Archive for October, 2010

“The playlist ran out on my computer, and I thought, ‘You know, there’s really no reason why my computer shouldn’t just know what I want to learn next,” he explains. “So that’s what we made.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard Crimson interview, 2004 Above is the Team page for Synapse, the Pandora-like music recommendation plugin Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former Facebook [...]

“The playlist ran out on my computer, and I thought, ‘You know, there’s really no reason why my computer shouldn’t just know what I want to learn next,” he explains. “So that’s what we made.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard Crimson interview, 2004 Above is the Team page for Synapse, the Pandora-like music recommendation plugin Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former Facebook [...]

Last Wednesday, I got my hands on a new Meisterstück Le Grand Traveller pen. I haven’t touched my MacBook Pro since. It’s twelve months old. RIP. Stop. Take a deep breath. Before my opening paragraph gets you all worked up, consider what I’m saying here. I’m saying that my TechCrunch options just cashed out and I’ve just used some of the money to buy an awesome new pen. And it’s beautiful. [...]

It’s finally happened. MG’s love for all things Apple has manifested itself in physical form, and he now wears an iPhone to work every day. The doctors say we should try to make him feel like this is normal, so I’ve taken to donning a matching Android handset. Clashes are frequent — the hallway leading to TC HQ literally isn’t big enough for both of us, and the rest of the [...]

AP – A recent spate of TV blackouts and the lack of government intervention suggests that for now, broadcasters have the upper hand over TV signal providers when it comes to negotiating fees. That might mean fewer headaches for consumers caught in the middle if cable and satellite TV companies know they won’t get government help, at least until Congress decides to act.

This guest post was submitted by SGN founder and Executive Chairman, Shervin Pishevar. The entrepreneur and angel investor was a co-founder of Hotprints and Hyperoffice and has made several investments, including Nowmov, Aardvark, Thread.com, Gowalla, and Qwiki. So I just logged into my email tonight and I see this email titled: Super Talent. The writer is a casting director from Romania who now lives [...]

Haynes, a company famous for producing car manuals, releases an owner’s manual for the USS Enterprise. It follows the evolution of the different starships and will surely be a wonderful Christmas gift.

Engineers successfully repair suspect pressurization fittings and started the shuttle Discovery’s countdown for a Wednesday launch to the International Space Station.

Places Search is another step for Google to deliver location based services. You cannot, however, turn off location-based customization. Google claims your search results won’t be “high quality” if you do.

Country cut off access after videos deemed offensive to the country’s founder were posted to the popular video-sharing site.