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Ryan has spent more than five years covering business, technology, and telecom-related subjects for a variety of publications based in New York and San Francisco. Ryan currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. ? Learn More Mobile video. Hot space, right? Viddy just raised $30 million, Socialcam just sold for $60 million. But most of the big mobile video apps seem to be more focused on video consumption and building their user base than actually, you know, letting people shoot video. TapIn.tv wants to change that, with a new app that will let users instantly create and share live and on-demand video streams from their mobile phones. Mobile video streaming is nothing really new — not even live mobile video streaming. As soon as the iPhone had a camera, there were apps out there that were hacking it to let users stream from their phones. But those apps generally required users to sign in if they wanted to share video, name the channel or stream that they’re shooting, and provide a des...

Matt is currently working as a writer for TechCrunch. Matt Burns is a family man first and attempts to be a writer second. Born and raised in the heart of the automotive world, only cars eclipse his love of gadgets. He previously wrote for Engadget and EngadgetHD before moving into the party house that is TechCrunch. He learned the retail... ? Learn More There you are, full of gumption, standing next to a packed car. You’re off to college. You’re about to set off into the world to, as they say, make something of yourself. Armed with your trusty iPhone, you’ll likely reach your lofty goals. But an iPhone can be more than just a smartphone. With the right case, an iPhone can be a multifunctional tool, converging the power of the Internet with personalization more brilliant than the mating dance of a peacock. Rocking a naked iPhone is a sign of confidence with a side of stupidity. One drop, and the phone will die. Thankfully, there are countless iPhone cases that will wrap the phone in ...

Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time, he was the news intern for MobileCrunch, and in between posts, he worked in wireless sales at Best Buy. After graduating, he returned to the new TechCrunch to as a full-time mobile writer. He counts advertising, running, musical theater,... ? Learn More Well damn. If there wasn’t already enough fuel on the “new iPhone will have a taller screen” fire, 9to5Mac happened to discover something terribly interesting after playing with the iOS 6 simulator. The full explanation can be found here, but in short they found when setting a simulated device’s screen resolution to 1136 x 640, iOS 6 would neatly arrange apps on the homescreen into five rows — a homescreen layout that the iPhone rumor mill has pointed to for the past few months. Suffice it to say that wasn’t the case when they did the same thing in iOS 5.1 — all the app icons remained in four rows, though they wer...

Peter is the managing editor of TechCrunch. Prior to his second stint with TechCrunch, Peter launched The Daily, the first major tablet-only daily publication from News Corp, and served as its technology editor. Peter is the former technology editor at TIME Magazine and founder/editor of Techland.com. Before joining TIME, Peter was a news editor at CrunchGear. His work has also appeared in... ? Learn More A few short days after rumors began swirling that Apple would hold this year’s fall event on Sept. 12, a reliable source just sent a screen grab of a next-gen iPhone popping up in his/her/its server logs. We weren’t able to glean any other info from the one session the prototype iPhone was engaged in, but the naming convention falls in line with what others have previously reported. It remains unclear if the iPhone 5,2 will go into production – as opposed to the iPhone 5,1 – or whether it will remain an internal-only test unit. Rumors are still rampant that Apple will increase the s...

Jordan Crook studied English Literature at New York University before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch, Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps as well as doing device reviews for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. Crook is fascinated with alternative energy production and greentech. She is now a writer for CrunchGear. ? Learn More Today the first shots were fired in the high-profile U.S. patent war between Apple and Samsung, beginning with Apple’s opening statements. And no punch was pulled — Apple’s lawyer made a few hard-hitting claims in the courtroom, providing documents that show Samsung thought the iPhone was “easy to copy.” Harold McElhinny (Apple’s lawyer) also showed documents prepared by a Samsung executive that claim that the company was in a “crisis of design” because of the iPhone. The presentation also included images of Samsung’s design evolution between pre-iPhone time and now. But despite the evidence, McElhinny’s most crushing blow may hav...

Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups. Previously, he was a staff technology writer at Adweek, worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and was also a reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing.... ? Learn More Shahar Nechmad, who previously founded and ran web analytics company NuComony (which was acquired by LivePerson), has a new startup whose pitch, at least, is a little more fun. Stagedom aims to be the app where people can find new music, tour dates, videos, and other updates from their favorite artists. Nechmad admits that music tech is a pretty crowded field right now, but he says that particularly on mobile, no one has really created a unified experience to get everything you want from your favorite musicians — think of the way that most bands once treated Myspace pages as the de facto websites, offering ev...

Matt is currently working as a writer for TechCrunch. Matt Burns is a family man first and attempts to be a writer second. Born and raised in the heart of the automotive world, only cars eclipse his love of gadgets. He previously wrote for Engadget and EngadgetHD before moving into the party house that is TechCrunch. He learned the retail... ? Learn More The iPhone’s design is iconic but the final version looked rather different from early designs. With sleek but simple lines, the iPhone set the bar for smartphone design. This bar was set so high that most agree that the iPhone undeniably influenced other phones — a thought that Samsung is currently fighting against. However, as revealed by recent court documents, the iPhone we all know finally hit the market after several generations of wild concepts. Apple and Samsung are currently locked into several brutal court battles. Apple is winning some individual conflicts while Samsung wins others but neither side is absolutely dominating...

Jordan Crook studied English Literature at New York University before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch, Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps as well as doing device reviews for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. Crook is fascinated with alternative energy production and greentech. She is now a writer for CrunchGear. ? Learn More You may be more beautiful than the the future love child of Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart, but bad skin can ruin it all. That said, there’s a new beauty app launching on the Apple App Store to help you find the best possible skincare products for your unique skin. Dubbed mySkin, the app essentially lets you check which skincare products work best for your skin before you ever lay down any cash. The app uses a recommendation engine called Just Like Me find skincare products for you in “a personalized, scientific, and unbiased way.” After taking a skin assessment, you’ll immediately get recommendations from a catalog of over ...

Ingrid is a reporter for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London. She comes from paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer, and has in the past also written freelance regularly for other publications such as the Financial Times. Ingrid covers mobile, digital media, advertising and the spaces where these intersect. When it comes to work, she feels most... ? Learn More You know a brand is doing something right when people go a little crazy for its products even before they’ve been announced. A new survey out from 451 Research/ChangeWave on consumer smartphone sentiment found that Apple’s iPhone 5 — whatever that may turn out to be — is seeing an “unprecedented” wave of advance demand — higher than any other iPhone model has had before, with 14 percent of respondents saying they were “very likely” to buy the iPhone 5. In contrast, the S3 from Samsung, got a 2 percent “very likely” response from users planning to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days. The news comes one...

Sometimes, vibrate is not enough — a fact most iPhone users know all too well. Anyone who has ever missed a call or Facebook update because they were at a noisy bar/club/sporting event would likely be interested in FLASHr, a slim case for iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S that doubles as a colorful visual alert system. FLASHr works in conjunction with the “LED Flash Alerts” feature already built into your iOS device. The case illuminates when you receive a call, text or push-button notification so you never have to miss an update again. Developers Trey DeArk, a mechanical engineer, and musician Terence Green — known together as Phaze5 — say Flashr is the culmination of their passion for product design and artistic expression. The project can be found on Kickstarter. If successful, FLASHr cases will be available in 125 fun color combinations for $35 a pop. Would you use a flashing iPhone case? Let us know in the comments. View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging So...

The iPhone accessory market is a large and increasingly creative one. Whether they feature bunny ears or secret compartments, cases have evolved beyond simple protection. They’ve become toys, utilities and even fashion statements. SEE ALSO: This iPhone Case Holds RFID Cards, So You Don’t Have To Sometimes case designs can stray far, far beyond utility. We found 10 iPhone cases so impractical that they can’t even fit in your pocket. From a cover with wheels to a case that replicates a human hand, check out our gallery for some truly strange and bulky cases. Would you actually buy any of these? Let us know in the comments below. View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

For all of us who have forgotten our chargers, here’s a great solution: ChargeCard, a rigid USB/iPhone charging cable that’s the size of a credit card. Just think, you’ll have it with you all the time, saving your bacon during those unfortunate occasions when your batteries run down to nothing. At a slim 2.54mm (0.1?) thin, this ABS plastic connector for iPhones is about the thickness of three credit cards, fitting in even an overstuffed wallet. So all you need is a hot USB port, and before too long, you and your iPhone will be back in business. ChargeCard is a Kickstarter project that’s already met its $50,000 goal with 35 days to go. But it’s not too late to get in on the action — a pledge of $18 or more gets you one of these ChargeCards in your choice of colors. Its creators, Noah Dentzel and Adam Miller, plan to retail this handy device in September for $25. View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not...