iPhone tethering coming soon according to AT&T

According to Harry McCracken of Technoligizer, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega reportedly told Michael Arrington that the iPhone will be allowed to work as a modem for your notebook soon via wireless tethering over a Bluetooth connection. Michael Arrington's...

Searchme tries music streaming to attract users

I love how these new sites are adapting to the times as far as streaming music "legally" over the web.  I personally enjoy streaming since it allows me to listen to  a full CD BEFORE I spend my money. ...

Did Ashton Kutcher punk TechCrunch50?

Today the NYTimes asks?"Either Ashton Kutcher is punking us, or the actor is now moonlighting as a technology entrepreneur. He used Monday’s TechCrunch50 conference to introduce a new Web site, Blah Girls. "After watching the promo video I'd have to guess the former. ...

TechCrunch50: New ways to read and react to news

Some interesting news stuff coming out of the Valley today at the TechCrunch50 event."The second session at the TechCrunch50 event was called, "Memes and News," and the companies presenting were all about mining the Web for information that's relevant to you. In other words,...

Twitter to buy Summize?

The rumors are a flyin'"Twitter may soon be adding search to its functionality, with the acquisition of Summize, according to blogger Josh Chandler. The rumor-mill is a-chirping [ed. note: tweeting?], with a...

Most Powerful Business Woman touts McCain on the Net

UPDATED  The Christian Science Monitor, has posted video of the event. Here's the link. When it comes to presidential politics, Barack Obama has all the buzz on the Internet. He has raised record amounts of money online. He hired a Facebook co-founder to help leverage...

AP Violates Own Copyright Law By Quoting 22 Words from TechCrunch

Well, this was bound to happen sooner or later. After the Associated Press issued its preposterous decision to charge for 5 word quotations of its stories, the blogosphere was quick to react. Now, the tables have...

Mousetrap Technology - Microsoft's giant touchscreen

This reminded me of the film Minority Report. " Microsoft is trying to out iPhone the iPhone. The software company, not renowned for its slick interfaces, has built a piece of equipment that will turn any flat surface into a giant touch-sensitive screen.Michael...

Comcast monitoring Twitter, blogs and other social media

This may eliminate long wait times on the phone listening to a robotic female voice saying 'please stay on the line; your call is important to us'. The power of Twitter can reach far and wide it seems!"Have a...

Exclusive! Leaked! How to make Viral Videos!

This parody video will teach you the "secret strategies" behind many viral videos!  Check out the original TechCrunch article by Dan Ackerman...

In memoriam, digitally speaking

Footnote, a company dedicated to  digitizing original source content in its original form, has digitized all 58,000 names on the memorial. The concept of footnote is valuable both practically and...

The Bigs of the Blogs

Engadget is number one.

$100 Million Payday For Feedburner - This Deal Is Confirmed

AdSense coming to RSS Feeds..."Rumors about Google acquiring RSS management company Feedburner from last week, started by ex-TechCrunch UK editor Sam Sethi, are accurate and are now confirmed according to a source close to the deal. Feedburner is in the closing stages of...

MySpace News: Will That Bird Fly?

TechCrunch reports that MySpace News, which is to be a Google News/social news hybrid for the social networking set, is expected to go live today (as of this writing at 8 am PST, it still has a password-protected wall up). There are two broad avenues of thought when...

Web Startups Reboot 'London 2.0'

Any of you guys in on this? One of my friends is a partner in a music software company, and another lays fibre-optic cables.One thing I really liked about living in London was that the city was years ahead of North America in mobile technology but still had hot and cold water...

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