Live blog: Facebook’s “what we’re building” event
Facebook’s live event Tuesday could unveil anything from a new take on search to that unicorn Facebook Phone. Our live blog starts here at 10am. Read more »
What does Twitter have to do with Sherlock Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most enduring sleuths in the history of fiction. As a character, his logical, observant style can be reinvented for any age. Author Maria Konnikova, who has just penned MasterMind, talks about how to think like Sherlock and why its important. Read more »
7 stories to read this weekend
Design trends for 2013, dementia, mobile photography boom, the rise of Tide as the currency for drugs, Lena Dunham is back, and a look back at time when CES was actually cool — those are some of the topics in this week’s newsletter. Read more »
Chasing Netflix, Intel, AT&T, Verizon & others lose their collective mind
The new, new thing to do these days is to launch a new streaming video service to compete with Netflix and Amazon. Intel, Walmart, AT&T, Sony, Verizon… the list of me-too offerings is getting longer. The problem is that they aren’t really better than the incumbents. Read more »
The new guard: Look at who is buying technology companies now
One of the big trends of 2013 and beyond is the pervasiveness of technology in everything we do – from how we work to how we live and how we consume. And it is going to bring a brand new crop of buyers to techlandia. Read more »
Amazon stock hits an all time high
Amazon stock is up, up and away yet again — here’s the latest news and a chart that shows the company’s gravity-defying growth. Read more »
My conversation with ex-Facebook CTO and Quora co-founder Adam D’Angelo
Former Facebook CTO Adam D’Angelo believes that the future is about creating more knowledge and adding a layer of reputation to the fast-growing internet. And that is why he started Quora, his first real attempt at being a startup CEO. Read more »
Realtime & the off switch
The internet is going to get a lot more real-time in 2013, and in years to come. And that means a constant stream of information and updates. Since the genie is out of the bottle, how about an off-switch for better realtime management? Read more »
7 Stories to read this weekend
Welcome to a new year — a new year of great stories to read on your weekends. This week we got a pickpocket, Jerry Seinfeld, getting around the globe, quest for perfect bowling score, machine learning for normals and how to keep your new year resolutions. Read more »
From ClownCo to Video Star: Hulu beyond Jason Kilar
In some ways, it’s amazing Hulu has made it this far. As CEO Jason Kilar departs after months of rumors, here’s a look back at what a pioneering video distribution company has accomplished. Read more »
ZipCar, Google, cars and the inevitability of the Internet
If there is going to be one theme for 2013, then it is the inevitable march of technology (and the Internet) into everything we do and every aspect of our daily life. From car dashboards to rental cars – the fun is just getting started. Read more »
Happy New Year everyone
If 2012 taught us anything, it was that today’s startups become slow moving giants at astonishing speed these days. I don’t expect 2013 to be any different. The pace of technological change with only increase in momentum. And that will be the story of 2013. Read more »
7 Stories to read this weekend
An ode to the Delhi gang-rape victim, iTunes as a discovery service, what science stories to watch for in 2013, the rise of Snapchat, robots everywhere, manly origins of cheerleading, history of the GIF in video and web-UX trends of 2012. Read more »
Rewind: My favorite posts from 2012
Twitter, Google, Apple, Facebook, iPhone, Android — what’s new — dominated my writing during 2012. But there were others such as Famo.us, Kickstarter and France’s Free. Here are some of my stories from this year that I believe will have an impact technology ecosystem in 2013. Read more »
Snapchat rises: Why Poke’s decline shows Facebook’s inability to invent
photo: Zef Nikolla
Facebook’s Poke app, a copy of red-hot Snapchat rose almost to the top of the iTunes appstore on launch. A few days later it has tanked, making me wonder: can Facebook really invent any new Internet behavior or is it destined to be a copycat forever? Read more »
7 stories to read this weekend
Getting Bin Laden, the future of special ops, the art of time, bursting of the art bubble, the science of light, and what friendship means in the age of social media are some of the stories that are on deck for this last collection from 2012. Read more »
Why we should be excited about the future
If you look back too much, there is a good chance you will miss the future and the opportunities it brings, argues Peter Diamandis, Chairman & CEO, X Prize Foundation. What are some of today’s most innovative and thought provoking visions for our future? Watch this video. Read more »
How much did Adobe pay for Behance?
Earlier this morning, Adobe Systems, the San Jose-based creative software giant announced that it was buying New York City-based design-oriented community, Behance. Since then, many have been wondering how much did Adobe shell out? Now we have the answer. Read more »
7 Stories to read this weekend
What do we have on deck this week? How about Paul Krugman’s love for Isaac Asimov Novels, Sherlock Holmes, the empathic machine, Lenny Dystra, quitting Twitter and what sucks the life out of productivity. Read more »
Believe Yahoo’s tech makeover? Can I interest you in the Brooklyn Bridge?
Yahoo, once an Internet giant has fallen behind competitors and is slowly losing the battle of attention to newer and more nimble competitors. The hiring of ultra smart Marissa Mayer and addition of ex-PayPal CTO Max Levchin won’t really change anything for the hobbled giant. Read more »
MindMeld maker Expect Labs teams up with voice expert, Nuance
By bringing Nuance’s voice technology into the mix, Expect Labs thinks its platform can do more than just answer questions or perform simple voice searches and could change how we interact with devices. Read more »
SnapChat is getting funded. By Instagram backer Benchmark
SnapChat is a mobile photo service that is spreading like a wildfire. The photo sharing app is seeing about 1,000 photos a second being shared and that has attracted some big name VCs who want to fund it. Benchmark’s Matt Cohler seems to be the winner Read more »
A question that Twitter needs to ask itself
What are Twitter’s core design, product and engineering capabilities — stuff they are really good at. What is Twitter’s core competency? Those are tough questions for the company to ask itself and answer — for it would help define and set expectations and strategy that is lasting. Read more »
In conversation with Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital [Video]
In this wide ranging interview, Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital talks about what founders need to know about their investors, what it takes to be a venture capitalist and what are the big opportunities in today’s world. Read more »
3 tech breakthroughs that will help boost our digital & online future
photo: Shutterstock/Ioannis Pantzi
As we become more and more reliant on silicon and bandwidth, the need for fundamental technology breakthroughs has never been more acute. Scientists are working on those solutions and the marriage of optical and silicon is an area of immense focus. Here are three notable breakthroughs. Read more »
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A GigaOM conversation with GE CEO Jeff Immelt
GE, the industrial era mega-company is waking up to the reality of connectedness and importance of data and how those two will shape not only human but business experiences. GE wants to figure out the industrial Internet and wants Silicon Valley’s help, says CEO Jeff Immelt. Read more »
7 stories to read this weekend
How did the wheelie suitcase come about? What happens when greed comes to healthcare? How did the TV show Lost come about. How to publish in a post-iPad world? The War on Drugs has failed, what’s next? Internet of plants. This week’s recommend reading list. Read more »
More tickets released for the 2013 Crunchies — and don’t forget to vote
photo: TechCrunch
More tickets have been released for the 2013 Crunchies, the sixth-annual celebration of the tech industry’s best products, companies, and people. Grab them now, and don’t forget to nominate your favorites. Read more »
With sensors, apps & data, my smartphone is (almost) my doctor
Walking and running centric personalized health devices like Nike FuelBand and Jawbone Up will soon have company in the market place, thanks to Scanadu, which is making a vital health signs monitor, Scanadu Scout. Soon to follow, Scanadu Flu and other gadgets, FDA willing, of course. Read more »
Cloud app services company rPath acquired by SAS
rPath, a cloud company, is rumored to be for sale and is close to being acquired, according to our sources. The buyer being mentioned: business analytics software maker SAS Institute. Read more »
What to read this morning: news, analysis & smart takes
Thanksgiving, shopping, social — boy aren’t we overwhelmed by all the clamor. It is time to make sense of it all. Why Verizon doesn’t get social. 10 Gbps broadband. Where is MOG founder going? And GE CEO Jeff Immelt is all crazy about the Industrial Internet. Read more »
Here is what’s worth reading this morning
Dave Winer deconstructs Ev Williams’ Medium, Nicholas Carr on head-mounted devices and reality augmentation, China’s new technology boom in the hinterlands, how DuckDuckGo is taking on Google, and why the Narwhal won and Orca failed are some of the stories worth reading this morning. Read more »
Unlike Facebook, Famo.us thinks HTML5 rocks. Here is why.
Taking a cue from gaming business startup Famo.us has reimagined HTML5 & come up with a new mobile app framework & a new rendering engine that helps HTML5 match the performance of native mobile apps. Famo.us is giving a sneak peek at its technology, hoping to attract developers. Read more »
7 stories to read this weekend
Reporting in Mexico is a tough job that can get you killed. In Hollywood, you don’t know who is reading your email. And why do indie musicians hate Pandora and Spotify? These and more stories are on my recommended list of stories to read this weekend. Read more »
For some companies, confusion in app-land equals money
Growing number of mobile apps on multiple mobile platforms made by the likes of Google and Apple means that app discovery has become a major challenge. For some companies, including the newly reborn Digg, now part of Betaworks, that represents an opportunity. Read more »
Bristol, another Tennessee town is getting Gigabit broadband
With current broadband market is essentially a comfortable duopoly of cable and telecom operators with little competitive pressure that leads to forward looking features. It is no surprise that cities are looking to take matters in their own hands taking a cue from Bristol, Tennessee. Read more »
Here is why Cisco bought Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash
Meraki, a San Francisco-based company that came out of MIT Roofnet project, has been acquired by Cisco for $1.2 billion in cash. With $100 million in bookings for 2012, Meraki was reflection of the growing demand for WiFi in a smartphone & tablet infested world Read more »
Peter Chernin joins Twitter board. Why?
Twitter is changing its board again – and this time it is adding Peter Chernin, one time News Corp executive and the architect of Hulu, to its board. Chernin’s social media credentials are lower than my baseball batting average, so it is all about advertising & money! Read more »
In conversation with David Karp, CEO & Founder of Tumblr
Here are my notes from a conversation with David Karp, CEO & Founder of Tumblr. He talks about the social web, Tumblr’s place in this new Internet, the shift to mobile, the iPad Mini and how he has changed as a founder and entrepreneur. Read more »
