The Techmeme Myth

Is Techmeme influential, a driver of traffic and a unbiased source of the best tech news online? The tech meme aggregator founded by Gabe Rivera in 2005 has long been held up as one of the best ... continue

TechCrunch sued by Earthcomber, ethical questions

Earthcomber, a location focused applications provider has filed suit against TechCrunch, Interserve and Loopt over patent infringement. The core of the complaint started with a charge against Loopt over similar services, and TechCrunch was a late addition to ... continue

Google Chrome comic book raises $454

Bidding has ended on our charity auction of my copy of the Google Chrome comic book. The final price was $454.99 AUD (about $360 USD...the exchange rate was nearly equal 3 months ago) with profits going to ... continue

Maybe there should be a law against link trolling [Digital Bill of Rights]

Erick Schonfield at TechCrunch has tonight seriously suggested that the United States should introduce a Digital Bill of Rights. Lets look at the positives first: it's brilliant link trolling. With TechCrunch having covered both Paris Hilton and ... continue

It’s all about the pitch

I'm in Seattle for Gnomedex this week and I've had the opportunity of meeting a range of new and interesting people (along with catching up with some familiar faces.) Among the various conversations I've had, one interesting ... continue

TechCrunch50: $3.5 million x Disingenuous

Brad Stone in the New York Times has finally published his TechCrunch50 vs Demo post. I spoke to Stone last week on the subject, but obviously my so-called venom towards Michael Arrington wasn't showing because I wasn't ... continue

FeedBurner Rorts: Nice numbers if you can get them

Joop Dorresteijn at The Next Web has a post up today explaining how you can boost your FeedBurner subscriber stats by uploading an OPML file with your own blog in it 2500 times into Netvibes (video above). ... continue

A failure to communicate: the closure of TechCrunchIT

From our regular contributor, Fake Steve Gillmor As the Russians battled into the heart of Berlin, Hitler decided to end it all. TechCrunch IT is no more. Killed by the hand of god before it could reach its ... continue

Introducing QBase

I'm delighted to announce QBase, The Inquisitr's company database service. Scale is important when offering any service like this, which is why we've teamed up with Tradevibes for the service as opposed to doing it by ourselves. As I ... continue

Prove Erick at TechCrunch Wrong

The video above explains why this post from Erick at TechCrunch is wrong: Seesmic's new inline reply and inline threaded comment system is brilliant. I only wish I was an investor in Seesmic...and oddly enough Erick's boss ... continue

Battle of the Company Databases: Crunchbase Vs Tradevibes

Company information would appear to be a new battleground in the tech blogging space with relative new comer Tradevibes taking on the TechCrunch owned Crunchbase. As of this week (at least I've only just noticed) Tradevibes company ... continue