Tag Archives : TechCrunch

Google’s plan to take on Amazon and Ebay were earlier reported by  The Wall Street Journal, Google is now reportedly preparing the launch of a same-day delivery service, Google Shopping Express according toTechCrunch. TechCrunch’s report says that the Google’s service would cost between $10 to $15 less than Amazon Prime’s service of free two-day shipping for $79 per year. Google’s [...]

It looks more and more likely the new iPhone will go on sale September 21, based on a TechCrunch report  which reports that no Verizon employee is allowed to take a vacation during that time., the piece quotes a trusted Verizon employee” who said that the US-based carrier is having “all-staff vacation blackout from the dates of Friday, September 21 to September 30.” Apple is known [...]

Facebook An online report had  claimed that Facebook could be working on a phone of its own to compete in the fiercely competitive and lucrative Smartphone sector. Facebook was prompt is dismissing the report. “The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (Facebook) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects [...]

Image via CrunchBase Move over Facebook’s recently launched and fast catching ‘Open Graph’ feature, the  habit-inducing social networking site is reportedly planning a location-based feature that lets users “check-in” at real-world businesses and points of interest. TechCrunch reported about hidden code for the location feature on Facebook’s  mobile website [...]

Oopsy! We’ve seen some bugs in our time, but this one puts the cherry on the cake. A new exploit discovered in Twitter’s system is the ultimate ego sweller. By simply typing “accept [username]” into Twitter’s homepage, you can automatically force people to follow you, without them even knowing it. Try it for yourself, tweet “accept Sporkings” and we’ll [...]

For those interested, here’s a brief list of interesting events coming up in the end of 2009. 30th November (Monday) – NOAH’09 2nd December (Wednesday) – eMeet 9th – 10th December (Wednesday / Thursday) –  Le Web 15th December (Tuesday) – ChristmasCrunch 17th December (Thursday) – TBA: Keep your calendars free for this one! If you know of any other events [...]

Image via CrunchBase When TechCrunch team up with 2pears/Twisted Tree you know you’re going to be in for a day/night of entertainment – and that’s exactly what we received on Thursday 24th September at Café de Paris. Petra Johansson and Rassami Hok Ljungberg from the newly formed 2pears organised the event, hosted by Mike Butcher, Editor of TechCrunch Europe. The idea was [...]

Image via Wikipedia Tuesday was one of the most difficult days for the popular micro-blogging website Twitter, after a hacker gained access to their Google cloud-based Apps platform and managed to steal over 300 confidential documents and screenshots. These sensitive documents were sent to Techcrunch, where Michael Arrington decided to release some of them to the public. But how was this possible? [...]

Only last week did Twitter post a message on their blog apologising for accidentaly suspending accounts and now it seems it’s happening all over again. I opened TweetDeck to see blank fields. After re-starting the app a couple of times I launched the Twitter.com webpage to see my horror, that I had been suspended. After sending a polite support message, and venting my frustration out on Facebook, [...]