If there was ever a chance to give a true competitor to the iPad, it is in the hands of Amazon. According to what we’re seeing about Amazon’s upcoming 7-inch tablet, it could be just the thing to do that. TechCrunch reports that the 7-inch tablet will launch in November, running a fully custom...
Daily Archives: September 2, 2011
Google Does A Full House Cleaning: Sunsets Desktop, Notebook, Fast Flip And More
Well, it looks like the brooms and axes are out at Google today, for a little late-summer cleaning. The company announced via its blog today that some of its products and features will be riding into the sunset in the very near future. This news was previewed by CEO Larry Page on Google’s quarterly...
TECHCRUNCH: We Hate That Appallingly Stupid "CrunchFund" Idea, Too—Thank God Arianna Canned It
Yesterday afternoon, Mike Arrington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong announced the launch of “the CrunchFund”, a venture fund that will — according to the New York Times — “invest in start-ups, including some that and his staff write about”. Oh boy. But it gets better. Apparently keen to pour iced water on the...
TECHCRUNCH: We Hate That Stupid "CrunchFund" Idea, Too—Thank God Arianna Canned It
Yesterday afternoon, Mike Arrington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong announced the launch of “the CrunchFund”, a venture fund that will — according to the New York Times — “invest in start-ups, including some that and his staff write about”. Oh boy. But it gets better. Apparently keen to pour iced water on the...
More evidence that Nuance speech-to-text is coming to iPhone this fall in iOS 5
Another screenshot of Apple’s upcoming speech-to-text feature in iOS 5 has surfaced from an Apple employee, reports 9to5mac. The screenshot appears to confirm that the feature, based on speech recognition company Nuance’s technology, is being tested in live internal builds of iOS 5 as we speak. We originally were tipped to a screenshot of...
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley may have invented Twitter before Twitter became Twitter
Ok. That’s a slight exaggeration but it’s fascinating nonetheless. In the earliest days of social media, users relied on some of the most obscure methods to broadcast news to their friends. Or at least, that’s what Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley said in an interview with Kevin Rose. Crowley, looking back on simpler days, recalls...
Michael Arrington: The Kingmaker Who Would Be King
TechCrunch editor and founder Michael Arrington has left the popular tech blog to become a partner in a new venture capital firm called CrunchFund. As the proprietor of TechCrunch, Arrington has long been the blogger-turned-kingmaker in the startup ecosystem. With CrunchFund, he has now proclaimed himself king and is looking to build his kingdom....
Apple: Andy Rubin started Android here
In the latest salvo in the legal battle between Apple and HTC, Apple provides an argument to the International Trade Commission that Andy Rubin, now of Google, actually began work on components of Android while at Apple, reports Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents. The statement from Apple that is included in the complaint is...
Google Declares Progress Against Piracy as it Seeks Media Partners
Seeking to disassociate itself with copyright infringement in the eyes of potential business partners, Google says it’s made progress in its effort to combat online piracy this year. The company’s four-pronged approach to reeling in the amount of copyright-infringing content found on its sites was announced in December in response to years of criticism...
Dish prepping Blockbuster-branded Netflix competitor
Dish Network could soon take on Netflix in the subscription streaming space, with a new service offered through its Blockbuster subsidiary. The service is expected to roll out next month, as Dish seeks to take advantage of a price change for Netflix users that could increase the price of their subscriptions by as much...