Startup Weekend goes global with offices in London & Mexico City

Startup Weekend, the household name in hackathons, has expanded its operations to a much wider international audience. Although the organization has for some time been conducting hackathons around the world, it is now opening offices in two non-U.S. locations: London …

The Next Yext: Local business listing upstart gets a major facelift

Hot off of its recent $27 million funding round, New York City-based Yext is today introducing The Next Yext, a massive update to the company’s business listing synchronization service that offers a revamped user interface, as well as a slew …

Google cracks down on sites that rip MP3s from YouTube videos (update)

The days of being able to rip an MP3 file from the audio of a YouTube video are numbered as far as Google is concerned.

The search giant apparently sent a letter to one of the biggest offenders, YouTube-MP3-.org, to …

Microsoft. Kicks. Ass.

I’m a Mac user. Have been for 25 years. I have an iPhone, Macbook Air, a couple of iMacs, three or four old iPods, and a massive rat’s nest of old Mac cables and connectors. Love Mac OS X, and …

Former AT&T employee admits to selling key info on Blackberry, iPhone

The U.S. government’s ongoing crusade against insider trading has claimed its latest victim.

Alnoor Ebrahim, a former network consultant for AT&T, admitted on Monday that he fed sensitive information to traders and hedge fund managers, who then used that information …

Microsoft Surface: the full keynote (video)

Well this is a new one: must-see-Microsoft TV!

We haven’t seen excitement like we saw yesterday anywhere but Apple’s big announcement events. And it was completely warranted — check out our live coverage, hands-on mini-review, and an early peek at …

250K beta testers later, MightyText launches possibly the best texting app for Android, ever

iMessage is coming for Mac users in July. But Android smartphone owners can get something better, for free, right now. It’s called MightyText, and it’s launching from public beta today.

MightyText is a very simple product with a killer value …

Here’s what really happens when you report a rude or spammy Facebook post

Think twice before you start throwing shade on Facebook, ladies and gentlemen; you’re being watched, especially when it comes to bullying, threats, insults, and spam. In fact, you might even attract the attention of law enforcement.

Some time ago, Facebook …

Job searches suck, but this startup thinks it can make them sexier. And shorter.

Bright is launching today with a tall promise: It wants to find you a job. Not just any job: the job. The right job for you, the perfect match for your abilities and interests.

Ideally, if you’re only looking at …

iFixit tears down MacBook Pro’s new Retina display — and it breaks

The assessment that the MacBook Pro with Retina Display is the “least repairable laptop ever” is holding true. The repair experts at iFixit have torn down the Retina display and found it ridiculously fragile.

Despite calling the Retina display an …

Google+ streams coming to Flipboard, but what about Google Currents?

Popular digital magazine app Flipboard is getting some attention from Google in the form of Google+ API support, the company announced today at the Le Web 2012 conference in London.

The support will give Flipboard users access to content streams …

Fab celebrates its first birthday by buying a UK clone to rule Britannia

What do you get for the site that sells everything? A UK expansion via acquisition, of course!

Yes, design flash-sale phenom Fab.com is celebrating the end of its first full year in business, and part of that celebration is the …

Nokia’s 41MP 808 PureView coming to U.S. for $699, meant for rich eccentrics

Nokia’s killer new camera phone is finally coming to America, but unless you’ve got $700 to burn, we recommend holding off.

Nokia announced today that the 808 PureView, which is now infamous for its 41-megapixel camera, will soon be available …

China’s Tencent nabs a minority stake in Epic Games

China’s most valuable Internet company, Tencent, is continuing its invasion into the U.S. gaming market in a big way today. Epic Games, maker of popular titles like Gears of War, announced today that Tencent has made a strategic minority investment …

Square builds new loyalty features into its Register and Pay-with-Square apps

Mobile payments startup Square has added new loyalty features to its Square Register and Pay-with-Square apps to get more people to keep coming back to Square merchants, the company announced this morning.

Last week, Square announced that it now has …

Kabam acquires indie maker of Realm of the Mad God web game (exclusive)

Kabam has acquired Wild Shadow Studios, the maker of popular online combat game Realm of the Mad God. The deal shows that Kabam, a maker of hardcore social online games, continues its quest to pick up titles that are played …

Bunchball launches 10 apps to quickly “gamify” websites and enterprises

Bunchball is announcing 10 new apps today that will "gamify" (make non-game apps and processes more game-like) websites and enterprises in a quick and painless fashion.

Mystery enterprise security startup Bluebox gets $9.5M from Andreessen Horowitz

Still in stealth mode, enterprise security startup Bluebox is keeping all the most juicy details of its business close to its chest. But we do know that the startup is compelling enough that it’s attracted a $9.5 million first funding …