Inside the lonely, cranky Microsoft Store on iPhone 5 launch day

September 21, 2012 2:17 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Editor's Pick Instead of spending my time interviewing the extremely long line of people waiting to purchase an iPhone 5 today, I decided to check out what was going on over at the Microsoft Store, which is conveniently located on the same block as the Apple Store in Austin, Texas.

Billionaire entrepreneur Dan Gilbert on Detroit, entrepreneurship, business, and design

September 21, 2012 10:08 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Dan Gilbert is a billionaire entrepreneur, pro sports team owner, and massive real estate investor. He also personally runs employee orientation for new employees of his more than 50 businesses.

At iPhone 5 launch, startups, re-sellers, and even police fight for attention

September 21, 2012 9:46 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Editor's Pick At today's big iPhone 5 launch at the flagship 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York, the number of marketers and hired hands rivaled the scores of people actually waiting in line for the hyped smartphone.

The DeanBeat: The BioWare doctors built games the nice way

September 21, 2012 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Editor's Pick The BioWare doctors knew that it wasn't about winning or losing the game. It was about how you behaved along the way.

The next billion-dollar opportunity? Buddy Media CEO says it’s software for marketers (interview)

September 20, 2012 3:16 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Editor's Pick When Salesforce.com acquired Buddy Media for $689 million, it made a major step toward cashing in on those untapped marketing dollars.

MLB, Starbucks, Sephora among those who see a home run in iOS 6′s Passbook

September 19, 2012 5:02 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Editor's Pick Developers are already releasing their own gift and loyalty card apps for Passbook -- an app that puts your loyalty cards, coupons, boarding passes, event tickets, and more on the iPhone. The app launched today, alongside iOS 6, Apple's latest mobile operating system.

Every tweet ever written is now available to search and analyze, thanks to Gnip

September 19, 2012 8:44 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Editor's Pick Today, devs are getting the same level of access the Library of Congress got when it started archiving and storing all Twitter data. Only this time, it's commercially available.

Video chat service ChatRandom is destroying Fanning & Parker’s Airtime with two killer features

September 19, 2012 8:24 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Money can't buy you love, the Beatles told us. Neither can $33 million in venture capital and massive celebrity endorsements from stars like Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg, Julia-Louis Drefus, Alicia Keys, and Jim Carrey.

MyBreastCancerTeam offers community, support, and social media to women facing breast cancer

September 18, 2012 4:54 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Editor's Pick MyBreastCancerTeam is the Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Reddit, and Pinterest for women with breast cancer

Silicon Valley is in danger of losing its name

September 18, 2012 4:51 PM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

Editor's Pick How much longer will Silicon Valley stand by and watch the "silicon" part of its name get washed away like so much sand?

The good, bad, and ugly of Twitter’s web and mobile makeover

September 18, 2012 2:00 PM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Editor's Pick Twitter CEO Dick Costolo made a fluffy and flustered appearance on The Today Show Tuesday morning to introduce the masses to the all-new, more personal, more consistent Twitter.

Hardware is dead

September 15, 2012 7:55 AM Jay Goldberg

Guest Post Pretty much every piece of electronics we use today is sourced and manufactured within 100 miles of Shenzhen, and Hua Qiang is the city's electronics shopping district.

Are You a Human makes what sucks suck less (and maybe not suck at all)

September 14, 2012 2:39 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Any time anyone can make something suck less, there's a good chance of finding a valid business model. Even when you're competing with Google.

Zynga alleges EA’s chief executive proposed an anti-competitive ‘no hire’ pact or he would ‘rain hell’

September 14, 2012 1:28 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Editor's Pick Zynga alleges EA tried to get it to collude on not hiring each others' employees.

Can startups hack down the ‘redwood giants’ of technology companies?

September 12, 2012 7:16 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Editor's Pick Debate raged at TechCrunch Disrupt over whether technology startups can unseat the powers-that-be.

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: I hacked a company’s email server to get my first job

September 12, 2012 2:36 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Jack Dorsey confessed something on stage here at Techonomy Detroit today: He hacked into the world's largest dispatch company's email system in order to get a job.

5 ways to stand out from the crowd at a tech conference (without wearing a wedding dress)

September 12, 2012 11:44 AM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Editor's Pick If you're considering launching your startup at a tech conference like Disrupt or DEMO, here's how to do it right.

Venture capitalist Tim Draper: ‘We are not the home of the free, land of the brave anymore’

September 12, 2012 10:24 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper is worried about America running out of heroes. And he's not talking about Superman or the Hulk.

Meet your ‘Seoul’ mate: 3 Korean apps for all phases of your love life

September 11, 2012 12:19 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Editor's Pick Three startups' apps cover the entire scope of a relationship, from finding one another (I-UM) to dating and sharing sweet nothings (Between) all the way to when you're ready to get married (MerryMarry).

Harvard’s ‘wise men’ tell Silicon Valley: Our country is losing its competitiveness

September 11, 2012 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Editor's Pick An all-star panel, with Electronic Arts' CEO John Riccitiello and entrepreneurship professor William Sahlman, said the U.S. is falling behind in economic competitiveness.