Married Mr. Zuckerberg, Business Man?

May 21, 2012 No Comments

With a wedding ring on his finger and his company public, is Mark Zuckerberg ready to make Facebook produce more profits, not just more social connections? His fanfare-less marriage to long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan this weekend would seem to indicate he won’t be getting too distracted by family life… Tweet This Post

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Elaborate Nike YouTube video has hidden Sonic Game (video)

May 20, 2012 No Comments

When you’ve got a marketing budget the size of Nike’s, a few international footballers and a glossy video aren’t really enough. That’s why its latest “My time is now” campaign is an all out interactive spend-fest, complete with a hidden Sega Sonic the Hedgehog mini-game… Tweet This Post

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Microsoft’s New Social Network, So.cl: It’s Like Google+ For Wonks

May 20, 2012 No Comments

File this in the “we-try-it-out-so-you-don’t-have-to” category. So.cl is a derivative social network that may be useful to students, but it won’t fly elsewhere. Over the weekend, Microsoft quietly launched an experimental social network called So… Tweet This Post

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Backstage With The Disrupt NYC Hackathon Winners: Thingscription, PoachBase, & PractiKhan

May 20, 2012 No Comments

The speaker schedule for TechCrunch’s Disrupt NYC conference has been set for a while now, but three brand new presenters were just added to the lineup: The winners announced earlier today at the finale of this past weekend’s 24 hour Disrupt 2012 Hackathon, Thingscription, PoachBase, and PractiKhan… Tweet This Post

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FINALLY: Yahoo Officially Announces Plan To Monetize Alibaba Stake

May 20, 2012 No Comments

At long last, Yahoo has announced a plan to monetize its stake in Chinese internet company Alibaba. It’s complicated, and it will be in stages, but the process has begun, and Yahoo says it will get about $7… Tweet This Post

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ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity Series hits the FCC

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Remember that high-resolution variant of the Transformer Prime ASUS trotted out at CES? The federal government just finished putting it through its paces. The WiFi version of the firm’s upcoming Transformer Pad Infinity (formally numbered TF700T) sauntered its way through the FCC, revealing itself as the slate’s Tegra 3 option, if only for its lack [...]

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How The Media (Including TechCrunch) Is Wrong About Facebook’s IPO

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Editor’s note: Dan Scholnick is a General Partner at Trinity Ventures where he invests in early stage cloud computing and consumerized IT companies such as New Relic, dotCloud, StackMob, Cloudscaling, and Loggly… Tweet This Post

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Facebook Stock May Tank This Week As Banks Run For The Hills (FB)

May 20, 2012 No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Newly issued shares in Facebook Inc <FB.O> may have a hard time in the coming week if lead underwriter Morgan Stanley stops supporting the stock and managers lower down in the IPO book who were hoping for an early surge decide to get out before going underwater… Tweet This Post

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How would you change Native Instruments’ Maschine Mikro?

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Native Instruments’ gear is a must-have for those in the beat making world. We put the cheaper, dinkier Maschine Mikro through its paces and found that while we loved the portability, we weren’t so hot on the lack of MIDI ports and absence of knobs for twiddlin’… Tweet This Post

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Motorola, Google’s New Smartphone Company, Is Having A Huge Problem Upgrading Android Phones (MMI, GOOG)

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Motorola announced in a brief blog post that some of its smartphones won’t be eligible for upgrades to the newest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. That’s because Motorola says the update won’t “improve” the devices… Tweet This Post

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Samsung’s Focus 2 arrives at AT&T today, a slice of LTE-equipped Mango for $50

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Not long after Samsung’s SGH-i667 “Mandel” looked like it would never see the light of day, the Windows Phone 7.5 device made its official debut at CTIA, dubbed as the Focus 2. As expected, the phone is officially on sale today at AT&T retailers across the US, giving folks another option aside from the flagship [...]

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Inhabitat’s Week in Green: NY Design Week, a hybrid Porsche and recycled sportswear

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Want a sneak peek into the future of design? This week Inhabitat hit NY Design Week to uncover the best and the brightest in green interior and furniture design… Tweet [...]

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