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Shasta Ventures Expands Team (3)
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Shasta Ventures, a venture fund managing $460 million and investments in startups like Mint, Flock and Turn, has promoted Jason Pressman to Managing Director and added a new associate, Evan Liang, to the team. Pressman, which we named a VC to watch back in 2005, was previsously the VP strategy, business development and operations at Walmart.com. Pressman’s investments include Click Forensics, Doostang, iConclude, Mochi Media, OSS-1701, PopJax, ResponseLogix and Tumri. Liang was previously a product ...Contribute comment -
From The Inbox: John S. Wants Us To Start Acting Like Journalists (4)
onFrom: “John S.” Date: September 5, 2008 11:43:36 AM PDT To: tips@techcrunch.com Subject: Celebrity Dating Network How is it that Techcrunch will do countless stories on every idiotic widget created by countless 19 year olds who manage to get their uncles at some VC to fund it because they can back door money to each other yet you guys won’t cover something really interesting? Have you checked out CelebrityDatingNetwork.com? Its the first dating service in ...Contribute comment
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Screenshots And Video Of The New Joost (15)
onSo much for Joost’s carefully prepared plans to release a browser version of their TV over IP service later this month. News leaked this morning that Joost would be abandoning their year old XUL based desktop client in favor of a browser based service that’s more like Hulu and YouTube. Users will still be required to download a plugin that facilitates P2P transfers of files, which is still an adoption hurdle. But at least users ...Shared by Alex (31) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) Brian Ries (6) Carlos (14) Dreamside (88) fabio (42) James Andreasen (4) Jeffrey Blais (47) Maggie (5) Rey (20) Robert Scoble (70) sawyer (8) Sigalon (35) Walt Disney Bio (28) 異塵行者 (29)Contribute comment
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Secretive Storage Company Dropbox Took Sequoia Funding in 2007 (7)
onDropbox is one of those infuriating startups that just won’t show us much of what they’re up to beyond the basic user experience (see video). We first saw them at Y Combinator demo day in August 2007, and talked to them again in March when they went into private beta. It looks like Sequoia was on them fast though. Last September, we’ve learned, the company raised a small $1.2 million round of financing from the ...Shared by Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) Elliott P. (19) fundament (57) Jonathan (9) Katie (4) ricardo (20) RomanZolotarev (26)
- Jonathan said: This looks like a pretty slick online file manager.
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TechCrunch50 Is Oversold (1)
onThe TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco next Monday through Wednesday is now oversold. We had originally anticipated as many as 1,500 attendees (50% more than last year), but we blew through that number earlier this week and are now at around 1,650 attendees. The venue actually holds this many people without any problems, but we have to order more infrastructure stuff to accommodate everyone. We will be cutting off ticket sales tonight at midnight or ...Shared by Carlos (14)Contribute comment
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謎のストレージ・サービス、Dropboxが2007年にSequoiaから資金を調達していた (1)
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Dropboxにはまったくイライラさせられる。このスタートアップはユーザー向けの機能（ビデオ参照）に関するもっとも基本的な情報以外、いっさい秘密にし続けている。われわれがDropboxを最初に見たのは、2007年8月に開催されたY Combinatorのデモ・デーだった。その後今年の3月にプライベート・ベータを開始した際に、もう一度話を聞いた。しかしどうやらSequoiaはこの会社にいち早く目をつけていたらしい。われわれが聞いたところでは、去年の9月、Dropboxは $1.2M（120万ドル）という比較的少額の資金をSequoiaから調達することに成功している。知られているかぎりでは、これはYCombinator出身の企業としてSequoiaから出資を受けた2番目の例だ。（最初の企業はLoopt）。来週あたり、Dropboxに関して続報が出せるかもしれない。CrunchBase InformationDropboxInformation provided by CrunchBase[原文へ]（翻訳：Namekawa, U） タグ: dropbox, Y-Combinator 【関連記事】 Y Combinator発のSlinksetが、大衆向けホスト版Redditを公開 Y Combinator発のAnyviteが、Eviteと対決。すべてをシンプルに。 Y Combinatorカンパニーって誰? Y Combinatorのヨーロッパ版無認可クローン Y Combinatorいじめは理解できないShared by Yu (54)Contribute comment -
Microsoft Ads: First Phase To “Engage Consumers, Spark Conversation” (10)
onSo the tech and geek crowd is a little underwhelmed by the new $300 million Microsoft advertising campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld that kicked off tonight. It’s mostly content free, with just one mention of Microsoft near the end. It’s a far cry from the brilliant Microsoft v. mac ads that Apple has run over the years. So what’s the deal? In an email we’ve obtained from Microsoft SVP Bill Veghte to all employees, he talks ...Shared by Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) Chris J Guerra (27) CineVegas (16) Drew Olanoff (144) dwk (23) Jeff (59) Jeff (48) Joe (102) Rex (152) Todor Christov (31)Contribute comment
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First Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Advertisement. (22)
onThose Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft advertisements started today. CrunchGear’s Doug Aamoth recorded the first ad during the Giants/Redskins game and put it up on the site. This is reportedly a $300 million ad spend. Seinfeld gets $10 million. It’s a cute and cuddly situation comedy about shoes. Has a couple of moments. No mention of Microsoft or Windows other than “are they ever going to come out with something that will make our computers moist and ...Shared by adam (25) Adam Singer (6) Andrew (27) Andrew (63) David (59) dkastner (16) elsterama (40) Ivan Žužak (5) Jaffer (12) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jeff (59) Jeffrey (26) Jennifer (10) jonson (23) matt (10) Nate (32) Neil (7) Rex (152) ricardo (20) Todor Christov (31) Wayne (52) weinberg81 (9)
- Neil said: I thought it was actually funny. It had no substance, of course, but what could they say when they're trying to sell Vista? The goal is clearly just to make themselves a cuddlier company.
- Jeffrey said: this is awesome... if by awesome i mean ridiculous and nonsensical x.x
- adam said: Ten million dollars, ladies and gentlemen!
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Yahoo Stock Falls Off The Cliff. When Will Jerry Give Up? (14)
onYahoo’s already crushed stock price has fallen further today - its down 8.36% since this morning, bringing it to a nearly five year low of $17.75. Yahoo has been as high as $34 in the last year (thanks to that Microsoft takeover bid), which means nearly $23 billion has been taken out of shareholder pockets in that period. How long can Jerry weather this storm? Is he willing to drive the company into the ground ...Shared by AJ (190) Alan Root (21) Bhavesh (36) Denis Gobo (29) Derek (32) Do Quang Tu (16) doransky (43) Erik C. Thauvin (37) Jrod (68) Kirby Witmer (20) Marston A, SugarStats (32) ricardo (20) Sidnei da Silva (8) voidfiles (28)Contribute comment
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Google Analytics Now Tracks Chrome. Our Share: 6.23% (29)
onUntil today Google was saying Google Analytics would not track Chrome usage for some time. Today they added Chrome tracking, allowing site owners to see how many of their users are coming to the site from the Chrome Browser. Clicky continues to track Chrome usage in the 2-3% range across its 45,000 sites. Use of Chrome among TechCrunch readers is much higher: 6.23% since Tuesday, making it the fourth most popular browser among TechCrunch readers ...Shared by _original (46) AJ (190) Aram (9) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) Bob Caswell (15) C.K. (134) Daniel (13) Danny Bo'itanni (25) Derek (32) Erik C. Thauvin (37) Hisham (23) Jesse (21) Josh (17) Jrod (68) Justin Yost (81) Michael (41) Mike F (460) Mushin (51) musicleaf (20) Mustafa K. Isik (9) Rey (20) ricardo (20) Rutger Blom (21) Sandaruwan (16) Uri (5) Vishal (15) wille (103) yoshy (339) ziqbalbh (24)Contribute comment
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So Is Chrome The Fastest Or What? (33)
onThere have been a number of timed and anecdotal speed tests performed on Google Chrome over the last couple of days. My personal testing: Chrome is the fastest browser I have ever used. More structured TechCrunch testing showed similar results: It’s fast. Here are what others came up with: CNET agrees, but their approach was biased towards Google. Chrome came out way ahead in a suite of Javascript benchmark tests. The only problem is that ...Shared by adam (972) Adrian (14) Ahmed (62) AJ (190) Alex (102) Alfonso Martinez (14) Amihai (24) Andrew Ruess (121) Anoop (16) aNTwNHs (78) Azeem (36) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) Brit (24) CosmicV (24) Dan McCall (21) Dominic Foster (297) Joe (102) Jonathan (16) Jrod (68) liamvictor (132) lunamoth (25) maxyRO (482) Mike F (460) Mushin (51) Nigel Eccles (147) Punksolid (26) Rami Taibah (453) Richard Bradshaw (15) Robert Scoble (70) Ruben (22) Sandaruwan (16) Scott (7) wcaw (74)
- Adrian said: what I really liked about this post, was the importance placed on the upcoming Mac and Linux versions. It doesn't seem like that long ago that nobody *me included* would have cared about those other platforms! That's progress that is. :)
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Geni’s Quest Toward One World Family Tree (26)
onGeni founder David Sacks has said all along that he wants to create a single family tree for the whole world. Based on some usage stats the company will announce on Thursday, they’re moving towards that goal: over a million unique visitors in August (growth has been steady). And the biggest family tree at Geni now has over 600,000 profiles and 40,000 users (profiles include deceased family members). A key feature driving big trees is ...Shared by AaronTN (36) Adam (15) Adam Selwood (22) AJ (190) Chris (10) cloneofsnake (13) Drew Olanoff (144) G. (27) Greg (9) HokieGeek (25) HollowMarkeD (65) infomaniac (14) Kluzter (19) MasterCKO (6) musicleaf (20) Nick (10) ntutak (13) plosson (20) Praneet (8) Rick Klau (108) Robert (5) Toby (29) Tony Ruscoe (14) Troy (4) William (17) Zoram (20)
- Praneet said: Even I have a 'decent' sized family tree at Geni.. nice 'family' social network.
- William said: My family might like this. I'll have to look at it after I disconnect from work -- if that ever happens.
- Kluzter said: Ya era hora!... así es como se hace un buen social network.. que solito se infeste de conexiones... yeeei
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Has Twitter Solved Its Uptime Issues? (10)
onOne of my favorite pastimes over the last year or so has been to tear Twitter apart over uptime issues. See, for example, Twitter Suffers Minor Period Of Uptime (my personal favorite), Twitter: Something Is Technically Wrong and Amateur Hour Over At Twitter?. Twitter has been mostly stable for the last month or so, though. And today cofounder Biz Stone wrote an email to Twitter users that says they’ve had 99.9% uptime over the last ...Shared by Ahmed (62) AJ (19) AJ (190) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) christideli (36) louisgray (146) Oneiros (36) Ruben (22) Tim (43) yoshy (339)Contribute comment
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Google Chrome Not So Lively (15)
onPeople (well, us) are starting to put a list together of Google products that don’t play nicely with Chrome, their new Windows-only browser. First up is Google Analytics, which will doesn’t track Chrome usage separately from Firefox (why Firefox?) for now, even though other services made the change immediately. Since Chrome is a two-year project and shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone at Google, the cynic in me thinks they to wait until they ...Shared by Ahmed (62) Andrew (63) Benjamin (1023) C.K. (134) christideli (36) ehu4ever (87) Marcos (9) Netviber (10) Patricia Skinner (24) Ryan (46) RyneNelson (283) Steve Nimmons (74) Umesh (12) yojibee (19) سروش رسولی (15)Contribute comment
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Google Chrome Press Event: The Video (22)
onGoogle has posted their official video of the Chrome press event we live blogged earlier today. I still prefer the comic book version, but if you want to see the official presentation, there it is. Larry Page steps on stage for the last two minutes. He talks about how he’s been using Chrome on an older computer to test how it handles lower end hardware. I’ve been using Chrome today on two Vista computers - ...Shared by Alex (102) C.K. (134) christideli (36) Dan McCall (21) digits12 (716) FelipeC (19) Hervé (17) hunikal (21) jeev (8) John Magnus (39) JPowers (39) MERc (2) pericles (700) Rahim (10) SMC (204) Steven (21) Sunpech (6) TiTi (109) voidfiles (28) yojibee (19) Yung-Hui Lim (81) سروش رسولی (15)Contribute comment
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Want On The Digg Home Page? That’ll Be $1,300. (100)
onInvespBlog has published what it claims is an interview with a top Digg user - someone who has a 34% success ratio in getting submitted stories to the home page of Digg. The Digg user isn’t named - he or she says “I have a reputation to withhold” (we know what they meant). In the interview the user talks a little about how he’s able to get stories to the home page of the Digg ...Shared by .... (6) Adam Fuhrer (85) Aislinn (129) Alberto (324) Alexander13 (467) alyssa (21) arjo (27) Ayelet (17) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) binarybiscuit (10) bittin (200) Bradford (1) Brian Edelen (17) Bronson (34) Caitlin (10) Ch (118) Chabarred (53) Chetan Thaker (41) Chirag Chamoli (36) Chris (34) Chris Robertson (21) Dave Keffler (71) Dave Koss (42) David (64) Derick Valadao (15) Dion Rodrigues (43) dobata (366) DOCBook Howto (116) Doug Funny (68) Egor (6) Eric (45) Eric Chen (121) Fernando (7) galo (6) Gerard (53) Gilbert Trejo (3) guy (626) Harold (21) Hasan Saleem (96) Havaslash (31) Heidi (8) HollowMarkeD (65) Icefreez (18) J.D. Rucker (494) JackpotCity (21) Jacob Share (111) James Fuller (20) Jay (58) Jeff (59) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (86) Jemima Kiss (10) Jeremy (102) Jesse (21) Joe (102) John Rust (4) Josh (24) k00pa (41) Kami Huyse (6) Katie Fellows (36) Khalid Saleh (22) Kurt Nelson (16) LANjackal (9) Lu Tao (21) Maksim Berjoza (24) Mani Karthik (125) Marco Ponce (15) Mark Laymon (11) Maxime VALETTE (1) Michael (8) Mortalwind (36) n8dude (33) Narayan (36) Natitude (121) Nico (23) Orli Yakuel (9) patrick (6) Phreak 2.0 (50) Rami Taibah (453) Rich (37) Ross V (471) Ryan (42) Sander Epker (34) sarahintampa (98) Shane Coffey (99) SharonG (63) Shawn Hill (62) SMC (204) ssravp (12) Steve Nimmons (74) Steven (15) susanna (63) Tal Siach (474) Tim Millwood (5) tobias (17) tobsterius (39) Trevor Wermund (134) Tyson Williams (58) webtime (476) WhisKiTo (68) will (48)
- David said: I think I know who this is - I personally HATE this digger. He is conceded littler jerk.... laughing all the way to the bank.
- Icefreez said: I find it funny people are surprised this kind of advertising goes on. It has been going on for decades. Besides if someone spends most of their time finding quality stories to to get to the top of a rating site, who says they shouldn't be able to support themselves for all their effort. Remember just because your friend say its cool doesn't mean they were not subconsciously persuaded it was cool by social advertising. :)
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Google Chrome Already Scores 2% Global Market Share (31)
onWeb analytics startup GetClicky says that almost 2% of all internet traffic to the 45,000 websites they monitor is coming from Google Chrome today. That’s sure to dip down as a lot of people go back to their normal browsers, and their client base is certainly not statistically relevant to the Internet as a whole. But if the experience these people are having with Chrome is anything like what I see on our Windows test ...Shared by Amit Panhale (8) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) Benjamin (1023) Bob Caswell (15) C.K. (134) Cai Chen (995) Clint (22) Derek (32) Dieter Schwarz (10) Dominic Foster (297) fr3dly (50) Guy (702) Jrod (68) Julius (6) Kathleen Anderson (2) Leena (1060) Matt (26) Mich D (169) neal (530) PMinze (28) Rex (152) Rick Turoczy (66) Ritu (660) Roger Åberg (14) Ruben (22) sidhezero (6) Steve Nimmons (74) Talk (9) Will (9) Xiaoxing (4) yoshy (339)
- Clint said: the problem with chrome is... i need my browser plugins to survive. especially nosquint. greasemonkey and adblock are almost-mandatory for me.
- Will said: I'm using Chrome now and it's pretty nice! It's lacking in all the features that I've added to my Firefox, so for now, Chrome is just going to be for Google Mail/Reader/Documents/anything else that pops up! It's nice though!
- Julius said: glaube irgentwie nich, dass 2% des gesamten internets über chrome besheid wussten, geschweige denn das ausprobiert haben... würde mich irgentwie total freuen, wenn es aufeinmal voll abgeht und chrome in 2 monaten 60% hat... is eigentlich realistisch mit ner monster-werbe-kampagne
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TechCrunch50: We Need Student Volunteers, Last DemoPit Tables Have Opened Up (2)
onTechCrunch50 starts next Monday in San Francisco. We’re on track to sell out the 1,500 available tickets sometime in the next 48 hours. We’ll have a bunch of updates for attendees here and on the TC50 blog over the next few days. Here are two updates now: We need more student volunteers, and we’re opening up the last five demopit spots to non-TC50 applicants. Student Volunteers: Here’s the deal - work a day for us ...Shared by Alex (20) MrGuff (83)Contribute comment
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Happy Tenth Birthday Google! When Are We Celebrating? (26)
onOne day this month will mark Google’s official tenth birthday. They’ll most likely celebrate with a blog post and a special logo (this one was tweaked based on an earlier one). And we’ll see a slew of articles about how much they’ve accomplished in those ten years. A few publications couldn’t wait and got out there with their Google tributes last month. So all we need to know is when to celebrate! Almost certainly on ...Shared by Andrew Boardman (69) Andy Beal (23) AnthonyB415 (7) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) cesaracardoso (77) crazyjaf (44) DarK FlameS (64) Dileepa (25) Dimitar D (37) DOCBook Howto (116) Dominik Lukeš (36) HUNG (53) hunikal (21) jetienne (20) Jrod (68) Kluzter (19) mcastel (25) Mikey (51) Ryan Kellett (14) SharonG (63) spsneo (17) TIGGR (44) Wayne (48) WhisKiTo (68) Zoram (20) 猫影 (14)
- Kluzter said: Happie beerday giiigleee!!
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01/hurricane-in-louisiana-this-time-fema-is-prepared-this-time-fema-has-widgets/ (16)
onFEMA isn’t screwing around this time. There’s a hurricane hitting the gulf coast, and they are not going to take the blame if things go wrong. They’ve evacuated 2 million people, for example. And now, they’ve got widgets, which have been created by the Department of Homeland Security. Earlier this evening, MySpace says, Homeland Security phoned MySpace’s Chief Security Officer, Hemanshu Nigam who then called President (and hacker extraordinaire) Tom Anderson to quickly fast-track the ...Shared by aaron (124) Brian Cuban (1084) Brooke Adcox (9) Cai Chen (995) dedrick (10) Digg Boss (641) Kyle (16) Leena (1060) Marc Berry (3) Mario Hemsley (9) Matthew (3) ModernBizzle (5) pr1000 (16) richhand (31) SpostareDuro (44) webtime (476)
- aaron said: Good thing Tom has such 1337 h4x1ng skillz, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to embed some links in a friggin' iframe in the span of a few hours. That takes talent, after all.
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