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Kazam Is Another European Startup Hoping Against Hope To Inch In To The Smartphone Hardware Market -
Hardware is so hot right now. So hot, in fact, that another European hardware startup is formulating an attack on the smartphone hardware space -- joining the likes of Finland's Jolla and Spain's Geeksphone to have a go at handset making.TechCrunch just under two hours ago:
Weather Could Be Next On The Auction Block For Crowdsourced Data -
Waze's big exit to Google proved one thing: if companies can harness the power of the crowd to deliver real-time, granular data, big tech corporations will be watching them closely as potential acquisition targets.TechCrunch 2 hours ago:
Google Updates Local Search Results On Desktop With Carousel Design -
At the end of last year, Google introduced a new design for some local search results on tablets that put a carousel with the top results at the top of the page.TechCrunch 3 hours ago:
Amazon's New Social Gifting Service “Amazon Birthday Gift” Leverages Facebook, Competes With Facebook's Own Gifts -
Stealing a page right out of a startup called Aggregift's playbook, Amazon today launched a new feature called "Amazon Birthday Gift," which allows a group of Facebook friends to go in on an Amazon.TechCrunch 3 hours ago:
Torch Browser Passes 10 Million Monthly Active Users, Adds Download Accelerator, Updates Torch Music Service -
The world of alternative browsers is littered with also-rans like Rockmelt, but there are also companies that have managed to make a name for themselves in the shadow of Microsoft, Mozilla and Google.TechCrunch 4 hours ago:
Homejoy Announces A Perks Program, So Companies Can Pay To Clean Their Employees' Homes -
As startups compete for the best talent, Homejoy is announcing a way for companies to offer employees an additional perk — a clean home.TechCrunch 4 hours ago:
TheLadders Debuts Its First-Ever iOS App, As It Aims To Make Being ‘Mobile Last' Also Mobile Best -
The mobile wave has been cresting for several years now, so when a decade-old web company is only now debuting its first ever native mobile app, it's a little late to the game.TechCrunch 4 hours ago:
Developers Can Now Ship Hard Drives To Google To Import Large Amounts Of Data To Cloud Storage -
Google just added a new service to Google Cloud Storage that will allow developers to send their hard drives to Google to import very large data sets that would otherwise be too expensive and time-consuming to import.TechCrunch 4 hours ago:
GetGlue Hires Digital Media Veteran Evan Krauss As President To Boost Monetization Of Its Second-Screen Apps -
Second screen startup GetGlue just keeps on trucking. Originally launched as an app for checking in to your favorite TV shows and collecting stickers, the company has been steadily expanding its business to include content discovery for shows on the iPad or on your TV.TechCrunch 5 hours ago:
