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TechCrunch writer caught fibbing about startup numbers

TechCrunch writer Daniel Brusilovsky, the 16 year old wunderkid behind the TechCrunch pumped "Teens in Tech" Wordpress MU blog network has been fibbing about usage numbers on his site. Brusilovsky has previously claimed publicly that Teens in Tech ... continue

Twitter to sue TechCrunch? they should do it for the lulz

Twitter may be planning to sue TechCrunch over the publication of stolen internal documents (Twittergate), according to multiple sites. The conjecture is simply that at this stage, with Twitter not exactly saying that they'd like Michael Arrington's ... continue

Is Publishing Stolen Twitter Documents Fair Game?

The publication of stolen internal documents from Twitter on TechCrunch and other sites has raised serious questions about the ethics and legality of doing so. If you've missed the story so far, a French hacker obtained access to ... continue

Mossberg Puppet rips Chrome OS, TechCrunch

Hoggworks Studios have followed on from their Colbert puppet series with a puppet parody of Wall Street Journal tech writer Walt Mossberg. In this episode the Mossberg puppet rips Google Chrome OS and TechCrunch. I was tempted not ... continue

What TechCrunch teaches us about repositioning a blog

In our blogging 101 series, I've spoken regularly about the need to continually review what you're writing to best find things that work. Einstein said that the definition of Insanity is doing the same thing over and ... continue

Mashable poised to overtake TechCrunch as leading 2.0 blog by traffic

The pecking order in the web 2.0/ social media blogging space is about to have its biggest shake up in years, with Mashable set to overtake rival TechCrunch. Web tracking stats show that Mashable is just behind, or ... 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

How to lose friends and anger people the TechCrunch way

Chris Shipley, the extraordinarily hard working executive producer of the bi-annual DEMO conference is stepping down this year, and taking over is Matt Marshall, founder of VentureBeat. During Shipley's reign at DEMO, the conference has served as ... continue

How long will Sarah Lacy last at TechCrunch? (poll)

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington announced February 1 that during his break from the site due to spitting and stalking incidents, Sarah Lacy will be taking his role. It's odd that four days a later I'm writing about this now, ... 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

YawnTwitter Search MemeYawn

There's apparently a flap this weekend over a suggestion from Seesmic CEO Loic LeMeur that Twitter should have authority search based on the number of followers a user has. I can see why people are upset, and I ... 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

The business of Social Media and the new old boy’s network

Just to make sure we have the parameters of this discussion straightened out right from the beginning there are two aspect to this whole social media rigmarole. The first aspect is the actual ... continue

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