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| Mar 23, 2015 | We Live In Public | I’ve written about Josh Harris here before. He envisioned all of the stuff that has happened on the Internet in the early 1990s, roughly ten to twenty years before it happened. And he tried to bring much of it to market in the mid to late 9... |
| May 29, 2014 | Maker Studios Culls Content On Blip’s Video Platform | A lot of online video platforms have disappeared over the years. Now it looks like one — while not shutting down — is having a pretty brisk spring clean. Blip, the video distribution startup acquired by Maker Studios (which is now itself ge... |
| May 22, 2014 | GE Is Launching a Fabrication Lab in Nigeria | This year, after stops in Chicago and NYC, GE will be bringing a fabrication lab to Lagos, Nigeria.
GE Garages are pop-up maker spaces that welcome members of the local community to come and use their tools, such as 3D printers, laser cutte... |
| Mar 13, 2014 | Kate Brodock of Girls in Tech: There is a Place for Women Leaders in the Tech Field | A lot has changed since Kate Brodock started the Boston chapter of Girls in Tech in 2007. Now the President of Girls in Tech Global, Brodock is focused more than ever on supporting women who want to work in this mostly male space, while als... |
| Feb 11, 2014 | The Power Of Focus In The Life Of A Startup | Jason asked DHH – How big could 37Signals get? Could it beat Microsoft?
DHH was upbeat: “Absolutely – How many products does Microsoft have, 2? Well we have 4! We are already twice as good as MSFT”.
Jason returned with a cheeky reply: “[If ... |
| Jan 17, 2014 | Jai Singh, Yahoo's Editor-in-Chief, quits the company | News comes a day after Yahoo fired its COO and reorganized its media department
(Updated to reflect confirmation from Yahoo)
Does Yahoo have a bit of a personell problem on its hands? Just one day after CEO Marissa Mayer fired COO Henrique ... |
| Nov 11, 2013 | Maker Studios yanks Erin McPherson away from Yahoo | McPherson was Yahoo's Head of Video, will join Maker as chief content officer
YouTube network Maker Studios has made a big new hire, one that could transform the company and help it branch out beyond simply making videos for YouTube.
The co... |
| Aug 27, 2013 | Red Burns | Back in 2008, when I gave my talk at Web 2.0 on the recent history of the NYC tech sector, I said that Red Burns was responsible for restarting the tech sector in NYC when she created ITP at NYU in the late 70s.
The entire slide show for th... |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Larry Lessig Threatened With Copyright Infringement Over Clear Fair Use; Decides To Fight Back | If you read Techdirt, you’re almost certainly familiar with Larry Lessig, the law professor at Harvard who (among many other things) has been an avid advocate for copyright reform and campaign finance reform, an author of many books about c... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Maker Studios In Deal To Buy Blip As It Works To Reach More Screens | YouTube multichannel network Maker Studios has agreed in principle to acquire long-running video distribution network Blip. While the deal hasn’t closed yet and there are a number of issues to be worked out, it would bring more content unde... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Maker Studios buys Blip. Does YouTube even wince? | The purchase of videocaster Blip.tv by YouTube network Maker Studios – announced this morning – may signal another step in the evolution of Google’s online video giant. That’s because the Time Warner- and venture capital-backed Maker could ... |
| Aug 8, 2013 | Evan Burfield: DC’s Potential to Be a Top Startup Community | Since beginning my work for Tech Cocktail, I've learned a lot about various tech startups and the inspiring entrepreneurs behind them. More notably, though, is the amount I've learned about the entire startup ecosystem. Being based in DC, I... |
| Aug 7, 2013 | Chuck Longanecker Talks Successful Design Strategy and the Future of Websites | Design is the most important aspect of a user's experience. Whether you're browsing a website, navigating a mobile app, or checking out an advertisement, it is the design that sucks you in (whether you're aware of it or not).
Chuck Longanec... |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Phil Simon: What Startups Can Learn from Large Companies About Big Data | Let's pretend, for a minute, that we're living in the state of nature. I'm 5'5″ (ugh, fine, I'm 5'4.5″), so, naturally, I would invariably try to compete and survive in this land of giants. If you're a small guy, you're obviously going to t... |
| Jul 28, 2013 | Natalie Baumgartner: Cultivating Company Culture | I never fit in with the other people in my marathon training group. They cultivated this high-pressure culture that was dependent on immediate results, something that inevitably led to my not training as hard and eventually quitting. Of cou... |
| Jul 26, 2013 | Watch These 3 Videos, Then Take the Weekend Off | Is working 24/7 key to becoming a successful entrepreneur?
Not if you listen to the folks below. Entrepreneurs like Matt Galligan and Dina Kaplan have discovered the great danger that is the burnout, and they don’t want themselves – or thei... |
| Jul 23, 2013 | Michael Tchong Wants You to Analyze Ubertrends, Not Normal Trends | Bluntly speaking, Michael Tchong is a master at analyzing trends. As the founder of MacWeek in 1987, he predicted that Macintosh, now Apple, would be the go-to platform for graphic designers. That was the first in a long line of decisions t... |
| Jul 22, 2013 | Jermaine Dupri: Before Anything, Understand Your Beliefs | I seldom come across a person in my life who does not recognize Jermaine Dupri as a rapper, producer, and CEO. “I Think They Like Me” is one of my all-time favorite songs to jam to. However, what a lot of people do not know about JD is that... |
| Jul 11, 2013 | Phil Simon to All Entrepreneurs: Do Not Trust Experts | Phil Simon, bluntly speaking, knows his stuff when it comes to technology and emerging trends. He has worked in IT, consulted, and written a multitude of books, but does that mean we should trust his expertise?
According to Simon, we should... |
| Jun 27, 2013 | Alex Chang Talks About One Technologies and Growing a Company | Alex Chang cofounded One Technologies with his younger brother, Roger, in October of 2000 with only $1,800. Twelve years later, One Technologies is generating about $200 million dollars in annual revenue, and has been recognized as one of t... |
| Jun 25, 2013 | Rohit Bhargava’s Likenomics: Find Success through Likability [Video] | Throughout his childhood, Rohit Bhargava thought he would end up as a doctor or engineer. However, a short stint at an engineering camp one summer showed him that he had more talent bringing individuals together than building turbines: he w... |
| Apr 2, 2013 | Downtown Project Startup Buys 100 Teslas, Aims To Replace Your Car | Buying and maintaining a car is something many of us have been accustomed to since our sweet sixteenth birthday. But there has been a trend to go car-less and with this trend, new services like Zipcar, Uber, Lift, Sidecar and more have laun... |
| Mar 20, 2013 | Gabe Shepherd Joins Tech Cocktail Team, Talks VegasTech, SXSW V2V [VIDEO] | Today we are excited to announce that Gabe Shepherd will be joining the Tech Cocktail team to help us with business development and evangelism. Gabe brings years of experience to Tech Cocktail as well as a great knowledge of the Las Vegas b... |
| Mar 19, 2013 | Zach Ware of the Downtown Project: Las Vegas Is Changing | The first time we interviewed Zach Ware, who works with the $350 million revitalization project in Las Vegas known as the Downtown Project, he said the word “community” so many times that we added a community counter to the video. (After 3.... |
| Mar 16, 2013 | Who’s Afraid Of Google Glass? | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
More posts by th... |
| Mar 16, 2013 | Trina Chiasson of InfoActive: Infographics Are Only the Beginning [VIDEO] | Trina Chiasson has an eclectic background. She worked at Media Make Change, using social media for social change. She did online campaigns for a youth leadership organization and helped organize hackfests. And she worked on a Knight Foundat... |
| Mar 14, 2013 | Eric Koester of Zaarly: I’m Bullish on the Midwest [VIDEO] | In 2011, Zaarly probably set a record by raising $1 million in funding just three weeks after they started. What began as an idea at Startup Weekend LA soon had the backing of investors like Paul Bucheit, Naval Ravikant, and Ashton Kutcher.... |
| Mar 12, 2013 | Michael Chasen of Blackboard Dissects the EdTech Industry [VIDEO] | Blackboard is a name that many college students recognize – but in the past 16 years, the education giant has expanded beyond higher education. They actually provide products and services to the whole education industry, including K-12.
Mic... |
| Mar 12, 2013 | Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal on Creativity, Mass Popularity, and Cats | Who is the creator behind The Oatmeal, a wildly popular comics site?
His biography on the site isn’t particularly useful: “The Oatmeal's real name is Matthew and he lives in Seattle, Washington. He subsists on a steady diet of crickets and ... |
| Mar 4, 2013 | Greg Cangialosi On How to Build a Startup Ecosystem [Video] | Greg Cangialosi, cofounder of Betamore and managing member of the Baltimore Angels, knows a lot about startups. His experience includes both entrepreneurship and investing. Greg started a company in 2001, ran it for 10 years, and made a suc... |
| Feb 10, 2013 | DFJ Mercury’s Aziz Gilani Explains Why Being Lazy Can be Good for Startups [Video] | Aziz Gilani is passionate about laziness. He says he likes doing what's easy.
“It's amazing what happens when you surrender yourself to the easy things to do in life,” he says.
Aziz, a director at DFJ Mercury, believes that companies should... |
| Jan 27, 2013 | 1776 DC Tech Startup Campus and Hub Aims To Tackle Big Problems | Since the Washington, D.C. region is so spread out with Maryland, Virginia and The District making up the unique area, finding a central hub for tech startups has been something the region has struggled with. Last year The Fort, a startup a... |
| Dec 10, 2012 | Sorry, But A Lot Of Social Media `Wisdom’ Is Pure Bullshit | I told Jake Sasseville that if I ever saw him again, I’d punch him in the face. That was back in 2007. I was the new media coordinator for Jake’s first television show, The Edge with Jake Sasseville and Jake hadn’t paid me in months. As you... |
| Dec 5, 2012 | Beefing Up Its Entertainment Content, Xbox Unveils New Apps From Blip.TV, Rhapsody, LOVEFiLM, IGN And More | Microsoft is making a big push to bring more content to Xbox, and some of the more recognizable names in entertainment have responded by building apps for the console, bringing their services into your living room. Two weeks ago, ESPN arriv... |
| Jul 25, 2012 | Desiree Vargas Wrigley of GiveForward on Raising Money for Social Good | “What can I do to help out when a loved one gets sick?” This is the question that Desiree Vargas Wrigley is hoping to provide a clear answer to. As founder and president of GiveForward, a platform to help raise money for loved ones who've b... |
| Jul 10, 2012 | Scott Case On Sex, Gambling, Luck, and Growing Your Network | Sex. Gambling. Luck. These are 3 things you wouldn't associate with growing your startup and building your network. But Scott Case, the founding CTO of Priceline and currently the CEO of Startup America, might convince you otherwise.
Watch ... |
| Jun 19, 2012 | Startup News: New Dating Site Lets You Check Out Your Friends’ Friends; The Fancy Goes DIY | Now for sale on The Fancy: Cookie Monster cupcakes. (Photo: The Fancy)
The new OKCupid TheDatable, a new social dating site, allows users to tag their single or, more selectively, “datable” Facebook friends—so that prospective dates can bro... |
| May 14, 2012 | Brian Spaly, CEO Of Trunk Club, Is On A Mission To Get Men To Dress Better | Do you like to go to mall and shop for clothing so you look good? If you are like most men, you probably do not enjoy shopping and might think it is kind of a drag. That said, looking good can help you feel good, which should ultimately hel... |
| Mar 25, 2012 | Think Twice Before Adopting The “Ship Or Die” Mentality | Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Uzi Shmilovici, CEO and founder of Future Simple, the company behind Base CRM.
The “Ship or die”, “Done is better than perfect”, “Just ship” mantras have lately become a part of many startup conv... |
| Mar 20, 2012 | Hard-Hitting Entrepreneur Cindy Gallop Says “Make Love Not Porn” | Cindy Gallop is older, female, and working on a startup related to sex – not the greatest combination for finding venture capital, she says. But with her sharp independence and honest vivacity, she sure makes for an inspiring entrepreneur.
... |
| Mar 16, 2012 | An Interview with Paul Davison, CEO And Founder of Highlight | Who won SXSW? The question is almost as silly as it is inevitable. Every year, we use the Austin-based technology conference to gauge what the next big thing is going to be.
If forced to choose who won SXSW 2012, however, undoubtedly Highli... |
| Feb 8, 2012 | Blip chops off its “.tv” branding with a $12M investment sword | Indie streaming video startup Blip.tv announced today that it will ditch the “.tv” from its name in the first of many steps to refresh and improve the company. Blip has also secured a $12 million round of funding to help see those improveme... |
| Feb 8, 2012 | Blip chops off its “.tv” branding with a $12M investment sword | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Indie streaming video startup Blip.tv announced t... |
| Feb 8, 2012 | Blip COO: “We Essentially Doubled Revenue In 2011” | Blip.tv is going through some changes, with founder Mike Hudack gone and a search for a new CEO still ongoing. But the company raised a $6 million C round from its two main investors in December, and now just added to that with another $6 m... |
| Dec 29, 2011 | Web series network Blip.tv raises $6M round of funding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Blip.tv, a site known for producing independent w... |
| Dec 29, 2011 | Web series network Blip.tv raises $6M round of funding | Blip.tv, a site known for producing independent web videos, has raised a $6 million round of funding, according to a recent SEC filing.
Unlike competing video sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, Blip.tv isn’t focused on letting people upload t... |
| Dec 28, 2011 | Blip.tv Just Raised $6 Million, But Where Is The Audience? | Blip Networks, which operates Blip.tv, is raising more money. According to an SEC filing, the New York City company sold $6 million worth of stock beginning on December 22, 2011 in an offering that could expand to as much as $11.1 million. ... |
| Dec 11, 2011 | Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties | The keynote in question shows how the copyright monopoly is fundamentally incompatible with horizontal unmonitored digital communication, and therefore, with the Internet and private communications as very concepts.
I outlined in 2007 how w... |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Startup Roundup: The 18 Philly companies on Inc’s fastest growing list | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Jun 1, 2011 | Blip.tv Signs Distribution Deal With Fred, iJustine, And Other Collective Video Producers | Online video is growing up, and so are the young video stars who first found an audience on YouTube like Fred (Lucas Cruikshank) and iJustine. Both are part of the Collective Digital Studio, a talent management company of sorts for Web vide... |
| May 31, 2011 | (Exclusive) YouTube's New Strategy: Create a Network Of Networks | YouTube is now showing approximately 3 billion videos a day. A growing proportion of those are shown with ads—more than 2 billion a week—and YouTube as a business is expected to pass $1 billion in revenue next year.
But when it comes to mak... |
| May 17, 2011 | With 1 Billion Views Per Quarter, Blip.tv Becomes A Video Destination (Interview) | Blip.tv started five years ago with a focus on helping budding video producers manage and distribute their shows across the Web. Slowly but surely, though, it’s become a video destination in its own right with 3 billion cumulative video vie... |
| Dec 17, 2010 | Videos: A Visit To Tokyo-Based Tech Company AITIA | Being based in Tokyo has many advantages, and one of them is to be able to visit awesome tech startups like AITIA: the Tokyo-based startup consists of just two people (a CEO and a CTO), having hired a third person (to run the business side ... |
| Dec 7, 2010 | Twitter Gains Much-Needed Instagram Support And Full Songs From Rdio | For the past few months, probably something close to half of my tweets have been links that take you off of the site. My bad. But tonight I have good news! If you too are addicted to Instagram — which it seems about a quarter of the people ... |
| Dec 3, 2010 | Photo Report: CrunchGear Visits Tokyo-Based Tech Company Ubiquitous Entertainment | Tokyo-based Ubiquitous Entertainment creates many things: applications for the iPhone and iPad (iTunes), cell phone games, websites, SDKs, and even hardware. Reason enough for me to pay them a visit a couple of days ago in their brand new o... |
| Nov 29, 2010 | Sharp's Galapagos Android Tablets Get Priced And Dated (In Japan) | No word yet when Sharp will release their “Galapagos” Android tablets outside Japan, but over here, the 5.5- and 10.8-inch devices will drop into stores on December 10. Big S will start accepting pre-orders for the tablets, which were unvei... |
| Nov 18, 2010 | Video: Panasonic's LUMIX GF2 Gets Priced And Dated (In Japan) | Panasonic’s LUMIX DMC-GF2, a micro-four thirds camera, which big P started teasing earlier this month now has a concrete release date and price for the Japanese market. The successor to their GF1 (which was released last spring) will hit st... |
| Nov 9, 2010 | Videos: 3 Conversational Robots From Japan | The Kobayashi Lab [JP] at Tokyo-based Waseda University has been working for years on what are probably some of the most advanced conversational robots out there. The first of this kind of robots, named ROBITA, was first shown to the public... |
| Oct 27, 2010 | Videos: Super-Realistic Female Humanoid Actroid-F | We have shown you many super-realistic androids from Japan in the past. But Actroid-F, along with what appears to be her twin sister Geminoid-F, certainly take the cake as far as realism is concerned. Actroid-F made a public showing in Toky... |
| Oct 26, 2010 | Video: Hands On With KDDI's Transparent X-Ray Cell Phone | Last week, we reported about the new cell phone line up of Japan’s second biggest mobile carrier, KDDI. The company unveiled no less than 19 new handsets, and among those, one model stood out because of its unique design: the aptly named X-... |
| Oct 8, 2010 | CEATEC 2010: Eyes-on With Mitsubishi's Monster Diamond Vision OLED Display | 3D TVs that don’t require without glasses, short-focus projectors that work with touch screens and dual touchscreen phones: all these gadgets are currently being showcased at CEATEC 2010 in Japan, and all of these might be cool, but nothing... |
| Oct 8, 2010 | Microsoft Acquiring Second Life Would Kinect Well With Gamers | Microsoft (MSFT) has reportedly put a bid in to buy Linden Lab's Second Life. Neither party will confirm, but it would be a good match: The Microsoft Kinect virtual controller needs an active community and the once-buzzworthy Second Life ne... |
| Oct 8, 2010 | CEATEC 2010: Hitachi's Awesome LCD Projector Demo (Videos) | Projectors might be great for movies and essential for presentations, but they are rarely sexy. A notable exception currently showcased at CEATEC 2010 is the ultra-short throw LCD projector (the follow-up model to the CP-A200) showcased at ... |
| Oct 7, 2010 | CEATEC 2010: Hands-on With Fujitsu's "Social" Teddy Bear Robots (Video) | One thing that’s really missing at this year’s CEATEC 2010 exhibition is robots, at least from the bigger companies. One exception is Fujitsu whose so-called “Social Robots” may not look like much from the outside but are actually quite sop... |
| Oct 7, 2010 | CEATEC 2010: Hands-on With Sharp's Android Phone IS03 (Video) | Earlier this week, we blogged Sharp’s new Android phone, the IS03. On paper, the handset has a lot going for it: a nice 3.5-inch touchscreen with 960×640 resolution (same as the iPhone 4) with a combined memory LCD, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a... |
| Oct 6, 2010 | CEATEC 2010: "Augmented Reality Walker" From Olympus (Video) | One of the “sub trends” of this year’s CEATEC exhibition (that’s currently taking place near Tokyo) is augmented reality, especially among the telecommunications companies. Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo is experimenting with an ... |
| Oct 6, 2010 | CEATEC 2010: Hands-On With Toshiba's Folio 100 Android Tablet (Video) | We reported yesterday about Toshiba’s plans of bringing Android-powered tablets to the US next year, and here at CEATEC, big T gave all attendees the chance to try out the Folio 100, a Europe-only device. The Toshiba employee at the booth t... |
| Oct 5, 2010 | CrunchGear At CEATEC 2010: Hands On With Sharp's Galapagos Android Tablets (Video) | CrunchGear is at CEATEC 2010, Asia’s biggest technology and electronics exhibition, which takes place yearly in Chiba (one hour away from Tokyo). Sharp’s booth was (next to 3D devices) all about Android, with its so-called Galapagos e-reade... |
| Oct 5, 2010 | CEATEC 2010: Eyes-On With TDK's Bendable And Transparent OLEDs (Video) | A pleasant surprise at this year’s CEATEC: TDK’s two passive matrix mini OLED panels, one of which is transparent and the other bendable (like the one Sony showed earlier this year). What’s cool is that both prototypes are showcased as blac... |
| Oct 4, 2010 | Google TV gets more real: Content partnerships and more apps announced (video) | Google has been fairly quiet on the progress of Google TV since it was announced five months ago, but now the company seems ready to spin up its hype machine once again.
In a blog post today, Google TV product manager and developer Ambarish... |
| Sep 22, 2010 | Video: Panasonic's Mini Robot To Travel 500KM On Batteries | When we showed you Panasonic’s new mini robot two weeks ago, we only had one good picture of him and no video. But today, the company held a special press conference in Tokyo where it showcased the little guy for the first time. To recap, t... |
| Sep 7, 2010 | SpeakerText Builds the Missing Text Layer for Online Video [Invites] | The Internet is a series of tubes – man, that joke just doesn’t get old. Or rather, the Internet is a series of text documents. That isn’t so funny if you’re trying to optimize your search engine rankings for video content on your website. ... |
| Aug 11, 2010 | Video: Creepily Realistic Robot Hand | Kyoto-based Squse has developed the so-called Robot Hand H-Type [JP], a creepily realistic (but very cool) robotic hand. The hand’s “bones” are made of polycarbonate, while the skin is silicon rubber. It weighs 340g and can lift up and move... |
| Aug 11, 2010 | Video: Mini Humanoid Doing Yoga Moves | We’ve shown you a number of robots in the past that were able to pull off some serious moves, but Choromet 2 [JP] is particularly elegant – when he’s performing Yoga exercises, at least. Made by Japan-based robot venture General Robotix, th... |
| Jul 29, 2010 | Full Thor Trailer Leaks Online. And It's Awesome. | We gave you a first picture back in April, and now we can show you the full Comic Con trailer for the new Thor movie, which just leaked online. It’s in good quality, but be warned. It’s awesome, but very long (about 5 minutes) and contains ... |
| May 19, 2010 | Blip.tv raises $10.1 million | Online video network looking to change the entertainment industry
Blip.tv has been around for about five years now, and it sure has come a way. From a destination site for user generated videos, it's grown into a vast distribution network a... |
| May 19, 2010 | Web TV Network Blip.tv Raises $10.1 Million More From Canaan And Bain | Online TV network blip.tv today announced the closing of its third round of institutional capital, which effectively more than doubles the amount of money the company has secured to date. The Series C round was led by Canaan Partners and ex... |
| May 19, 2010 | Web TV network Blip.tv raises $10.1M | Blip.tv, a startup that lets independent producers create their own Web TV shows, just announced a $10.1 million third round of funding.
The New York City company was founded in 2005. It said there are now 44,000 producers creating shows, a... |
| May 19, 2010 | blip.tv Raises $10.1M in Third Round of Financing | blip.tv, a New York-based open video network that hosts and distributes web-based TV shows, closed its $10.1m third round of financing.
The investment was led by Canaan Partners and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures.
The company will... |
| May 14, 2010 | Videos: Toyota’s amazing violin-playing robot | Toyota has never been known as an auto maker that’s really active in the robotics area (as opposed to Honda, for example), at least when it comes to producing robots with high show value. There are two exceptions though: one is Winglet, the... |
| Apr 18, 2010 | Narratives Over Numbers | When I'm not sure what I want to write about, I start reading blogs until I come across something that interests me or strikes me. Today the blog that did that to me was Chris Dixon's. A few weeks ago he wrote a post about sizing markets wi... |
| Mar 23, 2010 | Watch the world's tallest robot Tsutenkaku in action (weird video) | We’ve covered Tsutenkaku, a Japanese robot that looks like a tower to promote tourism in the city of Osaka, just last week. Standing 170cm tall, his makers claim Tsutenkaku [JP] is the tallest robot in the world. And now he finally showed h... |
| Mar 11, 2010 | Review: AVerMedia AVerTV HD DVR video capture card | Short Version: The AVerMedia MTVHDDVRR is a PCI Express video capture card with HDMI, component, S-Video, and composite inputs. The card retails for around $100 (you can find it for close to $90 online) and is capable of capturing up to 108... |
| Mar 4, 2010 | Streetfighter IV for iPhone: Capcom releases official trailer and screenshots | As reported (and following Final Fantasy I and II, which are now available), the App Store will get another hit Japanese video game this month, Streetfighter IV. It will be the first mobile version of the Arcade game that so far was only po... |
| Mar 2, 2010 | Bogus Copyright Claim Silences Yet Another Larry Lessig YouTube Presentation | Nearly a year ago, we wrote about how a YouTube presentation done by well known law professor (and strong believer in fair use and fixing copyright law), Larry Lessig, had been taken down, because his video, in explaining copyright and fair... |
| Feb 5, 2010 | Separate Keitai: Meet Japan's sexiest new handset (videos) | For years, Japan was the innovation leader in the cell phone industry, until South Korea and the US started catching up rapidly. If you look back at what Nippon’s mighty carriers have released in the past few months, you mainly see super-po... |
| Feb 1, 2010 | Video: Meet Palro, Fujisoft's mini humanoid | Most of the robots we cover on CrunchGear have been built for research or entertainment purposes, but some of them do become available for the general public at some point. And today we can give you the Palro (Pal+robot) [JP], a soon to be ... |
| Jan 29, 2010 | Videos: Machine turns office paper into toilet paper | What we have here is a machine that automatically turns office paper into toilet paper. It’s called White Goat (seriously) and is made by a Japanese company called Oriental [JP]. The way it works is simple: You just feed the machine with ab... |
| Jan 28, 2010 | Power Loader: Panasonic venture accepts orders for mecha robot suits (video) | Walking vehicles, also known as mecha, don’t play a big role in today’s robotics industry, but that might soon change. (You might remember one of the protagonists in Avatar sitting in a mecha, called AMP in the movie, during the final fight... |
| Jan 19, 2010 | Motoroi: Motorola to release another Android phone in March (video) | (‘’)
Motorola held a press conference in Seoul yesterday to announce a partnership with SK Telecom, a major Korean telecommunications company. The occasion: SK Telecom will be the first company to distribute an Android phone in that country... |
| Jan 12, 2010 | Puyocon: Ball-shaped, squeezable input interface (videos) | The Puyocon wants to be for PCs what the Wiimote became for game consoles: An alternative input interface that doesn’t require pressing buttons but arm movements from users in order to control what’s going on on the screen. The small device... |
| Jan 11, 2010 | ENON: Fujitsu robot talks shoppers into buying stuff (videos) | We saw Fujitsu’s “service robot” ENON back in October 2008 during the CEATEC exhibition in Chiba/Japan (see video below), and it seems the friendly guy has been selling well in the meantime. The robot can be used as an information terminal,... |
| Jan 11, 2010 | Toyota expands hydrogen car program, aims to hit the road by 2013 | Toyota plans to have more than 100 hydrogen fuel-cell cars on the road by 2013, the company has announced. While most of them will be given to government agencies and universities for testing in California and New York, expanding this pilot... |
| Jan 11, 2010 | Toyota expands hydrogen car program, aims to hit the road by 2013 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Toyota plans to have more than 100 hydrogen fuel-... |
| Jan 5, 2010 | State Of The Vlogosphere: 70% of Video Blogs Are Hosted On Five Sharing Sites | Media search and discovery site MeFeedia this morning released its first State of the Vlogosphere report since 2007. The main take-away: video blogs have exploded since the last update, but most vloggers stick to the best known video hostin... |
| Jan 3, 2010 | Top Ten Digital M&A Deals For 2010 | Editor’s note: As the capital markets heat up and the economy continues to rebound, the deal flow is starting to open up again. We’ve already given you our top ten IPO candidates for 2010. In this guest post, Kelly Porter, an M&A expert... |
| Dec 22, 2009 | Meet Nippon Institute of Technology's cool humanoid (video) | It’s another humanoid from Japan, it doesn’t have an official name yet, but it’s pretty cool: This new robot [JP] is the result of a collaboration between various Japanese companies and institutions, namely the Nippon Institute of Technolog... |
| Dec 18, 2009 | Bari Bari: New exploration and rescue robot (video) | Japan is prone to large-scale earthquakes, so the fact that researchers in this country are constantly working on the development of highly specialized rescue robots. And the so-called Bari Bari IV is a particularly clever model, as it can ... |
| Dec 18, 2009 | Robo Muscle Suit: Japan continues to work on fully motorized humans (video) | We reported about a motorized knee being developed at Tsukuba University in Japan just yesterday. That and HAL-5, the famous robot suit that lets paralyzed people walk through brain signal control and which was developed at the same univers... |