1. Fever Pitch: It’s Droid Day, Enjoy The Moment. 1 day ago   permalink

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

If you are a tech lover, there is nothing quite like the launch day of a much hyped new gadget. Expectations run high. And since those expectations are rarely satisfied once you have the special little device in hand, it's a moment to savor. In the hours before you own it, that device is perfect in every way. It will make you happier, a better ...

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Today :   Birth of the Droid Fanboy

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine :   Gadget of the Month Club

BrianB / PMP :   Motorola Droid, not iPhone, is the Best Smartphone Tricia Duryee / MocoNews :   The Android Wrap: The Skinny On Droid Lines; Reviews Galore; The Small Print On Pricing Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear :   Does anyone in tech pay attention to unemployment numbers? Hard to buy that new gizmo when you don’t have a job, right?

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Tim Stevens / Engadget Verizon confirms DROID tethering cost, will ask subscribers to double-down on their data plan   —  Just a few days ago Verizon made the less-than-shocking confirmation that DROID tethering was coming, but wouldn't say how much it would cost. Now that the hardest of hardcore fans are already waiting in line, disconnected from the world at large, the company is unleashing the bad news: it'll be $30. That doubles the cost of the required data ... PC World Latest :    Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You Kevin C. Tofel / JkOnTheRun :    Droid Tethering Details — Double-Down of Price and Bandwidth

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch Google Pushes Droid With Rare Ad On Homepage   —  Do you see something strange in this screenshot of Google's homepage today? No, not Bert and Ernie (it's Sesame Street's 40th birthday). It's that ad for the Verizon Droid right there under the search box (today is also Droid Day ). Although, the juxtaposition does make it seem like Bert and Ernie are trying to get you to buy a Droid. Google's ... Rosa Golijan / Gizmodo :    Google Promotes Droid Day With Rare Homepage Ad Mark Hachman / Gearlog These Were the Droids Techies Were Looking For   —  Officially, the Friday launch of the Droid and the Droid Eris went swimmingly, backed up by anecdotal reports from the stores themselves. While it may take a day or two to truly assess how the launch went, a small poll of stores in Northern California, a tech haven, proved that Verizon had a hit on its hands. "It's going great," Heidi Flato, a ... Tricia Duryee / MocoNews :    The Android Wrap: The Skinny On Droid Lines; Reviews Galore; The Small Print On Pricing Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch My Not-So-Epic Quest To Find The Elusive Verizon Droid Line   —  Today is Droid day — an event that I, like many tech bloggers, have been looking forward to for quite some time. Unlike some people, I wasn't graced with a test Droid last week, so I was forced to go out and get one the old fashioned way: by getting to the store as early as possible, before the precious devices sold out. And while I was ... Digg.com Five Things to Like About the Droid   —  The Droid is a fierce phone. Motorola's newest smartphone has a number of features that match and even best its biggest competitor, Apple's iPhone. Digg.com Droid Launch: Is This The Start of The Android Revolution?   —  The Motorola Droid hits the shelves today, ready for the Android-hungry masses. The question everyone wants to know is, is this the start of a revolution in the mobile space? Today Verizon's Droid: 10 Apps to Get You Started   —  So, you've got your spiffy new Motorola Droid phone from Verizon. Now what? Try these 10 top-notch Android apps to get started. James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits Droid   —  The newest Droid ad is just ridiculous - stealth bombers dropping droids across the country like bombs? Is that seriously Verizon's message, that the only way middle America will use the Droid is if they bomb us with it? Technorati Tags: android , verizon

2. Andreessen On Skype: “This Is One Of The Most Important Companies On the Internet.” 21 hours ago   permalink

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch

Earlier this morning, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis settled their lawsuits with eBay and a syndicate of investors in return for a 14 percent stake in the company they founded. The lawsuits were complicating the spin-off of Skype from eBay because the Skype founders still controlled the service's underlying peer-to-peer technology. In an ...

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Frank Reed / Andy Beal :   Skype Founders Re-Found in Settlement

Bobbie Johnson / Technology news :   Skype founders wrestle back $400m share of company

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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%   —  eBay has just announced that it has reached a settlement with the founders of Skype , clearing the way for the sale of the Internet communication company to a consortium formed by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners , Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Index Ventures , a historical investor in Skype, is not ... Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com :    Skype Saga: Let’s Kiss and Make Up, Until Next Time You Hear From our Lawyers Jon / P2pnet news :    P2pnet World Headlines:

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3. MSNBC Having A Bad Friday 14 hours ago   permalink

MG Siegler / TechCrunch

I think it's safe to assume their Twitter account has been hacked. Update : Yep. Now suspended .

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Joshsnyder / The Zaz :   Nothing to see here. Move along, move along.

Areif Sless-Kitain / TOC :   Update: Fake MSNBC’s Twitter feed: HACKED!

4. TextPlus 2.0 Hits The App Store For Free Texting 10 hours ago   permalink

Daniel Brusilovsky / TechCrunch

textPlus , a text messaging app that's powered by GOGII , has just hit the App Store. textPlus lets any iPhone or iPod Touch send free text messages to any cell number by using in-app advertising to cover its costs. There is no limit on how many text messages you can send per month, it's just a matter of getting WiFi, 3G or an Edge connection. ...

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Macworld IPhone Superguide comes to App Store   —  Macworld's iPhone Superguide is now on the App Store. Despite numerous delays, many of them the fault of Apple's app-review process.

Dave Caolo / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) Apple Store Carrousel du Louvre opens today   —  Filed under: Apple Corporate , Retail Apple typically opens retail stores in high-end shopping areas, and this one is as high-end as it gets. Beneath the great glass pyramid that marks the entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris is Carrousel du Louvre, home to shops, a gourmet food court, exhibition space and, as of this Saturday, an Apple Store . TechNews AM :    Apple store carrousel du louvre opens today... MG Siegler / TechCrunch App Store Hypocrisy Update: Mein Kampf Complete With Nazi Logo Approved   —  This just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. Before I begin, let me start out by saying that all things being equal, I have no problem with the Apple putting Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf into the App Store, as they have today, as both The Next Web and Edible Apple spotted. It's a book, it's a rather big part of history, it's in book stores, etc. John Herrman / Gizmodo This Week's Best iPhone Apps   —  In this week's never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Airplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation, cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! The Best Chorus : Hey, Apple, when people start ... Dave Caolo / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) Squarespace hosting/CMS service launches iPhone app   —  Filed under: Software , Blogging , Internet Tools , iPhone , App Store After a long wait, Squarespace customers finally have an iPhone app of their own. Squarespace is a hosted blogging/CMS service that competes with the likes of WordPress.com and Typepad . Having used all three, I can say that interacting with Squarespace (posting, changing ... Macworld Apple Store announces Reserve And Pick Up program for the holidays   —  Apple today announced a Reserve and Pick Up program that allows customers to reserve products online and pick them up at a local retail store between December 15 and 24. Cliff Kuang / Fast Company Mon Dieu! Apple Store Coming the Louvre   —  There's a price for everything, even in the Louvre: Tomorrow, Apple will be opening up their very first Parisian Apple Store, and it'll sit in the concourse right below I.M. Pei's glass pyramid. According to Bloomberg, this'll be Apple's 277th store, worldwide. It's set to be slightly smaller than the one on Oxford Circus in London. But it's not ... AppleInsider Doom game creator suggests Apple embarrassed about iPhone gaming   —  John Carmack, creator of the classic PC game Doom, described working with Apple as a "rollercoaster ride," and suggested that company executives are not happy about the popularity of gaming on the iPhone and iPod touch. PC World Latest Apple Store Announces Reserve And Pick Up Program   —  For you pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, the Apple retail store on Friday announced a way to get a jump on your holiday list. The Reserve And Pick Up option will let...

5. Europe’s Biggest Paper Blocks iPhone Browsers To Force Sales Of Its App 14 hours ago   permalink

TechCrunch Europe / TechCrunch

So much for the coming mobile nirvana of free mobile content - at least for iPhone users in Germany. Today Europe's biggest newspaper, BILD-Zeitung , intends to use, in effect, brute force to compel users buy its new iPhone app. The paper tabloid is to block anyone using an iPhone browser from accessing its website. Now, readers will not only ...

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Www.dwdl.de "bild.de" und "welt.de" wollen iPhone aussperren   —  (05.11.2009) Mit der Einführung kostenpflichtiger iPhone-Apps zur mobilen Nutzung von "Bild" und "Welt" sollen iPhone-Nutzer keine Zugriffsmöglichkeit mehr auf die normalen Webangebote bekommen. Eine gewagte Strategie Markus Goebel / TechCrunch Europe :    Europe’s biggest newspaper decides the iPhone browser isn’t welcome TechCrunch Europe / TechCrunch :    Europe’s Biggest Paper Blocks iPhone Browsers To Force Sales Of Its App Markus Goebel / TechCrunch Europe Europe’s biggest newspaper decides the iPhone browser isn’t welcome   —  So much for the coming mobile nirvana of free mobile content - at least for iPhone users in Germany. Today Europe's biggest newspaper, the German newspaper BILD-Zeitung intends to use, in effect, brute force to force users buy its new iPhone app. The paper tabloid is going to block anyone using an iPhone browser from accessing its website. Now, ... Megan Berry / Mashable! 5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers   —  Megan Berry is an evangelist for Mobclix , the industry’s largest mobile ad exchange, working on social media and marketing. She also blogs at The Huffington Post and the Mobclix blog . You can follow her on Twitter as @meganberry , or through the @Mobclix handle. Unsure about mixing your iPhone with wine? Well, if you’re a true ... Adam Ostrow / Mashable! IPhone Coming to Verizon in 2010   —  Many signs point to the Apple and AT&T agreement that makes the latter the exclusive carrier of the iPhone within the US coming to an end within the next year. For starters, non-exclusivity has been profitable for Apple in other parts of the world. Moreover, even AT&T’s CEO acknowledges the deal won’t last forever. And while ... Brian X. Chen / Wired Verizon iPhone Could Arrive Next Year After All   —  After Verizon aired advertisements bashing the iPhone, many tech observers agreed it was unimaginable that Apple could be considering sharing the popular smartphone with Verizon. But a new report suggests the contrary. Apple is indeed delivering a Verizon iPhone in the third quarter of 2010, claims research firm OTR Global. The firm cites ... Mel Martin / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) CoPilot Live for iPhone updates features and maps   —  Filed under: Software , iPhone We're seeing a lot of updates to navigation applications, and the latest is for the CoPilot Live app [ iTunes link ] for the iPhone. As promised, the company has updated the map data to fix mistakes or omissions that were reported by users. The latest update also adds iPod controls within the app, which many users ... Ross Miller / Engadget IPhone coming to The Shack: Dallas and NYC this month, nationwide in 2010?   —  So we knew a select number of authorized resellers would start stocking iPhones soon, and thanks to a tipster, it looks like we might be getting a glimpse at a none-too-surprising recipient of the new order. As these pics from an anonymous tipster show, "big hug for your mobile life" retailer The Shack will be getting AT&T's flagship device ... Dave Freeman / MobileCrunch The iPhone is coming to The Shack   —  There were rumors out there that the iPhone would be coming to authorized resellers soon, and we’re finally starting to see it showing up. Surprisingly, The Shack will be the first one out the gate. The story dropped this morning, via an announcement from the executive vice president of store operations. The letter said that the [...] L.A. Times IPhone sales in China are nothing to call home about   —  Only 5,000 of the Apple phones have sold since the Oct. 30 launch. High prices and a lack of Wi-Fi capability are blamed, especially with a thriving gray market in iPhones. Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been a ringing success wherever it has been launched. But in China few are picking up the buzz. Syberplanet / Syber News IPhone Owners Are Dogs: Survey   —  Retrevo, a website that calls itself the "ultimate electronics marketplace," took a look at iPhone owners. It tried to determine an iPhone user's personality profile . One thing's clear: in terms of dating, iPhone users are dogs. Why is that? Well, One in three iPhone owners has texted or emailed their significant other to break up. That's ... Macnn Radio Shack to sell iPhone   —  Radio Shack in a terse notice today said it would begin selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS in its retail stores later this month. The initial rollout is small and will be limited to certain company-run stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as well as in New York City. Expansion to all of its stores isn't expected until 2010.... Jessica Dolcourt / Crave Popular iPhone movie app flops on BlackBerry   —  Flixster's Movies app just isn't up to snuff on BlackBerry. Originally posted at The Download Blog

6. The Just Because We Love You TwitterPeek Giveaway #Crunch 9 hours ago   permalink

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

If you're a Twitter freak and think that a dedicated Twitter device is just the thing for you, read on. This week we saw the launch of the TwitterPeek , a cute little device built by Peek that will do just about anything you want it to do, as long as all you want it to do is access Twitter. It won't surf the web. It won't make phone calls. It won'

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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Bettween Makes Tracking And Sharing Twitter Conversations A Breeze   —  With Twitter rolling out its own retweet functionality soon, people will be pointing their followers to more users they may not be engaging with yet, which will spark users to follow more people and hence increase the amount of conversations on Twitter. At least, that's what I think. But Twitter has never been an ideal two-way conversation tool. ... Joseph Tartakoff / PaidContent Inside Word: In Defense Of Ads In Twitter   —  The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies. Blogger: Mark Suster Position: Partner, GRP Partners Blog name: Both Sides Of The Table, which features startup advice Backstory: No one knows what percentage of Tweeters (if any) would ... TechNews AM Is this twitter’s secret iphone app?...   —  One of the notable things about the way Twitter has run its business up to now is that it has never got into the app business. New screenshots suggest that might be changing. Twitter has always left development of everything except the core Twitter website and API up to third parties. It even bought the service’s [...]

7. YouTube Is Falling Apart Again 6 hours ago   permalink

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch

The ads are destroying YouTube. At least this one is. It is a video ad for sustainable energy company from Spain called Acciona . Yeah, I had never heard of them either. The video starts with this Euro-dude in a suit starting to blow up and crack apart like he's made from plaster. Halfway through, the actual video player crack in half, and all ...

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Digg.com Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Talk YouTube   —  Burrdugg, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4Finally now I can watch the videos on YouTube. The media player on Funny or Die is broken. allisonV12, 9 minutes ago, -0/+0The Will Ferrell comedy has been dead for at least 3 or 4 movies past,Funny or Die channel on YouTube...how appropriate

8. Marissa Mayer Chosen As A Glamour Magazine Woman Of The Year 7 hours ago   permalink

Leena Rao / TechCrunch

Google's Vice President of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer was recently profiled in a Vogue Magazine article that offered a in-depth glimpse into the exec's lifestyle, loves, career and fashion preferences. Now, Mayer has been named as one of Glamour Magazine's 2009 Women of the Year. Joining Mayer on the list are a variety of ...

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Www.glamour.com Marissa Mayer   —  She is a Woman of the Year because: “She has been a powerhouse of creativity and business acumen for one of the world’s most innovative companies. Marissa Mayer is leading the way in keeping America number one.” —Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and 2002 Woman of the Year Matt buchanan / Gizmodo :    The Queen of Google: "I Do Code All Night!" Leena Rao / TechCrunch :    Marissa Mayer Chosen As A Glamour Magazine Woman Of The Year

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9. Gowalla Hops Onto Android Via The Mobile Web 10 hours ago   permalink

MG Siegler / TechCrunch

Up until now, if you wanted to use the location-based service Gowalla on the go, you had to have an iPhone. Today, that expands to Android. But rather than building an app, Gowalla has extended support to Android using the mobile web . This works because Android's browser is closely tied to the device and is able to access location information, ...

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Kevin C. Tofel / JkOnTheRun Adobe’s Mobile Photoshop Software Lands on Android   —  In a side-by-side comparison, one could argue that pics from the iPhone 3GS look better than those from a Droid. That doesn’t mean you can’t make the Droid photos a little better. Adobe released a mobile Photoshop app for the iPhone a few weeks back, and the same title hits the Android Market today. The [...]

10. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus: “I Did Every Horrible Thing In The Book Just To Get Revenues” 1 day ago   permalink

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said earlier this week that he intends to make sure his company's games don't include scammy offers in the future. Our full background on this story is here . But what he didn't say in that blog post is that Zynga has been scamming users from the beginning quite intentionally as part of their revenue model. Rather, he ...

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11. With Brizzly In Good Health, Director Of TV’s House And Others Invest In Thing Labs 17 hours ago   permalink

MG Siegler / TechCrunch

Brizzly is on a roll right now. Just yesterday, it became the first web-based Twitter client to implement Lists , and last week it rolled out Facebook support . Today brings good news for its parent company: More funding. At the end of this month, Thing Labs will close a $600,000 round which is basically an extension of its Series A from back in ...

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MG Siegler / TechCrunch Seesmic Web One-Ups Brizzly With Lists AND Geolocation Support   —  Earlier this week, Seesmic rolled out support for the new Twitter Lists for its Desktop client. Today, that same functionality comes to its web-based client . And with it comes a bonus: Geolocation support. Now, to be clear, most users still won't be able to use this geolocation support just yet, as Twitter has yet to enable it for most users. ... Darren Murph / Engadget Myka ION brings Hulu, Boxee and other web content to your TV   —  It's been almost a full year since we heard a peep from the fine folks at Myka , but it looks like we could be talking about 'em a lot more often judging by the specs list on its latest contraption. The simply-titled ION is an Atom-based media PC that relies on NVIDIA's Ion graphics set and a customized interface that brings Hulu , Boxee and ... The Seattle Times Decision day for health care in the House   —  President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. The Seattle Times Minnick to vote against House health care bill   —  U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick says he intends to vote against the health care reform bill coming up for a vote in the U.S. House.

12. Chomp Eats Up Some Seed Funding. Next, Will Bite Into The Mobile Space. 14 hours ago   permalink

MG Siegler / TechCrunch

It's not yet clear what Chomp exactly is, but we do know that it's a rather hot property right now. It took the still stealth start up just 10 days to raise a nice seed round from Ron Conway and a few other big name angel investors, we hear. So what do we know? Well, the company is definitely in the mobile space. In fact, it's a "BIG mobile play,"

13. Infosys Co-Founder Adds Another $91 Million To Venture Fund 15 hours ago   permalink

Leena Rao / TechCrunch

More good news for Indian entrepreneurs! Infosys co-founder and chairman N. R. Narayana Murthy's new VC firm, now called Catamaran Venture Fund, just added a whole lot more money to its coffers. A few weeks ago, we reported that Murthy was turning to “the dark side” after selling a large amount of company shares in order to set up a venture ...

14. Zillow Starts Charging For Leads. Will Lenders Retaliate? 17 hours ago   permalink

Leena Rao / TechCrunch

Zillow, a popular real-estate listings site, recently tweaked the pricing model in its marketplace for mortgages, angering many of the lenders who pay Zillow for customer leads. A few weeks ago, the site announced that it will be introducing a new pricing model for these leads to lenders. Zillow's mortgage marketplace, which launched in 2008, ...

15. TechCrunch Europe ChristmasCrunch – It’s A Realtime Holiday! 19 hours ago   permalink

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe

It is time for the second annual TechCrunch Europe ChristmasCrunch ! Yes folks it's our annual TechCrunch Europe meetup and Festive Christmas party, in one handy package. This year we're taking a different tack - basing it around one of the the hottest themes right now, namely the rise of realtime streams. We've seen the emergence of Twitter, ...

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16. HTC Hero + Spotify now available at 3 UK website and stores 1 day ago   permalink

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Europe

[UK] Much-hyped digital music service Spotify recently announced a deal with carrier 3 UK that would bring its mobile service to 3 customers. Well, that offer is now live, as announced on the Spotify blog minutes ago. Spotify Mobile will initially be available only on the HTC Hero, the first Android handset to launch on 3 UK. To buy, head on ...

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