LG Optimus Z home and widgets running on other devices

A week or so ago we looked at the LG Optimus Z , a phone that unfortunately we’ll never see here in the states. While we had it, we yanked the system files out of it for a closer look.? And an enterprising xda’er titled aalopez10 took the time to go through the system dump and has the home and several of the widgets working, and you can too — without needing root. There are still some kinks to ..read more

Chatroulette Goes Limp, Again

At the risk of flogging a dead horse : Chatroulette is currently down. Again

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Let’s Make Sure Longshot Mag Is More of a Sure Thing

Here’s what’s fun about TechCrunch’s new(ish) San Francisco office. I go out to grab a sandwich, see people I know and get to rudely grill them about how well their company is doing. This day it was Mat Honan , one of the founders of Longshot Magazine , which just place out its second issue, around the theme of “Comeback.” You might know Longshot better by its pre-lawsuit study of 48 HR Magazine

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Inbox Hero: Gmail Priority Inbox Has Doused My Raging Email Fire — For Now

Hopefully you’re reading this as you’re waking up with access to Gmail Priority Inbox. Jason already posted his review/overview last night, so I figured I’d just talk a bit about how I’ve been using it for the past several days since Google turned it on for me to test out on my account.

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There’s No iTunes Store Refresh Tonight. I Wonder Why…

It’s like clockwork. 9 PM PT rolls around on Monday evening, and Apple rolls out an update to the iTunes Store. You see, Tuesday is the day that new movies and music are typically released in the U.S., so it makes sense to overhaul the store at this time to show off that new content.

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What If UberCab Pulls An Airbnb? Taxi Business Could (Finally) Get Some Disruption

If you live in San Francisco and you haven’t tried UberCab yet, do it. The service, which we first covered in July , eliminates everything bad about a taxi experience.

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Gmail Priority Inbox: 5 Tips for Better Productivity

With the launch of Priority Inbox , a immoderate new way to sort mail, Google has hugely changed the way you can process and manage email.

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Gmail Priority Inbox Sorts Your Email For You. And It’s Fantastic.

Email overload has finally met its match. Tomorrow, Gmail is rolling out a new feature called Priority Inbox that is going to be a Godsend for those of you who dread opening your email. In short, Google has built a system that figures out which of your messages are important, and presents them at the top of the screen so you don’t miss them

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It’s Time To Disqus Our Community

Perhaps you’ve noticed that a couple days ago we flipped the switch to enable the shiny new commenting system here on TechCrunch powered by Disqus . So far, the feedback has been very, very positive — and we’re pleased with how well it’s performing.

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Google Voice Is A Hot Mess Right Now

I think I liked Google Voice better back when it was hard to get an invitation. Back then it worked most of the time, and the infrequent outages were tolerable given how useful the service is overall. But over the last week the service has become spotty at best, and unusable at times.

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