If there was another website called gadgetcrunch, TechCrunch would have the right to sue. All of those sites listed above are probably up next to get a nice letter from Facebook. Facebook, more than likely, was around before any of the other sites … The biggest problem for facebook is that the term facebook is generic term for exactly what facebook is right now. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo etc don’t have similar generic problems with their corporate mark. …
If Facebook, providing digital social engagement, are afraid of TM infringement from: Face.* .*Book or Like. Then, they are showing their true fears. It’s not fear about Google or Twitter or Apple, but, it’s about some random …
As you may recall, Yelp has been frustrated by Google’s recent decision to pump up its Places service with Yelp’s content— without Yelp’s consent. During a recent interview with TechCrunch TV, Yelp’s CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said he was … Yelp has content and it is key for Bing maps that need some love to compete against Google and now FaceBook. Also Google takes a step back when it knows Bing is around the corner. If Bing owns Yelp content, Google looks like Bing is …
This morning, Google officially unveiled its Voice/Gmail integration, which will allow users to make Google Voice calls from the browser. It’s a pretty nifty service that is gaining traction in the TechCrunch SF newsroom. Another product we ‘re eyeing? … I refuse to touch anything made by Apple I have the Nexus One and got it directly from Google As soon as Google Me launches, I’m leaving Facebook(yes, I have an Orkut profile, but Google Me is coming, I hope) …
TechCrunch about an hour ago. Earlier this evening, Facebook held an developer’s garage event at their headquarters — sort of like a State of the Union for third-party developers. Notably, they announced a new partnership with Y Combinator … Nearly four years after Apple launched the iPhone and two years after Google open-sourced the code for its Android operating system, Microsoft is finally set to re-enter the mobile market this holiday season in a serious way with …
preston landers – August 25th, 2010 at 6:48 pm UTC. i love facebook, but this whole thing has me thinking facebook is more like apple than i had hoped. not good. reply CaseyR – August 25th, 2010 at 6:52 pm UTC … Whether Google or Facebook has monopolized net in a way net was never meant to be and sites add to that by adding sheepishly ‘buzz’ or ‘like’ buttons. Does FB have a ‘techcrunch‘ button? No! Why the hell you have a FB button them? If all sites were unique we …
I firmly believe that you’re a douchebag Apple fanboy .. but wow.. you’re hella smart. reply. Mosh – August 24th, 2010 at 9:20 am UTC. Also, if Facebook wants to set its pace on the next level. Then, it should also prevent itself from ….. the internet survives solely because dumb people click on Adshere’s another guy who thinks that other people are stupid just like MG thinks that other people don’t know how to use FBis there some kind of ego virus on TechCrunch? …
Imagine having to to go Google and search for ‘www.facebook.com’ rather than just searching for ‘social network’ and having Facebook come up as a result, is how he puts it. … So what does Apple think about Chomp one-upping them in app discovery? Apple is insanely excited about this, Keighran says. Undoubtedly Google is excited for Chomp to come to Android too. Because this is a very real problem across all platforms and one that’s only growing in size. …
The correct way to do these things either seems to be to go for humorous/hipster (like Square) or sentimental/simple (like Apple). With their Places video, Facebook actually sort of combined the two it’s the ultimate sentimental/hipster video. As I said, it’s very good. … Google provide their search engine to weboogle.net but anyway this portal is so huge. weboogle has made more than $10 million the last month by the advertissement from google …
That clearly wasn’t the case here: Apple saw Google’s increasing presence on the iPhone as a threat, so it killed it. Soon after the Google Voice fiasco, I abandoned my iPhone for Android (TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington quit his …… Section 3.3.9, however, is an anathema to companies like Google and Facebook that trade a user’s private information for profit. Google, Facebook, and their ilk are the pimps, and you and I are the whores. And it is Section 3.3.9, …
