Liz Gannes in Social on April 29, 2011 at 11:00 am PT
The iPads-for-medicine start-up Drchrono has plans to release a free medical record app for patients.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 29, 2011 at 8:37 am PT
Push Pop Press, a digital book publishing platform, went live with its first title this week, Al Gore’s “Our Choice,” available as an iOS app for $4.99.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 28, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Facebook is eager to push out a Chinese version of its site soon, which is likely to be integrated with its larger social graph, but gated by warning messages about Chinese government monitors and censors.
Let the controversy begin.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 27, 2011 at 11:32 am PT
Facebook has acquired Daytum, the two-man start-up announced today on its blog. Daytum co-founder Nicholas Felton famously creates beautiful infographics about his annual personal behavior; Daytum was a mobile app to help other people track and organize the everyday data of their lives.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 27, 2011 at 10:00 am PT
YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are preparing a triumphant return to tech, launching a new Internet company called AVOS out of their old stomping ground in San Mateo, Calif.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 27, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
Sergey Brin’s flannel overshirt, Larry Page’s side part and a whole lot of happy, wholesome nerds were on display at one of Google’s staff “TGIF” meetings from 1999, captured for posterity on video.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 26, 2011 at 2:27 pm PT
Venture capitalist Gideon Yu is leaving Khosla Ventures and plans to join the front office of the San Francisco 49ers as its Chief Strategy Officer, according to multiple sources.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 26, 2011 at 1:04 pm PT
Twitter, whose dealings with outside developers are often testy, has hired a developer relations manager, Jason Costa.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 25, 2011 at 9:14 pm PT
Klout plans on Tuesday to launch a redesign of its site that makes it more obvious what the company does: help users understand and take advantage of their social influence online.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 25, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT
Google has acquired TalkBin, a customer feedback system for local businesses, as was first reported by TechCrunch. The five-month-old company was only founded as part of Y Combinator’s winter batch, so this is a ridiculously early exit.