The problem with passwords (infographic)

More than half of us say we can't remember all our passwords. Which makes sense, given that almost a third of all companies require their employees to remember six or more of them.

This white hat hacker cracks quantum encryption for fun and profit

In quantum hacking, messages are sent from Alice to Bob. But if the Institute for Quantum Computing's contract hacker is successful, Eve gets the information instead.

Zynga & NewSchools team up to launch an accelerator for educational gaming startups

Zynga cofounder Mark Pincus just announced plans to launch an accelerator for startups developing educational games.

Beating out tough competition, ‘Google for public data’ Enigma wins Disrupt NY

Exciting public-data-search startup Enigma has won TechCrunch Disrupt NY's Startup Battlefield amid strong competition.

Yahoo acquires to-do app Astrid, to continue service ‘as is’ for 90 days

Yahoo has acquired 4 million user to-do app Astrid, which allows users to create task lists on Android and iOS phones and tablets, as well as the web. No financial details were released.

Put your taxi apps away, New Yorkers: NYC’s smartphone hailing program blocked again

The ongoing saga around approving taxi hailing apps in New York City is beginning to resemble a wild ride in one of the city's taxis.

U.S. Education Secretary’s stern challenge to entrepreneurs: ‘We have so far to go’

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke frankly to a roomful of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about the crisis in our current education system.

Are Rap Genius’s founders insane, or is it just a gimmick?

Most startup founders fresh off raising $15 million from Andreessen Horowitz would show up at a tech conference ready to prove themselves further. Not Rap Genius.

Facebook’s huge mobile Q1: 751M users, 30% of ad revenue coming from mobile

It looks like Facebook's huge mobile risk is turning into a huge mobile opportunity.

Nearly 200M people use Facebook without ever touching a computer

“We’ve sent a team of people around the world to see what they use, and we care about everybody, not just you guys,” Facebooker Peter Deng said to a room full of tech elites.

Facebook earnings show huge mobile numbers, growth around the globe

More than half of Facebook's revenue comes from international sources, and only around 20 percent of monthly active users are based in the U.S. and Canada.

MapMyFitness reveals fresh new look after 6 months of ‘shaping up’

MapMyFitness made the most significant web update and redesign in three years to become a "more beautiful, cleaner, easier to live in" house for all your workout activity.

Fin-tech startup On Deck opens its fourth round, nabs $17M from Google Ventures & Peter Thiel

On Deck says it opened its round to further investment so it can build more products, and hire technical talent. But the company will also benefit from its association with Thiel, a major player in Silicon Valley, and a notoriously founder-friendly investor.

Microsoft Surface shipments reached 900k in Q1, says IDC

Microsoft still isn't divulging official Surface numbers, but it looks like it's at least making a dent in the tablet market.

Adsolut pioneers ad-tech in Nigeria, a country with ‘advertisers but no platform’

Adsolut launched today as the "admeld for Africa." It is an ad network and management platform that helps web publishers more effectively sell and manage their ads online in sub-Saharan Africa.