The entire Internet (aka Facebook, Google, Apple AOL, Facebook, eBay, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube) has just been served with a vague and vast patent violation suit from Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen. As patent suits are notoriously unpopular, the response from tech pundits has been apprehensive. Now the companies named are starting to hit back, a representative from Facebook told TechCrunch,
He was among the first to recognize the importance of the Facebook Platform, and, as this article suggests, also among the earliest to grasp the business opportunity of search. …. And for Part II you can cover the decline of Search and the rise of the Virtual Agents such ad Apple’s iPhone app Siri. You no longer need to search, they will do it for you, and they wilnori it semantically and not with keywords, and they will not click on any ads (sorry Google). …
Why Tech Warriors Give Up: A Closer Look At Built To Flip (TCTV) -. There’s a growing debate in Silicon Valley as to whether the rise in angel investors coupled with robust deal activity (from the likes of Google, Facebook, Zynga, etc. TechCrunch 5 hours ago: … The Fragmented Future Of Mobile Ad Networks -. It’s no secret that Google, Apple and even RIM want a piece of the $1 billion-and-growing mobile advertising market. …
Pay TV LOSES Customers For The First Time Ever How Long Before Facebook’s Traffic Is Bigger Than Google? Apple’s September Stock Bumps Kids Text Every Five Minutes When They’re Awake Apple’s App Store Dominated By Paid Apps, Google’s By …
What are Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, and Microsoft doing? As AT&T, Verizon, Apple and Google spent this summer hashing out plans for world domination, it seems that Facebook is best positioned to strike the fatal blow against our beloved …
Taylor noted that he had been brainwashed by Silicon Valley before he saw and understood the power of Facebook Photos (he was likely working at Google at the time). He had been thinking like an engineer about the best way to organize photos … Well not everyone loves Apple (hell, take a look at half the comments on TC Apple articles), and they aren’t really all that shady (if you think about it, not just label them). So no, Facebook isn’t the new Apple for the media. …
I firmly believe that you’re a douchebag Apple fanboy .. but wow.. you’re hella smart. http://blossom.nu Jenni. I think it needs to be one step further than simply friends and followers. Facebook needs to address the gaps which exist ….. Easy for the techcrunch-reading crowd; difficult for much of the world. http://parislemon.com MG Siegler. that info co-existing in the stream would be the biggest issue as i see it. the sharing mechanism itself shouldn’t be too hard. …
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 …
It’s time for this week’s episode of OMG/JK, the TechCrunch TV show that features fellow TC writer MG Siegler and myself discussing the top stories in tech. In this episode we cover the integration of Gmail with Google Voice (which is awesome), the launch of Digg 4 (finally), and a peek into our crystal ball to weigh in on next week’s Apple event (MG is already prepping his double rainbow reaction to whatever Steve Jobs holds up). We also take a second look at Facebook …
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 ….. Well-stated. 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. …
