Apple’s iOS 6 is right around the corner, which means we’ll soon get to take the new Passbook service for a spin. Partners for the new application have been signing up steadily, and ticketing startup Eventbrite is the latest to jump on board. Eventbrite, which earlier this year hit $1 billion in ticket sales,...
Daily Archives: September 19, 2012
Eventbrite will support Apple’s Passbook for all event tickets
Apple’s iOS 6 is right around the corner, which means we’ll soon get to take the new Passbook service for a spin. Partners for the new application have been signing up steadily, and ticketing startup Eventbrite is the latest to jump on board. Eventbrite, which earlier this year hit $1 billion in ticket sales,...
Poorly received new Twitter for iPad and well-timed sale trampoline Tweetbot from 200 to 7 in store
There has been a considerable amount of backlash about the release of the new Twitter for iPad, especially because the old version of the app was so well-regarded. In the midst of the furor, Twitter client developer Tapbots decided to take advantage and put Tweetbot for iPad on sale. That decision paid off, as...
Poorly received new Twitter for iPad and well-timed sale trampoline Tweetbot from 200 to 7 in store
There has been a considerable amount of backlash about the release of the new Twitter for iPad, especially because the old version of the app was so well-regarded. In the midst of the furor, Twitter client developer Tapbots decided to take advantage and put Tweetbot for iPad on sale. That decision paid off, as...
Twitter Announces Product News On The ‘Today Show.’ Tech Is Now Mainstream. Dur.
Our boss Jay Kirsch often refers to TechCrunch as “Forbes during the sixties,” a description that royally annoys me because I think TechCrunch is just TechCrunch during the 2010s. He also thinks that we actually have a job to do in convincing mainstream audiences to care about technology, or more specifically Consumer Internet technology,...
Twitter Announces Product News On The ‘Today Show.’ Tech Is Now Mainstream. Dur.
Our boss Jay Kirsch often refers to TechCrunch as “Forbes during the sixties,” a description that royally annoys me because I think TechCrunch is just TechCrunch during the 2010s. He also thinks that we actually have a job to do in convincing mainstream audiences to care about technology, or more specifically Consumer Internet technology,...
Your Online Ivy: Coursera Now Hosts 200 Courses From 33 Schools & Reaches 1.3M Students
For decades, the door to America’s top-tier universities has been closing, and today your chances of being admitted to these prestigious institutions is slimmer than ever. This year, the acceptance rate at four of the eight Ivy League schools hit record lows. Stanford professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng launched Coursera earlier this year...
Your Online Ivy: Coursera Now Hosts 200 Courses From 33 Schools & Reaches 1.3M Students
For decades, the door to America’s top-tier universities has been closing, and today your chances of being admitted to these prestigious institutions is slimmer than ever. This year, the acceptance rate at four of the eight Ivy League schools hit record lows. Stanford professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng launched Coursera earlier this year...
What does iPhone have to do with robots?
The smartphone revolution that started in earnest with the launch of iPhone five years ago is having unintended consequences on the future of technology, and perhaps the economy. The latest example is today’s announcement of Baxter, a new manufacturing robot from Rethink Robotics, a Boston-based startup co-founded by robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks. And it...
What does iPhone have to do with robots?
The smartphone revolution that started in earnest with the launch of iPhone five years ago is having unintended consequences on the future of technology, and perhaps the economy. The latest example is today’s announcement of Baxter, a new manufacturing robot from Rethink Robotics, a Boston-based startup co-founded by robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks. And it...