Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins
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Do Angel Investors Typically Charge to Present?
A developing story from /SAbackchan. For full discussion and information, click on through to the post. Do Angel Investors Typically Charge to Present? (http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/an-angel-investor-group-move-that-make-me-vomit.html) Brad Feld has an eye opening post about a trend on Angel investing – apparently it’s increasingly common for Angel groups to charge entreprenuers to present and pitch? From Feld’s post: ...
The Pirate Bay is Offline. Where are Our Collective Guts Hiding?
Update: By the time I finished this article, The Pirate Bay was already back up. I’d still encourage you to read it, because my damnation of their former host, Google, and Apple still stands. TorrentFreak and Frederic Lardinois at ReadWriteWeb both have good write-ups of the latest woe to strike BitTorrent search engine ThePirateBay. ...
Retweet.com vs. Tweetmeme.com: Embarrassing for Completely Different Reasons
Louis Gray early this morning put up a post entitled: “ReTweet.com’s Rip-off Of TweetMeme Is Embarrassing and Wrong.” In that post, he detailed the many, many ways that ReTweet has ripped off Tweetmeme – in the code they use, in the concept, in the layout, and even header titles. If you aren’t familiar with the ...
Mobile Monday: Mobile App News for Week of August 17th [Sean’s on Vacation Edition]
Sean P. Aune is taking a much-deserved vacation right now, so you’re stuck with the Mark Hopkins version of the Mobile Monday report. Sit down with your free McDonalds caffeinated beverage and enjoy, because this is as good as it’s going to get (at least until Sean comes back next week). Sean takes vacations once ...
Google, Apple and AT&T: Enough Blame to Go Around for Everyone
While most of the blogosphere was waiting with “baited breath,” as Jason Kinkaid put it this afternoon, I’d been on the phone all day trying to track own folks from Google, the FCC, Apple, TMobile, AT&T and Skype to get the scoop on what was going on from all angles. Yeah – rough afternoon for ...
Remember that Pirate Bay Acquisition? Yeah, That Might Not Be Happening Now.
Earlier this summer, the blogosphere was all a’buzz with the prospect of everyones’ favorite source for links illicit data files being sold to Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X. According to a report from CNet’s Greg Sandoval, that may not be happening now. The authorities that govern that Sweden’s stock markets have halted trading ...
Is Google Really In Trouble with the FCC…
A developing story from /SAbackchan. For full discussion and information, click on through to the post. Is Google Really In Trouble with the FCC and Skype? (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-08-20-google-internet-calls-apple_N.htm) John sent me this post from the USA Today – it’s all about everyone’s favorite kerfluffle with the whole Apple / AT&T v. Google over the Voice App. ...
Wolfram Alpha is Announcing Updates (htt…
A developing story from /SAbackchan. For full discussion and information, click on through to the post. Update: Techcrunch is reporting a deal with Bing. I’m not surprised as one of the commenters suggests WA really is bad in terms of user experience and that would suggest that they are going for a licence model. Wolfram ...
Broadband Studies Bear Out Common Sense [Head for the Hills]
Two studies set out today more or less confirm what conventional wisdom would tell you: broadband growth is quickest in rural areas, and rural areas with broadband access are likely to experience more job growth. The first study, on where broadband is growing quickest comes from Comscore, as reported by WebProNews’ Mike Sachoff: Rural markets ...
…As If You Needed More Reasons to Hate AT&T [#AT&Tfail]
I’ll be honest – I don’t have much of a problem with AT&T. I’ve had nothing but stellar service with the company since, several years ago, I found a way to game the system and be the first to get the fabled $10 DSL. I’ve since upgraded to AT&T’s UVerse service, which I was just ...
