Category Archives: internetz

Instagram spreads ‘em for FB

April 18, 2012, 8:06 am || Nick

To some users, this looks like a sellout. And that’s because it is. You might think the people crabbing about how Instagram is going to suck now are just being naïve, but I don’t think that’s true. Small product companies … Continue reading →

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Playing to type

April 10, 2012, 12:38 pm || Nick

There are days…

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Netscape

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AOL said that as part of the deal, it was selling “stock of an AOL subsidiary” at a loss in order to reduce its tax bill. AOL didn’t reveal the name of the subsidiary, but sources have confirmed that it … Continue reading →

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Easy Money

March 22, 2012, 5:21 am || Nick

We’ve yet to see this phenomenon analyzed anywhere in the media, so let’s give this a signal boost: The secret to becoming popular on YouTube is to build heat. Sometimes you create something so great it goes viral on its … Continue reading →

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A spoonful of sugar?

March 21, 2012, 5:53 pm || Nick

A friend e-mailed us the YouTube vid embedded below. Wow. It’s not so much that words fail me, it’s more that once I started to write 1 there’s no way I could stop; I may never stop. For the nonce … Continue reading →

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