Adrian Chen View Profile Email Twitter RSS When TechCrunch founder turned venture capitalist Mike Arrington was accused last week of rape and abuse by an ex-girlfriend, many in Silicon Valley were shocked, but not entirely surprised. This is because rumors that Arrington abused women have circulated almost from the time he started his career...
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Flickr / zcopley Ken Tindell Bitcoins are a bit like the Internet. Or, rather, the Internet as it was in the mid ‘90s: something strange, coming out of geekdom into mainstream perception, greeted by puzzlement over how it works, why it works and why anyone would think it’s useful. Even more intriguing is that...
Following yesterday’s announcement of ”Home,” Facebook’s new Android launcher, the company has come forward to address the privacy concerns of its users and the public at large. Facebook shared that Home will not collect usage information from inside other applications, and that location data will not be used differently from how the company’s Android app already...
According to Reuters, Peter Chernin, ex-President of News Corp has bid $500 million for Hulu, the online video streaming giant. The timing of the offer isn’t surprising, as Hulu has been shopping for a buyer, but the amount is. As TNW reported recently: Any company looking to build their profile in video content across...
Electric car maker Fisker Automotive confirmed on Friday that it has let go of 75% of its employees, retaining just a small group of executives to help navigate the company out of its current financial situation. Reports of an internal email announcing the dismissals circulated earlier today, as noted by Autoblog, before Fisker’s PR...
Facebook Home, which Facebook has described both as “a new way to turn your Android phone into a great, living, social phone” and “the best version of Facebook there is,” won’t be available on Apple’s iPhone anytime soon, if ever. Does Apple care? Probably not, although it should. More than an app, though not...
The money-go-round between app developers and ad networks is starting to blur the line between many free Android apps and malware. While these legitimate apps aren’t stealing passwords, they’re still riding roughshod over user privacy by gratuitously sucking up your contact and location information — or worse. What These Bad Apps Glom Onto Between...
Gartner has finally come out and said it: The PC market is dying. Except it hasn’t said that, quite. But it is, and saying so is really important. The market-research firm predicts a 7.6% decline in PC sales this year, to 315 million units (including desktops and notebooks) from the roughly 341 million PCs...
Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams re-launched the Obvious Corporation in June 2011, bringing back the umbrella organization from which they’ve launched startups like Blogger and Twitter. On Friday, Williams explained in an update how Obvious is currently structured and operating, as well as what’s up with Medium, the group’s most prominent current venture. Medium...