This is my 4212th post on TechCrunch, and my last as editor in chief. The past few months have been a whirlwind for everyone at TechCrunch. We’ve had a lot of departures lately, but behind the scenes we’ve also quietly been...Well, That Was Fun
This is my 4212th post on TechCrunch, and my last as editor in chief. The past few months have been a whirlwind for everyone at TechCrunch. We’ve had a lot of departures lately, but behind the scenes we’ve also quietly been...Exclusive First Look At Spin’s New Music-Playing Website
Music magazines are getting hit with a double whammy in the age of digital media. Like all print publications, their audience is going online—but so is the music. Why read about a new album when you can just listen to it...Chart: In Four Years, Apple Sold More iPhones Than All Macs Ever
If anyone has any doubt that iPhones, iPads and other iOS devices are the future if Apple, just take a look at the chart above from Asymco. It shows all iOS products sold cumulatively versus all OS X products...Diller Explains How Tiny TV Antennas Will Change Everything (Video)
Earlier today, Barry Diller introduced Aereo, a company backed by IAC, at a press conference in New York City. Aereo streams broadcast TV to your browser and provides a DVR in the cloud by miniaturizing TV antennas and packing them in equipment that sits on the network. In the video above, which we...
Drum Roll, Please. Apple’s Stock Closes Above $500
Shares of Apple (AAPL) closed above $500 today for the first time, ending the day at $502.60. Apple, the world's most valuable company, now boasts a market capitalization of almost $470 billion. That is up 9 points from yesterday's close,...Fly Or Die: The Nokia Lumia 800 “Flagship” Windows Phone
Two weeks ago at the Crunchies, Dan'l Lewin, Microsoft's top executive in Silicon Valley, came up to me and handed me a Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone. It was out of the box, fully charged, and ready...The Only Reason Companies Delete Emails Is To Destroy Evidence
The News Corp. phone-hacking scandal continues to spiral out of control, sweeping up more and more of the companies employees and executives. In the UK, 8 people were arrested, including five News Corp journalists, in the broadening...Moshi Monster Madness (In Which I Get A Snookums Tattoo)
It's February, which means Toy Fair in New York City. Every year, Mind Candy CEO Michael Acton Smith comes to town to peddle his little monsters. Those would be Moshi Monsters, one of the largest social game sites for kids 6...Pedestrian Map App, Lumatic, Raises $800K From Joi Ito And 500 Startups
All the major map apps like Google Maps, Bing Maps, and Mapquest have walking directions as a standard feature, but the folks at Lumatic don't think they are good enough. It is creating mobile maps designed for pedestrians, cyclists, and...Sh#t VCs Say: “Have You Ever Tried Kiteboarding?”
Following in the tradition of "Shit Silicon Valley Says" and other Shit ______ Says memes, August Capital's David Hornick has made "Shit VCs Say."
There are some gems in here, including:
Yammer Time: In 2011 “Pretty Much Everything Tripled”
Yammer grew like crazy last year. How crazy? Product VP Jim Patterson just tweeted out the Yammer 2011 Year in Review infographic below with the comment: "Pretty much everything tripled."
Paid seats went from 300,000 to 800,000, total users went...You Know What’s Cool? $1 Billion In Profits
We learned a lot of things about Facebook today from its IPO filing. But there is one detail that sticks out for its improbable exactness: The $1.000 billion in profits Facebook reported for 2011.
The number wasn't $998 million. It...