TechAddress http://www.techaddress.com Providing the Latest User-Generated and Aggregate Technology News Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en TechCrunchUK Voted Best Business Blog In The UK http://www.techaddress.com/2008/08/21/techcrunchuk-voted-best-business-blog-in-the-uk/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/08/21/techcrunchuk-voted-best-business-blog-in-the-uk/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:30:17 +0000 Company & Product Profiles TechCrunch Network http://www.techaddress.com/2008/08/21/techcrunchuk-voted-best-business-blog-in-the-uk/ Source:TechCrunch
That didn’t last long. Pageflakes CEO Dan Cohen, who sold his company to LiveUniverse in April, has left the company to “focus on new ventures.” He gets a gold star for being able to work with the litigious and often-angry-at-TechCrunch Brad Greenspan for a solid four months.

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It’s been about a year since TechCrunch UK relaunched under the capable hands of editor Mike Butcher, and his hard work is paying off. Readers of the Computer Weekly have voted it the best Web 2.0 and business blog in the UK. Congratulations, Mike. He was also named one of the top 100 […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/08/21/techcrunchuk-voted-best-business-blog-in-the-uk/feed/ Great Apps Using The CrunchBase API http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/27/great-apps-using-the-crunchbase-api/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/27/great-apps-using-the-crunchbase-api/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:30:05 +0000 Blogroll TechCrunch Network crunchbase http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/27/great-apps-using-the-crunchbase-api/ Source:TechCrunch
Since launching the CrunchBase API less than two weeks ago we’ve seen a great response from developers, who have already developed a number of impressive plugins and applications. The CrunchBase API offers access to information from thousands of tech companies, VCs and startup entrepreneurs. It’s free to use, there are no accounts to […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/27/great-apps-using-the-crunchbase-api/feed/ Plus ça change http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/05/plus-ca-change/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/05/plus-ca-change/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:30:03 +0000 TechCrunch Network techcrunchit http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/05/plus-ca-change/ Source:TechCrunch
Holiday weekends, especially the ones that bracket the summer months, tend to be stress tests for the tech media. With the proliferation of smart phones, social media aggregators, and of course the Twitter clonestakes, it’s now trivial to get a snapshot of what is going on throughout the “time off.”
Is nothing going on? Has the […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/07/05/plus-ca-change/feed/ Chris DeWolfe, Sean Parker and Jeff Weiner Join TechCrunch50 Expert Panel http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/06/chris-dewolfe-sean-parker-and-jeff-weiner-join-techcrunch50-expert-panel/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/06/chris-dewolfe-sean-parker-and-jeff-weiner-join-techcrunch50-expert-panel/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:30:03 +0000 Company & Product Profiles TechCrunch Network http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/06/chris-dewolfe-sean-parker-and-jeff-weiner-join-techcrunch50-expert-panel/ Source:TechCrunch
We’re excited to announce Chris DeWolfe, Sean Parker and Jeff Weiner will be joining our lineup of TechCrunch50 expert panelists. They, along with Marc Andreessen, Roelof Botha, Ron Conway, Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg and Yossi Vardi will be judging and questioning the fifty startups selected to participate in TechCrunch50.
TechCrunch50 is our annual conference where fifty […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/06/chris-dewolfe-sean-parker-and-jeff-weiner-join-techcrunch50-expert-panel/feed/ The New CrunchBar, Upcoming Conferences, and Thanks to TechCrunch Sponsors http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/the-new-crunchbar-upcoming-conferences-and-thanks-to-techcrunch-sponsors/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/the-new-crunchbar-upcoming-conferences-and-thanks-to-techcrunch-sponsors/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:30:04 +0000 TechCrunch Network http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/the-new-crunchbar-upcoming-conferences-and-thanks-to-techcrunch-sponsors/ Source:TechCrunch
The New CrunchBar

We are pleased to announce a new TechCrunch sponsor.
Conduit has deployed a new TechCrunch community toolbar (dubbed the “CrunchBar”) that includes:

A newsreader with RSS feeds for every TechCrunch network website to stay on top of our news no matter where it breaks
Direct access to TechCrunch podcasts (catch up with the Gillmor Gang, […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/the-new-crunchbar-upcoming-conferences-and-thanks-to-techcrunch-sponsors/feed/ One Prediction We Got Right: The Presidential Nominees http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/one-prediction-we-got-right-the-presidential-nominees/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/one-prediction-we-got-right-the-presidential-nominees/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:31:39 +0000 TechCrunch Network http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/one-prediction-we-got-right-the-presidential-nominees/ Source:TechCrunch
This guest post is written by Jeremy Liew, a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners where he focuses on investments in gaming, internet and consumer enabling technology companies. Jeremy is co-producing the Social Gaming Summit next Friday, June 13th, at UCSF Mission Bay. Most of the companies mentioned below will be presenting.

The last few […]Source:TechCrunch
Six months ago, we went out on a limb and endorsed Barack Obama and John McCain as the most tech-friendly candidates of each political party. McCain clinched the Republican nomination long ago, and now with Obama as the presumptive nominee for the Democrats, those endorsements are getting some renewed attention. Today, the LA […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/05/one-prediction-we-got-right-the-presidential-nominees/feed/ Introducing A New TechCrunch Video Project: Elevator Pitches http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/04/introducing-a-new-techcrunch-video-project-elevator-pitches/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/04/introducing-a-new-techcrunch-video-project-elevator-pitches/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:31:47 +0000 TechCrunch TechCrunch Network http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/04/introducing-a-new-techcrunch-video-project-elevator-pitches/ Source:TechCrunch
The rise of the mobile device is upon us, even if it’s arriving a little late to the U.S.
The reason why mobile devices will become so important - they’ll help us (and our friends, and maybe everyone) know where we are at all times, driving social, advertising and other applications. Being location aware is […]Source:TechCrunch
We get a ton of pitches at TechCrunch every single day. It is a deluge we can hardly keep up with. Some are amusing, some are horrible, and a select few rise to the level of deserving a post. The large majority, though, never see the light of day. We thought: […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/06/04/introducing-a-new-techcrunch-video-project-elevator-pitches/feed/ More TC50 Expert Panelists: Ron Conway, Sheryl Sandberg, and Yossi Vardi http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/27/more-tc50-expert-panelists-ron-conway-sheryl-sandberg-and-yossi-vardi/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/27/more-tc50-expert-panelists-ron-conway-sheryl-sandberg-and-yossi-vardi/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 18:35:15 +0000 TechCrunch Network ron conway Sheryl Sandberg Yossi Vardi http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/27/more-tc50-expert-panelists-ron-conway-sheryl-sandberg-and-yossi-vardi/ Source:TechCrunch
With oil prices so high, how much would it cost to convert every registered car in America to an electric vehicle? Nothing, according to computer scientist Philip Greenspun. Well, nothing more than we are spending already in oil.
He figures that if we took the $400 billion that Americans spend every year on oil […]Source:TechCrunch
Orgoo is an all-in-one communications hub for email, instant messaging, video chat, and SMS that we’ve been waiting quite a long time for.
Mike first covered the USC-bred startup in May 2007 before you could get your AIM contacts into Gmail. And then the company “launched” at TechCrunch40 in the fall with a presentation that […]Source:TechCrunch
We are thrilled to announce the next three expert panelists participating in TechCrunch50. Joining Marc Andreessen, Roelof Botha and Marissa Mayer as TechCrunch50 experts are Ron Conway, Sheryl Sandberg and Yossi Vardi. The experts will judge the fifty startups launching at the event, and then discuss each of the demos on stage as […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/27/more-tc50-expert-panelists-ron-conway-sheryl-sandberg-and-yossi-vardi/feed/ Time.com Goes Trolling For Blog Links http://www.techaddress.com/2008/04/07/timecom-goes-trolling-for-blog-links/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/04/07/timecom-goes-trolling-for-blog-links/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:36:00 +0000 TechCrunch TechCrunch Network Web 2.0 News & Ideas http://www.techaddress.com/2008/04/07/timecom-goes-trolling-for-blog-links/ Source:TechCrunch
The following, written by guest writer Matthew Gertner, is a follow up to his post “Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism” on March 22, 2008.
Matthew was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year. He’s now working with Mozilla on their Prism project, which […]Source:TechCrunch
Online ad-optimizing service PubMatic is now publishing an AdPrice Index with the average rates collected for remnant ads by 3,000 Web publishers. These are the ads that sites place from the big ad networks when they cannot sell the inventory themselves at normally higher rates. Small sites (those with less than one million […]Source:TechCrunch
How does a big magazine site like Time.com get blogs to link to it? Put up a list of the Top 25 Blogs where readers can vote for their own favorites.
Okay, we’ll take the linkbait. TechCrunch is on the list, but so far only 57 people have bothered to vote. […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/04/07/timecom-goes-trolling-for-blog-links/feed/ Six Months In, And 600 Posts Later . . . The Worlds Of Blogging and Journalism Collide (In My Brain) http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/30/six-months-in-and-600-posts-later-the-worlds-of-blogging-and-journalism-collide-in-my-brain/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/30/six-months-in-and-600-posts-later-the-worlds-of-blogging-and-journalism-collide-in-my-brain/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:30:04 +0000 TechCrunch Network Web 2.0 News & Ideas http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/30/six-months-in-and-600-posts-later-the-worlds-of-blogging-and-journalism-collide-in-my-brain/ Source:TechCrunch
Blink, and six months go by. Ever since I made the move from Time Inc. to TechCrunch, my life has become a whirlwind of nonstop blog posting, little sleep, and a growing addiction to news feeds, Techmeme, and my Blackberry. Last week, I wrote my 600th post (this one is No. 617). […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/30/six-months-in-and-600-posts-later-the-worlds-of-blogging-and-journalism-collide-in-my-brain/feed/ Crunchies Wrap Up - A Big Thank You To The Community http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/19/crunchies-wrap-up-a-big-thank-you-to-the-community/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/19/crunchies-wrap-up-a-big-thank-you-to-the-community/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:30:07 +0000 TechCrunch Network Events Web 2.0 News & Ideas http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/19/crunchies-wrap-up-a-big-thank-you-to-the-community/ Source:Techcrunch
Thank you to everyone who attended the first Crunchies event last night to honor startups in categories ranging from “best business model” to “best time sink” (pictured right is Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic/Wordpress, showing off his award for Best CEO).
If you were not one of the 900+ people to attend the event live last […]

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