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GupShup, a Twitter-Like Service, Gets $10 Million

SMSGupShup, an SMS-based group messaging/microblogging service from Webaroo, is close to announcing that it has raised $10 million in new capital from Helion Ventures and Charles River Ventures. News of pending deal was first reported by some blogs in India. In its original form, Webaroo — a ... (original story)

Zurich Meetup - TechCrunch Euro Tour

As part of the TechCrunch Euro Tour, TechCrunch is coming to Zurich, Switzerland, on July 17th, thanks to our co-organisers there. We’ll be throwing it at the Swisscom Bluewin tower in Zurich (pictured) for the Swiss web 2.0 crowd, including start-ups, bloggers and journalists. Thanks to our c... (original story)

Update: New iPhone, MobileMe and Macbook Upgrades At Apple Store

Update: Store Back Online (1:00AM PST) The store is back up and online, with a laundry list of new products including: iPhone 3G MobileMe iMac upgrades 16GB iPhone 2GB shuffle UPDATE - None of these have been updated. False alarm. Apple’s online store just went down, a definitive sign tha... (original story)

With Summize, Twitter to Buy a Clue

The big buzz of the evening is that Twitter, a San Francisco-based startup that allows anyone to post short (up to 140 characters) messages to its platform and thus broadcast them to one or many using different media such as web and mobile, is about to acquire Summize, a Potomac Falls, Va.-based st... (original story)

Gossip Guys: The Microsoft-Yahoo Saga

Remember back in the Dark Ages before text messaging, when a teenager (let’s call him Jerry Yang) might get a best friend (maybe call him Carl Icahn) to call another friend (say, Steve Ballmer) using three-way calling? With Yang sitting silently on the line, the goal would be for Icahn to goad... (original story)

Google Tops Reputation Survey in U.S.; No. 2 Worldwide. Do You Agree? Vote In The TechCrunch Reputation Poll.

Which Companies Do You Trust Or Admire The Most? ( surveys) Who do you trust more, Google or Toyota? The answer might depend on where you live. In its annual corporate reputation survey of 60,000 people worldwide, the Reputation Institute finds that Google scores highest in the U.S., but [...] (original story)

Industry Standard is Back

After a six and half year hiatus, the Industry Standard is resuming publication today. There are two great lines in the original self-report of its death. "The Standard was a victim of many of the... (original story)

IBM And Second Life Announce Interoperability, But Bridging Virtual Worlds Is the Wrong Answer

Virtual worlds like Second Life have a silo issue—they are virtual worlds unto themselves. Today, Linden Lab (which operates Second Life) and IBM announced that they have successfully bridged two virtual worlds, with avatars from Second Life successfully “teleporting” to an entirely d... (original story)

Amazon Now Offers IOUs Through Bill Me Later

So you’ve got yourself an Amazon addiction, shopping for everything from books to mobile phones to toiletries and myriad other odds and ends. Or maybe you want to shop the retailer, but are no fan of sending credit card information across the Web for phishers to scavenge. Or maybe you don’t have... (original story)

Mad Mimi Offers Simple and Beautiful Email Marketing

Email marketing is a necessary evil for a lot of companies. Constant Contact knows this, and has rode the need to keep in touch with your customers via email to the tune of becoming a $500 million, publicly traded company following an IPO last fall. Mad Mimi is a new startup looking to unseat Const... (original story)

My Yahoo Rolls Out New Interface, Tries To Fend Off iGoogle

My Yahoo, the leading customized homepage provider, has finally rolled out its redesigned interface to all of its users. Yahoo has allowed users to upgrade to the new interface for over a year, but has taken its time in rolling it out to everyone. New features in this release include: More module... (original story)

Catch that MobileBeat and Learn About Mobile Technology

MobileBeat 2008 is the premier mobile conference seeking to answer the larger questions that confront developers, entrepreneurs, and investors within the mobile industry, presented by VentureBeat and Plug and Play Tech Center. On deck are top mobile industry leaders such as Rich Miner, co-founder o... (original story)

How Reddit is Flirting With The Future of Social News

In the competitive social news market, Digg has gotten a lot of attention for its recommendation engine and Mixx continues to release new features (it has launched communities and an API recently). However it seems like Reddit is not getting the attention it deserves. Its open source initiative was ... (original story)

The Quiet Disruption in Process

Hi. I’m back. Well, at least for a moment. I’m been radio silent for a while because I didn’t feel I had much to say. Blogger’s block, perhaps. I prefer to think of it as editing in extremis. Over... (original story)

Microsoft Crosses A Line

Until today I’ve largely been a big supporter of Microsoft’s efforts to acquire Yahoo. A couple of days before Microsoft placed its initial $44.6 billion bid for the company, I told Fox Business Channel that a Microsoft merger had to happen to save Yahoo (and I certainly wasn’t the... (original story)



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