TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 is today, and I’m already totally exhausted. Part of the reason is that I got six hours of sleep. Another reason is that there’s the usual array…
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GoSmart Launches New GoSmart Freedom Stylus
GoSmart, the leading maker of Stylus devices, has a new product press release that is posted here, below. I expect to see them at CES Las Vegas. And on that…
PeopleBrowsr v. Twitter: Twitter Lost This Round, And Should Have
PeopleBrowsr, the company behind such products as Kred, is fighting for its life after Twitter, it’s main source of data that drives its business, suddenly (sighting the end of a…
Heloed Griot Becomes YouTube Partner
Heloed Griot, or Dwayne, started on YouTube six years ago, but just recently really ramped-up his activity. Now, he’s a YouTube Partner, and can make money from the traffic his…
Examiner.com Responds, Pays Moneys Owed To Zennie62
After some pressure, the Examiner.com did respond to my concern over having not been paid for blog work, and said it would send what was accrued. UPDATE: EXAMINER.COM RESPONDS, WILL…
Examiner.com Fails To Pay Bloggers, Takes Money; Come To Zennie62.com
If you’re thinking about blogging at Examiner.com, the local-news-focused series of websites that calls writers in various subject areas “Examiners,” think twice. You may not get paid for your work.…
YouTube Working To Help Existing YouTube Creators
Just a quick follow up to the last post featuring Shiva Rajaraman, Director, Product Management at Google YouTube. Shiva reports that YouTube is working on expanding the current active system…
Reddit Founder Steve Huffman At Web 2.0 Party, 2007 (Video)
It was 2007 and I was invited to a party for Reddit, thanks to Cathy Brooks, currently of Other Than That Studios, and then working with Loc Lemur on the…
Michael Brutsch Is Violentacrez, The Underage Girl Photo Troll On Reddit
Gawker’s Adrian Chen’s outed a man considered one of the most insidious trolls on the Internet. His name’s Violentacrez, and is really Michael Brutsch. Mr. Michael Brutsch, according to his…
SF CITI: SF Tech Comes Together For A Better San Francisco; Can SF Afford It?
Can technology make a better San Francisco? Well-known tech leaders who live in San Francisco (last time I checked) think so. To so this, they’ve come together with San Francisco…
New Blackberry L-Series iPhone Clone Leaked
The new Blackberry L-Series SmartPhone was leaked via a demonstration at BB10 demo. According to WIRED, the person in the video was making the intro of the new product in…
TechCrunch Disrupt SF: Livebolt Wins Hack, But Judges Blow
Congrats to Livebolt, The TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon winner. The original plan for this blogger didn’t include TechCrunch Disrupt SF because of family obligations after the Democratic National Convention. But all…
Are these Apple iPhone 5 photos over at Nowhereelse.fr?
A number of American tech bloggers have pointed to the French blog Nowhereelse.fr, as having true photos of the Apple iPhone 5. But it’s obvious some bloggers over here in…
Tech News: Offbeatr is Crowdfunding for Adult Community Tech Projects
Say you have an idea for a tech startup, but because its an app for risque photos, or a website comparing the legs of women in your dorm, Kickstarter kicked…
Le Web London 2012 Live: Robert Scoble Talks The Public Life
(YouTube Livestream embed isn’t always reliable.) At Le Web, Tech Blogger Robert Scoble talks about the advantages of a ‘public life’ or so called because he shares a lot of…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Forbes’ Victoria Murphy Called Him “Unlikely Successor” In 2004
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Apple Founder and CEO Steve Jobs’ pick to replace him prior to his passing (both shown above), can look back and laugh at Victoria Murphy (now…
TechCrunch Traffic Up 36 Percent Due To Facebook IPO News
Don’t look now, but TechCrunch – the blog founded by Michael Arrington, who in 2010 then sold it to the Tim Armstrong and Arriana Huffington-ran AOL, and the same Huffington…
PicPlz, Instagram Competitor, Shutting Down “Permanently” July 3rd
PicPlz, the San Francisco-and-Seattle-based mobile photo-sharing platform founded by Dalton Caldwell, who is now founder of Mixed Media Labs, and this blogger is on (along with a number of others…
Martin Lewis Sells MoneySavingExpert.com Website For £87 Million Or $133 Million
Martin Lewis Sells MoneySavingExpert.com For £87 Million? If you’re reading this and in America, you’re wondering first, who is Martin Lewis, second why is his website worth £87 Million, and…
TechCrunch Disrupt: Michael Arrington Forgets AngelGate At Bin 38
Is TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington losing his memory? Earlier today, this blogger noted the drop in buzz for TechCrunch Disrupt New York, and pointed as the reason, in part, the…
Tap Tank: Life Goal Monitoring Platform Getting Mobile App
Tap Tank is a New York City-based company started by Alisha Outridge, who I met along with her business partner Yael Tamar, at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2011. The three…
Facebook Must Fix The Faulty Friending Algorithm
Facebook’s friend algorithm is poorly designed, and to a degree that this blogger finds consistently annoying. Really, it’s not just the algorithm that tells you that you’re “friending” people you…
Twitter For Small Business: Fitting Square Peg In Round Hole
Twitter. I love it, and combined with Tout it’s a powerful tool. But Twitter’s one main issue has been revenue generation. The problem is Twitter’s basic design is not, for…
Tango Video Calling Growth Focus Of BBC Laura Locke
Tango is not just a dance, but an app that allows you to make video calls via your cell phone. It’s Face Time for those who don’t have an Apple…