Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr has been made official, in a $ 1.1bn deal that will see the microblogging site run as a separate business as part of Yahoo’s promise “not to screw it up.” The deal, rumored for the past few weeks, will be paid predominantly in cash, and will give Yahoo a vital footprint in
Tag Archives: grab
Yahoo $1.1bn Tumblr grab official: “Promises not to screw it up”
Posted by Gsurface
on May 20, 2013
No comments
Facebook Makes A Huge Data Grab By Aggressively Promoting Photo Sync
Posted by Gsurface
on December 2, 2012
No comments
Facebook was already taking in 300 million photos a day, and that rate is about to dramatically increase. It’s now ushering users onto its background uploads feature Photo Sync with a big banner at the top of its mobile apps’ news feed. Just two taps and your last 20 photos plus every one you take in the future are auto-uploaded to a private album from which you can share and Facebook can mine metadata.
TechCrunch
Grab the best Black Friday deals with these Android apps
Posted by Gsurface
on November 18, 2012
No comments
Here are three Android apps to help you get a heads up on all the best Black Friday deals, both online and at local brick and mortar stores. [Read more]
CNET News
Electronic Tweezers Grab Nanoparticles
Posted by Gsurface
on October 19, 2012
No comments
MTorrice writes “A beam of electrons can pick up and carry nanoparticles, according to a new study (abstract). The so-called electronic tweezers could help scientists in diverse tasks, such as building up new materials nanoparticle-by-nanoparticle, and measuring the forces between nanoparticles and living cells, the researchers say. In the past, scientists have manipulated microsized particles, including single cells, using a beam of laser light called optical tweezers. But the force required to trap a particle with optical tweezers increases as the particle gets smaller, making grappling with nanoparticles difficult. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed an alternative to optical tweezers by modifying a transmission electron microscope, which produces images by passing a stream of electrons through a sample.”
Reader Sven-Erik adds news of a tractor beam generated with laser light that can pull microscopic particles over distances of 30 micrometers (abstract).
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The Mobile/Social/Local/Cloud Land Grab Is Over
Posted by Gsurface
on September 15, 2012
No comments
This was my second TechCrunch Disrupt, and what a difference a year makes.
Not this year. I mean the year that began in July 2006, when Twitter launched. Two months later, Facebook finally opened up to everyone worldwide; in June 2007, Dropbox was founded; and one month after that, the first iPhone went on sale. Since then nearly everyone else has been playing in the space opened up by those four pioneers.
Oh, I’m not saying they were the first social networks, or the first cloud-service startup, or even the first smartphone. But they were the first to win truly mass appeal, the first to reveal the riches available in whole new continents of unclaimed territory — mobile! social! local! cloud! Since then, legions of copycats and competitors have rushed in to stake their own claims in these undiscovered countries where the streets seemed paved with gold.
Not any more. That land rush is over. And this is a very good thing.
TechCrunch
From The Hackathon: Local Drunk Lets You Grab A Drink With A Local
Posted by Gsurface
on September 9, 2012
No comments
This team at TechCrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon found a great idea to keep them motivated through the development. When you are visiting a city, Local Drunk connects you to a local who knows the way around to get drunk.
It was not their first idea, they originally planned a last-minute vacation service, but eventually settled with an idea revolving around alcohol. We can’t blame them for that.
TechCrunch
Nokia finalizes Scalado grab; teases Lytro-style camera magic
Posted by Gsurface
on July 24, 2012
No comments
Nokia has completed its acquisition of the tech and team from imaging specialists Scalado, promising the next generation of camera functionality in future Nokia smartphones. The deal, announced back in June, sees Scalado’s technologies, developers and intellectual property; however, the company will continue to supply software under existing deals, such as to RIM for the
UK 2012 Olympics Super Hi-Vision tickets are available, grab a seat for some Ultra HDTV
Posted by Gsurface
on June 24, 2012
No comments
If you’re a UK resident, missed out a ticket to the London 2012 Olympics and find the extensive home and mobile coverage to be lacking in pixels have no fear — free tickets are available for Super Hi-Vision screenings at three locations. While certain days and times are already fully booked, you can still get one of the first public glimpses of NHK’s 8K Ultra HDTV technology at the BBC Radio Theatre, BBC Scotland (Glasgow) and the National Media Musuem in Bradford (other viewing locations are in Japan and Washington D.C.) Before the games get started, the Radio Theater is screening a London Prepares promo from July 23rd to the 28th. During the games (July 28th – August 12th) all will have highlights of the previous day’s action from the Aquatic Centre, Olympic Stadium, Velodrome, and Basketball Arena plus clips of the Opening Ceremony. The lone live feed is scheduled for Sunday July 29th, from the Aquatics Centre. Sure, you could be paying a fortune for scalped passes to be in the house when Usain Bolt, Ryan Lochte or Michael Phelps are doing their thing, or you could be enjoying 33MP video and 22.2 channel surround sound in one of the custom setups TechRadar previewed in March. Your choice.
UK 2012 Olympics Super Hi-Vision tickets are available, grab a seat for some Ultra HDTV originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
Recombu | 
National Media Museum, BBC Scotland, Radio Theatre | Email this | Comments
Engadget
Netflix and Google Make Land Grab On Edge of Internet
Posted by Gsurface
on June 9, 2012
No comments
An anonymous reader writes “In an end-run around slow Internet backbone providers, Netflix and Google (plus a dozen more large content giants) are in a bitter fight to deploy servers and dominate the consumer edge of the Internet. This Wired article provides some of the first graphics of this fight and how it is changing the underlying Internet infrastructure. The source of the article (DeepField blog post) also has some pretty interesting commentary.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
iPad buyers can now grab more than two tablets per order
Posted by Gsurface
on June 7, 2012
No comments
Apple used to restrict customers to two iPads per order, but that limit has been removed.
[Read more]
CNET News
Zuckerberg defends $1bn Instagram grab to IPO investors
Posted by Gsurface
on May 8, 2012
No comments
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended his $ 1bn acquisition of Instagram, telling skeptical investors at the social site’s IPO roadshow that there’s still huge growth potential in the camera app. The site founder told a New York investor gathering that Facebook had spotted a “tipping point” in Instagram’s user data, The Telegraph reports, with Zuckerberg showing up
Le Web London Goes Faster Than Realtime – Grab Your TC Discount Here
Posted by Gsurface
on April 19, 2012
No comments
‘Allo my Breeteesh chums! If you have not been to Le Web before, zen zis is pour vous!
Le Web is possibly Europe’s oldest, and certainly its biggest tech startup conference, running for many years in December in Paris. Because of organiser Loic Le Meur’s connections in Silicon Valley it regularly brings the creme de la creme of the Valley to Europe every year. It’s now adding a London conference (19-20 June) to its schedule and even attracting the likes of Michael Arrington, TechCrunch Founder and Crunchfund partner, to London. If I recall correctly, the last time he was here was 2006 – I know because I was there, in the same pub. So, now consider yourself educated about Le Web! Here’s how you can get a discount and enter the startup competition.
TechCrunch
Google’s Kevin Rose and Milk team grab confirmed
Posted by Gsurface
on March 16, 2012
No comments
Kevin Rose has announced that he has taken a job with Google, just as rumored earlier this week, along with the team brought together for short-lived mobile app incubator Milk. The Digg founder somewhat appropriately took to Google+, the search giant’s social network, to confirm his new employer, though there’s still no indication of what it
Swiss craft janitor satellites to grab space junk
Posted by Gsurface
on February 16, 2012
No comments
Super Bowl Bust: Feds Grab 307 NFL Websites; $4.8M
Posted by Gsurface
on February 2, 2012
No comments
coondoggie writes “Speaking at a National Football League press conference ahead of this weekend’s Super Bowl, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said special agents this week seized a total of 307 websites and snatched up 42,692 items of phony Super Bowl-related memorabilia along with other counterfeit items for a total take of more than $ 4.8 million – up from $ 3.72 million last year.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Official Apple Store grab bags have customers dropping cash on random swag
Posted by Gsurface
on January 2, 2012
No comments
This New Years Day, yesterday for those of you living in a basement with the lights off, Japanese shoppers got a chance to pick up what’s called a Fukubukuro, or “Lucky Bag,” that being an official grab bag of relatively randomly assorted items from the store for their enjoyment! While we’ll never, ever, ever see [...]
SlashGear
Recent Comments