Outdoor concerts, European music festivals, keggers — whatever your concept of summer fun is, GameStop’s adding its own EXPO to the list. Previously the exclusive province of its own employee horde, the gaming retailer’s opening up its annual conference to the pasty-faced public for the first time this year… Tweet This Post

If you use your iPad for work, have we got a haul for you. DocStoc has just dumped a massive hoard of iPad apps for business users onto the App Store, and they’re all free. The apps will also work on your iPhone… Tweet This Post

This time last year, Brett Martin took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York to launch Sonar, a mobile app that connects you to friends and other people nearby, based on your existing social networks… Tweet This Post

Lawmakers in New York State think the root of all Internet evil lies in the anonymous nature by which comments get posted on news websites and social media. Their solution? They’ve introduced Internet anonymity legislation that would make New York-based website owners delete any anonymous posts that other Internet users label as cyberbullying… Tweet This [...]

Most people want to share content that makes them look good — a concept that Gravity CEO Amit Kapur called “peacocking” at paidContent 2012 this afternoon. Sometimes that urge is a good thing, but sometimes it gets in the way of delivering a truly personalized online experience People may be very interested in Britney Spears [...]

Roku has already been turning its players into TV hubs, but it’s been focused on US programming — not so hot if you’re an immigrant hoping to catch up on affairs back in the homeland. Dish is aiming to remedy that by offering its Dishworld service as an avenue for the media hub: owners can [...]

The CTO and CIO of the U.S. government have announced a new digital roadmap for the U.S. that encourages the further use of open data and tries to inspire developers to work for the government. U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park and Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel (pictured) took the stage today at the TechCrunch [...]

Today’s theme is self-evolution. Many futurists and science-fiction writers think that genomics are the next great frontier in technology. We’ve sequenced the entire human genome, but we still don’t know what to do with that knowledge… Tweet This Post

Shaker won TechCrunch Disrupt SF last year with its 3-D virtual nightclub built on top of Facebook, and June 8th it will finally launch in North America with the help of the music industry’s Live Nation and BandPage… Tweet This Post

Gadgets continue to shrink in size and adapt to free up our hands, making it more convenient than ever for users to multitask. Taking it a step further, techie fashionistas are beginning to embrace a new wave of wearable gadgets — from the Pebble watch to Google’s sci-fi glasses… Tweet This Post

Dish Network has partnered with Roku to launch a new, streaming-only service that will be sold to customers across the U.S., regardless of whether they’re subscribers of Dish’s pay TV offering or not, both companies announced Wednesday morning… Tweet This Post

What’s in a name? For the Samsung Galaxy Appeal, everything. The moniker of AT&T’s new Android GoPhone fits the manufacturer’s current legal situation perfectly, though admittedly its side-slider QWERTY-packing form factor is the least likely of Sammy’s lineup to catch the attention of Cupertino’s team of suits… Tweet This Post