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

Dropbox: online storage done right

Dropbox officially launched at TechCrunch50 this week, and although they didn't win (online storage fails the originality test more than corporate Twitter) they are a company worth looking at. San Francisco based Dropbox started as a YCombinotor ... 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

Lipstick and Love over vodka shots

Our occasional contributor Fake Steve Gillmor returns... For the last few weeks, The Inquisitr's tech coverage has become so viscerally partisan that you could sense that the coverage was coming close to threatening the fundamental tenets of particle ... continue

What startups can learn from fluffy bunnies

With so much vitriol this week as TechCrunch50 tried to kill DEMO, then got trumped by Steve Jobs, we need a positive antidote to the negativity. What better way to consider how startups can be better than ... continue

OtherInbox wants to cure email overload [free invites]

OtherInbox launched this week at TechCrunch50 and offers a different take on email overload. OtherInbox assigns users a new domain name such as yourname.otherinbox.com, then allows you to make an infinite number of e-mail addresses on the fly, ... continue

100 Free Akoha kits for Inquisitr readers

Social gaming startup Akoha is presenting at TechCrunch50 tomorrow, and we've got 100 free Akoha starter kits for Inquisitr readers. The company has asked that I don't post any information about what Akoha is prior to their TechCrunch50 ... continue

TC50 v DEMO: The startups are the losers

As DEMOFall08 comes to a close today and TechCrunch 50 drags on for another day (it's a 3 day event), over 100 startups will have appeared on stage in front of audiences in San Francisco and San ... continue

TC50: Demo Pit angry over lack of WiFi

TechCrunch50 has been plagued by a lack of internet connectivity, according to emails we've received and other reports online. As well as affecting people on the floor, the biggest losers from the WiFi problems are the 100 companies ... continue

Kara Swisher compares Arrington to Britney Spears

Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg where on stage today at DEMO, and the question of DEMO vs TechCrunch50 came up. Kara is one of the best tech reporters on the planet, and she didn't mince her words. ... 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