On Incentive Offers in Facebook, the truth lies somewhere in the middle

My old boss Michael Arrington has made headlines over the weekend when a video of him going mental at OfferPal CEO Anu Shukla at Friday's Virtual Goods Summit in San Francisco emerged online. Michael's gripe seems to be ... continue

The Kanye meme: the Inquisitr tech edition

The Kanye West meme is the fish many can't reject, so we thought we'd get in on the fun with some Inquisitr originals. Michael Arrington Mark Zuckerberg Marissa Mayer Stephen Conroy Ev Williams and Biz Stone No related posts. continue

The man who put Ashton Kutcher on stage claims the Valley shouldn’t be like Hollywood

I promised myself I'd stop taking shots at Techcrunch, it's not healthy and I've moved on, but as I choked on my breakfast this morning I've decided to relent, because the man who put Ashton Kutcher on ... continue

MC Hammer in serious financial trouble, will DanceJam be far behind?

Former rap star turned startup founder MC Hammer is in serious financial trouble, and may be facing bankruptcy, casting some doubt on user generated dance site DanceJam. According to reports, MC Hammer owes $671,182 to the IRS and ... continue

Lets face it: you don’t matter

A broad spectrum of tech blogs have flapped this week over the Twitter recommended users list, prompted by a $120,000 offer by Jason Calacanis to get on it. Those against the list argue that it's unfair, and unjustly ... continue

Blog War! Arrington blames AllThingsD, Valleywag for hate campaign

TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington has publicly named Valleywag, and AllThingD as leading the hate campaign that led to him being spat on in Germany, and stalked. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal (which owns AllThingsD) Arrington ... continue

Michael Arrington: the world isn’t black and white

Much of the blogosphere, and even the mainstream press (Asher Moses at The Age has one of the best posts up) is buzzing about a post from TechCrunch's Michael Arrington where Arrington claims that he's had enough ... continue

2009 Will Be The Year of the Uber Blog

As we end 2008, the year ahead offers the biggest challenge ever in the history of blogging. Although blogging dates back to the beginning of the first dot com boom, it truly came of age as the second ... continue

Michael Arrington: Evil Genius

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington writes today that he's tired of the running joke that is the PR embargo system and that they won't be respecting embargoes in the future except from a handful of trusted PR firms. He ... continue

Google In Quotes and Our Million Dollar Idea

Google's come up with a handy new tool to help you weigh various political figures' stances (or at least what they've said in the media) on a variety of hot button topics. Google In Quotes pulls ... continue

Conflicts of Interest and Blogging

Is blogging facing a serious conflict of interest problem? Drama 2.0 last week wrote that "the blogosphere has to a certain extent created a new breed of conflict of interest, one that in many ways taints everything ... continue

Winning ideas for TechCrunch50 2009

Yammer was announced the winner of TechCrunch50 yesterday. For those not familiar with the product, you only need to know two words: corporate Twitter. Now in terms of market opportunities, Yammer might go well, at least in targeting ... continue