For the past six days, Bank of America customers have faced sporadic problems accessing their accounts. It’s still going on today, and the negative customer reaction is mounting. READ MORE
Amazon took a whopping 95,000 pre-orders for its new Kindle Fire tablet in its first day on sale and analysts believe the company is going to enjoy strong sales during the upcoming holiday season, reports Fox News. READ MORE
Five technology companies, including I.B.M. will be investing $4 billion in computer-chip research in the Empire State, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The deal with I.B.M., Intel, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will bring thousands of jobs to the state, Cuomo said. READ MORE
Spotify has solved the question of user identity with a novel idea: Since many users are social network users, why not require a Facebook id to sign into Spotify? READ MORE
Someone should get Groupon CEO Andrew Mason a discount to a business-management course. Already taking SEC heat about Groupon‘s IPO filings, Mason’s company apparently over estimated its revenues by nearly $400 million — adding more questions to its viability and clouding its IPO future further. “Their accounting issues were foolish,” says Scott Sweet, senior managing partner at research firm IPO Boutique. “I’ve sent Groupon straight to my junk folder.” READ MORE
From Monday to Wednesday in San Francisco, TechCrunch’s latest Disrupt Start-up Battlefield competition is showcasing entrepreneurs from 30 start-ups, all vying for a $50,000 prize by making six-minute-long pitches to a rotating panel of venture capitalists, tech influencers, angel investors and Silicon Valley players. Tuesday featured three more sessions of Start-up Battlefield, titled Customer-Friendly Enterprise, Local Networks and Increasing Understanding; here are the start-ups presented in session six: Increasing Understanding. READ MORE
From Monday to Wednesday in San Francisco, TechCrunch’s latest Disrupt Start-up Battlefield competition is showcasing entrepreneurs from 30 start-ups, all vying for a $50,000 prize by making six-minute-long pitches to a rotating panel of venture capitalists, tech influencers, angel investors and Silicon Valley players. Tuesday featured three more sessions of Start-up Battlefield, titled Customer-Friendly Enterprise, Local Networks and Increasing Understanding; here are the start-ups presented in session five: Local Networks. READ MORE
Six weeks after serving Google with broad subpoenas, Federal Trade Commission lawyers and several state attorneys general are focusing their investigation of Google, reports The Wall Street Journal. For one thing, they have been asking whether Google prevents smartphone manufacturers that use its Android operating system from using competitors’ services. READ MORE
In February, Facebook introduce iframe tabs for Facebook Pages, a new model for building apps on pages. This new update was designed particularly for brands to increase their marketing campaigns through social media with more sophisticated content. At the BlogWorld & New Media Expo, Webtrends’ senior manager of social product managing Justin Kistner walked his audience through this new technology, demonstrating how to build these frames and use them to cultivate your brand. READ MORE
While you wouldn’t think a search engine for electronic parts, with the name “Octopart” nonetheless, could have a warm-and-fuzzy story, it does when told by Michael Arrington for TechCrunch. It goes like this: Two physics Ph.D students drop out of school to pursue the worthy goal of making parts easier to find and buy. READ MORE
