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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Five Questions with…BackType Co-Founder Chris Golda
Once in awhile, you come across a startup that jumps out because it’s such an interesting concept.
BackType falls into this category. Dubbed the “Twitter of Comments”, BackType lets you follow people who leave comments on blogs, as well as search for comments about people, trends, companies, etc.
The reason it’s so intriguing is I’m trying to [...]
Posted in Five Questions With... 9 Comments
Rogers Spinning its iPhone Story
One of the most interesting things about how badly Rogers handled the introduction of the iPhone in Canada is how it was totally mauled from a public relations perspective.
While Rogers was assailed for its ridiculous data plans, the company essentially did nothing to respond. Only when the assault turned into a hailstorm did Rogers finally [...]
Posted in Apple/iPod, Wireless 2 Comments
It’s Going to a Wireless Bonanza…Maybe
Back in the heady days of the dot-com boom, Forrester was among the most notorious when it came to issuing bullish forecasts when it came to e-commerce.
It was a great marketing move by because it fed into the frenzy among start-ups, VCs and investors who believed e-commerce was going to destroy their bricks and mortar [...]
Posted in Wireless Leave a comment
Canadian Duo Unveils Comment Tool
Within the blogosphere, comments are a strange animal.
Comments welcomed by blog writers, they’re often far more interesting and insightful as blog posts, and, of course, they’re a favorite tool of spammers.
The other reality is comments are seen as the ugly cousins to blog posts. Blog posts get top ranking as the stars of the blogosphere [...]
Posted in Blogs 12 Comments
TechCrunch Redesign A Sign of Things to Come
Big news! TechCrunch has gone through a pretty extensive redesign.
In post, Mark Hendrickson explained that:
“Our overarching goal was to clean things up, both on the surface and under the hood. TechCrunch had become bloated in many ways, with the homepage taking way too long to load and the scroll bar going on forever and ever.”
You [...]
Posted in Blogs 9 Comments






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