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Developer Is Building An App Store For Banned Android Apps Top
cyanogenmodAn Android developer by the name of Kousik Dutta is building an alternative Android app store which will house the apps that have been banned from Google's official Android Market. These will include the custom ROMs (customized versions of the Android OS), classic gaming emulators pulled due to copyright complaints, unofficial tethering apps removed at the behest of mobile operators, Visual Voicemail apps, one-click rooting apps, and more.
 
After Laying Off 60 People, RueLaLa Raises $22 Million Top
rueMembers-only shopping site RueLaLa, a former subsidiary of GSI Commerce (before the eBay acquisition) just cut roughly 60 positions from its workforce of 550 employees, but an SEC filing published yesterday afternoon reveals that the flash sales company also recently completed a $22 million financing round.
 
Senator Harry Reid Caves: PIPA Postponed Top
After a day of widespread online protests against a pair of bills in Congress, both bills have now been tabled. Hearings on the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) had already been cancelled, but the Senate's Protect IP Act (PIPA) was still scheduled for a vote. This morning the sponsor of teh bill, Senator Harry Reid tweeted: "In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT IP Act"
 
Bleacher Report Arrives On iPad With New Team Stream App Top
bleacherreportBleacher Report, the popular site for sports fans now boasting 22 million uniques per month, just released its Team Stream app for the iPad. Similar to Team Stream for iPhone and Android smartphones, the new Team Stream HD app features news and analysis and supports push notifications for breaking news. This is the first tablet-optimized experience from the company, but it's not the only one: the company is also pushing out an iPad-optimized HTML5 browsing experience, too.
 
Trion Grabs $85 Million To Bring New Life To The "Deep End" Of Online Gaming Top
Screen shot 2012-01-20 at 3.39.21 AMTrion Worlds, a lesser known game development company headquartered in Silicon Valley, yesterday gave even further evidence that the "deep end" of online gaming is alive and well, announcing that it has raised an $85 million round of strategic growth equity financing from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. The round adds to the $100 million the startup has already raised from investors like Time Warner and Trinity Ventures.
 
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The MegaUpload Closure Leaves Users Unable To Access Their Files Top
shutterstock_79185400Alright, Feds. You've had your fun. You've arrested some people you deem bad and seized their Mercedes-Benz collection. Great. So how about turning MegaUpload back on for a quick minute? The United States Department of Justice seized and shut down MegaUpload yesterday in an impressive (and scary) show of force. The site is effectively nuked, which is bad news bears for its zillions of users. Sure, the site was infamous for hosting illegal files, but it was also one of the best ways to share large files online. The closure leaves users unable to access their files. Those using MegaUpload for legitimate reasons are the real victims.
 
Skyrim (Not Really) Ported To The TI-84 Calculator Top
Are you ready to destroy the Dragons of Skyrim with your trusty orcish arrows and shortsword? Do you wish to hop on your trusty horse and ride endlessly up steep slopes and through wooded glens? Do you have a TI-84 graphing calculator? Well you're kind of in luck.
 
Foxconn Responds To CEO's "Employees Are Animals" Comment Top
imgresFoxconn responded to yesterday's kerfuffle about the CEO of Foxconn, Terry Gou, commenting that he cared for "a million animals" - namely his employees. They said it was an off-the-cuff remark, similar to saying that managing is like "herding cats" as opposed to suggesting that Foxconn employees walk on all fours and root in the mud. Big difference, clearly. The statement is below. I love the line "Mr. Gou's comments were directed at all humans and not at any specific group."
 
Tremor Video Acquires 'InPlay' Video Analytics Tech From TubeMogul Top
tubeExclusive - Online video ad technology company Tremor Video has purchased InPlay, the video analytics solution for publishers, from TubeMogul. Tremor Video will integrate InPlay directly into VideoHub, its enterprise video platform.
 
Snake Camouflage: Japan Gets Exclusive Metal Gear Solid 3DS System Top
mgsResident Evil isn’t the only big video game series that made the news in Nippon today: Konami announced [JP] the so-called METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D PREMIUM PACKAGE for the Japanese market. The set includes a special 3DS system, a copy of Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D, and two clear files in MGS design. Here’s the so-called “Snake Camouflage”-style 3DS:
 
SkyGrid Debuts iPad App Touchtv To Allow Users To Watch Content On Demand Top
tvSkyGrid, a startup that offers a powerful news aggregator to consumers is venturing into the TV content and media business with the launch of Touchtv, an iPad app that allows viewers to watch recent programs from popular sports, entertainment, politics, and news channels. Custom designed for the iPad, Touchtv, which is a free app, aims to give viewers their own personal TV via the iPad to watch their favorite channels. SkyGrid has partnered with a number of networks including Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, ESPN, OWN, E! and others to show specific content and programming.
 
Downfall: Photos Of MegaUpload Founder's Valuable Cars Getting Seized Top
megaThe shit really hit the fan over at massively popular file hosting site MegaUpload. Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice seized and shut down the site and commenced criminal cases against its owners and others, sparking retaliatory actions from hacker collective Anonymous. Yesterday, following the DoJ indictment, the Organised and Financial Crime Agency of New Zealand arrested MegaUpload founder Kim Schmitz (aka Kim Dotcom), CMO Finn Batato and CTO Mathias Ortmann.
 
Capcom Announces Surprising November Release For Resident Evil 6 (First Trailer) Top
Picture 2One of the world's biggest video game franchises is getting a new title: Capcom today announced Resident Evil 6 [JP] for the Xbox 360, Sony PS3, and the PC. What's interesting is that the company also said when exactly the game will come out, namely on November 20 in North America and Europe, and two days later in Japan. Note that the release dates are for the console versions, the PC version hasn't been dated yet. By way of comparison: Resident Evil 5 was announced in 2005 and went on sale four years later.
 
Daily Crunch: Sense Effects Top
1526Here are some recent posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: ZOOM's B3 Bass Effects Pedal Launches At NAMM iPads And Digital Textbooks Do Not Belong In Classrooms Yet Apple Announces iBooks 2, A New Textbook Experience For The iPad Sea Change: Apple Guts Textbook Publishing Wireless Sensor Posts Temperature, Humidity, And Radiation Levels To Twitter (Video)
 
VC Investing Soars 22 Percent To $28.4B In 2011, Internet Sector Reaches Highest Levels In A Decade Top
vc=VCs poured significantly more money into deals in 2011, according to a recently released MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Venture capitalists invested $28.4 billion in 3,673 deals in 2011, an increase of 22 percent in dollars and a 4 percent rise in deals over the prior year. The amount of venture dollars invested in 2011 represents the third highest annual investment total in the past ten years. In terms of the fourth quarter, investments in the quarter totaled $6.6 billion in 844 deals, which is actually a 10 percent decrease in terms of dollar amount and an 11 percent decrease in deals from the third quarter of 2011 when $7.3 billion went into 953 deals.
 
Damning Evidence Emerges In Google-Apple "No Poach" Antitrust Lawsuit Top
Google Apple AntitrustNext week a class-action civil lawsuit will be heard in San Jose to determine if Google, Apple, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intel, and Intuit conspired to eliminate competition for skilled labor. In anticipation of the hearing, TechCrunch has attainedevidence from the Department of Justice's investigation in 2010 which was made public this evening for the first time. It appears to support the plaintiff's case that the defendant companies tried to suppress employee compensation by entering into "no poach" agreements.
 
Microsoft Girds Itself For Windows 8 Battle And Beyond Top
BattleofIssus333BC-mosaic-detail1Microsoft's quarterly earnings statement didn't have any big surprises. It was generally good news: record total revenue, growth in many key sectors, big sales in Xbox, 525 million total Windows 7 licenses sold, and they even seem to be losing a little less money in the Online Services area. But all that is a side show. 2011 was a big one for Microsoft in mobile (at least, big in that they took major actions), but for their core businesses it has been a hold-steady year. 2012 will be an adventure. Windows 8 is Microsoft's next big thing. And trends suggest that by the time Windows 9 comes around, things in the personal computing industry may look a lot different. The way they handle this next phase will set the stage for the inevitable "post-PC era" changes.
 
Of Course iPads Belong In Classrooms — It's All About Balance Top
ibooks 2"iPads And Digital Textbooks Don't Belong In Classrooms Yet"? What a headline. Alas, it doesn't quite do the post justice; Matt actually raises a few valid points on the potential woes of digitally assisted learning, but they're lost under a headline that (falsely) paint him as some sort of luddite. iPads absolutely have a place in the classroom. It's just a matter of finding a balance.
 
Sheryl Sandberg on Facebook Culture: It's in the Posters Top
valley girlFor the latest episode of her Valley Girl web show, Jesse Draper (daughter of venture capitalist Tim Draper) managed to score an interview with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. For the first half of the interview, Sandberg talks about her work-life balance and her desire to see women in high-profile executive roles — it's engaging and informal, though it largely covers the same ground as the New Yorker's profile of Sandberg last year.
 
SOPA Protests Sway Congress: 31 Opponents Yesterday, 122 Now Top
Congress On SOPA DoneYesterday the Internet the internet cried out in protest of SOPA-PIPA, and congress heard us loud and clear. At the beginning of Janaury 18th, there were 80 members of congress who supported the legislation, and 31 opponents. Now, just 63 support SOPA-PIPA, and opposition has surged to 122, according to ProPublica. Now lets look at the breakdown by House, Senate, Democrat, and Republican, and see if there's enough opposition to defeat the bills. Currently there are still enough stated supporters for PIPA to pass in the Senate...
 

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