Posts Tagged ‘ number ’

Study finds tablet, e-book ownership soared (AP)

AP - Tablets and e-readers were a popular gift over the holidays, so much so that the number of people who own them nearly doubled between mid-December and January, a new study finds.

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ICANN to expand top level domains despite critics (Reuters)

Reuters - ICANN, an independent body responsible for organizing the Internet, plans to press ahead with plans to expand the number of possible website addresses despite criticism from industry and concerns from some law enforcement groups.

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Video: iPhone Games In Real Life

Video: iPhone Games In Real Life

It’s not rare for me to post videos on Fridays, but I generally preface them with some big explanation as to why I’ve posted it on TechCrunch. This week’s explanation is simple: because it’s friggin’ awesome . It’s got Angry Birds! It’s got Fruit Ninja! It’s got Flight Control (plus super cute Flight...

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Are We In A Series A “Crunch”? What CrunchBase Says …

Are We In A Series A “Crunch”? What CrunchBase Says …

Remember that time the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about an influx of “start-up” companies raising seed/angel rounds and then all those companies subsequently trying to raise Series A rounds and failing hard? And then all these VCs and angels got in a fight about it , on Twitter, and on their...

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How To Enable 18TB Hard Drives? Just Add Salt

How To Enable 18TB Hard Drives? Just Add Salt

The continually increasing size of hard drives means we can all store more pictures, music, games, and so on, but as with the transistor counts in Moore’s Law, those increases don’t come easy. Companies like Toshiba, TDK, and Seagate are forever looking into ways to increase the number of bits they can store...

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