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TechCrunch Roundtable 1 of 2
TechCrunch roundtable on the afternoon of Sept 25 in Austin, Texas. Video by Paul Terry Walhus of http://austinblogger.com/blog/
Tom Ball, a partner at Austin Ventures, helped put the Roundtable together. The list of participants includes:
• Greg Bettinelli, EVP of Business Development and Strategy at Live Nation
• Vinay Bhagat, Founder of Convio
• Andrew Busey, CEO of Challenge Games
• Matt Corey, VP of Marketing Golfsmith
• Jeff Dachis, Founder and former CEO of Razorfish
• Jay Hallberg, Founder and EVP Marketing of Spiceworks
• Brett Hurt, Founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice.
• Paul Korzilius, Manager of Bon Jovi
• Sean McDonald, Director—Community | Conversations at Dell
That’s right. Bon Jovi’s manager was to there. (Korzilius also formerly managed Cher, Queen, Cheap trick, and the Scorpions). The point of the Roundtable is to explore how effective grassroots marketing and organizing on the Web really is compared to more traditional forms of mass-media marketing.
This is part of a series of 20 plus videos of the event with a bunch of individual interviews that will be uploaded to current tv is this video shows any support. TechCrunch roundtable on the afternoon of Sept 25 in Austin, Texas. Video by Paul Terry Walhus of http://austinblogger.com/blog/ ... more -
Swype's New Keyboard Technology
Cliff Kushier, one of the original inventors of t9 for mobile texting, shows us a new input technology for typing on touchscreens.
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What is Gmail's Mysterious Grey Box
The guys over at TechCrunch are trying to figure out what the mystery is behind the grey box in the upper left corner of Gmail. So far, no one knows what the real story is behind this box, but people are speculating and imaginations are running wild.
What do you think the box is there for? Does Google make style mistakes, or is that too obvious? The guys over at TechCrunch are trying to figure out what the mystery is behind the grey box in the upper left corner of Gmail. So far... more -
Techcrunch encourages bloggers to boycott AP stories
Techcrunch is encouraging bloggers and website owners to not mention any AP stories due to their latest restrictions.
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Rose discusses the Microsoft/Yahoo! fallout
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington and The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin postulate "what's next" for Microsoft and Yahoo! with Charlie Rose.
Interesting perspective on Yahoo!'s relationship with Goldman Sachs, and some of the more subtle hints exhibited by Yahoo!'s behavior leading up to Microsoft's retraction. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington and The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin postulate "what's next" for Microso... more -
The world's 50 most powerful blogs
From Prince Harry's secret "Terry Taliban-bashing" mission in Afghanistan and Tom Cruise's much-mocked Scientology video, to the revealing of the iPhone, blogs are influencing mainstream media and breaking news stories more than ever.
Here's the Guardian's list of the 50 most powerful blogs. Any personal favourites in there or any they've missed off? From Prince Harry's secret "Terry Taliban-bashing" mission in Afghanistan and Tom Cruise's much-mocked Scientology... more -
YouTube room at Davos shows up CNN debates
The scoop from TechCrunch: "Bono has been by twice. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf came by so many times that people stopped noticing..." The scoop from TechCrunch: "Bono has been by twice. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf came by so many times that people stopped... more
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Reddit Adds Ability to Create Your Own "Reddits"
The new feature will eventually allow all users to create their own social news lists for chosen topics. These customized reddits will come in three flavors: public, restricted, and private. If you set up a public reddit, every Reddit user will be able to view and participate in the reddit. Restricted reddits will only allow certain members to contribute. And private reddits will only be viewable by their own members. The new feature will eventually allow all users to create their own social news lists for chosen topics. These customized reddits will... more
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Writing a Great Novel on a Cell Phone?
With all the talk about Amazons Kindle, theres a bigger revolution taking place and those who studied classic literature will be horrified. In Japan, half of the top ten selling works of fiction in the first six months of 2007 were composed on mobile phones.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, mobile phone novels (keitai shousetsu) have become a publishing phenomenon in Japan, turning middle-of-the-road publishing houses into major concerns and making their authors a small fortune in the process.
One book, Koizora (Love Sky) about high-school girl who is bullied, gang-raped, becomes pregnant has sold more than 1.2 million copies since being released.
The mobile internet has a role in this growing phenomen in Japan, with another book Moshimo Kimiga (420,000 copies) starting with installments uploaded to an internet site and sent our to thousands of young subscribers. With all the talk about Amazons Kindle, theres a bigger revolution taking place and those who studied classic literature will be hor... more -
Just Sell Digg Already, Jay
One thing that has become a certainly in our little tech world - a few months cant go by without rumors surfacing that a sale of Digg is imminent. CEO Jay Adelson and cofounder Kevin Rose are in a perpetual rumor cycle. The problem is, they seem to be the ones at fault for the rumors. The reason? Theyve been trying to sell Digg for nearly two years, on a nearly constant basis. And the guys theyre pitching keep leaking it all to the press.
Rumor History
* Blogger Kevin Burton was infamously first to bat with a statement that a sale of Digg to Yahoo was a near certainty in January 2006, for $30 million (he was wrong).
* We know with a high degree of certainty that Digg did try to sell itself to Yahoo, and probably others, for $20 million or more in May 2006. No offers were made, according to our sources.
* By the end of 2006 the price had increased - they were asking for $150 and turned down soft offers in the $100 million range. At the time, Comscore said they had just 1.3 million users.
* We have confirmations from potential buyers that Digg continued discussions throughout 2006 and into early 2007, looking for at least $100 million, but no offers were made.
* Over the last few months Digg has been shopping themselves again - and the price is at least $200 million according to a source whos been pitched. Again, no offer.
* Now, were getting reports that a sale is imminent, in the $300+ million range. A source close to Digg says theyve heard nothing about this. That doesnt mean it isnt happening. But we have no independent information that this time, the rumors are true. One thing that has become a certainly in our little tech world - a few months cant go by without rumors surfacing that a sale of Digg... more -
"So Sue Me" - Tales from the litigious underbelly of Silicon Valley
From Michael Arrington @ Techcrunch on the latest of lawsuits against them
"Now the most ridiculous claim yet. Richard Figueroa, who claims to have the rights to this image of Ashton Kutcher, is demanding that we pay him $150,000 immediately or else hell sue us for $1.5 million. From Michael Arrington @ Techcrunch on the latest of lawsuits against them ... more -
2.0! 2.0 to Quit! (Hey, Hey!)
MC Hammer showcases his new web product DanceJam, "the MySpace for dance moves" at the TechCrunch 40 conference in San Francisco. Other highlights include Fantasy Real Estate, a really creepy photo (re) animator tool, and a tech reporter saying "jiggy." Please Hammer, don't minimize 'em! MC Hammer showcases his new web product DanceJam, "the MySpace for dance moves" at the TechCrunch 40 conference in San Franc... more
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