Planblog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
You know Michael Arrington loves startups. How else could you explain this outburst of poetry? Just like a bear in the woods (I imagine) has to slow its activity in the Winter as food supplies dwindle, startups need to go into cash conservation mode to increase their chances of survival when the market slows. They need [...]
AdPulp (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
People are scrambling to figure out what the harrowing economic collapse means to them. Will they have a job on Monday? Will their 401K be worth anything when they retire? Should they begin walking to work and cultivating a garden? And so on. TechCrunch founder, Michael Arrington , writing about the ignoble end of Web. 2.0 (an argument I find lacking) makes this assertion: The first to go will be the...
Truemors (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Michael Arrington has his Sponge Bob boxers in a bunch over a lawsuit filed by Earthcomber against TechCrunch over what Arrington calls “a very shaky mobile patent.” The TechCrunch founder expressed disappointment in Earthcomber’s unwillingness to give him a head’s up to the suit with any “nasty threats,” as is customary in the world of [...]
The Blog Herald (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Earthcomber is suing TechCrunch, along with Loopt, for pretty dubious reasons. I’ll let Michael Arrington speak for himself, from his post: I called Earthcomber President Jim Brady this morning to verify the lawsuit. At first he wouldn’t answer - all he did was try to explain how he’s been wronged by Loopt. When pressed he did [...]
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Michael Arrington submits: I guess the upside is that a stock can’t fall below zero, so there’s an end in sight to the ongoing destruction of jobs and shareholder wealth at Yahoo (YHOO). The stock closed at $13.76 Wednesday, down another 5.6%. And this isn’t just part of the market’s overall meltdown - the Nasdaq fell just 0.8% Wednesday, and Google (GOOG), Yahoo’s main direct competitor, was down...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
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 the suit. Michael Arrington is claiming that the charge is guilt only by association, as TechCrunch is nothing [...]
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Earthcomber, a Chicago startup, filed suit against Loopt, a Mountain View startup, for allegedly infringing on a patent that lets "a system and method for locating and notifying a user of a person,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Michael Arrington submits: Seattle has has a heck of a tech scene , but isn’t so big that the community breaks down into cliques and haters as Silicon Valley often does in the boom times. Maybe that’s why I spend so much time up here. Like other tech hubs, successful Seattle entrepreneurs tend to become angel investors and help the next crop of companies come of age. An example: Pressplane , which...
Truemors (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
We’ve all been there, a late night of bar hopping leaves your judgement impaired and your opinions flared, so what’s a boozehound to do? Drunk emails! Pretty much the nerdier drunk dialing for the more socially awkward folks. Google has decided to address the drunken emailing issue with a new product called Mail Goggles, which [...]
Portfolio.com: The Tech Observer (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Michael Arrington thinks a merger between AOL and Yahoo could happen by the end of the month. [ TechCrunch ] Apple isn't suing people who leak information about them anymore. [ Valleywag ] Is Ebay pulling a Warren Buffett with its Bill Me Later acquisition? [ NYT ] Another Yahoo exec defects to Myspace. [ SAI ] DISH Network pays TiVo $104 million, ending a long running disagreement. [ ArsTechnica...
SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Michael Arrington submits: Yahoo (YHOO) is continuing its marathon merger discussions with AOL, sources close to the negotiations have whispered to us, and a deal could happen as early as this month. Is this just a rehash of the reported discussions in February and then again in April ? Yes and no. It’s clear that AOL’s parent company, Time Warner (TWX), wants this deal more than ever. What isn’t...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Michael Arrington submits: Congress is finally understanding the reality of the Yahoo-Google search deal , and what it means for the state of search competition in general. It’s not about price fixing advertising rates, it’s about neutering the second place market participant. As I wrote on September 27 , the current deal between Yahoo (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) will inevitably lead to the decline of...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Michael Arrington submits: It took Apple's (AAPL) iTunes nearly three years to get to 1 billion song downloads. MySpace Music (NWS) streamed a billion songs in just a few days after it launched on September 25. And while this isn’t a fair comparison (songs on MySpace are free to stream; on iTunes users were paying $0.99 each), it’s an incredible milestone. What MySpace won’t say for some reason is...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
If you didn't believe our report that TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington is in bed with MySpace's top flack, Dani Dudeck, read the obsessive startup blogger's latest story on MySpace Music, which... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Blog Herald (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Giga Omni Media has secured another $4.5 million in funding, bringing the total to $5.3 million according to Michael Arrington, who disagrees with the decision to raise money at all. Om Malik writes: We are going to use this new investment prudently, to enhance our technology platform and content offerings, add to our current portfolio of [...]
