Facebook-MOL Partnership Brings Virtual Credits to Real Stores

by Kit Eaton on Jul 8, 2010
Facebook-MOL Partnership Brings Virtual Credits to Real Stores

Facebook is partnering with MOL Global to deliver a new way to buy Facebook credits--in person at a MOL-connected store. It's a strange real world/virtual world crossover, and definitely a sign of the way future digital finances will work. MOL is a hot-topic Internet financial company, though if you haven't heard about it it's not surprising--while it operates in 75 countries, mainly its operations are centered in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, India, Australia, and New Zealand.

Foursquare Launches Layers: Annotated Collections of Places From IFC, HuffPo, and More

by Dan Nosowitz on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
Foursquare Launches Layers: Annotated Collections of Places From IFC, HuffPo, and More

Two partners, the Independent Film Channel (IFC) and the Huffington Post, announced the release of Foursquare location layers today. It's a new feature from Foursquare that could turn out very cool and useful, or ravaged by disingenuous ads.

We Need More Opinion In News, Not Less

by Michael Arrington on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
We Need More Opinion In News, Not Less

I’m dismayed to see journalists continue to be punished, even fired, for expressing their opinions on the things they cover. Yesterday CNN terminated Octavia Nasr over a tweet praising a late Hezbollah leader. Last month Helen Thomas was forced to

Sony rolls out 3D-capable Cyber-shots with full HD video recording mode

by Serkan Toto on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
Sony rolls out 3D-capable Cyber-shots with full HD video recording mode

And we get yet another batch of 3D-enabled gadgets – this time from Sony. The company today announced three new Cyber-shot cameras, two of which feature the 3D sweep panorama function the cameras from the NEX series now also have (the function

Why Apple Hasn't Succeeded in China ... Yet

by Kit Eaton on Jul 6, 2010 | Comments
Why Apple Hasn't Succeeded in China ... Yet

Apple isn't doing as well as it could in China. Why? The chairman of China's tech giant Lenovo thinks it's largely down to Steve Jobs himself, as the killer quote in the Financial Times article which is the source of this discussion reveals: "We are

Chinese Working Conditions Raised ... Along With the Price of Gadgets?

by Kit Eaton on Jul 6, 2010 | Comments
Chinese Working Conditions Raised ... Along With the Price of Gadgets?

The worker's environment in Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has been a sticky issue for Apple's PR department, but it's also highlighted one big fact: If Western firms stick with Chinese sources, gadgets will get more expensive. This is the

MySpace UK Traffic Is Half What It Used To Be (And Morale Is Down, Too)

by Steve O'Hear on Jul 6, 2010 | Comments
MySpace UK Traffic Is Half What It Used To Be (And Morale Is Down, Too)

The number of visitors to MySpace UK has halved in the last six months, TechCrunch Europe has learned, leading to a fresh round of layoffs at the London office of the social networking site. According to internal figures that we’ve seen, monthly

Augmented Reality Demo: Junaio Takes Advantage Of IOS 4 Camera Access

by Guest Author on Jul 6, 2010 | Comments
Augmented Reality Demo: Junaio Takes Advantage Of IOS 4 Camera Access

A while back, I posted a bit about a new augmented reality game called Zombie ShootAR. It is a shooter game where you kill zombies that appear only in the augmented reality of your mobile phone’s viewfinder. The game relied on some imaging

Get Your Virtual Pen Out And Sign The Google Voice Desktop Petition

by Michael Arrington on Jul 5, 2010 | Comments
Get Your Virtual Pen Out And Sign The Google Voice Desktop Petition

As soon as everyone got to actually see the unreleased Google Desktop application in action, they wanted to have it. The only problem is this isn’t just about waiting until Google finishes it off and ships it. There’s a real possibility that

My-Wardrobe Secures $9 million Series A Lead By Balderton Capital

by Mike Butcher on Jul 5, 2010 | Comments
My-Wardrobe Secures $9 million Series A Lead By Balderton Capital

E-commerce continues to provide a rich seam of businesses for European tech investors and this is represented today by a series A funding in an online retailer of ‘affordable’ designer fashion. My-wardrobe.com today announces a $9 million

Wikipedia Is Down [Updated]

by Samuel Axon on Jul 5, 2010 | Comments

Twitter is pumping out reports that Wikipedia has been down worldwide for nearly an hour, and if you travel to wikipedia.org or another Wikimedia property, you’ll get confirmation in the form of a message saying, “Sorry! This site is