Apple has taken a major step forward with its iCloud service, by adding content from Universal Studios to the list of movies and videos which users of the ‘iTunes in the cloud’ service can re-download after purchase. The development, reported by MacRumors, is a significant one that leaves Twentieth Century Fox as the only...
Editor’s Note: Nir Eyal is the founder of two acquired tech startups and an advisor to several Bay Area companies and incubators. Nir blogs at NirAndFar.com. The truly great consumer technology companies of the past 25 years have all had one thing in common: They created habits. This is what separates world-changing businesses from...
The killer team behind the Espresso editor, MacRabbit has just recently launched their latest app, Layer Cake, and it’s worth a double-take. Photoshop users know it can be a battle moving their work from the image editor into files that are ready for the Web. Everyone has their own workflow for this process, but,...
Today, type is getting more attention than ever before on the Web. What was once a barren wasteland of typographic creativity, dominated by a few overused gems and the likes of Comic Sans, is quickly growing into something that could even make a print designer jealous. We’re on the cusp of the golden age...
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Onswipe CEO Jason L. Baptiste’s new book The Ultralight Startup: Launching a Business Without Clout or Capital. To coincide with giving the chapter away, Jason will be choosing one entrepreneur from the TechCrunch audience to meet four of the best venture capitalists today to pitch their...
Patent blogs were lit up after the Supreme Court’s decision in Prometheus v. Mayo. Some have hailed the decision as a “harbinger of progress to come” while others have denounced it as revealing “just how little the Court understands the nuances of science, philosophy and language – let alone the patent law itself.” Describing...
I’m a somewhat lousy adult. A fair percentage of my socks have holes in them, and I pretty much always need a few more shirts. I’m just not very focused on my appearance. In the word’s of my best friend, ‘Honey, your just a little bit of a mess.’ She wasn’t too wrong. And...
The right investor, the kind who can help startups get over the inevitable “We’re Fucked It’s Over” (WFIO) moments, can turn a startup into a multi-billion dollar company. The fact is that choosing the right investors, whether it be at the seed level or at a Series B or C stage is a life-changing...
If you’re looking to have your iPhone unlocked from ATT’s service, you can do so over the company’s online chat and Apple is the one actually doing the unlocking. These new details come courtesy of iPhone hacker and developer Grant Paul, and have been verified by The Next Web in a chat with ATT. We...
A few weeks ago I ordered a pizza from Domino’s and saw a special for the company’s new side item, Parmasean Bread Bites. I took the bait and quite liked them, but this isn’t about a side item at a pizza delivery place, this is actually a story about how that side item came...