MySpace Launches "My Ads" Self Serve Ad Platform (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)
4 hours, 20 minutes ago
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:: MySpace Launches “My Ads” Self Serve Ad Platform — MySpace launches their self serve ad platform, called My Ads, tonight, which was first talked about a year ago. Like Facebook's similar product, it allows anyone to quickly create a targeted ad and serve it on MySpace. [read]
What is the mystery port on the MacBook Pro? (Cleve Nettles/9 to 5 Mac)
4 hours, 25 minutes ago
Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac:: What is the mystery port on the MacBook Pro? — So, today's case spy shots would reveal a couple of interesting nuggets if they turn out to be the final designs of Tuesday's MacBooks. Firstly, the 13 inch-ish case is sans Firewire. Systems Admins will have to move those Boot images over the network now for all ... [read]
Intuition + Money: An Aha Moment (John Markoff/New York Times)
5 hours, 5 minutes ago
John Markoff / New York Times:: Intuition + Money: An Aha Moment — IT started with a Harvard physicist acting on a hunch. It ended up producing a new material, called black silicon, that could have a broad impact on technologies ranging from ultrasensitive sensors to photovoltaic cells. [read]
1.5 million T-Mobile G1s already pre-ordered (Darren Murph/Engadget)
5 hours, 30 minutes ago
Darren Murph / Engadget:: 1.5 million T-Mobile G1s already pre-ordered — T-Mobile sold right out of its original allotment of G1 pre-orders quick, fast and in a hurry, and even the second round has been claimed in a flash. What's it all mean? It means that someone at T-Mobile and Google are sitting in a fancy restaurant … [read]
Google Android: 1.5 Million T-Mobile HTC G1s Have Been Pre-sold (Amit Chowdhry/Pulse 2.0)
11 hours, 20 minutes ago
Amit Chowdhry / Pulse 2.0:: Google Android: 1.5 Million T-Mobile HTC G1s Have Been Pre-sold — Whoever thought Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) would not give Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) a run for it's money when it comes to mobile handsets was wrong. Later this month, Google will be releasing it's Android operating system on the T-Mobile HTC G1 phone. [read]
A Netbook-style clamshell for the iPhone is coming! (Alex Zaharov-Reutt/iTWire)
12 hours ago
Alex Zaharov-Reutt / iTWire:: A Netbook-style clamshell for the iPhone is coming! — OLO - it's the name of what looks like a notebook or netbook computer, but in place of the trackpad, you slot in your iPhone - and use its screen as a trackpad instead! Genius of an idea - or as dumb as the Palm Foleo that never was? [read]
Amid the Gloom, an E-Commerce War (Brad Stone/New York Times)
16 hours, 50 minutes ago
Brad Stone / New York Times:: Amid the Gloom, an E-Commerce War — WHEN the e-commerce giant eBay emerged from the last recession seven years ago with an aura of invincibility, its chief executive, Meg Whitman, boasted that “eBay is to some extent recession-proof.” — As the online auctioneer's revenues and stock price kept climbing … [read]
Startup Advice: Worry, But Don't Panic - You'll Miss The Opportunities (Peter Kafka/Silicon Alley Insider)
17 hours, 25 minutes ago
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:: Startup Advice: Worry, But Don't Panic - You'll Miss The Opportunities — VCs and angels sent out a series of “look out!” warnings to their charges last week. Now we're starting to see slightly more positive takes from other investors to their startups: Something along the lines of “Look out! [read]
TechCrunch Turns Into F**kedCompany 2.0 (Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life)
19 hours, 5 minutes ago
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:: TechCrunch Turns Into F**kedCompany 2.0 — Some of my readers who missed the dotcom boom and bust from the early 2000s may not be familiar with F**kedCompany, a Web site that was dedicated to gloating about layoffs and other misfortunes at Web companies as the tech bubble popped. [read]
iPhone 3G may be coming to a Walmart near you (Zach Epstein/Boy Genius Report)
1 day, 1 hour ago
Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:: iPhone 3G may be coming to a Walmart near you — Back in June we broke the news that Apple would be mixing things up a bit by moving away from its prior iPhone distribution model and getting a couple of nation-wide retailers in on the action. A little more than two months later … [read]