Daily Archives: July 3, 2011

Cartoon: Google Plus-or-Minus

July 3, 2011
Cartoon: Google Plus-or-Minus

When the news about Google Plus broke, I was as cur— Sorry, just a sec. I have to go reload the Google Plus page to see if they’re accepting new signups yet. Nuts. No luck. Where was I? Right: when the news about Google Plus broke, I was as curious as anyone about— Wait!...

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(Founder Stories) MakerBot’s Bre Pettis: “We Started With 3 Guys, A Laser Cutter, And A Dream”

July 3, 2011

So let’s talk a little bit about running this business. Right. This is your first startup. Yeah. You know, what I guess. Just generally what kind of what have you found to be the key challenges? Is it edging? You’re one of the few companies we talked to here that is a hardware start-up....

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The Power Of Pull

July 3, 2011
The Power Of Pull

Editor’s note: This post was written by Alex Rampell, the CEO of TrialPay. Rampell is a regular contributor to TechCrunch – see his previous guest posts here. What makes email, Facebook, and Google so valuable? Answer: Visiting them is largely unprompted, notwithstanding the synapses that fire in your brain that make you check your...

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Sexual Activity Tracked By Fitbit Shows Up In Google Search Results

July 3, 2011
Sexual Activity Tracked By Fitbit Shows Up In Google Search Results

Yikes. Users of fitness and calorie tracker Fitbit may need to be more careful when creating a profile on the site. The sexual activity of many of the users of the company’s tracker and online platform can be found in Google Search results, meaning that these users’ profiles are public and searchable. You can...

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Real-Status builds a bird’s eye view of a cloud

July 3, 2011
Real-Status builds a bird’s eye view of a cloud

Behind the nebulous idea of a cloud are thousands of servers, switches, appliances both physical and virtual and any number of complicating bits of machinery and software all just waiting to cause a problem. Managing massive infrastructure isn’t a fun job, especially if some of that infrastructure is virtual, which is why Real-Status, one...

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How to save money on phone calls when traveling

July 3, 2011
How to save money on phone calls when traveling

If you are someone who is always on the move and spends a lot of time on the phone, then those phone bills stack up. In this age of mobile VoIP that shouldn’t be the case, but it does. This infographic from Essential Travel magazine will get you started. (hat tip, Andy Abramson.) Related...

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Samsung Drops One Of Its Patent Suits Against Apple (AAPL)

July 3, 2011
Samsung Drops One Of Its Patent Suits Against Apple (AAPL)

Image: YouTube See Also: No Cheap iPhone 4S This Year, Instead Apple Makes The iPhone 3GS Free, Says RBC Bad News For Google: Apple Leads A Group To Pay $4.5 Billion For Nortel Patents Apple Suppliers Preparing For iPad 3 In September — DigiTimes In the next step in the legal battle between Samsung...

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Check out Russell Brand’s new ads for the HP TouchPad. You’ll laugh…

July 3, 2011

HP is pulling out all the stops with the advertis for its TouchPad tablet. Russell Brand of Get Him to the Greek fame is showing users just how easy it is to get the most from the tablet. The series of 30-second promos, highlighted over at Business Insider, cover each of the TouchPad’s features,...

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CONGRATS, ZYNGA: Now THIS Is How You Do Insider Selling

July 3, 2011
CONGRATS, ZYNGA: Now THIS Is How You Do Insider Selling

Image: Esthr Zynga’s Mark Pincus has sold around $110 million in stock before the IPO.  And that’s great! When Groupon filed to go public, this writer explained that the extent of insider selling at Groupon raises a huge red flag for potential future shareholders. So why is it great that Pincus has sold stock?...

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Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

July 3, 2011
Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

Heard of Fitbit? Currently only available in the US, Fitbit’s tracker is a little gadget that automatically tracks data about a person’s activities, such as calories burned, sleep quality, steps and distance. Being based in the UK, I have yet to try Fitbit personally but from my understanding, users are also able to manually...

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