The Wall Street Journal is reporting that T-Mobile is in talks with Chinese manufacturer Huawei over distributing their Android powered Ideos smartphone.  The deal would bring the first Huawei device to the US, and T-Mobile is hoping to be able to release... 

Verizon’s R2-D2 Droid 2 teaser site has revealed its latest image: a very Star Wars themed dock.  While it’s likely made of plastic, this is still a nice touch to an already spiffy looking phone.  So, for you Star Wars nuts out there, if... 

Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. If your idea rocks and you can execute,... 

In terms of brand recognition, it’s hard to top a huge live display billboard in Las Vegas . But Foursquare has managed to do it. As you can see above, they now have a massive, multi-level and multi-angle display practically screaming about the... 

This is a guest post by Hunter Walk ( @hunterwalk ) who conducted a survey of 500 Foursquare users to better understand their check in behaviors and motivations. His obsession with Foursquare is unrelated to his day job leading the consumer product team... 

The venture capital arm of Verizon, Verizon Ventures, has invested $400,000 in CardStar . The Boston-based CardStar makes a mobile app for iPhone, Android and Blackberry that lets users store all of their membership cards in one digital repository. The... 

When Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert heard that we were working on a redesign of TechCrunch, he decided to give it a go with his own sense of style. After inviting several other world-class designers to our headquarters in SF we decided to go with... 

What makes Apple tick? How is it that it came back from the dead to surpass both Google and Microsoft in market cap ? French consulting firm faberNovel takes a stab at explaining Apple’s success and its strategy against its two main rivals in the... 

It’s been a big week for YouTube news. On Wednesday, the company launched a new HTML5-based mobile site , as well as the slick-looking YouTube Leanback . Today, during a keynote at VidCon, the site made a few more announcements: YouTube is adding... 

Confession time: I’m never really much of a PSP guy. I know, there’s that vast library of top-notch games to consider, and the fact that six years on, the PSP still is the gadget to beat when it comes to portable gaming. Although, personally,...