As a former Sassy reader during my apparently very formative years, I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Tavi Gevinson and continue to be impressed by the quality of her new Sassy-esque blog, Rookie. Gevinson’s new venture has […]
By all accounts, Yahoo is not having all that great of a quarter so far. CEO Carol Bartz’s high-profile departure was a bit of an embarrassment for the company- Bartz was pretty candid when it came down the the cowardly […]
About a week after Facebook and Spotify upgraded their status to in a relationship, user feedback on the integration has settled in- and most of it is pretty snippy. Spotify had a pretty enthusiastic reception in the US when it […]
Hmmm… not sure if incongruent or thinking ahead. Soap operas are typically the domain of the seemingly less tech savvy- grandmas, home health care workers and people who are stuck at the laundromat are normally seen as the dying medium’s […]
EveryBlock this week launched their “Mute” feature which allows site users to choose what user stories they see on the EveryBlock homepage and in their email. Users simply click on the “mute” button (shown above) when accessing a persons information […]
About.com- one of the oldest information-centric sites on the web (and likely the predecessor to content farms like those operated by Demand Media and its ilk)- is making significant cuts to its editorial staff. “15 of the 22 full or […]
Reddit is getting a bit of a rep- at least on Gawker Media sites (cough Jezebel cough)- for its heavily male vibe (and arguably at least a little) misogynist bent. The testosterone-heavy environment isn’t the only controversial aspect of the […]
EveryBlock on Tuesday launched the “EveryBlock Publisher Program” which allows website owners to claim their local news sites within the network. Once claimed stories are shared through EveryBlock.com while site users can interact with stories and share their favorites using […]
Less than one year ago Jeff Bronikowski left Yahoo Music to worl at AOL Music and now AllThingsD is reporting that he’s made another shift, this time heading over to Boston-area startup Echo Nest, a development platform for music app developers. Best known […]
Netflix isn’t making many friends lately and I’m willing to bed CEO Reed Hastings can add AOL President Tim Armstrong to his list of detractors. Speaking on the Netflix company blog over the weekend Hastings apologizes for his price hike […]
Totally flirting with Amazon a day ahead of their expected PDA with the launch of the Kindle Fire tablet, Hearst has also dropped some stats about digital sales of its magazines. The publisher behind Oprah’s O Magazine, Marie Claire, Good […]
Discounting a reported $4 billion bid for Hulu that Larry Page flew down to make in person for Google, Dish Network reportedly put in the highest bid for the content streaming service at $1.9 billion. Although Hulu has a million […]
TechMediaNetwork, the technology media company behind several science and tech sites, has raised $33 million in Series B funding. The company publishes LAPTOP, Space.com, TopTenREVIEWS and TechNewsDaily, and works with syndication partners including Yahoo!, MSNBC.com, Fox News and CBS News, as […]
Details about Amazon’s expected upcoming Kindle Fire tablet have been leaking like a wiki as deals are closed and the Wednesday morning announcement draws nearer. The device is thought to kind of straddle a line between the iPad and the […]
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