Digg - What the Internet is talking about right now http://digg.com/source/techcrunch.com Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:45 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:45 +0000 15 Porn is the new Tumblr. It seems that everyone with a CS degree and a little free time is trying to cash in (or at least dabble) in the world of online sexuality, a happenstance that I’d chalk up to the ubiquity of boobies online and the potential for perceived riches. But what inspires a pair of designers and artists to create a site that essentially catalogs every NSFW GIF they can find? http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/22/what-is-it-about-porn-an-interview-with-the-founders-of-theworstdrug-a-nsfw-gif-site/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/13HRNzd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:20:03 +0000 It’s only a matter of time before Twitter releases its own Google Glass app. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/29/twitter-is-testing-out-its-official-google-glass-app-in-the-wild/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/ZZKu3C Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:40:50 +0000 If you’re trapped on a deserted island, instead of spending months looking for the Pearl Station and figuring out the smoke monster you could just pull the antenna out of the Breitling Emergency II and call in a rescue party. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/29/breitling-releases-the-emergency-ii-a-watch-that-can-save-you-if-youre-trapped-on-the-island/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/13G6YLb Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:54:33 +0000 The iOS keyboard remains the most offensive piece of skeuomorphism across Apple’s faux realistic, lavishly textured user interface estate. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/21/the-iphone-keyboard-stinks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/ZekQNS Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:14:29 +0000 How’s this for synchronicity: Google Glass started shipping on the same week that CISPA passed the House, 3DRobotics unveiled their new site, and 4chan and Reddit pored over surveillance photos trying to crowdsource the identity of the Boston bombers. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/20/ok-glass-rip-privacy-the-democratization-of-surveillance/ http://on.digg.com/XWCoyk Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:58:15 +0000 Instead of trying to determine future scenarios in a world I don’t understand and because Twitter has turned everyone into armchair professors, I reached out to a number of practicing economists who were either former professors or classmates, or had friends make introductions, and asked them to chime in briefly on a future with Bitcoin. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/14/iterations-how-five-real-economists-think-about-bitcoins-future/ http://on.digg.com/10VgIPv Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:01:00 +0000 Bitcoins are “mined” by unlocking blocks of data that “produce a particular pattern when the Bitcoin ‘hash’ algorithm is applied to the data.” It seems simple enough, but the cost of Bitcoin mining is greater than one might expect. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/13/the-cost-of-a-bitcoin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/ZWMzUY Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:30:25 +0000 Facebook's second commercial for 'Home' is much better than its first attempt. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/13/facebooks-latest-home-commercial-is-just-the-right-amount-of-weird/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/ZUmuWw Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:18:20 +0000 What will happen to your Gmail, Youtube, Google Drive and Google+ accounts after you die? http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/11/googles-afterlife/ http://on.digg.com/10QD1rc Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:26:21 +0000 Having just made it easier to check-in on the app, Foursquare now wants you to dive head first into locations around you, hopefully using the app to help you decide where to go next. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/foursquares-upcoming-ios-release-is-a-pivotal-moment-for-the-company-as-in-its-now-or-never/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/Yc3E6U Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:26:22 +0000 “This is not a Facebook Phone.” Yeah, whatever. The HTC First is the first phone that has Facebook partnering up with an OEM to bake an Android pie with Facebook Home filling, so I’m calling it the Facebook Phone. There will be more. This is just the first. And guess what? http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/htc-first-facebook-home-review/ http://on.digg.com/ZlAul4 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:48:30 +0000 Facebook had its big coming-out party for mobile on Wednesday, and its Home launcher will soon start shipping exclusively on an HTC device . This is the social network’s first crack at being the default experience on any device. Until now, using... http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/07/the-power-and-weakness-that-come-with-being-the-default/ http://on.digg.com/12yCIkV Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:35:23 +0000 College tuition has increased a mind-boggling 1,210% in 30 years. According to the College Board, the average debt of college graduates is a whopping $13,600, growing at 2.1% beyond inflation since 2005. Compounding the problem is a mountain of hidden fees. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/03/a-few-crazy-college-fees-that-are-driving-education-online/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/XY8kgn Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:31:26 +0000 Survey the mobile landscape and it's filled with people fondling their giant slabs of touch, happily typing away on glass. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/30/qwerty/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/10iHOjB Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:41:19 +0000 Like some previous attempts at scaring the pants off social media users, the FireMe! site offers a tool that allows you to “check yourself” to see what your firing potential is, based on your own inappropriate tweets. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/28/fireme/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/13BkFPA Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:00:44 +0000 Maybe we’re too caught up in ever-changing trends to have a moment to stop and think about the digital wake we create or what responsibility it is of anyone to manage it. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/23/web-sandcastles-made-of-sand/ http://on.digg.com/10xzUVB Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:03:49 +0000 Note-taking app Google Keep briefly went live earlier today before disappearing, but not before someone spotted it and took screenshots. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/17/google-kee/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/117VEKm Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:45:35 +0000 Google launched its new “Help for Hacked Sites” series to teach webmasters how to avoid getting hacked in the first place – and how to recover their sites if it happens anyway. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/12/google-launches-help-for-hacked-sites-to-teach-site-owners-how-to-recover-their-hacked-sites/ http://on.digg.com/YYfAuR Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:52:36 +0000 Electronic Arts’ SimCity was easily the most anticipated game of the season, but its launch was an unmitigated disaster because the DRM solution Electronic Arts and Maxis dreamt up means users have to always be online if they want to play. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/09/ea-apologizes-for-simcity-disaster-says-it-was-dumb-and-offers-free-game-to-players/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/Zs3MSG Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:41:20 +0000 This is a case of partners betraying a fellow partner. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/07/snapchat-lawsui/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://on.digg.com/YEj6dO Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:31:22 +0000