TC Cribs: Hunting “Ev...

Baidu is one of the most known of the Chinese Internet giants. Some of the buzz is admiration for Robin Li, one of the pioneers of the Chinese Web scene who built a global giant that succeeded in a political environment where Google cried “uncle.” Others have painted Baidu as...

LivingSocial Now Testin...

LivingSocial is now testing a new food ordering and delivery service as a part of LivingSocial Instant , the company announced this morning. At launch, members in the Washington D.C. area can now order food from select area restaurants and have the meals delivered to their home or...

Keen On… Tyler Cowen:...

We are not nearly as innovative as we think we are. That, at least, is the view of Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason university and the author of The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History,Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel...
OnSwipe Competitor Pressly Launches, Aims For 1 Billion Flips Per Month

OnSwipe Competitor Pres...

OnSwipe competitor and TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Pressly is launching today with its first major publisher, Canada’s largest newspaper The Toronto Star . Like OnSwipe or even iPad mag Flipboard , Pressly’s service is designed to give traditional Web content a makeover by...

Steve Case: It’s Craz...

AOL founder Steve Case has a three-point plan to get job growth back on track in America, and it all revolves around ways the government can spur more entrepreneurship. Over the past three decades, high-growth companies created 40 million jobs. “It accounts for all the net job...

Phosphor Releases The W...

Phosphor has just announced a new world time/dual timezone model, the World Time Sport. The company is well-known for their e-ink watches (we reviewed a few here ) and this one uses a touch interface to scroll through multiple timezones as well as various screens including a dual-time...

Surprise: HP Is Squeezi...

The $99 TouchPad fire sale was the best way to close the book on webOS and the TouchPad itself. It got the TouchPad into the hands of the fans. Only those that cared about the product lined up outside of Best Buy to grab one of the cheap notebooks. It’s also probably safe to say...

Aerial 3D: Amazing Syst...

Since 2006, Tokyo-based Burton has been working on Aerial 3D, a technology that makes it possible to produce pictures in 3D in mid-air or underwater – without using a screen (that’s what I call “True 3D Technology” indeed). Burton says their laser-based system is...

Better Late Than Never:...

Today, the online retailer for wine enthusiasts (with the killer domain name) Wine.com is finally launching a mobile site at m.wine.com . Like its desktop-sized counterpart, the new site allows customers full access to Wine.com’s inventory of wine, gifts and accessories, site...

Bag Week Review: The Ta...

When I joined TechCrunch (and AOL, by association), I found myself swimming in company-issued bags. The standard-issue MacBook Pro came with a hefty Targus beater of a shoulder bag, and AOL saw fit to send me a Ogio backpack emblazoned with a giant purple AOL logo. I shoved them both in...

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