Whenever Facebook launches a major re-design, there is a user outcry. Partly that’s because Facebook is known for its clumsy and confusing design, partly it’s because people are resistant to change. This time round though, the main issue is that Facebook is trying to be something it is not: a newspaper. The change causing...
In its continuing efforts to reduce its reliance on Samsung for the supply of component parts for its products, Apple is now reportedly getting a chunk of its flash memory requirements fulfilled from Japanese manufacturers, according to a DigiTimes report. Citing sources within the industry, the publication notes that Apple is increasing its orders...
The OpenStack posse is putting some gloss on the next release of the open-source cloud operating system. A major goal of the newly available “Diablo” release, is to boost useability of the OpenStack by administrators and users with a new dashboard. Other improvements will enable the use of big, highly scalable networks, and new...
With Sequoia’s Doug Leone talking up Color Labs’ next pivot at TechCrunch Disrupt, and in-the-wild signs of a Color Labs Facebook app called Blue already beginning to appear, it seems like many are rapt in anticipation of what the future holds for the storied photo-sharing app. Well, according to one Harvard student tipster, the...
The purpose of the dongle-to-debit system is to simplify the lives of small and medium business owners. It is hard for businesses that operate on the streets outside of their localized shops to keep revenue from being lumped in with all incoming and outgoing funds. Imagine the farmers’ market where a farmer uses GoPayment...
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“So, you build your app once. It works. So, now you connect your app to a Twilio account owned by somebody else who then pays for the usage incurred by your app,” said Jeff Lawson, CEO and co-founder of Twilio. “You don’t have to worry about paying for the usage because they...
Facebook Music is launching tomorrow. This, everyone knows. But not everyone knows exactly how it will work, since Facebook been tweaking things right up until launch. But tonight one Facebook employee accidentally revealed one killer feature of the service. Ji Lee, the creative director that Facebook stole away from Google in April, sent out...
Spotify, the hot streaming music startup with involvement from such people as Sean Parker, formerly of Facebook, is preparing for a huge Facebook Music initiative that could be announced at F8 tomorrow. Up until now, tracks could be shared by clicking the track info on the bottom left of the desktop app. It was...
Dave McClure and Ron Conway on stage at last year’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference. See Also: RON CONWAY: The Scariest Man In Silicon Valley Forget TechCrunch: Arrington Is Launching A New Blog Super angel Dave McClure announced that he’s renewing the Twilio Fund, an investment fund for startups that use Twilio’s messaging platform. This time,...