TechCrunch’s Best Buy tag isn’t exactly a heartening place to visit. In the last few months, it “stole Christmas,” been “finished,” and is now “going out of business.” Dire straits indeed for a company that has defied the odds not only against big retail competition but against deadlier online opponents as well for nearly...
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Dave Chase, the CEO of Avado.com, a patient portal relationship management company that was a TechCrunch Disrupt finalist. Previously he was a management consultant for Accenture’s healthcare practice and founder of Microsoft’s Health platform business. You can follow him on Twitter @chasedave. It will be virtually impossible to succeed in the...
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But the computing landscape had changed quite a bit in that time. Folks at Google were frustrated with existing languages, and had to choose between “efficient compilation, efficient execution or ease of programming.” None of the mainstream languages like C, C++, Java, Python, etc. offered everything that Google wanted. So Google engineers started working...
Earlier this month we covered a new app for NYC’s largest gallery: the subway system. Yes, NY’s subway system is quite the source of fine art, and the app, built by Meridian, showcases the Arts for Transit program, which has been active since 1985. That app is certainly impressive, but there were concerns over the fact that Meridian...
Even though Path has already gotten its app making hand smacked by Apple and a letter from Congress, the debacle that will forever be known as AddressBookGate, isn’t over just yet. According to a report from VentureBeat, yet another (former) Path user, Oscar Hernandez, is suing the company for doing things that sound social...
Earlier this week Comcast came under fire for possible net neutrality violations after it was revealed that streams of on-demand video that it delivers to subscribers via Xbox Live won’t count toward its monthly 250 GB bandwidth cap. Well, the way Comcast delivers that content hasn’t changed, but the language it uses to describe...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion shares are down tonight after reporting a terrible quarter: Sales are shrinking at a time when its main competitor, Apple, saw iPhone sales more than double. RIM is no longer profitable. And now it is looking for a new plan. It is, truly, the end of RIM as we know...
Paper – free This app just came out last night, but it blows away other drawing apps out there because of its clear interface and relative ease of use. If you need to brainstorm in free-form ways or sketch out ideas, this is the way to go. It’s still not the most natural thing...
The year of denial is over at Research in Motion. In a frank and overdue conversation with investors Thursday, new CEO Thorsten Heins finally admitted that the situation was dire and that “substantial change” is needed. Does he have enough time to effect that change? RIM’s lowest point yet came Thursday amid a quarterly...