After the emergence of Google Plus this year, many people were wondering if Facebook had finally met its match. Maybe that’s so, but Facebook has upped the ante once again over the past few weeks. During that time, Facebook significantly scaled up the amount of information it tracks about you – and many millions...
“‘What?.’ ‘We made it to Disrupt,’ Sarah said calmly. ‘We screamed so hard we woke up the building.’” After the screaming ended, the Israel-based Shaker ditched Burning Man plans for TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2011 rehearsals in San Francisco, devising a plan that would buy them some time (asking if they could have all 13...
For lazy Sunday reading, I poured over Forbes fascinating article about Sean Parker, the ultimate of the web entrepreneur disruptors turned investor, of Napster, Facebook, Spotify and The Social Network fame (he was played by Justin Timberlake in the Aaron Sorkin movie). Last time I remember reading about Parker was late last year, when...
Updated. Netflix has signed an exclusive deal with Dreamworks Animation to stream the studio’s box office hits to its customers, the New York Times reported today. Dreamworks previously supplied the movies to HBO, but Netflix outbid the TV network, paying an estimated $30 million per film title. Netflix won’t be able to stream Dreamworks...
It seems almost everyone has had their say on Netflix and the stock swoon that followed company’s decision to separate its DVD and streaming operations. Peter Fenton, a well known venture capitalist who sits on the board of Twitter and is a general partner with Benchmark Capital shared his thoughts on Netflix, its recent troubles and lessons...
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Ah yes. A familiar beginner’s problem for any new blogger: No readers. Assuming you’re comparing your brand new blog to an already-well-established website with a huge following, it’s understandable why the task of luring in an audience might seem overwhelming. Not everyone can snap their fingers and magically summon a rabid fan base of...
TechCrunch founder, Michael Arrington, has just published a post on his new blog Uncrunched explaining his plans for the new site. Many assumed Arrington’s primary focus would be his new fund, Crunchfund, and Uncrunched would merely store and share random thoughts – apparently not the case: “I’m going to do the same thing I’ve...
Now that the developer preview of Windows 8 has been in our hands for some time, we felt that it was a proper moment to publish a few tips and tricks that will help you enjoy the operating system as fully as possible. Of course, we are working with such a ‘turned-down’ edition of...
Last week, the Brazilian angel Pierre Schürmann had a meeting with an early-stage startup. Its claimed valuation according to its pitch deck? US$18 million. Its current revenue? Zero. This anecdote is only one example of the gap between entrepreneurs’ expectations and investors’ estimates that some VCs have started to complain about. So should we worry...