F.ounders Hits New York To Gather The Next Wave Of Global Tech Stars

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The are almost too many tech events in the calendar these days to mark any particular one out as being worthy of note. I say almost because, on the global stage at least, TechCrunch Disrupt (Ok, Ok, but still…) remains up there because of how much other media attend and, well, just it’s general awesomeness. Into this small basket you could also put, for instance, Le Web , Founders Forum in the UK, DLD, The Lobby Conference, the tech elements at Davos and maybe even TED.

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Rdio’s Major Redesign Gives Listeners A Unified View, Enhanced Sharing, Private Playlists & More

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There’s currently a heated battle being waged between three of the biggest on-demand music streaming services — MOG, Spotify, and Rdio — each of which is trying to capture our hearts and ears by offering the best mobile experience for tunes on-the-go. You can check out Josh’s in-depth comparison of the battle for mobile supremacy here .

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In First Report As A Public Company: Millennial Media’s Net Loss Widens To $4M, Revenues Up 53%

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In its first-ever earnings report as a publicly traded company, mobile advertising network Millennial Media said its net loss for the first quarter widened to $4 million  on increased costs.

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Twitter tiptoes further into the media business

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We’ve made the argument before that Twitter is effectively a media entity , distributing news and entertainment and other content to millions of readers in real time — although unlike traditional media entities, Twitter does this with anyone’s content rather than content it creates in-house. So far, the company has shied away describing itself as a media company, or exercising much editorial control over what it distributes, but there are some tantalizing signs that it may be moving in that direction.

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A Water Droplet and a Space Station Are the Ultimate Way To Visualize Sound [Video]

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You might think the trippy animated visualizations in your media player are the best way to see your music. But astronaut Don Pettit has found a better way—and all it requires is a small set of speakers, a blob of water, and a space station 250 miles above the Earth. More

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Streamed music chart has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita

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In the move from music ownership to music access, how might popularity  evolve? Anyone expecting to see a radical change in listening habits may be disappointed. The first ever weekly top 100  chart of streamed plays , released by the UK’s Official Charts Company on Monday, is broadly similar to the chart of downloads purchases and, therefore, the overall singles chart

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How To Appeal To Investors: Top VCs Reveal The Anatomy Of A Successful Entrepreneur

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There’s a lot of money floating around Silicon Valley right now, and it’s becoming easier and easier for entrepreneurs to get access to the capital they need to get their companies off the ground. Resources like AngelList are trying to level the playing field, and facilitate conversations between founder and investor, and the passage of the JOBS Act will alter the landscape for early-stage companies by giving them access to crowdfunding from the masses

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Google’s head of news: Newspapers are the new Yahoo

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Google has a somewhat tense relationship with the traditional newspaper industry, since publishers like News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch still believe it is depriving them of revenue by “stealing” their content and aggregating it at Google News. So you might think that Google’s head of news products, Richard Gingras, would try to smooth over any ruffled feathers when talking about the future of news.

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No, Snapchat Isn’t About Sexting, Says Co-Founder Evan Spiegel

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“The minute you tell someone that images on your server disappear, everyone jumps to sexting.” Evan Spiegel laughed and leaned back into his chair during his first sitdown interview since his iPhone app Snapchat blew up over the last month. Snapchat  is #12 on the free iOS photo app charts in the U.S. and  just scored some mainstream media attention in The New York Times . Plus, we hear that Snapchat has also impressed Facebook’s internal product leadership and even Zuck himself

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From Disrupt NY To A $43 Million Skype Acquisition, GroupMe Tells All

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They have raised $11.45 million in both Angel and Series B funding since launch, acquired a company called Sensobi, and have been themselves acquired by none other than Skype (which was acquired by Microsoft). There may not be a wilder tale of a Disrupt success (though plenty of startups would beg to differ), which is why we’ve chosen GroupMe to kick off a series I’m doing on “Disrupt Startups: Where They Are Now.” We sat down earlier today to chat with co-founders Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci to find out their perspective on Disrupt as a launchpad. Try as I might to snip down the interview, the whole thing is basically gold.

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