Chrome 13 Hits Beta, Go...

Google Chrome first launched on September 1, 2008. The very next day, someone filed a “ bug ” report on the Chromium project page stating the following: There is no option for a print preview. I think that this is needed so that you can see what the page will look like before...
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Yes, Despite All The HT...

The leaking of Facebook continues. Following our stories yesterday about their new Photos mobile app and “ Project Spartan ” (a new mobile app platform), Nick Bilton of The New York Times reports that Facebook will soon release an iPad app. Yes, finally . We had also heard in...
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Education Incubator Ima...

In March we wrote about the launch of Imagine K12 , a new startup incubator modeled on Y Combinator that is focused on the education space. It was founded by startup veterans Geoff Ralston , Tim Brady and Alan Louie . The company sorted through some 200 applications, interviewed 36...
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Cleaner Flight: Virgin ...

Air travel promises to become cleaner, if industry actions ahead of the huge, annual Paris Airshow are any indication… Branson Still Backing Biofuels Virgin America— a company that’s been reporting on its own greenhouse gas emissions since 2009— ordered $1.4 billion...
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Zynga v. Vostu: Vostu U...

The TechCrunch office pool predicted Vostu would respond to the Zynga lawsuit alleging that Vostu’s entire business is basically to copy every single thing Zynga does in one of two ways. They’d either use the “I know you are but what am I defense,” or just a more...
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Lackluster Forecasts, D...

Just because things are expected, doesn’t mean they don’t hurt. This is the case for Research In Motion (RIM), which has been steadily slashing expectations over sales and earnings for the first quarter, released its report today. And it doesn’t look good. Net income...
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Groupon: On Second Thou...

At TechCrunch, there’s nothing we hate more than predictability. That’s the reason we sold ourselves to Aol, a company we previously considered to be a dead-in-the-water startup killer . It’s why we put Lumier on stage at Disrupt, even though their founder had nothing...
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The Future Of Chrome: S...

Today at Google I/O there was a fireside chat with a number of Chrome team members. Their goal was simply to answer questions — both from the web and from the audience. Among those, there was a common theme: what’s next? One question asked each panelist what features they were...
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Another Oprah Moment At...

New product giveaways have become something of a tradition at Google I/O. Last year attendees to the developer-focused conference walked home with two new Android phones (an Evo 4G and a Nexus One or Droid, depending on where they live). This year, everyone was given a new Galaxy 10.1...
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Review: Pogoplug Softwa...

Pogoplug started its life as hardware. Plug a USB drive into it and it lets you access those files from anywhere. Now, Pogoplug is available in a software version, substituting your Windows , Mac or Linux machine for that hardware and letting you share pictures, music, videos and data...
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