Editor’s Note: Guest contributor and early TechCrunch writer Steve Poland (@popo) is exploring a fund to join the “overcrowded” early stage investment market. His last contribution was “Will It End Very Badly?” Probably Not. If you’re asking which startup to build, not whether to build, you probably have several half-baked ideas and don’t know...
We can imagine that a fair share of iPads got unwrapped this morning, and the first thing you’re going to want to do is switch it on and get a few awesome apps on there. Last year, we gave you a long list of apps that will help you get started with all of...
Smartphone and tablet purchases have been on the rise for several years, but 2011 was a turning point: This was the first year that these mobile devices outsold desktop and laptop PCs. The effect — and perhaps some of the cause of this — is a love affair with mobile apps, leading to more...
Today we bring you one of our favorite viral videos from a few years back—a kid going completely insane after opening his Christmas gift, a brand new Nintendo 64 video game console. Merry Christmas and happy holidays from SAI! Check out the video below: Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/8A90KsVI1sw/nintendo-64-kid-freak-out-2011-12
Didn’t like your Christmas presents? Well, here’s one we’re sure you’ll love. This film alphabet, created by the British artist and designer Stephen Wildish as a bonus to his Friday project, combines great minimalist design and nostalgia in a fun movie trivia quiz. If you grew up in the eighties, no need to be...
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In April of this year, we reported on Oyster.com, a commerce meets editorial travel site much like Jetsetter and the lesser known, but locally rich Jauntsetter. Oyster is full of curated information to provide inspiration for wanderlust travelers, along with planning help that will put the traditional travel agent out of business. The Travel Channel invested $7.5 million into...
The first chance you get, you go there? This is the most personally identifiable information in our portfolio that we don’t often share with one another, the part that some people say defines who they are, the part that classifies what it is we believe. To be fair, religion is the most divisive issue...
Fitness watches are one thing, but how about a fitness watch that lets you play a few levels of Angry Birds in between wind sprints? Motorola’s MotoACTV debuted alongside the Droid RAZR not too long ago, and one developer has finally taken it upon itself to unleash its full potential. The hack comes courtesy...
Well, it would seem a trifle rude to not begin proceedings with a warm ‘Merry Christmas’. But I must ask…what the hell are you doing reading this when you should be playing your new Nintendo 3DS, or guzzling that tenth mince pie of the day? But then, you will probably ask what the hell...