Why This New Apple TV Makes Sense — For Now

As a longtime Apple TV owner, I’ll admit a dirty little secret: I really like the device. Sure, it has been one of the rare flops for Apple in recent years. And it could be so much more with say, a Blu-ray player or a web browser. But it is really good at its core [...]

Fast Trains to Connect US Cities, Alleviate Highway Congestion

The Obama administration back in January promised $8 billion in funding for cities and states to build high-speed, intercity rail projects. This week, the Department of Transporation issued its specifications for the manufacture of new fast trains, namely double-decker coach, dining, baggage, and business class passenger rail cars that can travel between 79 MPH and [...]

Twitter Just Killed Something Else: Their Own Website. Twitter For iPad Is That Good.

Are you addicted to Twitter? Do you have an iPad? Even if the answer to both is “no” right now, after you see Twitter for iPad, those answers are going to change — quickly. Yes, the wait is over. Launching tonight in the App Store is Twitter for iPad — the first official native iPad [...]

CEOs For Sale! Come and Get Your CEOs!

I’ve heard from two sources close to the Digg CEO search that there were a glut of good candidates. That’s something companies always say, and I frankly found it hard to believe. I don’t necessarily mean that as a knock on Digg. I was surprised there were a ton of “great” CEO candidates to run [...]

Reinvigorate.net Offers Powerful Real-Time Analytics, HeatMaps, And A Touch Of Creepy

If you’re running a website — be it a world-famous news portal or a personal blog — there’s a good chance you spend a lot of time poring over your stats. There are of course plenty of services available to help with this, including the hugely popular Google Analytics. But the older systems tend to have lengthy [...]

OMG/JK: I’ll Have My Inbox Call Your Inbox, You Digg?

It’s time for this week’s episode of OMG/JK, the TechCrunch TV show that features fellow TC writer MG Siegler and myself discussing the top stories in tech. In this episode we cover the integration of Gmail with Google Voice (which is awesome), the launch of Digg 4 (finally), and a peek into our crystal ball [...]

Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men. Or At Least Stop Blaming Me.

Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. If you idea rocks and you can execute, you can change the world and/or get really, [...]

Patent Suit Day Continues: Microsoft Takes Fight With i4i Over XML To The Supreme Court

While not the biggest Microsoft-related lawsuit news of the day, Microsoft just announced that it wants to take its patent infringement case against Canadian technology firm i4i to the highest level, seeking review by US Supreme Court. Last May, a federal court of appeals upheld the decision of a lower court that Microsoft had in [...]

TweetDeck’s Underground Project: Allowing TweetDecks To Talk To Nearby TweetDecks (TCTV)

Now that TweetDeck’s Android app is out in beta mode, with its multiple streams (notably Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Google Buzz) and blended options, many users want to know when TweetDeck will overhaul its iPhone app. The company’s CEO and founder, Iain Dodsworth, who dropped by TechCrunch’s headquarters on Wednesday, says it could be a “good [...]

Keen on … Net Neutrality: Is America Losing its Edge? (TCTV)

Is America losing its edge? This was the rather depressing subject of this year’s Aspen Forum, the annual event put on by the DC-based Technology Policy Institute. Attracting speakers as illustrious as former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Verizon EVP of Public Policy Tom Tauke, Intuit CEO Brad Smith, the author the [...]