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Your Business Method Patent Has Just Been Invalidated
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If you are one of the recipients of the 1,330 business method patents issued in the U.S. last year, or the thousands more that have been issued rampantly and indiscriminately over the past decade, you are probably out of luck. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled today that busines... (original story)
CrunchGear Takes a Closer Look at the Chevy Volt
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Last night in Manhattan at Terminal 5 we were privy to an intimate gathering to check out Chevy’s extended-range electric vehicle, the Volt. We’ve mentioned it here and there on the site, but this was the first opportunity for anyone on staff to get up close and personal. I came away impressed a... (original story)
True Ventures Bets $2.35 Million On Syncplicity
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Syncplicity, a startup who entered the crowded market of online storage and file synchronization service providers last April, has raised $2.35 million in Series A funding from True Ventures and other private investors, including technology industry veteran Frank Marshall. The announcement comes a... (original story)
Zazzle Launches Custom Embroidered Clothing: Who Knew Stitching Could Be This Cool?
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Zazzle, the site that lets you custom-design and sell everything from T-shirts and hoodies to sneakers and skateboards, has launched a new feature that may well put it leagues ahead of its competitors: embroidery. And while the prospect of having an embroidered shirt may not sound appealing at fi... (original story)
MTV Bleeps out File-Sharing Sites?
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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I can't figure this out. This video, from MTV's video site, has been bleeped by MTV in an effort to hide file sharing system names in Weird Al Yankovic "Don't Download This Song." The original lyrics: Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge To break international copyright law By downloading... (original story)
Gmail Labs Adds Text Messaging Feature. KTHXBAI.
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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We don't see it in our Gmail settings (yet), but Webmonkey reports that Gmail Labs has added a feature for sending text / SMS messages using the built-in Chat functionality. Turning the option on in your Gmail account settings apparently enables you to send an SMS as soon as you start typing a ph... (original story)
Google Tweaks AdWords To Reward “Quality” (And Juice Revenues)
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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There is nothing like a downturn to force a company focus on the bottom line, even a company like Google whose bottom line is still growing at a healthy pace. Continuing its recent efforts to juice advertising revenues wherever it can, Google is changing the way ads are placed on its search resul... (original story)
AT&T BlackBerry Users Now Privy to Free Wi-Fi
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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After months of giving and taking back free Wi-Fi to iPhone users, AT&T announced that all BlackBerry users will be privy to the “nation’s largest Wi-Fi network” if you have an unlimited data plan. Other Wi-Fi-enabled devices will receive the same treatment in the future. (original story)
KillerStartups Gets A Killer Deal On Startups.com
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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In a downturn, cash is king. KillerStartups, a blog that covers killer startups (and any other startup that issues a press release, actually) has acquired the domain Startups.com for "mid six figures" in cash, CEO Gonzalo Arzuaga tells me. So let's call it $500,000. That is within reason for a ... (original story)
Jaxtr CEO Is Out
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Two weeks after laying off 30 percent of his employees, Jaxtr CEO Konstantin Guericke finds himself out of a job. He is being replaced by vice president of engineering Bahman Koohestani (former CTO at Cyworld and Orbitz), who will be acting as "interim" CEO. Jaxtr offers VoIP calls to both your ... (original story)
Exhibit A: Online Video Ad Targeting Still Needs A Little Work
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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I'm not complaining, but some of the ads being paired with some of the content on Brightcove's Syndication Marketplace may need some rethinking. This lovely lady is doing a full-nude striptease (we've altered the image), along with an Office Depot advertisement promising "Free Delivery." Which on ... (original story)
A Spot Of Trouble At Spot Runner
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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There is no escape from the advertising recession. Not even for hotshot TV advertising startup Spot Runner. Despite having raised more than $111 million, half of that as recently as last May, the LA-based company may be in for a major round of layoffs next week following the election (and the as... (original story)
Silicon Valley Stands United Against Prop. 8
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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This is a full page ad that will run in the San Jose Mercury news tomorrow. I want to make fun of the wine and cheese crowd flocking to jump on the anti-Prop. 8 bandwagon, but I'm not going to. Discrimination in any form isn't acceptable, and banning gay marriage is discrimination. Prop 8 will e... (original story)
Y Combinator’s Snipd Launches To The Public
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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In the last few months we've seen a number of startups that are looking to help you clip small portions of content from the web for sharing and future reference. But most of them require Firefox/IE extensions - a barrier that can put off many users and handicap a potential userbase. Snipd, a Y C... (original story)
Google Now Indexes Scanned Documents
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Google has announced that it will now begin including scanned documents in its search results - a feat that requires an immense amount of processing power and advanced image recognition technology. Unlike standard text documents, scanned files don't contain any text data that Google's spiders can... (original story)
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