Category: Review

March 1, 2010

The Ten Most Likely M&A Deals In Online Video

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

Editor’s note : Guest author Ashkan Karbasfrooshan is the founder and CEO of video site WatchMojo . Below are his picks for the ten most likely M&A deals in online video. Previously, he wrote a series if posts about …

Mobile Fundraising Campaigns Begin For Chile

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

Following the earthquake in Haiti, mobile fundraising via texting exploded; with over $40 million raised via text messaging alone. With the massive success of the Haiti campaign, mobile donations are now being used to raise funds for the victims …

Jimdo Makes Running Your Own Online Store A Breeze, Loses Investor

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

People who use Jimdo to create and publish their own basic website know how versatile yet easy-to-use the tool really is – I know because I used the service myself to set up and manage a site for my …

Don’t “Pull A Patzer” And Other Lessons Learned On Our Trip Down Sand Hill Road

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

Editor’s note : Earlier this month, BrightRoll raised a $10 million Series B for its video ad network. In this guest post, CEO Tod Sacerdoti shares some of the lessons he learned trying to raise that money in the …

How We Hate NBC’s Olympics Coverage: A Statistical Breakdown

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

The coverage of the Winter Olympics on NBC has been painful to watch. In addition to the tape delays which ruined the outcomes for anyone paying attention to any other news, sports or social media outlet other than NBC, …

19 Startups Showing Their Wares At TechCrunch Japan’s TokyoCamp Demo Event

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

A total of 19 Japanese startups were given the chance to show their services at TokyoCamp, a demo event held by TechCrunch Japan (one of the country’s biggest blogs) this Friday. The event, which was co-organized by hosting company …

NSFW: Cherchez la fame – or why the media’s obsession with Twitter campaigns will make customer service smell French

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

Time was, companies knew how to keep track of their important customers. First, they set up loyalty programs: computerised systems that tracked the monetary value of everyone who shopped in their stores or flew on their planes or ate …

Wordle In Trademark Trouble, Seeks Legal Advice

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

I have much love for Wordle . I’ve used the text cloud generator dozens of time for use in presentations, TechCrunch posts and random stuff ever since I discovered the tool. But as of yesterday, the application is no …

The Pitter-Patter of Little Features

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

I was out of the country for much of 2009, so it wasn’t until I spent two months back in San Francisco that I noticed a big change in the Web community. Babies. I’m not talking about whiny Millennials …

Upcoming DSiWare Title Features Motion-Controlled Interactive 3D Dioramas

Filed under: My choice, Review - 01 Mar 2010

I have no idea what this game is called since the page on Nintendo.co.jp is made up of images (hence Google translate is useless) but an upcoming Japanese DSiWare title features a clever system of motion-controlled 3D dioramas that …

February 26, 2010

i-tab Billed As World’s First Electronic Songbook

Filed under: My choice, Review - 26 Feb 2010

By Andrew Liszewski Designed to clip on the headstock of any guitar, the i-tab is a 5-inch touchscreen device that displays and scrolls chords and lyrics in perfect time, serving as a sort of musical teleprompter for guitar players. …

i-tab Billed As World’s First Electronic Songbook

Filed under: My choice, Review - 26 Feb 2010

By Andrew Liszewski Designed to clip on the headstock of any guitar, the i-tab is a 5-inch touchscreen device that displays and scrolls chords and lyrics in perfect time, serving as a sort of musical teleprompter for guitar players. …

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