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They say you can never have too much of a good thing. But if you run a website that isn't prepared for a massive increase in traffic, you definitely can have too many hits. Visually, a brand-new website specializing in infographics, launched with an exceptional degree of hype from TechCrunch this...

Google is poised to launch a new travel service using data gained from its $700 million acquisition of ITA. This report (which comes from TechCrunch via Business Insider) suggests that the new service will be integrated with Google Maps, allowing users to choose destinations on a map and see how...

It seems as if Google+, the company's long-awaited social networking entity (AKA its long-awaited Facebook-killer) is more popular than anticipated. Launching just two days ago, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) touted the service as being much safer and much more secure than other social networking sites....

Entrepreneurs who are a part of Excelerate 2011 could be given an extra boost of financial support, thanks to New World Ventures. According to TechCrunch, New World Ventures will now offer $50,000 in convertible debt (with no discount or cap) to Excelerate's 2011 class of 10 startups. Somewhere...

If Ashton Kutcher's endorsement in Airbnb wasn't enough to get your attention, maybe this report from Business Insider will do the trick. According to Business Insider, TechCrunch has some juicy details on the creative startup, which allows average Joes and Janes to rent their personal spaces (...

This article from TechCrunch shows that New York City is really taking the initiative to be America's digital city, by partnering with such hot technology companies as Facebook, Twitter, and NY-based startups Foursquare and Tumblr. The city, along with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the city's...

Chuck Templeton, the founder of OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN), has just launched his next venture: OhSoWe. While the name might sound a tad silly, OhSoWe has an interesting concept: it aims to bring neighborhoods together. TechCrunch describes the site as an online version of a block association....

TechCrunch reports that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is designing its “most ambitious” Android upgrade yet: Ice Cream Sandwich. Why the silly title? Who knows. But in a world with names like Honeycomb and Sandy Bridge, Ice Cream Sandwich sounds downright normal. The intriguing part comes from Google's...

If you had the opportunity to loan $25 to help someone build a farm in another country, would you do it? Or would you rather spend that money buying goodies in FarmVille? This is the challenge that Kiva – a nonprofit group dedicated to facilitating $25, interest-free loans to entrepreneurs in...

Earlier this week, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced that it would close the division that makes Flip Video camcorders. This news was quite surprising considering the initial success of the Flip Video. The handheld device proved to be a formidable foe in the camcorder industry, garnering 13% of the...

TechCrunch is reporting that Andreessen Horowitz, the major venture capital firm, has launched another fund with $200 million under management to invest in late stage deals. Andreessen Horotiwiz is famous for making investments in Skype, Zynga, Facebook, Twitter and most-recently Jawbone.

NimbleCommerce, a group deal platform, is making its press debut according to a TechCrunch article. As group deal platforms such as Groupon encounter large success, NimbleCommerce is looking to take a share of the market. NimbleCommerce claims to have deals with "25 large newspapers; business...

According to a recent report from TechCrunch, Frank Quattrone discussed the difference between the investment climate today and when he began his career in the pre-IPO boom 1980s at the Web 2.0 Summit. When asked whats the same in the environment, Quattrone says, "The creativity and risk taking...

Techcrunch just posted an article regarding Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) that could potentially be more damaging than any broken server. According to the report, there are rumors going around that Yahoo will lay off 20% of its staff, which means 2,500 people of the company's 14,000 employees will be out of...