Bloggers must be free to call a buzzwordgasm a buzzwordgasm | Sady Doyle
When a TechCrunch writer posted 'snarky' remarks about Source Code's marketing, the studio wasn't impressed. So what?Reader, prepare yourself: Someone on the internet thinks Source Code looks silly....
View ArticleTechCrunch editor Michael Arrington steps down
Founder of technology blog owned by AOL quits role as editor to run investment fundMichael Arrington is to step down as editor of the US technology blog TechCrunch after six years at the helm.The...
View ArticleBoot up: Police 'assisted' Apple in lost iPhone hunt, and no US launch for...
Plus Robert Scoble has a minor falling out with Google+, and TechCrunch gets a sneak peak at upcoming Amazon Kindle tabletA quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology...
View ArticleThe blogosphere still needs codes of conduct
Ethical standards for media organisations may not be foolproof but it doesn't mean they should be disregardedThe TechCrunch/Arrington saga is the perfect illustration for the stealthy corruption...
View ArticleTechCrunch founder, Michael Arrington, to leave AOL
Blog's former editor to depart for new venture capital fund after spat with AOL editor-in-chief, Arianna HuffingtonFormer TechCrunch editor, Michael Arrington, has left AOL less than a year after his...
View ArticleTechCrunch, trust and conflicts of interest | Dan Gillmor
TechCrunch's mingling of business and reporting led to corporate crisis at AOL. But readers must always judge for themselvesJournalism is a conflict of interest. All journalists and news organisations...
View ArticleMonkey goes to … Buckingham Palace
To Buckingham Palace, where the royal household hosted a lavish media reception that promised to lift, for a short while at least, the gloom arising from the uncomfortable mirror the Leveson inquiry is...
View ArticleA blogger or a journalist? Debate over the power and influence of tech writers
Newsweek's Dan Lyons accuses bloggers of reinventing PR, dressing it up as journalism and playing at venture capitalismThe debate asking "Are bloggers journalists?" was exhausted by about 2005....
View ArticleGoldman Sachs: other resignation letters and manifestos of note
Greg Smith was not the first – nor will he be the last – to pull a Jerry Maguire. Here are some other classic resignation lettersIt was the resignation letter read around the world.Greg Smith, a...
View ArticleApps Rush: SketchBook Ink, Yahoo! Axis, TechCrunch, Lego Star Wars Battle...
What's new on the app stores on Thursday 24 May 2012A selection of 18 new and notable apps for you today:Continue reading...
View ArticleGoogle v Oracle: judge's order creates ethical dilemma for tech bloggers
Court tells companies to reveal names of journalists and bloggers they might have a financial relationship withIn the dog days of a hot American summer, the tech journalism and blogging community are...
View ArticleFacebook shares' performance disappointing, says Mark Zuckerberg - video
Mark Zuckerberg addresses the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco. Facebook's co-founder admits he is disappointed at his company's crumbling share price, but argues that Wall Street does...
View ArticleTechCrunch's teachable moment: media sites must own the conversation | Dan...
AOL's TechCrunch has reversed its decision to outsource user comments to Facebook. But online community takes cultivationFor years, comments on news organizations' websites were the online equivalent...
View ArticleAOL reports first annual rise in revenues for eight years
The company's revenues rose by 4% in the fourth quarter with significant ad growth, beating analysts' expectationsAOL reported its first annual rise in revenues in eight years on Friday as strong...
View Article'Titstare' app at Techcrunch: women in tech deserve better | Amy Gray
When developers are allowed to showcase apps which 'let you stare at tits' during a conference, you know gender inclusivity in the industry remains wishful thinkingOver the weekend at the Techcrunch...
View ArticleBerlin tech startups boosted by offshoot of Silicon Valley event
TechCrunch's Disrupt conference swerves London for German capital in its first outing in EuropeA little more than two decades ago, Berlin hosted tens of thousands of US troops. In the early 1990s one...
View ArticleTechCrunch Disrupt heads to London
Influential technology conference moves from Berlin to London for its second yearTechCrunch Disrupt Europe, the conference hosted by the influential technology news site, is moving to London for the...
View ArticleThe startups: ‘We need a presence in Silicon Valley, that’s the way it is’
Startups vying for attention at TechCrunch’s recent Disrupt event in San Francisco talk about their dog-eat-dog world, and in one case, their dog-eat worldIs the dotcom bubble about to burst (again)?“I...
View ArticleTechCrunch falls victim to OurMine hacking group
Hackers deface technology site while telling visitors attack is only a security test in latest high-profile breachVerizon-owned prominent technology site TechCrunch has become the latest victim of the...
View ArticleTech is disrupting all before it – even democracy is in its sights
The information revolution is threatening our political systemOnce upon a time, a long, long, long time ago, small children might get told off for being loud or unruly or, as we called it then,...
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