It&'s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, Christmas has come early again this season with the launch of Jimmy Wales&' annual appeal for Wikimed... read more »
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This election day, there&'s going to be more of a political shakeup than most pundits are predicting: Foursquare has enabled a new feature that is goi... read more »
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Motorola Mobility seems to be snapping up startups in advance of its planned spin-off from parent company Motorola early next year. Today, it announce... read more »
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Waze, makers of an innovative crowdsourced app that offers free driving directions, is on a roll. The company just announced that it has scored $25 mi... read more »
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As the holiday shopping season gets into full swing, Google has released a study examining how consumers shop for laptops, netbooks, e-readers and ... read more »
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eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam have gotten most of the attention for their do-gooder efforts through their investment firm the Omidyar N... read more »
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Editor&'s note: Brand dollars are still the biggest unclaimed prize on the interent. Guest author Steven Carpenter handicaps the players who are mos... read more »
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Square, the mobile payments startup founded by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, announced today that it has raised $27.5 million in a round led by Sequoia... read more »
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There&'s a specter hanging over the traditional video game industry, and you can see it in the image above. Social game companies such as Zynga and mo... read more »
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Samsung&'s Galaxy S selling spree continues, as the company announces it has shipped 3 million of the Android phones to the US since they first went o... read more »
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We&'re releasing the second wave of tickets right now for the fourth annual Crunchies, the startup awards co-hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm, and Venture... read more »
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Mikkel Svane, CEO of help desk ticketing provider Zendesk, said that his company&'s most recent round of funding worth $19 million might be his compan... read more »
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Yahoo is preparing to lay off 20% of total staff, we&'ve heard from two independent sources, and managers have been asked to begin to make the tough d... read more »
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Social Web browser Flock just announced that it has been acquired by social gaming giant Zynga, confirming an earlier report in TechCrunch.Chief execu... read more »
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Here are the top stories we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:NRG Solar and SunPower will team to build a $450 million solar ranch in California &8... read more »
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Aol (err, us, I guess) will relaunch Aol Mail on Sunday afternoon, we&'ve confirmed from sources close to Aol (hah). The company is currently the no.... read more »
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Apple just wrapped up its press event for the iPad 2, and Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman has already weighed in with her response. Her verdict: Apple ... read more »
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In the age of the iPhone, smartphones have beautiful touchscreens. But try to play a 3D game on these phones and the graphics suddenly make these devi... read more »
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Google Earth&'s ability to provide a visually compelling view of the world&'s terrain, cities, oceans, weather data, treks, and more never ceases to ... read more »
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The Transportation Security Administration has become God&'s gift to YouTube ever since it introduced new body scanners and, for those who opt out, fu... read more »
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