Top Stories of the Day // September 30, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Sep 30, 2013

Google Fiber Compared To Broadband By Putting A Middle Age Guy In A Bath Robe And Soaking Him With A Firehose

Provo, Utah is getting Google Fiber in the next few months. So how do you explain to the people of this small city south of Salt Lake what that will mean for... read more

Android Remote Application Framework Provides True Multi-Screen Experiences For Mobile

Android doesn't really have an AirPlay equivalent – its Miracast and Mirrorlink technologies are similar, but lack the kind of opportunity Apple's tech... read more

BlackBerry Claims BBM Is Still Coming To Android And iPhone, But Has Given No Timeline

Amid dire financial results and an oddly-timed smartphone launch, BlackBerry's big BBM for iPhone and Android launch seemed lost in a murky grey purgatory with... read more

John McAfee Wants To Make A Cheap Gadget For Decentralized Networking, But Occupy.here Already Does

Antivirus creator and eccentric world-roaming rich guy John McAfee has a plan to get around the NSA's snooping with a gadget called the "D-Central," which is... read more

Google To Be Punished In France For Failing To Pare Back Its Overreaching Privacy Policy

Google is facing sanctions in France after it failed to amend its privacy policy to comply with French data protection law within a timetable set out by the... read more

MLB's iBeacon Experiment May Signal A Whole New Ball Game For Location Tracking

There's been plenty of buzz about iBeacons and Bluetooth Low Energy radios -- they're supposed to do wonders for in-venue positioning, and plenty of companies... read more

Digital Ads Will Be 22% Of All U.S. Ad Spend In 2013, Mobile Ads 3.7%; Total Global Ad Spend In 2013 $503B

Global ad spend in 2013 will see steady growth of 3.5% to reach $503 billion by the end of the year, and the amount going into internet advertising will... read more

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Google Fiber Compared To Broadband By Putting A Middle Age Guy In A Bath Robe And Soaking Him With A Firehose

Provo, Utah is getting Google Fiber in the next few months. So how do you explain to the people of this small city... read more

CrunchWeek: Microsoft's New Surface 2, BlackBerry's $4.7B Buyout, Big Changes In Fundraising

Happy Saturday! It's time once again for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us writers... read more

Gillmor Gang: Sensorship

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — new iPhone + new... read more

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Top Stories of the Day // September 30, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Sep 30, 2013

Google Fiber Compared To Broadband By Putting A Middle Age Guy In A Bath Robe And Soaking Him With A Firehose

Provo, Utah is getting Google Fiber in the next few months. So how do you explain to the people of this small city south of Salt Lake what that will mean for... read more

Android Remote Application Framework Provides True Multi-Screen Experiences For Mobile

Android doesn't really have an AirPlay equivalent – its Miracast and Mirrorlink technologies are similar, but lack the kind of opportunity Apple's tech... read more

BlackBerry Claims BBM Is Still Coming To Android And iPhone, But Has Given No Timeline

Amid dire financial results and an oddly-timed smartphone launch, BlackBerry's big BBM for iPhone and Android launch seemed lost in a murky grey purgatory with... read more

John McAfee Wants To Make A Cheap Gadget For Decentralized Networking, But Occupy.here Already Does

Antivirus creator and eccentric world-roaming rich guy John McAfee has a plan to get around the NSA's snooping with a gadget called the "D-Central," which is... read more

Google To Be Punished In France For Failing To Pare Back Its Overreaching Privacy Policy

Google is facing sanctions in France after it failed to amend its privacy policy to comply with French data protection law within a timetable set out by the... read more

MLB's iBeacon Experiment May Signal A Whole New Ball Game For Location Tracking

There's been plenty of buzz about iBeacons and Bluetooth Low Energy radios -- they're supposed to do wonders for in-venue positioning, and plenty of companies... read more

Digital Ads Will Be 22% Of All U.S. Ad Spend In 2013, Mobile Ads 3.7%; Total Global Ad Spend In 2013 $503B

Global ad spend in 2013 will see steady growth of 3.5% to reach $503 billion by the end of the year, and the amount going into internet advertising will... read more

TOP VIDEOS

Google Fiber Compared To Broadband By Putting A Middle Age Guy In A Bath Robe And Soaking Him With A Firehose

Provo, Utah is getting Google Fiber in the next few months. So how do you explain to the people of this small city... read more

CrunchWeek: Microsoft's New Surface 2, BlackBerry's $4.7B Buyout, Big Changes In Fundraising

Happy Saturday! It's time once again for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us writers... read more

Gillmor Gang: Sensorship

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — new iPhone + new... read more

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Top Stories of the Day // September 29, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Sep 29, 2013

After Near-$1B Inventory Write-Down, BlackBerry Starts Selling Unlocked Smartphones Direct To U.S. Buyers

Well that was quick: Not long after T-Mobile announced it would stop carrying BlackBerry hardware in its retail stores (but continue selling them online), the... read more

The Science Behind Using Online Communities To Change Behavior

Is it just me, or is it impossible to talk to technology entrepreneurs without mentioning user engagement and behavior? I'm a behavioral psychologist, so that... read more

The Danger And Opportunity Of The Intermediate Metric

Are social media companies overvalued? The question is not just a matter of revenue multiples (low or high), but rather whether that revenue is actually... read more

Peerby's Local Lending App Is Ready To Help Neighbours Participate In The Sharing Economy

You've got stuff, but not all the stuff you need. Dutch startup and TechStars London first cohort member Peerby is hoping to unlock the use value of that stuff... read more

TOP VIDEOS

CrunchWeek: Microsoft's New Surface 2, BlackBerry's $4.7B Buyout, Big Changes In Fundraising

Happy Saturday! It's time once again for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us writers... read more

Gillmor Gang: Sensorship

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — new iPhone + new... read more

Ask A VC: Emergence Capital Partners' Kevin Spain On The Next Disruptions In Health Tech And More

In this week's TechCrunch TV's Ask A VC show, we had Emergence Capital Partners' Kevin Spain in the studio to talk... read more

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Top Stories of the Day // September 29, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Sep 29, 2013

After Near-$1B Inventory Write-Down, BlackBerry Starts Selling Unlocked Smartphones Direct To U.S. Buyers

Well that was quick: Not long after T-Mobile announced it would stop carrying BlackBerry hardware in its retail stores (but continue selling them online), the... read more

The Science Behind Using Online Communities To Change Behavior

Is it just me, or is it impossible to talk to technology entrepreneurs without mentioning user engagement and behavior? I'm a behavioral psychologist, so that... read more

The Danger And Opportunity Of The Intermediate Metric

Are social media companies overvalued? The question is not just a matter of revenue multiples (low or high), but rather whether that revenue is actually... read more

Peerby's Local Lending App Is Ready To Help Neighbours Participate In The Sharing Economy

You've got stuff, but not all the stuff you need. Dutch startup and TechStars London first cohort member Peerby is hoping to unlock the use value of that stuff... read more

TOP VIDEOS

CrunchWeek: Microsoft's New Surface 2, BlackBerry's $4.7B Buyout, Big Changes In Fundraising

Happy Saturday! It's time once again for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us writers... read more

Gillmor Gang: Sensorship

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — new iPhone + new... read more

Ask A VC: Emergence Capital Partners' Kevin Spain On The Next Disruptions In Health Tech And More

In this week's TechCrunch TV's Ask A VC show, we had Emergence Capital Partners' Kevin Spain in the studio to talk... read more

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