Posted on September 30, 2010, 2:09 pm, by Tom Cheredar, under
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At yesterday’s Disrupt SF event, TechCrunch announced it was being purchased by AOL for a rumored amount of $25 to $40 mil., which you think would be stated in the headline of the first article they published concerning this news.
Instead, we get a headline that reads: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch!, which honestly doesn’t really tell you much of anything. I’ll translate: Tim Armstrong is the CEO of AOL, “We” is AOL, “Got” means they purchased TechCrunch.
This week we’re joined by Brian Howard, editor for The Daily Green as we discuss Digg’s decline, Blockbuster files for bankruptcy, Facebook founder’s new fortune, AOL acquires TechCrunch, and Google Voice is finally coming to the iPhone.
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This week we explore what Digg must do to survive, Anonymous’ DDoS attacks on MPAA & RIAA sites, Google’s Transparency Report, Steve Jobs in a pissing match with a college journalism student, Twitter gets hacked (again), the real story behind the Facebook movie, Trent Reznor drops a free EP of the soundtrack, Facebook’s cellphone strategies, [...]
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Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up – a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down. The Round Up is back! After a [...]
This week, we talk to Somrat Niyogi, CEO of Miso, the social sharing network for TV watchers. Later we discuss The New Yorker’s profile of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the shamelessly predatory practices of Farmville creator Zynga, Twitter’s new layout, YouTube’s roadmap for live streaming, Apple’s iPhone App Store relaxes restrictions for developers, and High-bandwidth [...]
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