Over the last week I&'ve gotten several pitches from companies taking a new twist on OpenTable&'s business. One of two things has happened: Either the... read more »
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The US solar market took another step forward this week with the federal government&'s approval of Solar Millennium&'s plan to build a massive thermal... read more »
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TechCrunch Disrupt Audience Choice winner Badgeville announces a $2.5 million Series A round today in order to apply its badge-based game mechanics a... read more »
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One of the best technology demos at the Game Developers Conference last week came from Epic Games, which created an incredible-looking futuristic figh... read more »
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Wikipedia chronicles the lives of plenty of the most important figures to ever walk the Earth. Unfortunately, for those countless people who fail to d... read more »
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I&'ve come across quite a few Santa Claus imposters in my time. Most of them were easy to spot: there&'s the funky smell that has more in common with... read more »
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Tech pundits (including me) have been wondering about how Googlea4‚¬a4„s Chrome OS will compare to Android and how the two operating systems fit into ... read more »
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The UK&'s High Court has ruled that news monitoring agencies will have to pay publishing companies to use their web content, effectively re-classifyin... read more »
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Freedom of expression and internet access go hand in hand. By shutting down the internet, the Egyptian government has sparked a wider battle about com... read more »
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Apple revealed the details of its previously announced subscription feature for applications on the iPad and iPhone today, and therea4‚¬a4„s been a pr... read more »
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CloudBees, which offers cloud services for Java developers, just announced $4 million in Series A financing led by Matrix Partners with participation ... read more »
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Earlier this week, 58 malicious apps were discovered on the Android Market, causing deep embarrassment to Google and considerable alarm for users whos... read more »
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As we connect lots of gadgets to the Internet, they become vulnerable to hacking. That&'s why McAfee is teaming up with Wind River Systems to provide ... read more »
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In a characteristically provocative op-ed in last Friday‚a4‚¬‚a4„s Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley bomb thrower Andy Kessler said ‚a4‚¬‚Ait&'s tim... read more »
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YouTube just got more couch-friendly. Google today announced YouTube Remote, an Android application (available for free from the Android Market) tha... read more »
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In one particularly hilarious scene in the TV show Weeds, Mary-Louise Parker&'s soccer mom/drug dealer character inspires a scary drug lord to buy sev... read more »
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Social data provider Gnip has raised $2 million in funding, according to‚ a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and announced this wee... read more »
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Google has scored a coup for its new TV Ads platform. Google announced today that it has partnered with Verizon FiOS TV, the company&'s fiber televisi... read more »
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Facebook may be the most-downloaded free application on the iPhone, but today the companya4‚¬a4„s chief technology officer Bret Taylor seemed more exc... read more »
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The global high-brightness LED market doubled last year, jumping from $5.6 billion in 2009 to $10.8 billion in 2010.That marks a 93 percent growth rat... read more »
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