A few days ago, reports of the arrest of key member and spokesman of LulzSec, Topiary, were making the rounds. There wasn’t too much information surrounding Topiary’s actual identity, save for the fact that he’s 19 years old, and was known to go by the name Daniel. Topiary’s, or at least the arrested suspect’s...
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Facebook blind date ends with supermarket heist
Facebook has come under constant criticism for not doing enough to safeguard people, and particularly children’s privacy on the vast social network. But what happens when an unsuspecting, grown man falls prey to a scam which takes advantage of Facebook’s anonymity? In February, a Belgian supermarket manager received a friend request from a young...
Cartoon: Not What We Meant by ‘Mobile’
Editor’s note: Rob Cottingham is on holiday. Normally, each of his cartoons is accompanied by a brief but shattering essay of such beauty, of such importance, of such exquisite insight into the human condition, that it often causes readers to examine their lives from top to bottom. Often, that examination turns up a gaping,...
How Chartbeat wants to help save the media industry
Newspapers and magazines used to publish content into a kind of void: they knew how many people subscribed, but that was about it — everything else was guesswork based on consumer surveys and other mumbo-jumbo. But online, every click and interaction can be tracked and charted and graphed over time, to create a picture...
(Founder Stories) Ben Lerer: Thrillist Will Do “$40 Million In Revenue This Year”
In this episode of Founder Stories, Chris Dixon sits down with Thrillist Co-founder and CEO, Ben Lerer (who is also a partner with his father Ken Lerer in Lerer Ventures). Targeted towards young men, Thrillist is a “platform for guys” that offers “both local and national content and commerce smooshed into one place” says...
Now You Can Watch Live YouTube Streams In Google+ Hangouts (GOOG)
Image: Screenshot See Also: 10 Ways Google+ Just Copied Facebook 10 Chrome Extensions That Will Make Google+ Better Than Ever 15 Basic Features Google+ Must Add Before It Can Destroy Facebook Google added another layer to Google+ Hangouts, letting you watch live streaming YouTube videos with up to 10 others, GigaOm reports. The feature...
Buying An Electric Car
This guest post is by venture capitalist David Cowan. David has recently purchased a Nissan Leaf after going car-less for two year. After 3.5 years, I’ve finally re-joined the community of car owners. Between February 2008 and last week, I was car-less. I borrowed and rented cars, took taxis and Zip cars, and occasionally...
How “create your own mobile social network” tool Motribe grew to 1.5 million users in 10 months
Nmachi: Are your users close to 100% South African? If not, what other countries in Africa or globally do your users come from? Nic: Our biggest user-bases are in India, the USA, Nigeria and the UK. We are also growing fast in the Philippines, Ghana and Kenya. South Africa happens to be where the...
AT&T Confirms Rumors That It Will Slow Down Data Speeds For Some Customers (T)
Image: Marcin Wichary via Flickr See Also: 10 Absurdly Expensive, Four-Figure iPhone Apps 10 iPhone Features That Android Phones Had First 15 Ways To Make Your Old Computer Useful Again ATT dropped us an e-mail this weekend, finally confirming rumors that the carrier will begin throttling data speeds for the top 5% of data...
Find out more about who’s visiting your Google+ profile
There’s been some talk recently about Google+ business profiles featuring the much sought after Google Analytics integration, but nothing has been said about existing personal profiles. For the time being, until we find out more from Google, there are a couple of ways you can find out information about who’s visiting your Google+ profile, as...