DeepDyve is great news for medical professionals
TechCrunch has posted about DeepDyve which aims to become the Apple iTunes for scientific papers.
The service indexes millions of such documents and provide access to them for a low cost.
This can come very handy for medical professionals around the world for whom subscribing to medical journals [...]
Yahoo to collaborate with OneRiot for real-time search?
TechCrunch has reported that Yahoo is working on their own real-time search solution.
They are not going to enter into deals with Facebook or Twitter but are likely to be partnering an existing player in the market OneRiot.
Yahoo has not revealed anything on such rumored plans. [...]
YouTube logo highlights 1 billion views achievement!
Google has been changing their logo on the homepage pretty frequently now.
They have done something similar with YouTube.
Google owned video sharing service YouTube is currently displaying an updated logo highlighting its achievement of delivering more than 1 billion views per day!
Incidentally, it’s also the third [...]
Telia to launch Spotify branded mobile phone!
TechCrunch has reported that Telia would soon launch a new mobile phone with the Spotify brand!
This mobile device is likely to be manufactured by INQ.
INQ already manufacture smartphones with social networking capabilities.
Spotify has become one of the most talked about music streaming services on the [...]
TechCrunch reports that some iPhone users in USA can now MMS!
TechCrunch has just reported that they are getting inputs from Apple iPhone users in USA who have gained the ability to send MMS messages!
AT&T had recently announced that they would bring this functionality to the market on September 25.
Looks like the company [...]
T-Mobile myTouch commercials to feature Whoopi Goldberg, Phil Jackson & Jessie James
TechCrunch has reported that T-Mobile is planning a mega marketing campaign for their upcoming Google Android powered smartphone T-Mobile myTouch.
This marketing campaign would feature celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg, Phil Jackson & Jessie James.
T-Mobile myTouch would be promoted on all the platforms: television, online, [...]
Yahoo acquires OMG.com for just USD 80,000
TechCrunch is reporting that the US based internet media giant Yahoo has just acquired a cool domain name.
Yahoo has acquired OMG.com for just around USD 80,000. This is a pretty good buy for the company considering the domain name sounds pretty hip and has just three letters.
Yahoo [...]
CrunchPad details revealed unofficially
CrunchPad is one of the most talked about gadget in the market which is not coming from a high profile PC manufacturer.
It is the dream project of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington.
His aim was to develop a touchscreen device that can be used to browse the web.
Reports in the media claim [...]
TechCrunch gets into hardware business with CrunchPad Inc!
Industry sources say that TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington has formed a start-up company named CrunchPad with around 14 employees.
This company is based in Singapore and it would look after the manufacturing of his pet project CrunchPad.
CrunchPad was designed with the aim of creating a cheap internet [...]
Apple iPhone 3G S is now Apple iPhone 3GS!
TechCrunch is reporting that Apple has decided to call their latest version of iPhone as iPhone 3GS instead of the previously revealed title iPhone 3G S.
Apple’s latest press release on the iPhone calls the device with the new name. However, the rest of the website still refers [...]
