If you bring compete or Alexa for anything other than making fun of them, you moron

MG Siegler at TechCrunch to write for the 2009 year. It covers web, mobile, social, big companies, small companies, almost all. And Apple. A lot. Prior to TechCrunch it covers different technologies beats for VentureBeat. Originally from Ohio, mg attended the University of Michigan. He previously lived in Los Angeles, where he worked in Hollywood and in San Diego where ... ? Read More

Earlier today I check out some new issues in the area of TechCrunch themes on Quora. In particular caught my eye: how TechCrunch traffic affected by their major redesign in July 2011?

It was something I've seen asked here and there, taking into account the radical changes we have made — and, I suppose, given the Gawker audience problems following a recent reorganization. Mostly people seem to want to know: is TechCrunch petrol station?

I had installed to weigh in when I noticed that someone already. This person (unrelated to TechCrunch) painted a picture in which our site essentially crashing and burning since the reorganization (response since removed, Quora, presumably because the vote down). Their source? Compete.

Dear Internet, I thought we worked on this? If you bring compete or Alexa for anything except making fun of them, you are officially a moron. How bad their data? Well for compete, if you reverse their charts, it would be much closer to be correct than it is now. Seriously wondering if they're tracking anti-visits or some new metaphysical STAT, which I did not know?

TechCrunch will set a new record of all time for traffic (both unique and pageviews), this month, breaking the previous record was set last month. And that broke the previous record for the month before. In other words things are on the up and up. How to learn? I have the luxury of directly measure results from Google Analytics and WordPress.com in the field of analytics. Both confirm that compete and Alexa, absolutely useless when it comes to this type of measure.

I mean seriously, the data from each service is so bad that I don't see how either still works. I cut some slack search STAT public because they are only two free public tools out there to assess the data traffic. But seriously, you'd be better to just guess.

Yes, Quantcast is much better, but they have their own problems, and that is why we don't expose data publicly in this way.

New Google trends for websites seems to be halfway decent for a while, but last year, they also fell off a cliff in terms of accuracy, it seems. In view of the fact that Google never talks about this product anymore, I'm going to assume it is one of many that fell in neglect — which is too bad.

As for Alexa, which belongs to Amazon, I have no idea what happened to them. It seems to be a landing page for advertising above all now.

And Yes, I know that compete to focus on Internet use United States. But looking at our cards that data segment is even more inaccurate, compared with reality. Compete has always been fairly quiet about how they actually collecting data — and sometimes sounded quite sketchy — but the fact remains the same: data stinks.

But I'll give credit to compete: their data, showcasing their own downfall it seems accurate enough, as corroborated by comScore.

With regard to the question itself Quora, I responded to it there. Long story short: traffic is pretty much after the reorganization. Thanks to all!

Compete, Inc. is a provider of Analytics, research, and business intelligence. Compete Web collects information behavior from users who register on their site, and then analyzes this data ...

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EscapeCapsule lets you use your iPhone 4 water, sand, mud, snow and other gross stuff

Jordan Crook studied English literature at the University of New York before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps, as well as doing reviews of devices for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. Kruk, fascinated with the production of alternative sources of energy and greentech. It is currently for CrunchGear writer. ? Read More

There really should be no argument when I say that the case for your iPhone 4 is no more than necessary. If you have cash to burn, the iPhone is just too damn expensive left without protection. The only problem is that most of them make your phone very clunky, which sucks because Apple works to make the iPhone as thin as soon as possible. Unfortunately the only compromise for all weight is protection from impact. But what if you drop your iPhone into a toilet?

People at the catalyst, the answer for you: EscapeCapsule.

This thing is more than just hard exo skeleton. Made of clear polycarbonate of high-impact case protects against water, rain, snow, sand, dirt, impacts, with scratched surface ... all of them. I mention the water? You can also check whether the case securely sealed around the phone through clear envelope.

Catalyst said phone hardware buttons protected by a specially designed membranes as a touchscreen. Chamber works surprisingly well with the lid on, evidence of which can be found in the video on Kickstarter project page. The case also comes with a lanyard attached to go around your wrist while you are playing in the ocean with your iPhone. Because with EscapeCapsule, you can play in the ocean with your iPhone. Crazy.

It consists of a number of colors, but if you make a pledge on Kickstarter you get only Kickstarter Edition of catalyst capsule — green case with a white glow in the dark rubber bumper and glow-in-the-dark lanyard. It will take $ 50 pledge to pre-order your very own EscapeCapsule, which is OK, considering the catalytic plans to sell the case for $ 70 when he officially became a reality.

Right now the catalyst has 28 days to achieve their goal of funding $. So far, he's got a $3780. Head on over to check out the video of Kickstarter EscapeCapsule in action.

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Bing "we're in the" Windows phone is Foursquare the other half

Chris Velasco — mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time he was a News intern for MobileCrunch, and between them, he worked in wireless sales at best buy. After graduation, he returned to the new TechCrunch for mobile as a full-time writer. He counts the advertising works, musical theater ... ? Read More

In the rare cases that I have not sat in a chat room and write on the phones I usually hang out, play the role of "facilitator" among my friends. You probably have too: Messaging people to see who's available, find out who wants to eat that for PVP against potential partiers, works. This is a bit distracting to say the least, but if you are usually stuck with this responsibility and you have a Windows phone and Bing recently, "we're in" application might be just right for you.

The process is very simple: when you use application to create events and invite people to him, the invitation goes out via text message. Once your friends respond (either from a Windows application or mobile website), their locations will be displayed on the map, which is perfectly suited to save bookmarks on that one friend who is always late.

All participants can leave status updates on the fly, so the first man who makes it into a restaurant can let others know that he snagged a table in the back. It's just a duck from the events that you carried out, although the Protocol suggests that you should leave a farewell status update in such a way as not to get a reputation as a cereal.

In a sense, it's almost like we're in is Foursquare the other half: while Foursquare lets you know when someone makes it somewhere, we deal with all the back-end logistics-getting there first. Instead of an individual and back and try to determine who knows that we are putting all of that information in one place. Bing team announced their intention to bring in other devices, but a pity international partiers: the United States just now.

Foursquare is a location based social network that includes gameplay elements. Users share their location with friends check in via the Smartphone app "or text message.

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Microsoft, founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is a veteran software company, best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office ...

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