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Google Wants You To Know About Its Hidden iPhone App Menu

TechCrunch  Jan 02 09

Google put an easter egg in the menu of their iPhone application, but they hid it so well that no one stumbled upon it, so they simply decided to blog about it to reveal the gem. Venturebeat was first to report and has more screenshots. If you have the Google Mobile App installed on your iPhone, go to the Settings tab, scroll to the bottom and keep swiping upwards until a secret option dubbed 'Bells and Whistles' appears (this also works the foreign language versions of the app, and it will stay there once you've found it). Full story...

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An Experiment: Putting The Audience On Stage (For Real) At TechCrunch Disrupt

TechCrunch  8 hours ago

There are good things about conferences and there are bad things about conferences. One of the bad things is how little the audience gets to participate directly in the content being created.

Notifo Is A Simple Mobile Notifications Platform For Anything

TechCrunch  9 hours ago

I'm hopelessly addicted to Push Notifications on the iPhone. Unfortunately, the system is flawed, in that the more notifications you get, the worse the experience is because it can be hard to manage them all.

Plastic Jungle Raises $7.4 Million for Gift Card Marketplace

TechCrunch  9 hours ago

Plastic Jungle, a marketplace for gift cards, has secured $7.4 million in Series B funding, led by Redpoint Ventures with Shasta Ventures Bay Partners, First Round Capital and other investors participating.

More News about Omidyar’s Peer News

TechCrunch  9 hours ago

I'm at the NewsMorphosis Conference in Hawaii today locked in a day of debates about the state of news quality and how the hell we find a business model to keep paying for it.

YC-Funded Data Marketplace Is An Amazon For Structured Information

TechCrunch  11 hours ago

earns their own Credibility Rating which determines the types of tasks they are offered. Workers are able to see how much each separate task pays, and earnings are distributed through PayPal.

Google Will Soon Offer A Way For Users To Opt-Out Of Google Analytics Tracking

TechCrunch  11 hours ago

Some people don't like the idea of Google having any data about them. Unfortunately, if you visit a site tracked by Google Analytics (and chances are you hit several each day), you have no choice.

Google Denied “Nexus One” Trademark

TechCrunch  11 hours ago

So in 2008, a company called Integra Communications filed for a "Nexus" trademark having something to do with voice and data telecommunications.

Undisputed Fiction Or Viacom’s Smoking Gun? Early Emails Between YouTube’s Founders

TechCrunch  12 hours ago

We're still poring over the hundreds of pages of documents that were just released in the YouTube/Viacom litigation.

August Capital Bets Big On Blippy

TechCrunch  12 hours ago

Blippy is always fun to write about because so many people are enraged by its very existence. But all that rage apparently hasn't stopped the company from getting lots of investor attention.

With A New Widget, Google Further Turns Android Phones Into Buzz Machines

TechCrunch  13 hours ago

Despite criticism, and an overall frustrating experience, Google is definitely not ready to give up on Buzz.



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