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Mike Arrington

Post Event Press Interview

Mark Zuckerberg, Benjamin Link and Chamath are available for questions. Mike Arrington first asks when they plan on launching the payment platform. Mark Zuckerberg reponds “I wish I knew.” Eric Eldon of Venturebeat asks about...

Digg This: Google Eyeing Digg? (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Mathew Ingram posted on: July 23, 2008 | about stocks: GOOG Maybe it’s just the summer heat getting to people, but TechCrunch swears that this time it’s for real, and Google is on the verge of buying Digg for “around...

A cheap web tablet in your future?

Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Hardware It seems for Mike Arrington and the 560+ commenters that there is a desire in the market for a web tablet. Arrington is proposing they build it as a project and bring it to market...

More Great Ideas Around Open-Source Hardware

Over the past few days, there have been a couple of items that sparked additional interest from me in the field of open-source hardware. Earlier, I pointed out that the choices and improvements mad...See more on...What:...

We Want THE EXACT Same TechMeme WITHOUT Mike Arrington - I Will Pay $200

I’m tired of waiting for his inevitable decline. I am truly tired of waking up to the whining of the nerds on a great community site. He wants his mommy to like him, his dog to come home and his power bills lower. He would like...

Textbooks on Kindle

One of the barriers to adoption of the Amazon Kindle is its price. One of the things that makes it seem expensive is surely the price of books. For example, I usually buy paperbacks at $10 or less, so >$300 seems huge. But the...

Is Google Digging Itself?

Rumors had floated for weeks Google was negotiating to buy Digg.com for purposes of enhancing Google News. But it looks like Google is already integrating Digg-like features in a surprisingly open round of testing in the search...

Hot Female Bloggers Might Be Getting Naked For Playboy!

Mike Arrington over at Tech Crunch has a story about a current poll on who is the sexiest female blogger (obviously if it was the sexiest male blogger I'd top the poll......don't blame me, I'm just naturally hot!).The woman...

Blogging for Dollars - Furrier.org Looking to Raise $50m

Today it was announced that SAI raised $1 million to build out their blog. Blogging is changing. Fred Wilson talks about how he still blogs and makes the distinction between real people who blog verses a team of people getting...

Twitter going commercial?

According to Mike Arrington, there is a commercial play for Twitter in the works. During a conversation with Ev Williams, Twitter co-founder: MA: What is your revenue model? Do you know yet? Have you thought about it? EW: We've...