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MobileCrunch Oct 16 09
With Google having placed a canoe-sized Eclair on their lawn a few days ago, we know that the next update for Android (codenamed "Eclair", version number 2.0) can't be too far off. Google has kept their code surprisingly close to their chest, this time around; where as bits and pieces of each update generally show up in their code repositories to be explored months ahead of release, Eclair has gone mostly unseen.
Whether that's because they wanted to keep things mum until the launch of the first 2.0 phone or for some other mystery reason, we'll never know - but either way, the cat is out of the bag now. Full story...
shopkick, the location-based shopping app backed by Greylock and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is having its biggest rollout yet — Target says it's making the service available in its stores nationwide.
Security and anti-spam firm McAfee today reported that it saw a massive uptick in mobile malware last quarter.
There was a time when I would watch shows like Extreme Couponing with a sense of morbid amusement — there was clearly plenty of money to be saved by clipping bits of dead plant matter out of a newspaper, but the process of keeping track of or remembering them when I go to the store has always stymied me.
Quikr, India's largest online and mobile classifieds portal, announced today that it has raised $32 million in series E financing, led by New York City-based private equity giant Warburg Pincus.
We spend more and more time on social networks, but sometimes it can feel like work. I mean, scrolling through your news feed isn't work work, but it's not quite as easy as vegging out on your couch and watching TV.
It's a familiar story in the tech world: A company wants to build a consumer product, finds that the necessary tools aren't available, creates its own tools, then realizes it has created a broader platform.
One of my least favorite moments of the day comes when my iPhone rings and the number isn't in my contact book.
This is kind of handy - and just in time for TechCrunch Disrupt. The team at Lemon Labs just launched a new app called "Hashtag App," which lets you follow Twitter hashtags on your iPhone or iPad.
Apple's Siri has been transforming how people interact with their phones. It taught us that it's not just OK to talk to our phones, but that, in many cases, it's actually a more useful way to get things done.
How timely. After launching a year ago at Disrupt NYC 2011, Tracks is today releasing one of its biggest updates to date.