In light of its impending multi-billion-dollar IPO, its user base of 900 million and its increasingly sprawling design and user experience, some people have come to believe that Facebook has gone crazy. Excuse me, “cray cray.” What’s more, even though it’s only two-odd years old, Facebook’s “Like” button is now ubiquitous on the Webs....
Facebook confirmed on Friday night that it has purchased Glancee, a mobile app that uses your location and Facebook login to connect you with like-minded individuals who happen to be near you in real life. Details of the deal were undisclosed but it looks like Glancee will be shutting down and some or all...
Glancee, one of the location-aware apps that had everyone talking at SXSW has been acquired by Facebook, according to the company. Here’s what Glancee had to say on its site today: We started Glancee in 2010 with the goal of bringing together the best of your physical and digital worlds. We wanted to make...
John McAfee, the anti-virus software pioneer was arrested after his home in Belize was raided. It has taken time for the news to arrive from Central America, but according to a report on the Channel 5 Belize site, McAfee feels that he is being victimised after he refused to donate money to Belize’s ruling...
A few weeks ago, the Google Chrome team launched a new app in its store called My Chrome Theme, which allows you to create and share your own custom theme for Google’s browser. Today, the team shared that My Chrome Theme is now available in 36 more languages, making it more accessible to everyone...
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People say sometimes that beauty is only superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. -Oscar Wilde Spring is in the air. We can feel summer just...
Apple’s steady climb in sales and profits has fueled a 435% rise in its stock price over the last five years – making it the most valuable nongovernmental public company in the world. While happy to reap the benefits, shareholders are also skittish over when the good times will end. No business can continue...
I don’t want to become the publicity arm for every tech organization throwing contest or giveaway, but once in a while, something comes along that seems like a perfect fit for TechCrunch readers. For example: i/o Ventures, the co-working space and startup incubator based in the Mission District (that’s San Francisco’s best neighborhood, for...
Building a startup without having background in coding or a tech co-founder is a challenge. Dwolla founder Ben Milne tried to teach himself how to craft a website by doing what everyone solving a problem would do: “I have f***ing Google. I can get on the Internet and say ‘What’s html?” But building his...
The server business last year netted vendors $34.4 billion on sales of 8 billion servers according to IDC, but those numbers don’t show how that business is changing. For that compare the growth in the traditional x86 market that sold those 8 million servers which grew a mere 3.7 percent year over year, to...