Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: What If Steve Jobs Hadn’t Returned To Apple In 1997? — Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Traditionally we take stock of the things that we’re thankful for on this day each year. And I realized that one of those things is Steve Jobs. I’m thankful that he returned to Apple [...]
Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington takes the US Thanksgiving holiday to give sweet blog love to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and everything he’s done for Apple — and for consumers: What would our world look like without him? Wed likely still be in mobile phone hell. Chances are we still wouldnt have a decent browsing experience on the [...]
ARTICLE: Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal, By Michael Arrington, Washington Post, October 18, 2009 As a long-time Verizon subscribed, I will be sorely tempted to try the Droid, as I am not in love with the BB Storm, even...
According to TechCrunch, the Google Phone is very real and it is being developed right now at Google HQ. But this rumor is not without its complications and TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington knows that. Which is why he proposes that the Google Phone won’t essentially be a phone, it will be something else. Google is on the [...] Read Related Posts Google Voice Coming Soon to Gmail New Service...
In a new disclosure, Zynga tells us it makes 90% of its revenues from gamers putting their own money into the system to buy virtual goods. Zynga says 10% of its revenues come from "offers" marketing, where sponsors agree to buy virtual goods for gamers, so long as those gamers agree to try a product. The company also says a marginal amount of dollars come in from traditional advertising....
For our last discussion at the RealTime CrunchUp, we've got a panel on actually generating revenue from these services. Participating in the discussion are some of the Valley's top VCs and veterans of the space. Brian Singerman — Founders Fund Ron Conway — Angel Investor Dan'l Lewin — Corporate VP for Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft George Zachary —...
Twitter COO Dick Costolo says ads are coming soon. At a TechCrunch event, Dick told Michael Arrington, they will be "fascinating, non-traditional, and people will love it." Read the rest of this story » See Also: Twitter's New Retweeting Function Solves A Problem That Didn't Exist How To Make Money On Twitter AOLers Need To Remember What Kind Of Company They Work For Now (TWX)
ADOTAS - Call it the expletive heard ’round the social mediascape: at the Virtual Goods Summit three weeks ago, now-former Offerpal CEO Anu Shukla infamously called concerns over unethical practices in the industry (raised by TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington) three types of excrement. At the time, the crowd applauded, but the backlash was fast and brutal: by Nov. 4, Shukla had been shoved...
Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards which forbids offers that are misleading, deceptive or otherwise objectionable. The action is the first move the company has made since it brought in a new chief executive, George Garrick, a couple of weeks ago. The CEO transition happened in the midst of a debate over scam offers that were...
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is reporting that a Google Phone is imminent, possibly in early 2010. However, it may be a data-only VoIP ‘phone’ but what would be cool is if Google issues Google Voice phone numbers to those phones.About the only bad piece of news here is that it may end up initially only on AT&T with other GSM carriers being maybes. The hardware would in all lik 10...
God, no: Apple tablet delayed. Courts: Verizon’s AT&T ads OK. AT&t’s snarky anti-Verizon ad. How to improve Office 2010. Flips to get Wi-Fi soon? Pre for $80; Pixi, $25. Trillian for iPhone now available. ThinkPad Edge: hey, what’s that? Blu-Ray for $78? That’s tempting. AOL to shed mucho employees. Michael Arrington annoys Lance Ulanoff. ________________________ Like...
Yahoo! is withdrawing its mobile phone service in January, in order to focus its efforts on improving its mobile web offerings. The Business Insider reports that Yahoo! is discontinuing its service from 12 January 2010. The decision has been attributed to CEO Carol Bartz refocusing Yahoo!'s efforts on its portal business, and follows this week's news that Yahoo! is losing its search engine market...
UPDATE: Daring Fireball points out: [This story] puts [TechCrunch’s Michael] Arrington on the same side as the almost-always-full-of-sh*t Scott Moritz. On the other side: Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering for Android at Google, who just two weeks ago said Google would not compete with its customers and Were not making hardware. Were enabling other people [...]
As if we weren't already buried in Android buzz. A week after Verizon Wireless rolled out the Droid, a smartphone manufactured by Motorola and powered by Google’s Android operating system, one blogger is reporting that Google is prepping its very own Android handset. According to the estimable Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, ...
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my friend tells me to not to buy an i phone he said that Google is coming out with there own phone. i was wandering whether it was true or not. if it is...
Reading some of the Web's headlines today, you'd be hard-pressed not to think the so-called Google Phone is as good as on store shelves. Fresh from the tech page of Google News: • "Get Ready for the Google Phone" • "Google Building Its Own Android Phone" • "The Google Phone: Coming Soon" And, last but certainly not least: • "The Google Phone Does...
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