MyBlogLog - Allegra : New in my neighborhood

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:56:02 -0800

How Did The Major Online Retailers Cope With Black Friday Madness?
Website monitoring service InternetVista vigorously measured the uptime and response time of seven of the most popular...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:02:03 -0800

NSFW: 1200 words absolutely, definitely not about Rupert Murdoch and Google
One of the most tiresome group of people you encounter when you write a weekly column is the "suggesters". Throughout the...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:12:48 -0800

Watch Out Foursquare, Facebook is Poised To Dominate Geo
Over the last six months just about all of my tech friends have started using Foursquare, a geolocation-based game that was...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:40:52 -0800

You Can Install Chrome OS On Your Dell Mini 10v Right Now
You can now run Chromium OS, the open source developmental version of Google Chrome OS, on your Dell Mini 10v. Don't have one?...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:38:47 -0800

Hong Kong Crunch: What’s Up In China?
Hey, guys. I, John Biggs, will be in Hong Kong and Guangdong next week (November 30-December 5) to visit some folks and would...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:00:27 -0800

It’s Not Easy Being Popular. 77 Percent Of Facebook Fan Pages Have Under 1,000 Fans
In this age of instant Internet celebrity, anyone can become famous for 15 seconds (to rework Andy Warhol's oft-quoted...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:53:13 -0800

eBay Maps Out Black Friday Online Transactions
While Black Friday has long been a popular phenomenon for brick and mortar stores, the deal frenzy has been extending to...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:35:29 -0800

Video Professor Tries To Bully Washington Post, Fails
Video Professor continues to be angry that I called them a scam in my original Scamville post. They've gotten nowhere reaching...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:43:37 -0800

In The Age Of Realtime, Twitter Is Walter Cronkite
The year is 1963. It's November. At 1:40 PM ET, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite comes on the air. "In Dallas, Texas, three...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:18:10 -0800

Corel Buys Out Corel
Apologies for the confusing headline, but I couldn't resist. This morning, long-time software maker Corel Corporation turned...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:21:48 -0800

DFJ-Backed Clixtr Marries Photos With Location, Launches Website
Clixtr, a startup that first presented itself to a wide audience at this year's TechCrunch50 Conference (our take), kicked...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:06:21 -0800

Microsoft’s Dance With Newspapers Continues
We've been doing some more digging on the definitive moves by Microsoft to woo newspapers over to Bing and away from Google, a...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:05:28 -0800

Investimonials Wants To Be Your Guide To Quality Financial Products
If you've ever tried searching the web for financial advice, you probably know just how much junk there is out there. Sure,...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:49:27 -0800

SupportSpace Raises $10 Million Series B
SupportSpace, a company that provides on-demand remote tech support solutions, announced today that it has raised $10 million...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:07:12 -0800

Aviary’s Chrome Extension Proves That These Add-Ons Are Going To Be Awesome
I have something to admit: I've never been a big extension guy. When I was still using Firefox, I liked them, but the...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:45:47 -0800

Google Turning Times Square Into A Giant Voice Search Experiment On Black Friday
There are few things more terrifying to me than the idea of going anywhere near a shopping establishment on Black Friday. But...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:29 -0800

Thumbtack Takes On RedBeacon As It Looks To Bring Local Service Providers Online
Last month we saw the launch of TechCrunch50 winner RedBeacon, the startup that lets you book local service providers directly...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:09:25 -0800

Yahoo Loses The Brains Behind Boss
The brains behind Yahoo Boss, a young engineer named Vik Singh, is leaving Yahoo to become an entrepreneur-in-residence at...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:11:07 -0800

iPhone To Be Sold In The UK Equivalent Of Walmart
Is an iPhone price war about to break out in the UK? After Vodafone and Orange bagged the iPhone - when O2's two year monopoly...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:05:56 -0800

KIDO’Z Upgrades Its Web Environment For Kids
KIDO'Z, the Israeli company behind the eponymous media browser for kids, has released a new version of its program and insists...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:01:04 -0800

Four Years In, You Can Now Subscribe To WordPress.com Blogs By E-mail
You would think that, almost exactly 4 years after opening up to the public, WordPress.com would have a way for people to...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:56:41 -0800

Scamville Shakeout: Was Gambit The Right Fall Guy?
I'm not sure any lasting change will come from our series of Scamville posts. For now the most egregious of the social gaming...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:12 -0800

Dropbox Raised $6 Million Sequoia-Led Series A In October 2008
Earlier today GigaOm reported that Dropbox raised a new $7.25 million funding round over the summer (a number they derived from...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:07:07 -0800

If Kerouac Lived In The Present, OnTheRoad, The Service, May Have Interested Him
There's a ton of buzz around location right now. Our discussion on it at the RealTime CrunchUp this past Friday easily could...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:25:55 -0800

For Teracent Rival Tumri, Google Now Becomes A Frenemy
Google's acquisition of display advertising startup Teracent yesterday had significant meaning for rival Tumri; the San...
submitted by michael Arrington