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Credit crisis or not: it’s a fantastic time to build a start-up Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....

Credit Crunch Customer Care from TechCrunch UK & Ireland Story byDavid Petherick Scotsman David Petherick is a director & co-founder of several companies, and provides social media strategy & visibility services.(show all)ScotsmanDavid Petherickis a director & co-founder of several companies, and providessocial mediastrategy & visibility services. David became known as ‘The Digital Biographer’ after a 2007BBC radio interview, speaksRussian, wears the Kilt, and is a co-author for the books ‘Age of Conversation 2....

Credit Crunch Customer Care from TechCrunch UK & Ireland Story byDavid Petherick Scotsman David Petherick is a director & co-founder of several companies, and provides social media strategy & visibility services.(show all)ScotsmanDavid Petherickis a director & co-founder of several companies, and providessocial mediastrategy & visibility services. David became known as ‘The Digital Biographer’ after a 2007BBC radio interview, speaksRussian, wears the Kilt, and is a co-author for the books ‘Age of Conversation 2....

Crime prediction software promised to be free of biases. New data shows it perpetuates them Millions of crime predictions left on an unsecured server show PredPol mostly avoided Whiter neighborhoods, targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods Reports “Found on the Internet” We found the crime predictions for our analysis through a link on the Los Angeles Police Department’s public website, which led to an open cloud storage bucket containing PredPol predictions for not just the LAPD but also dozens of other departments....

Crime prediction software promised to be free of biases. New data shows it perpetuates them Millions of crime predictions left on an unsecured server show PredPol mostly avoided Whiter neighborhoods, targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods Reports “Found on the Internet” We found the crime predictions for our analysis through a link on the Los Angeles Police Department’s public website, which led to an open cloud storage bucket containing PredPol predictions for not just the LAPD but also dozens of other departments....