I&'ve always thought ZocDoc is a great idea in theory, but somehow until today I had never actually tried to use it. There is something about a lifeti... read more »
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Herea4‚¬a4„s our roundup of the weeka4‚¬a4„s tech business news (shorter than usual since therea4‚¬a4„s not exactly a flood of news between Christmas ... read more »
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Earlier today we reported that Amazon is selling a book titled The Pedophile&'s Guide to Love and Pleasure. The book itself is a disgrace &8211' a how... read more »
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Just about every inside joke imaginable popped up at this evening&'s Crunchies awards, an event that honored startups that have performed above and be... read more »
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Bryan Hansel, chief executive of Smith Electric Vehicles U.S., headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., almost disdains the word &''green.&'' His company m... read more »
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For the past several weeks, there&'s been a lot of talk about a large new round of funding that the social startup Tumblr was raising. That culminated... read more »
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Last week, MercuryNews.com revealed that Apple made a massive land purchase near their current headquarters in Cupertino, CA. They actually bought th... read more »
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In case you missed it, here&'s the video of yesterday&'s Web 2.0 Summit interview with Evan Williams on Twitter&'s relationship with Facebook, devel... read more »
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After weeks of speculation, Apple confirmed this morning it is launching the successor to its wildly successful iPad.Apple announced that the iPad 2 w... read more »
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Google announced today that it is launching a service called Google Message Community that will serve as disaster insurance for Microsoft Exchange use... read more »
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Zynga&'s games on social networks already have a lot of international appeal. It seems the social game giant is finally catering to that market with t... read more »
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Raptr, the gamer social network, just raised $2.50 for every fan that it has. The company announced today that it has built its audience to more than ... read more »
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Private equity firm General Atlantic has purchased a 20 percent stake in Kaspersky Lab for $200 million. The deal shows that security technology compa... read more »
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Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that the official TechCrunch Facebook Page is more happening than ever, with better updates and, soon, r... read more »
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When AOL bought us a month ago, we were promised a lot of things: autonomy, resources, inappropriately long corporate meetings, and fame. So far, AOL ... read more »
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Remember a few months back when I warned John Biggs that spycam Barbie was child abuse waiting to happen Well guess what, America I freaking CALLED IT... read more »
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Research in Motion is planning to bring its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app to Android and Apple&'s iOS, according to the mobile site Boy Geniu... read more »
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If youa4‚¬a4„re an entrepreneur or other technology professional, come to our DEMO/VentureBeat holiday party in San Francisco tomorrow, Dec. 7.Wea4‚¬a... read more »
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California politics bloga4s‚ Calitics has unearthed some interesting data about the $1 million in funding behind the recent round of television ads ... read more »
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My6sense, the maker of mobile applications that help users find the most personally relevant content, is expanding beyond smartphones today with a ser... read more »
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