It’s emerged out of nowhere to become one of the coolest sites on the Web in a matter of weeks, but what’s the story behind Turntable.fm, what’s so great about it and where is it going? A service amassing a reported 140,000 users in its first month is nothing to be sniffed at at...
Editor’s note: We’ve run a lot of guest posts lately poking holes into the daily deals industry. With this one, we hear another side. Arash Pirzad-Allaei is a co-founder of KASA Capital, where heads the internet technology development of KASA’s network of websites, including daily deals site Crowd Cut. There’s a lot of hate...
Image: Wikimedia Joshua Fjelstad Joshua Fjelstad is a writer at BuzzFeed. Recent Posts Old Capt. Kirk Vs. New Capt. Kirk Dances That Even White Folks Can Do Jumping The Surfer I guarantee you won’t predict most of these. If you’re bored with summer already, just go ahead and look up every article on this...
Image: Zynga It looks like Zynga bought the domain name familyville.com. This suggests that its next game might be Familyville, a direct response to Electronic Arts, which recently announced The Sims on Facebook. As Fusible.com discovered, the domain name was purchased by the same company that bought farmville.com for Zynga. The rivalry between Zynga...
The days of lament over album sales are long gone. Bands have gotten with the times, and are constantly seeking new, innovative ways to reach fans in the digital age. Check out our story on BlueBrain, a Washington, D.C. based band who put out the first musical album that’s also a location aware iPhone app....
Inside Investor Relations Advice: How to stand out in Brazil One-minute clip: Liquidnet lifts the veil on dark pool sentiment Sector focus: Fashion luxury goods Flyonthewall decision hits independent research Spotlight on the European IR Awards A recent court decision allowing an on-line financial newsletter to report analysts’ ratings changes on stocks may have...
Google could face a fine of at least NT$300,000 (S$12810) from the Taipei City Government after failing to set up a revised refund policy that would allow Android users in the city to claim money back on Android app downloads. Smartphone users in the city had complained that they were unable to claim a...
Dear Gene, I was just reading your most recent Washington Post column: an open letter to a j-school student who wrote to you, at her professor’s behest, asking how you built your “personal brand” in journalism. You sure showed her! Of course, you’re absolutely right that the desire to build a “personal brand” has...
Kittens and beer for everyone! Wikipedia is now an undeniably good source of information on almost any topic. In order to continue improving, the community-edited site needs a continuous flow of volunteer editors willing to put time and energy into making new edits. And studies show that people are more willing to do that...
Well actually it was an Instagram of a Foursquare check-in, posted to Twitter … So I actually haven’t been following news at all today, and when I say news I mean actual news, not tech news which I keep up with like an addiction. And I so had no idea that a bill to legalize gay...