The Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to this post about MyDataIsMyData, an upcoming privacy-monitoring service sponsored by classifieds site Flugpo, Beacon may still monitor traffic and personal data, even if a user has opted-out of the system. In [...]
Unlike dating in the real world where friends and family provide introductions and serve as wingmen, online dating is usually a very solitary experience. Singles browse through profile after profile (perhaps in addition to filling out tedious questionnaires and compatibility tests) in hopes that they’ll stumble upon someone with a mutual attraction.
Engage is a [...]
Interesting news coming out of Washington D.C. today around the addition of Google advertisement on Yahoo search result pages. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) (pictured) and Judiciary Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX) made a joint statement saying that the deal “further underscore[s] the need for a hearing on the state of [...]
Angie’s List, one of the largest sites for local service provider ratings, has received $35M from Battery. Battery will now hold a minority stake in the company.
Angie’s List was founded in 1995, and provides users with customer reviews on a variety of services, including plumbers, roofers, and handymen. The site has over [...]
Tonight’s TechCrunch MeetUp in LA co-hosted with PopSugar is sold out. For the 2,000 of you coming (and 500 on the wait list), here are the final details that you need to know.
MySpace will be spinning MySpace Music artists for us all night, they’re bringing in celebrity DJ Perry Ferrell for a special appearance. [...]
Angie’s List, one of the largest sites for local service provider ratings, has received $35M from Battery Ventures, bringing their total funding to $48M. Battery will now hold a minority stake in the company.
Angie’s List was founded in 1995, and provides users with customer reviews on a variety of services, including plumbers, [...]
It was only a matter of time before someone created an online video-shopping marketplace. Mix together eBay and YouTube and you get Shopflick, a Los Angeles-based startup in private beta that wants to bring the art of video selling to the Web. Sellers can set up shop with their own page highlighting their [...]
Fon, the Spanish startup that wants to bring free WiFi across the planet, just raised $9.5 million (six million Euros) in a C round led by Coral Capital Management. Also investing was British Telecom (which struck a distribution partnership with Fon last October), Google (a previous investor), investment bank Allen & Co., founder Martin [...]
mediaFORGE has launched a new interactive ad platform that marries banner ads and widgets.
mediaFORGE’s widget focused offering adds fully customizable widgets as a rollover to traditional ads. As visitors roll over the ad, a flash-based widget appears allowing users interact with content, be it shopping, browsing specials, deals, viewing videos or pictures, or listening to [...]
Design guru James Dyson talks about design versus engineering. It’s was a little noisy at the event but getting opportunity to talk to the guy who made our favorite vacuum talks about the need for US/UK engineers and the rise of the East as an innovation center… and rugby.
Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the [...]