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Is Search Really 90% Solved?
Jessica Guynn has an excellent interview with Google’s Marissa Mayer today about Google’s first ten years (today is arguably Google’s tenth birthday). Good stuff in there - Marissa talks about Google’s accomplishments in searc
Posted: Sep. 7, 2008 05:53 PM
No ChaChing For ChaCha Guides
ChaCha used to be a ridiculous human powered web based search engine that’s best use appeared to be for killing time when bored.
They raised a boatload of money from Jeff Bezos and others and eventually switched to an all-mobile interface. The
Posted: Sep. 7, 2008 06:29 AM
Everyone Needs To Calm Down
I haven’t had a lot of time to jump into the fracas this weekend emerging about TechCrunch50 because the team has been busy organizing the conference, working with the Expert Panelists on scheduling issues and spending hours and hours working w
Posted: Sep. 7, 2008 04:39 AM
Family Tree Wars Continue: MyHeritage Raises Big Round, Shows Impressive Growth
It’s been just a few days after our post on Geni’s big growth numbers - and now big news from Israeli competitor MyHeritage.
The site has grown from 180 million profiles a year ago to 260 million today, they say. Registered users have al
Posted: Sep. 6, 2008 09:30 PM
ContestMachine: A Product Giveaway Widget For Bloggers
Giving away products can be a logistical pain. For instance, when we give away a T-shirt or laptop, we have to go through hundreds of comments, contact the person, and do a lot of manual processing. A new Y Combinator startup called ContestMachine th
Posted: Sep. 6, 2008 05:28 PM
The Big Conference Launch: How to Stand Out from the Crowd
Editor’s Note: This post represents the professional advice of Brian Solis who is not formally affiliated with TechCrunch50. If you are a participating TC50 company, resident TechCrunch PR expert Sarah Ross is available to share and review the
Posted: Sep. 6, 2008 04:31 PM
The Push To Cure Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Gwendolyn DeBard Strong was born on October 4, 2007 and was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA1) in April 2008. SMA1 is a terminal genetic disease that results in loss of nerves in the spinal cord and weakness of the muscles connecte
Posted: Sep. 6, 2008 03:05 PM
VW Should Bring Back The Microbus And Make It Electric
Maybe it’s just because I’m a Dad who refuses to get a minivan, but I seriously want Volkswagon to bring back the Microbus. (Or maybe BMW’s Mini should make one and call it the Minibus). VW showed off an updated Microbus concept
Posted: Sep. 6, 2008 02:12 PM
LiveUniverse Buys Another Loser: Peerflix
We’re getting reports that Peerflix, the tumultuous company that switched from acting as a DVD-swapping service to an ad network, has been acquired by Brad Greenspan’s LiveUniverse for an undisclosed amount (though we’re guessing i
Posted: Sep. 5, 2008 10:01 PM
Shasta Ventures Expands Team
Shasta Ventures, a venture fund managing $460 million and investments in startups like Mint, Flock and Turn, has promoted Jason Pressman to Managing Director and added a new associate, Evan Liang, to the team.
Pressman, which we named a VC to watch b
Posted: Sep. 5, 2008 09:18 PM
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