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Archive for February 18th, 2009

DEMO Gets Desperate: Shipley Out, Marshall In (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
DEMO Gets Desperate: Shipley Out, Marshall In  —  Things are changing at DEMO, the startup and product-launch conference owned by IDG that competes with our own TechCrunch50 conference.  After 13 years, conference organizer Chris Shipley will make way for Matt Marshall, editor of VentureBeat.

Tumblr Ditches Anonyblogger Ban Amidst User Revolt (Eric Krangel/Silicon Alley Insider)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Eric Krangel / Silicon Alley Insider:
Tumblr Ditches Anonyblogger Ban Amidst User Revolt  —  That was fast.  Yesterday, blogging service Tumblr moved to ban five accounts the site’s admins judged were “harassing” users — the so called “anonybloggers.”  But after receiving “several hundred responses from users who are upset,” …

Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5 Blogs (Robert Mackey/The Lede)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5 Blogs  —  Please: be nice.  Julia Allison (at right), the blogger other bloggers love to hate, posing for a photograph at her 27th birthday party, in 2008, with fellow bloggers Meghan Asha and Robert Buka.  —  In a blog post written late Tuesday night […]

Google demo offline GMail webapp for iPhone: Video Demo (Chris Davies/iPhone Buzz)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Chris Davies / iPhone Buzz:
Google demo offline GMail webapp for iPhone: Video Demo  —  Vic Gundotra, VP of engineering at Google, demonstrated an offline-capable webapp for the iPhone 3G this morning that allows full access to a user’s GMail even while the handset is in airplane mode.

Doing hard things (Jason/Hulu Blog)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Jason / Hulu Blog:
Doing hard things  —  “I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”  — Walt Disney  —  Later this week, Hulu’s content will no longer be available through Boxee.  While we never had a formal relationship […]

the Hulu situation - we love Hulu. they have built a great product … (Avner Ronen/boxee blog)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Avner Ronen / boxee blog:
the Hulu situation  —  we love Hulu. they have built a great product and brand (including one the best Superbowl ads this year). since our early days in private alpha, Hulu was the most requested site by our users. so we built support for browsing Hulu on boxee, reached out […]

Doing hard things (Hulu Blog)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Hulu Blog:
Doing hard things  —  “I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”  — Walt Disney  —  Later this week, Hulu’s content will no longer be available through Boxee.  While we never had a formal relationship with Boxee […]

Yahoo Search Share Rises Again… And Google Falls! (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo Search Share Rises Again… And Google Falls!  —  Last month we reported a potentially important change in search-market share trends: After years of steady decline, Yahoo’s domestic share numbers (YHOO) had increased for five months in a row.  Well, the good news continued in January …

Hulu pulls content from TV.com (Elinor Mills/CNET News)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Hulu pulls content from TV.com  —  Hulu.com has pulled its content off CBS-owned TV.com, which relaunched last month, sources confirmed on Tuesday.  —  Attempts to access episodes of Heroes and other content from NBC and News Corp. partners in the Hulu joint venture displayed a “video unavailable” message.

HP’s mixed bag: Sales weak across all units, earnings on target … (Larry Dignan/Between the Lines)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
HP’s mixed bag: Sales weak across all units, earnings on target; Outlook weaker than expected  —  updated: HP’s first quarter showed some strain as revenue was below expectations across the board, but cost-cutting allowed the IT giant to meet Wall Street estimates.