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Dotcom Crash-era Startup Reanimates By Trending On Twitter

TechCrunch  Jul 04 09

It's not often that Internet companies last 10 years, but Moonfruit in the UK has proved pretty resilient. It survived the dotcom boom the first time round, launching with VC-backing, growing to 65 staff and cutting back to two staff in the space of a couple of years. It's a wonder why they didn't exit in the most recent boom, but here they are still, plugging away. And their resilience is proving to be an asset as their 10-years old web site building business comes back into fashion, even as more recent competitors like Weebly, Yola, MyDragnDrop and Webnode, and many others, try to capture the market for people who want to build simple web sites. Full story...

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Snapture iPhone App Adds Twitter And Facebook Sharing

TechCrunch  3 hours ago

One of the most popular paid photo apps for the iPhone, Snapture (iTunes link) just got a few upgrades.

Gift Guide 2009: Gifts for the Technologically Impaired

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

If you’re like me, you’ve got a fair number of family and friends who don’t quite share the same level of enthusiasm for technology as you.

Smartbook Says Bloggers Can’t Use The Word Smartbook Anymore. Smartbook.

TechCrunch  6 hours ago

For most of us, the term 'smartbook' (a device that's somewhere in between a smartphone and a netbook) is nothing but the latest tech buzzword du jour.

Online Advertising In The U.S Begins To Stabilize

TechCrunch  6 hours ago

Online advertising revenues in the U.S. seem to be stabilizing. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers released third-quarter figures showing that online advertising in the U.

Just In Time For #Thanksgiving, TurkeyTwitter Gathers All The #Thankful Tweets

TechCrunch  7 hours ago

Want to know what people are thankful for this Thanksgiving? You can be sure many will be Tweeting about it.

Ustream Brings Its Viewer App To Android Market

TechCrunch  8 hours ago

Ustream has just launched a version of its Ustream Viewer for Android Market, giving users the ability to access any Ustream footage while they're on the go, free of charge.

Sobees Tackles LinkedIn In Powerful New Clients, Android App To Launch Soon

TechCrunch  8 hours ago

The evolution of Twitter clients have been speeding along. While Twitter is the fundamental platform that formed a base for many applications, such as TweetDeck, Seesmic, PeopleBrowsr and Sobees, these platforms soon looked to other social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and FriendFeed for additional integration.

LinkedIn Signs Up 3 Million Users In UK, Won’t Go Public Any Time Soon

TechCrunch  8 hours ago

Business social network LinkedIn has hit a milestone in the UK, surpassing 3 million registered users in these parts.

IPhone To Be Sold In The UK Equivalent Of Walmart

TechCrunch  10 hours ago

Is an iPhone price war about to break out in the UK? After Vodafone and Orange bagged the iPhone - when O2's two year monopoly expired in September - we learn today that Tesco, the UK supermarket leviathan, is to sell the iPhone on Tesco Mobile, its MVNO joint venture partnership with O2.

KIDO’Z Upgrades Its Web Environment For Kids

TechCrunch  10 hours ago

KIDO'Z, the Israeli company behind the eponymous media browser for kids, has released a new version of its program and insists that we now refer to it as a Web OS for kids instead.



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