Inktank has raised $1 million in the form of a convertible note from Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth to further services play for Ceph — an open source, next generation distributed storage technology. Inktank is led by Dreamhost Co-Founder Sage Weil, who formed the company after developing Ceph over the past several years, starting with...
Sotheby’s Homes Apple executive Jonathan Ive just bought a stunning home on San Francisco’s Gold Coast for $17 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The home was originally listed for $25 million. Ive, Apple’s senior vice president of industrial design, is credited with the look of the iPod, iPhone, and other products. The...
Steve Kovach, Business Insider A day ahead of Apple’s iPhone 5 announcement, Google launched a brand new YouTube app for iPhones and iPod Touches. Why now? Because tomorrow we’ll learn when Apple will launch iOS 6, the new operating for iPhone and iPads. Apple said a few weeks ago it’s deleting the YouTube app that...
Earlier this month, The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm was arrested in Cambodia, news that was quickly followed by speculation that millions of dollars were exchanged for his capture and a revenge hack by Anonymous against the Cambodian government. On Monday, Svartholm was deported from Cambodia, and on Tuesday (today) he arrived in Sweden,...
Youku Yesterday, I posted a video from the Chinese YouTube that I described as “possibly (probably?)” a fake iPhone 5 ad. For this description, I was immediately ridiculed by our tech editors, Steve Kovach and Jay Yarow, who pronounced the video “definitely fake–bizarrely so” and then explained why: “Very poor animation quality. And for...
The Department of Justice’s ebook pricing settlement was approved last Thursday, and HarperCollins, one of the three settling publishers, has already entered into new contracts with ebook retailers. The retailers can now set their own prices on HarperCollins titles. So what kinds of changes are we seeing? A roundup of select titles (the prices...
Google is getting more aggressive when it comes to using public Wi-Fi as a promotional tool. It’s targeting another 4,000 hotspots around the country with free access through a new deal with Boingo. Google is buying sponsorship on Boingo’s managed network, allowing the free access to anyone after they first view an initial Google Play...
LearnVest‘s mission is to make financial planning more accessible for everyone, and now it is taking a major step towards realizing that goal with four important announcements. Today, the company is updating its financial planning subscriptions and releasing a redesigned free money management tool, while announcing its newfound status as a Registered Investment Advisor and teasing its...
LearnVest, a TechCrunch50 startup originally aimed at teaching women to become more financially savvy when it debuted back in 2009, has come a long way in the years since. Following its $19 million Series C from Accel and others last July, the company has expanded its focus to be more inclusive. It’s no longer just...
With TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 in full swing this week, it’s only a matter of days before a new winner is crowned. We decided to check in with previous Disrupt winners to see how they’ve fared since their victories – and try to determine how it means to ace a high-profile startup contest. Startup...