Day: January 15, 2013

Application Business Microsoft

Microsoft Launches “Next App Star” Competition For Windows Phone Developers

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS You know a mobile app store is still young and needs more content when the company behind it still writes its own blog posts when interesting new apps appear in it. With 150,000 apps, the Windows Phone store isn’t actually quite as empty as the Windows 8 store, but Microsoft could sure use some marquee apps for its mobile platform. To get developers and consumers a bit more excited about it, the company…

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Business

10 Reasons Why 2013 Will Be The Year You Quit Your Job

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JAMES ALTUCHER Editor’s note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and several-times entrepreneur. His latest books are I Was Blind But Now I See and 40 Alternatives to College. Please follow him on Twitter @jaltucher. People read TechCrunch because they want to create something, they don’t want to follow orders all of their lives, and they want financial freedom. I’m being blunt. The above three items feel good. God bless you. Hopefully once you get the three things above,…

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Education Story Tech

How California’s Online Education Pilot Will End College As We Know It

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN Today, the largest university system in the world, the California State University system, announced a pilot for $150 lower-division online courses at one of its campuses — a move that spells the end of higher education as we know it. Lower-division courses are the financial backbone of many part-time faculty and departments (especially the humanities). As someone who has taught large courses at a University of California, I can assure readers that…

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Culture Internet Story

China adds 51 million internet users in one year, mobile numbers increase by 18.1 percent

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith China’s internet dealt with 564 million users during 2012, increasing its user base by 10 percent. Despite continued efforts to monitor residents and restrict access to subversive content, these substantial gains were apparently driven by mobile internet access, with the number of Chinese users tapping into the web from phones and tablets rising by 18.1 percent, now totaling 420 million. That’s 75 percent of all internet users.

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Business

HMV goes bankrupt after 91 years in the disc-selling business

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr  The first time we mentioned HMV on Engadget was back in 2009, when the British retailer discounted the PSP Go — ironically, one of the earliest devices to do away with disc-shaped media. As the picture above shows though, HMV’s history goes back much further than that. Its first store opened in 1921 under an elaborate neon sign featuring the company’s emblem of a dog listening to a gramophone beneath the words…

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