• Halliburton Dumps RIM, Chooses iPhones For 4,500 Employees

    Updated: 2012-02-06 22:26:22
    To say that RIM has had a tough time these past few months is an understatement, and today's news probably won't help raise the morale around Waterloo. According to AppleInsider, oilfield services giant Halliburton will soon be migrating their BlackBerry-toting workforce to run exclusively on a new fleet of iPhones.

  • Groupon Buys eCommerce Data Targeting Startup (And Angelpad Alumnus) Adku

    Updated: 2012-02-06 21:27:29
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO news Comment Groupon Buys eCommerce Data Targeting Startup And Angelpad Alumnus Adku Alexia Tsotsis posted 1 hour ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Alexia Tsotsis works for TechCrunch as a writer . She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles , CA , majoring in Writing and Art , and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry . After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University , she returned to Los Angeles . Learn More I love the smell of acquisitions in the morning We’ve just heard that Groupon has

  • ‘Transparent Screen’ Android App Lets You Text And Walk Without Fear

    Updated: 2012-02-06 19:55:22
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO apps Comment Transparent Screen’ Android App Lets You Text And Walk Without Fear Chris Velazco posted 3 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University . Once upon a time , he was the news intern for MobileCrunch , and in between posts , he worked in wireless sales at Best Buy . After graduating , he returned to the new TechCrunch to as a full-time mobile writer . He counts advertising , running , musical theater , Learn More I used to scowl when I saw people walking down the street with eyes

  • Appoxee Raises Funding, Helps Mobile App Developers Boost User Engagement

    Updated: 2012-02-06 19:40:27
    , Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase TechCrunch Europe More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Archives Contact Events Jobs Twitter CrunchBar Email RSS : Subscribe Appoxee raises funding , helps mobile app developers boost user engagement Tweet 3 Comments by Robin Wauters on February 6, 2012 Israeli startup Appoxee has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from early-stage investment firm Cyhawk Ventures The company offers a service that helps app developers and publishers increase user engagement through rich push notifications and helps them with things like audience segmentation , targeting , analytics and . reporting Today , Appoxee is also opening the gates for new accounts

  • Circuit Playground App Helps Makers Build Electronics

    Updated: 2012-02-06 19:26:35
    If you don't know a resistor from a Mister Mister, this is the app for you. Built by Adafruit, creators of DIY Arduino gear, Circuit Playground is a $2.99 app designed to help you identify and understand various electronic components. For example, the app includes a resistor identification system based on the colored bands painted on the casing as well as a field guide to many electrical components.

  • Keen On… SOPA: Mob Rule or Direct Democracy? (TCTV)

    Updated: 2012-02-06 19:15:38
    : Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO video Comment Keen On SOPA : Mob Rule or Direct Democracy TCTV Andrew Keen posted 4 hours ago Comments View Columnist Page Follow me on twitter Andrew Keen is an Anglo-American entrepreneur , writer , broadcaster and public speaker . He is the author of the international hit Cult of the Amateur : How the Internet is Killing our Culture” which has been published in 17 different languages and was short-listed for the Higham’s Business Technology Book of the Year award . As a pioneering Silicon Valley based Internet entrepreneur , Learn More My own views about SOPA and the need to protect online

  • Brands Scored 2X Facebook Likes By Posting About Super Bowl

    Updated: 2012-02-06 18:50:49
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO social Comment Brands Scored 2X Facebook Likes By Posting About Super Bowl Josh Constine posted 4 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on Twitter Josh Constine is a technology journalist who specializes in deep analysis of social products . He is currently a writer for TechCrunch . Previously , Constine was the Lead Writer of Inside Facebook , where he covered Facebook product changes , privacy , the Ads API , Page management , ecommerce , virtual currency , and music technology . Prior to writing for Inside Facebook , Constine graduated from Stanford University . Learn More Want to win some extra

  • Early Twitter Product Head Anamitra Banerji Becomes An EIR At Foundation Capital

    Updated: 2012-02-06 18:34:56
    When Twitter shook up its product leadership in July, it let loose four Silicon Valley veterans into a talent-starved job market. While the three others have become a VC, a cofounder, and an engineering head, the last one left unaccounted for now has a new home. Anamitra Banerji has just joined Foundation Capital as its newest entrepreneur in residence.

  • Brightcove Will Price IPO At $10-$12 Per Share

    Updated: 2012-02-06 18:19:41
    Online video service Brightcove will price its IPO between $10 and $12 per share, according to a new filing with the SEC. The company first filed for the IPO back in August of last year, saying it wanted to raise up to $50 million. Now, $50 million is at the lower end of its price range. If Brightcove sells the maximum number of shares (it's set to sell 5 million shares, plus an extra 750,000 if demand is high) at $12, it could raise up to $69 million.

  • LL Cool G: Ladies Love Cool Gadgets Too, Says Study

    Updated: 2012-02-06 18:18:10
    : , Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO gadgets Comment LL Cool G : Ladies Love Cool Gadgets Too , Says Study Jordan Crook posted 4 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Jordan Crook studied English Literature at New York University before entering the tech space . Prior to joining TechCrunch , Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps as well as doing device reviews for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn . Crook is fascinated with alternative energy production and greentech . She is now a writer for CrunchGear . Learn More As the only girl on the Gadgets team , I often get asked to write what I call lady-rants” about products targeted

  • Brinno Peephole Viewer Is A Viewer For Peepholes

    Updated: 2012-02-06 18:17:18
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO gadgets Comment Brinno Peephole Viewer Is A Viewer For Peepholes John Biggs posted 5 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Biggs is the editor of TechCrunch Gadgets . Biggs has written for the New York Times , InSync , USA Weekend , Popular Mechanics , Popular Science , Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches . He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge , Brooklyn . You can Tweet him here and G+ him here . Email him directly at john techcrunch.com . Learn More My Dad , bless his heart , spends all day on the Internet and , like a reverse Cat’s In The

  • “Provocative” Publisher Creates Book That Lets You Talk Back To The Characters

    Updated: 2012-02-06 17:07:18
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO ecommerce Comment Provocative” Publisher Creates Book That Lets You Talk Back To The Characters John Biggs posted 6 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Biggs is the editor of TechCrunch Gadgets . Biggs has written for the New York Times , InSync , USA Weekend , Popular Mechanics , Popular Science , Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches . He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge , Brooklyn . You can Tweet him here and G+ him here . Email him directly at john techcrunch.com . Learn More So in the interest of supporting unique publishing methods and

  • Google Launches “Solve For X” Website, The New Home For Its Global Innovations Conference

    Updated: 2012-02-06 16:17:12
    , Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Social Video More Enterprise Fundings Exits GreenTech Gaming Opinion Crunchies Awards CrunchBase Hot topics Editor’s Picks Apple Facebook Android Facebook IPO news Comment Google Launches Solve For X” Website , The New Home For Its Global Innovations Conference Sarah Perez posted 6 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on Twitter Sarah currently works as a writer for TechCrunch , after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb . Prior to becoming a professional blogger , Sarah worked in I.T . across a number of industries , including banking , retail and software . Learn More Google today launched a somewhat mysterious website called Solve for X which will now be the official homepage for a conference by the same name . Solve for X ,

  • Why Periodically Deleting Email Subscribers Makes Sense [Subscriber Re-Engagement]

    Updated: 2012-02-06 16:12:26
    What if I told you it might make sense to delete a bunch of email subscribers from your email list? Would you think I was nuts? Well, let me explain why it isn't nuts. And, in fact, it might be something you want to do on an annual basis.

  • 6 Uncommon Techniques For List Building

    Updated: 2012-02-01 18:30:23
    We all want to build up our email lists and get more subscribers. And the common way to go about that is to offer an "ethical bribe", or "free giveaway". And, in almost all cases, this ends up being an ebook. In some niches, an ebook is still a rather novel idea. However, in a growing portion of the Internet, free ebook giveaways are getting so common that the effectiveness of the offer has dropped a lot.

  • 20 Questions: Send Me Your Blogging/Marketing Question, I’ll Answer It On A Webinar

    Updated: 2012-01-31 14:31:24
    Several months ago, I did an open, public Q&A event on GotoWebinar. The idea was simple... Take 20 questions beforehand, and prepare an entire presentation where I do nothing but answer those 20 questions. The questions can be anything related to blogging, social media, marketing, copywriting, videos, tech stuff - whatever.

  • Building Relationships With Your Customers (with Alexi Neocleous)

    Updated: 2012-01-30 20:50:30
    Some marketers are happy with 5% email broadcast open rates and others achieve 25% or much higher. The difference? The relationship with the list according to copywriter and conversions expert Alexi Neocleous. Should you hammer your lists with up-sells and down-sells? Or work on the lifetime value of the customers instead? – Watch this short [...]Post from: InternetMarketingSpeed.com - Download this FREE report...Building Relationships With Your Customers (with Alexi Neocleous)

  • 4 Internet Marketing Buzzwords That Should Die Painfully

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:00:13
    This whole biz-ness of internet marketing and social media has it's share of little buzz phrases. And some of them just need to go away. Let me explain...

  • Weekly Round Up: Look Ma! I’m A Social Media Guru Now!

    Updated: 2012-01-27 13:45:41
    This week was fun. In short, making a few internal changes in my company, planning another direction with the PCMech membership, hosting a pretty kick-ass webinar on affiliate niche blogging, doin' some more writing, and of course... Finding some cool stuff from around the web. And here it is...

  • The Importance Of Giving A Sh*t

    Updated: 2012-01-25 14:10:41
    Let me start off with a quick story about Chris Brogan. And, no, this is not an ass kisser post, although it might seem that way. :) Chris and I have met at several different events. The first time, though, that we really hung out was at an Izeafest event in Orlando, FL. We ended up going to dinner with several other people, but a small enough group where we all had a chance to talk for awhile. My friend from Vegas, Warren Whitlock, was there, too. It was a great meal.

  • What’s Working Now – Secrets From The World Of Affiliate Niche Blogging

    Updated: 2012-01-23 14:17:15
    How would you like to learn how to use simple little Wordpress to literally deposit hundreds of dollars a day into your Clickbank account? Did that sound.... spammy? Probably. But, give me a minute. Because, what I have to tell you is indeed the real deal.

  • Success Mindset Strategies with Ed Okeefe

    Updated: 2012-01-23 09:55:30
    When you are observing Internet Marketing success you often only see the surface. You don’t see the behind the scenes effort and functions that went into that success. Ed O’Keefe explains how to accelerate your own business results by devouring everything from the best source: This was one of the videos from James Schramko’s FastWebFormula [...]Post from: InternetMarketingSpeed.com - Download this FREE report...Success Mindset Strategies with Ed Okeefe

  • Veneering Core Business Units for Increasing Asset Value

    Updated: 2012-01-21 11:47:39
    When you have a great core strength for your business you can wrap a different outer layer over the top of it to appeal to different markets. James Schramko coined the expression ‘veneering’ to make this powerful business strategy easy to understand: Get access to all the amazing FastWebFormula information here Post from: InternetMarketingSpeed.com - [...]Post from: InternetMarketingSpeed.com - Download this FREE report...Veneering Core Business Units for Increasing Asset Value

  • Weekly Round Up: SEO Tips, Writer’s Block, Adsense for Chrome

    Updated: 2012-01-20 19:56:21
    It is one thing for me to blog and share my own stuff here on DavidRisley.com. It is another to share the love and point out some great stuff I've come across in the last week - on OTHER people's sites. And, so... I am starting what will probably end up being a new weekly feature (probably on Fridays). I'll share out some stuff I've come across during the week.

  • 5 Things Blogging Doesn’t Teach You About Running a Real Online Business

    Updated: 2012-01-19 14:48:44
    If you’ve been into blogging for any amount of time, you know that blogging alone doesn’t guarantee an income stream. You may have all the comments and community in the world, but it doesn’t automatically translate into a real online business. It just means you have a blog.

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  • CBRocket 3.01 - New Version of ClickBank Search Script

    Updated: 2012-01-13 17:08:00
    CBRocket is our PHP script that reads the ClickBank marketplace product data (as well as our own MarketingRocket.com product data feed) into a MySQL database. It allows people using the script to easily display search results of the ClickBank products on their websites (see demo). We are pleased to announce the availability of version 3.01 of this script - fully compatible with ClickBank’s new January 2012 marketplace.

  • What’s Coming Up in Social Business, CoIT, Open APIs, and More

    Updated: 2012-01-11 23:04:05
    While 2011 was a busy year, I’m expecting 2012 to be a breakout year for a number of key subject areas that I work with closely. The run up of social business over the last five years has been phenomenal but there’s a general sense now that it’s about to go truly mainstream. That’s not [...]

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