What do you do when you first fire up your browser? Most probably, you log into various sites that require a username and password – Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and the like. For me, personally, it’s quite a chore, as I need to log into over 10 different services before I start doing anything. Now, Mozilla … Read More

The Facebook page “Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!” is giving new credence to the lyrics “Thank you for being a friend” today, as People has confirmed that the Golden Girls star will be appearing on Saturday Night Live in the near future. When asked at Elton John’s Oscar-viewing party last night whether she would … Read More

The music video below is pure viral marketing, but we’ll bite ’cause it’s got a catchy tune. ”Entrepreneur State of Mind” is a remake of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” , but with references to Facebook, YouTube, and (ahem) TechCrunch. Instead of singing “Now, you’re in New York,” the chorus goes “Now … Read More

As a result of failed contract negotiations, Disney pulled New York affiliate ABC7 off of cable company Cablevision’s channel lineup early this morning, leaving over 3 million people without a channel to watch the Oscars on tonight unless they tune in over the air. We’d like to offer those 3 million people the following online … Read More

Filed under: iPad Our English-speaking friends across the pond have been anxiously awaiting pricing and availability dates for the iPad. Macworld UK’s Nick Spence notes that both the Wi-Fi and 3G models will be available in late April, meaning that developers in the UK who want to get their hands on an iPad earlier may … Read More

Wow! It’s March already? 2010 is chugging along and as we head into the second week of March its time to look back on the highlights from this week on ReadWriteStart. In this installment of the Weekly Wrapup we talk about how startups make use of crowdsourcing, how outsiders see startup culture, and we even … Read More

The original ReviveLite would work fine for most people, but the down side of it is that it was pretty bulky. Not only did it keep an outlet covered, but it also had a dock off to the side of the outlet. With this 2nd edition ReviveLite it looks a whole lot more sleek and … Read More

The popularity of Twitter has produced a number of clones in China, just as there are Facebook clones . Some of China’s Twitter clones have been closed down by the Chinese government, but some have survived. We take a look at both cases in this post. We also assess Twitter’s chances of success in China, … Read More

Ever spiced up Internet poker by busting out a webcam and turning it into a strip game? Yeah? Well, have you ever done it while using a Rock Band drum kit to control the game? Here’s how. Poker Listings’ Sean Lind figured out a fairly simple way of turning your Rock Band drum kit into … Read More

Companies now have a novel instrument at their discarding to keep consumers coming back: MixMobi. MixMobi allows businesses to generate graphical tickets and send them to their consumer’s mobile handsets, according to Mashable. Tickets can be communal via SMS text messages, Facebook or Twitter and users don’t have to install special software on their handsets … Read More

Facebook appears to have made a third acquisition — this one smaller than its two previous buys. What’s more, Facebook has shut down the company’s service immediately. Octazen is a Malaysian company comprising two employees. It provides scripts to import a user’s contacts into a website upon sign up, reports Gigaom . Why would Facebook … Read More

Filed under: Gaming , Hardware , Software We’re cleaning out the video files from the chaos of Macworld last week, and while we’ve already shared with you an interview that we did with Dan Connors of Telltale Games (who just recently announced that they’re bringing their whole catalog over to the Mac), his co-founder Kevin … Read More

There’s an interesting post today at Facebook’s engineering blog , detailing how Facebook’s engineers managed to make the site two times faster in a six months period, from June of 2009 till the beginning of 2010. It’s an interesting (albeit somewhat technical) read. In short, their primary concerns were shortening network time (the time it … Read More

One thing we love around here at TechCrunch is data. And since we’re busy looking up our own traffic stats for 2009, we thought we might as well share those stats with everyone. Total unique visitors across all TechCrunch sites in 2009, according to Google Analytics, were 69,482,978, up 55% from 2008’s 45 million unique … Read More

Who woulda thunk it? Giving WiFi to fidgety students on a bus actually makes them more productive. Nearly three years after an Arkansas school launched a trial that delivered laptops, iPods and wireless internet to a bus, an Arizona school district is discovering the merits of such a system — though with this one, there … Read More