More shoppers are taking advantage of the Web to avoid crowds, long lines, and the sometimes futile search for deals on Black Friday, according to new... read more »
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Gamification, or making a non-game application more engaging by making it game-like, should not make tasks easy for the people undertaking them. It sh... read more »
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With this yeara4ぎa4г Consumer Electronics Show behind us, ita4ぎa4г time to take a look back and reflect on what stood out the most. There were ple... read more »
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Just in time for the weekend, it&'s time for another episode of TechCrunch TV&'s OMG/JK. Even better, this is a special episode, because we spend the... read more »
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Brilig, an advertising data marketplace, has raised $1.8 million in funding.The company provides a platform for individuals and companies to buy and s... read more »
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Hitwise has released another staggering data point in favor of Facebook&'s domination today. According to Hitwise&'s data, 1 in 4 page views in the U... read more »
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In a feisty attack on the fastest-growing sectors of the video-game industry, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said that smartphone games and social-media ga... read more »
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Scientific Conservation Inc. (SCI), which makes software that monitors energy use in commercial buildings, has raised $15.65 million in a second round... read more »
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Intel has focused its Atom microprocessor on new kinds of devices from netbooks to tablet computers. Advanced Micro Devices is now launching a new ver... read more »
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Social game companies such as Zynga owe much of their success to Facebook. But they&'ve learned the lesson in recent months that they should diversify... read more »
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San Francisco startup Tall Chair said it has just dramatically lowered the barrier to creating cool iPad books with a new platform called Active Reade... read more »
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Editor&'s note: Guest author Tim Wu is a profesor at Columbia Law School and most recently author of The Master Switch: The Rise And Fall Of Informat... read more »
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Smart grid wireless communications and software player SmartSynch has raised $25.6 million out of a planned $33.4 million round.The world is expected ... read more »
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Google showed a live demo of the Android 3.0 version of its mobile operating system today at the Verizon keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Sh... read more »
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eBay is setting records in terms of mobile sales this holiday season, announcing that yesterday was the marketplace&'s biggest shopping day ever via ... read more »
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Verizon has finally offered up some pricing details on the 3G version of Motorola&'s highly anticipated Xoom Android tablet.The carrier will offer the... read more »
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It was only three days ago that Google Voice had some serious issues making outbound calls for some users B4ぎB4拌4sあyou&'d place a call, and it w... read more »
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1000memories, an online crowd-sourced obituary service, announced that it has raised $2.5 million in its first round of funding from Greylock Partners... read more »
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Today at their mobile event in Palo Alto, CA, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed something interesting and rather humorous. It&'s no secret that Fa... read more »
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Search behemoth Google is back on the prowl again, today snapping up microbloggingあTwitter recommendation service Fflick for around $10 million, the ... read more »
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