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Again!?…Why is Apple so affected by rumors?
Again today Apples stock took a huge hit (7%!) when a rumor that turned out not to be true hit the inter-tubes. This time TheStreet.com reported that Apple was cutting back on their production of iPhones, thus causing people to panic and sell their stock.
This is remeniscent of the time that engadget reported a rumor [...]
The Naked Truth…
Went to a local meet up for people in the tech industry last night. It was a fun event, with lots of people, conversation, bbq, and a few drinks. Thanks for Redfin and everyone else who put this on…also if you were the person who Michael Arrington gave an Ooma too, he said that if [...]
Social Network Overload?
I was anti social network for a very long time. I finally gave into Facebook a few months ago after realizing they have their stuff together and it looks like they’re going to be around for a long time. They seem to have a plan for connecting people and information and not just throwing up [...]
Gawker’s blind drive for page views.
I don’t know if Gawker is trying to be acquired or if they are just trying to drive up the page views (and ad revnue) on their sites. I read Deadspin, Valleywag, Lifehacker, and Gizmodo regularly and enjoy what they publish on the sites. However, over the past month they have been redesigning all of [...]
Deadspin’s New Look
Falling in line with the rest of the Gawker blogs Deadspin today changed their look. WOW. Most of the changes didn’t bug me that much other than one cheap gimmick, fishing for page views. Deadspin gets a ton of traffic daily and has really shown other companies (ehem, ESPN) that sports blogs are something to [...]
Is Podcasting dead?
It seems like last year that Podcasting was the next great thing, the Twitter of last year (but without the crazy growth, just the hype). We are part of a web where you never know what the next thing as opposed to the next flame is. Podcasting provides(d) a way for people to host their [...]
