![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/eric-schmidt-d9.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is in Seoul attending the launch of the Nexus 7 in Korea Thursday, and he's been very talkative on a number of topics, as... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-26-at-5-26-14-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alexia Tsotsis and Eric Eldon It's the darling of "sharing economy" startups, Y Combinator and a good portion of Silicon Valley's top investors, and a symbol of consumer web startups moving... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/sadberrys.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Peter Ha RIM is holding some sort of developer conference this week somewhere in North America. It's unclear what they actually announced or revealed because everyone... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/359682-schmidt-gagnam.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matt Burns Yep. This really happened on a recent Asian business trip to help launch the Nexus 7. Good for Schmidt. Homeboy knows how to have fun. Next up, Steve Ballmer... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/blackberry_jam_america_2012-e1348599790388.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matt Burns RIM is holding its yearly developers conference this week, playing host to over a thousand developers still dedicated to the BlackBerry platform. The company... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/laseriphone.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | John Biggs I've avoided posting videos of people shooting the iPhone with bullets, dropping iPhones into squirrel pens, and ingesting and then excreting iPhones because I... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-27-at-9-00-56-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook Angry Birds is now a household name. Even Rovio (the company responsible for the ultra-successful bird-flinging app) is a logo as familiar as EA's. But today... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tcitaly2.jpeg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Mike Butcher We're delighted to showcase Italian startups at our CrunchUp event in Rome today, which we've dubbed TechCrunch Italy. Check out the live stream. Our thanks to... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/iphone-flex-display-speakers.jpeg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Apple has published a new patent today, one that takes the possibilities for future iOS mobile devices and adds a whole heap of abilities seemingly ripped from... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/firefox-os.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Ingrid Lunden Google's Android smartphone OS is facing a lot of challengers in the low-cost smartphone segment, from Huawei, ZTE, Samsung and Nokia at the vendor end to... read more | |