iOS 5 May Have Twitter Integration, Though No One Is Sure About That

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iOS 5 May Have Twitter Integration, Though No One Is Sure About That

by Stefan Etienne on 31. May, 2011 9:20PM in Apple, Mobile, Rumors

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You have the geek, John Gruber from Daring Fireball on one end, then you have MG from TechCrunch. Both believe iOS will feature Twitter integration at a system-level, in the same way that you can share a video on YouTube in iOS, just that in this case it would be sharing anything on Twitter. Also in the cards could be Facebook and others, but most of the concentration goes to Twitter. We’ll all get to see how this plays out once iOS 5 is announced on June 6th, which is less than a week away.

TechCrunch’s side:

We’ve heard from multiple sources that Twitter is likely to have a big-time partner for such a service: Apple. Specifically, we’re hearing that Apple’s new iOS 5 will come with an option to share images to Twitter baked into the OS. This would be similar to the way you can currently share videos on YouTube with one click in iOS. Obviously, a user would have to enable this feature by logging in with their Twitter credentials in iOS. There would then be a “Send to Twitter” option for pictures stored on your device.

Then Gruber’s short quip:

So close to the bigger story, but yet so far. Imagine what else the system could provide if your Twitter account was a system-level service.

Via: TC, DF

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AOL Might Just Buy TechCrunch (Update: They Have)

by Stefan Etienne on 28. Sep, 2010 10:30AM in Internet, News

AOL, a York-based online media company that you’ve all probably heard of several years ago and don’t even hear of now, is on the verge of buying Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch. A deal like this with so much media attention might cause it to fall apart, but at the moment I don’t deem it very possible. AOL and Arrington are obviously not responding to comment, and the deal has yet to be made official. There’s heavy speculation though that it might be at the SF TechCrunch Disrupt going on now and that AOL’s CEO Tim Armstrong might make an appearance.

However it may go, congrats to Arrington and his team.

Updated: It’s official. AOL’s Armstrong has already posted it on TechCrunch, and I give hats off to Arrington and his team. Well done.

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Michael Dell demos the Dell Mini 5 on video, basically confirms it’s coming to US

by Stefan Etienne on 29. Jan, 2010 10:25AM in Dell, Tablets

Dell’s Snapdragon-powered slate, the Dell Mini 5 happened to be in Michael’s pocket at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where Michael Arrington from TechCrunch happened to notice. You can guess what’s next: he said that the Mini 5 is coming “in a few months”. Just as a recap of sorts, the Mini 5 is a slate that has a 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU, Android 1.6 with 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 3G. As for pricing, it probably will cost $1,098 before carrier subsidy, which is a lot of cash for a 5-inch slate, and we can only demand hope it will be cheaper when it comes to the States. [Via CrunchGear]

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Google’s Nexus One: The Videos

by Stefan Etienne on 05. Jan, 2010 3:41PM in Android, Google, Mobile, News

With the launch of the Google Nexus One complete, we know have a hold of all the videos, which are the next best thing besides owning the phone, no? The videos cover a variety of subjects, from a complete overview to the voice-to-text feature. Check them out after the jump. [TechCrunch]

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The CrunchPad: Uh, it’s dead. Officially

by Stefan Etienne on 30. Nov, 2009 11:45AM in Tablets, WTF

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That was not expected. When Mike Arrington said the CrunchPad was well alive, he meant it (we think). Until certain events and an email came along:

But the email went on. Bizarrely, we were being notified that we were no longer involved with the project. Our project. Chandra said that based on pressure from his shareholders he had decided to move forward and sell the device directly through Fusion Garage, without our involvement.

Err, what? This is the equivalent of Foxconn, who build the iPhone, notifiying Apple a couple of days before launch that they’d be moving ahead and selling the iPhone directly without any involvement from Apple.

Chandra also forwarded an internal email from one of his shareholders. My favorite part of the email: “We still acknowledge that Arrington and TechCrunch bring some value to your business endeavor…If he agrees to our terms, we would have Arrington assume the role of visionary/evangelist/marketing head and Fusion Garage would acquire the rights to use the Crunchpad brand and name. Personally, I don’t think the name is all that important but you seem to be somewhat attached to the name.”

And with that, the entire project self destructed.

Basically, Arrington got ripped off at the last second. In order to really understand the obserity of this situation, head over toTechCrunch to hear their story. I wonder what kind FusionGarage will come up with.

[via TechCrunch]

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“Perfect” CrunchPad: “steamrolling along” for $300 to $400

by Stefan Etienne on 15. Nov, 2009 9:53AM in Hardware, Tablets

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Remember the CrunchPad? No? Okay, let’s bring it back to life again; Mike Arrington says that it will come out and will cost between $300 to $400. He says the rumor of costs going up are not true, and that in fact costs are coming down. But remember it’s a 12-inch tablet, and $300 to $400 is not too bad. He also says they’re making it “perfect”, and we should find some major news about it soon. Mike talked about this on the podcast “Gillmor Gang”, and the CrunchPad subject starts at the 39 minute mark.

[Engadget]

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The Secret Twitter Files from TechCrunch

by Stefan Etienne on 17. Jul, 2009 2:07PM in Internet, News

What do you think about what TechCrunch has done with 300 of Twitter’s confidential files? They have exposed things like a TV show as well as secret agreements with companies like Dell and Nokia.

This is something TechCrunch should get crunched for! The hacker hacked Twitter for a good story, since this is really what I think the hacker intended this for.

Also I will not be posting the documents so I can get hits, so if you would like to see the confidential documents, go to TechCrunch.

Do you think hacking a company to get secret files for a good story is fine or should TechCrunch get crunched?

Here’s a quick poll: