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Ok, a full disclosure. I discovered Turntable.fn via a blog post that was linked to by my friend Davey D on Facebook. So this is a friend using social media, leading me to a new social media platform that’s accused of helping to kill the record industry itself. That means Davey D killed the record … Read more
2012 will see the Web 2.0 Summit, that small conference that Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle expertly established to become a kind an annual bellweather of where tech was going. Even as much as Sarah Lacy laments its passing, for some reason, try as I might to cry, as much as I am trying to … Read more
Melinda Beck, a journalist with welcomed me as a psychological expert and contributor to her article, The speed at which the technology industry is infiltrating our lives is taking a toll on our psychological well-being, and some of us are particularly at risk. This article skillfully discusses the development, associated symptoms and treatment of … Read more
WhoSay is a platform you may have seen if you click on a photo in a celebrity’s Twitter stream. Generally it leads to a page with that person’s photo and other content they are able to install that’s offered by the Who Say system. I just got an email from someone at “Imperial Hustle” which … Read more
After it was purchased by America Online – opps, AOL – for $30 million, and saw Huffington Post Founder Arriana Huffington become the boss over it, TechCrunch tech blog has went through a huge change of people over the last year, with the departure of Founder Michael Arrington, CEO Heather Harde, and writers Paul Carr, … Read more
This years TechCrunch award program called “The Crunchies” was so vastly different from all of the others, it took me a full week, plus, to figure out what I was going to say. The nature of blogging is to state your unvarnished view, so here goes: The Crunchies made me sad. Yep: sad. Sad because … Read more
That kind of wacky, always entertaining and informative tech show by the blog TechCrunch is this evening, and this blogger’s attending. This time it’s held at Davies Symphony Hall, which provides a larger backdrop for a show that deserves one. This is also the first Crunchies without TechCrunch staffers Paul Carr, Sarah Lacy, and founder … Read more
Jeff Fluhr’s a Bay Area entrepreneur and friend who is best known for his first big startup StubHub.com, of which my company Sports Business Simulations, was one of its first and best affiliates. Now, Mr. Fluhr’s launched another new startup that has promise: Spreecast.com. The idea of Spreecast.com is to promote video-based conversations between people. … Read more
As one who has a Sony Tablet, given as a Christmas present from Sony, and one who purchased an Apple iPad for his mother, I think I’m pretty qualified to comment on both tablets. While the basic idea is that one is better than the other, the real question really comes down to age of … Read more
TechCrunch Senior Editor Sarah Lacy, who I first met when she was hanging with then-Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas, is the first former TechCrunch staffer (there are a lot of them: Michael Arrington , Paul Carr, Heather Harde, and Lacy) to actually announce that she’s going to announce a first funding round for a new venture … Read more
Even after my video, blog posts here and on AdAge, and constant tweeting and generally Google / YouTube Forum complaints, the filter requested to allow me and others to block unwanted words, in my case the N-word, still isn’t there. This after a new YouTube design and extensive use of Ajax programming. There was certainly … Read more
For those who’ve not woke up to the new media space and the value of blogs, here’s the latest information from the Wall Street Journal’s 24/7 blog. In ranking the top blogs using Quantcast to evaluate traffic, 24/7 reports that Gawker is the most valuable blog at $318 million. That’s the price the blog would … Read more
WordPress just made its new update WordPress 3.3 available, and this blogger uploaded it for use at Zennie62Blog.com. It’s a much better and smoother version of Worldpress than before. The links are easier to see, and faster to respond to the cursor touch. Beyond that, it’s said to make posting faster and easier, but this … Read more
Video games have come a long way since the days of the video arcade in the early 1980`s. And with the coming of the digital age with its ever advancing personal computers and the increasing possibilities of the internet, video games have become a massive income generator for the producers and are winning the hearts of internet users around the globe. One of the biggest steady revenue creators in the land of videogames is the MMORPG.
There are an estimated 20,000 YouTube Partners, or people who make some level of money from the production, uploading, and distribution of their own original content videos. Zennie62 is one of YouTube’s first partner channels during the first year it was established, and that’s going all the way back to April of 2008, when the … Read more
The hot tech news is that Facebook will hold and Initial Public Offering (IPO) in April of 2012, and that the giant social network started by Mark Zuckerberg is valued at $100 billion. The question of the day is “Is Facebook actually worth $100 billion?” The conversation on CNBC’s First Monday is that is is, … Read more
Google recently announced that in a matter of few weeks it will retire its Google Buzz service because it didn’t live up to the company’s standards and expectations. This means that Google Buzz users can no longer create new posts on the service but its users can still access their personal files. Existing user created … Read more
Forever 21, a fashion online and offline retailer established in Los Angeles in 1984, and that focuses on the young female adult demographic, is as of this writing benefiting from becoming a Twitter Trend on Black Friday. ‘Forever 21’ is ranked ninth, but it was as high as number three just an hour ago. The … Read more
For some reason Mashable, the blog about social networking and digital trends, fired it’s Editor-At-Large Ben Parr. So ends a rather long run for a young man who’s star was rising in the tech news community, and who worked hard in his assent from reporter – he was at the YouTube Partner Meetup in 2009 … Read more
This was phone was presented at CES 2011 (Consumer Electronic Show) in January 2011, but at the time, was not yet out on the market. This is what I wrote: The HTC Thunderbolt has a blazing fast and bright display, plus the capability to wirelessly beam a video from the phone to a television set … Read more
The event that kicks off the tech season is rapidly approaching: CES 2012. The Consumer Electronics Show is arguably the largest convention in the World, bringing 140,000 people to Las Vegas. Zennie62Media will be there for the second straight year, providing a unique mix of content for you to follow, from video to blog posts, … Read more
Zennie62Media, Inc is growing and now on WordPress, having expanded from Blogger.com. in 2010. And while we like using Blogger, WordPress use signals our objective of building a large vlog and blog system. To that end, we’re looking to expand our family. Join Zennie62Media, Inc. Join Zennie62Media, Inc as a tech vlogger and in preparation … Read more
There is a lot of commotion on the Internet when it comes to potentially being censored. Countries like China and Iran censor what web sites their citizens can or cannot view. The United States may follow in the ways of those countries, and that is definitely unconstitutional with our First Amendment rights, and the Internet … Read more
Cut to the chase: SOPA will invite fraudulent piracy claims and cost America millions in legal bills. The hot news of the day is the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), or a bill that has not become law, and called H.R.3261. SOPA was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011 … Read more
At first this blogger was just going to leave the whole issue of TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington’s statement that he “Didn’t know any black entrepreneurs” alone at one blog post. But after a series of emails, a video follow-up, the one above, was in order. And to really hammer home the point that what Michael … Read more
Last week, a bit of a row ensued when Tech Crunch Founder Michael Arrington appeared on a segment of a CNN special on black entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, and, under questioning by Soledad O’Brien, said “I don’t know a single black entrepreneur.” This blogger got wind of Michael’s comments because a friend, Marco Brown, a … Read more
It’s funny who you run into while traveling around the country, as this blogger does. In this case, I happened to sit next to an engaging and talkative man who works for Microsoft. He proceeded to tell me a lot about the company that Bill Gates built and threw in some fascinating Google info, too, … Read more
Some really interesting tech products are being introduced as we move toward the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Here’s two of this for this blog: Velocomp iBike and SensoGlove Digital Golf Glove. The Velocomp iBike is described this way: … by www.iBikeDash.com, a leading sports technology company and creator of the iBike Dash CC Cycling Computer … Read more
More TechCrunch Disrupt observations as this blogger downloads the Local Hero app and checks out Wiki Org Charts, called “the first platform on the web that allows users to pool their business contacts and collaboratively map the relationships that exist within a company.” But what’s LocalHero? Well, Ana Baltodano, CEO and co-founder described it in … Read more
As TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco goes into day two, what becomes apparent to this blogger is TechCrunch blog founder Michael Arrington’s “departure” from the blog itself is, for all practical purposes, cosmetic. The famed “argument” between Arianna Huffington and Michael never really happened according to Huffington herself. Michael’s just playing it all to look more … Read more
The news is all over that TechCrunch Founder and Editor Michael Arrington may step down from running the blog not just to operate a new venture capital fund, but because the rumor is he was fired from AOL. What’s so weird is to read blog posts and articles that are dancing all over his grave, … Read more