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Tech Crunch has details on Check.in

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"Eventually, the plan is to release a native app version for the different platforms, but in order to get it out there relatively quickly, they made a web version that works on mobile browser that offer HTML5 support for location (currently the iPhone and Android phones). When you load it up, the browser asks for permission to pull your coordinates, and a few seconds later it pulls up a list of venues it believes you’re near. When you click on one, the app does some “magical matching” to find the venue across the various services."

Filed under  //   Check-in   geo-location   techcrunch  
Posted March 26, 2010
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TechCrunch over Mashable

Any idea as to why TechCrunch suddenly kicked ass and Mashable suddenly got their ass kicked?
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Filed under  //   blogs   mashable   techcrunch  
Posted March 18, 2010
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Foursquare Updates User Experience

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Filed under  //   check-ins   foursquare   geo-location   LBS   techcrunch  
Posted March 6, 2010
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Davos Tech Exec Interviews On TechCrunch

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Filed under  //   davos   silicon+valley   techcrunch   technology  
Posted February 7, 2010
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Aol Launches Owl

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TechCrunch reports:

"Owl is less like Wikipedia than it is like Helium, which also pays for expert articles and has been around for more than three-years. Right now, Owl is rather spare. Most of the articles still seem to be written by Owl/Aol staff instead of contributors. That should change once more people find out about it."

Filed under  //   AOL   citizen+journalism   citizen+media   media   techcrunch  
Posted January 18, 2010
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Rough Start For Pepsi's Refresh

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"Not helping matters is the fact that the Pepsi Refresh site isn’t working properly. An attempt to submit an idea resulted in a database error. But even worse, applicants’ personal information was compromised." [TechCrunch]

Filed under  //   pepsi   pepsi+refresh   social+media   techcrunch  
Posted January 13, 2010
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TechCrunch Details Ribbit's New iPhone App

the app is more of a voicemail manager. You can see all of your transcribed voicemails, and click them to read each one, or press the play button to hear them. For each voicemail, you have the option to call back (through the iPhone dialer and AT&T), respond via SMS or email, or even record a voicemail response, which you send as an MP3 attached to an email.
via techcrunch.com

Filed under  //   mobile   Ribbit   techcrunch   voice+applications  
Posted December 20, 2009
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MySpace Continues Its Niche Push In Music // "Close To Acquiring iMeem" According To TechCrunch

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"but this isn’t going to be a big win for investors. iMeem has raised at least $25 million (that we’ve been able to track) plus at least another $10 million in debt. But the difficultly in making a free streaming music service work as a business model forced them to make some hard decisions." ~ (Michael Arrington)

Filed under  //   acquisitions   imeem   myspace   online+music   startups   techcrunch  
Posted November 17, 2009
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Online Music Services Continue Their Torrid Pace // TechCrunch Covers Latest Entrant Deezer

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"The company commissioned a study that showed more than 80% of its user base was keen on getting mobile access, while 40% was interested in better sound quality. But the Premium offering in my opinion is interesting because it’s basically a way for users to have seamless access to their account and playlists whether they’re opening Deezer up in their browsers, start the cross-platform desktop client or listen to their favorite music on the go. It’s the type of convergence I keep wishing every online music service would offer."

Filed under  //   Deezer   mobile   online+music   streaming   techcrunch  
Posted November 5, 2009
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TechCrunch previews "Googled"

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"Googled is not published yet, but I managed to get my hands on a copy of the uncorrected proofs. One of the most startling assertions Auletta makes right up front and repeats throughout is this:

In 2007, Eric Schmidt told me that one day Google could become a hundred-billion-dollar media company—more than twice the size of Time Warner, the Walt Disney Company, or News Corporation."

Filed under  //   books   google   media   techcrunch  
Posted October 5, 2009
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