Well, they don’t have to. One of their partners just did. We just got an email from the...

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Can This Bomb-Defusing Robot Take Care of Grandma, Too?

May 25, 2011
Can This Bomb-Defusing Robot Take Care of Grandma, Too?

Be it defusing car bombs or programming old people’s VCR’s (so those displays finally stops blinking 12:00), the grabby little Taurus has the makings of a real renaissance robot. Developed by the non-profit research and development organization SRI International at the behest of government agencies looking for a more surgical approach to eradicating vehicle bombs,...

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Getaround Signed Up 1,600 Cars In A Day; That’s 20 Percent Of Zipcar’s Fleet

May 25, 2011
Getaround Signed Up 1,600 Cars In A Day; That’s 20 Percent Of Zipcar’s Fleet

TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist Getaround is already disrupting the current car sharing industry, only a day after its launch. As we wrote yesterday, GetAround is a car rental market place where you can rent a car by the day, hour or week through a smartphone app. Getaround’s all inclusive package, which includes insurance, 24...

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