Archive for the “TechCrunch” category
Review: DropBox — An Awesomely Simple And Elegant Online Storage Solution
by Tony Hung on March 11, 2008
So, this is a quick review, mostly because DropBox is getting Digged, TechCrunched and Redditted all at the same time — and I’m finally allowed to blog about it, as they’ve dropped their request they bloggers not do so. I’ve (…)
The Why’s And Wherefore’s Of Taking On TechCrunch
by Tony Hung on February 21, 2008
Interesting debate today — for a small period of time — BubbleGeneration’s Umair Haque leveled some interesting assertions at Mikey A et al. over at TechCrunch, and subsequently took the post down … but was then put up again, in (…)
The Truth About Viral And Social Marketing? Its All About The Sock Puppets.
by Tony Hung on November 22, 2007
Over at TechCrunch a guest poster, Dan Acker Greenburg, has revealed how the company he works for creates viral videos on YouTube. Go and read the details, but it basically boils down to marketing tricks, and less to do with (…)
Google Readying Facebook Killer?
by Tony Hung on September 21, 2007
Even though the Google top secret conference had its members sign NDAs, that hasn’t stopped at least three of them from blabbing to Mike “Mr. Access” Arrington about it. Details of course at TechCrunch, but it sounds like Google is (…)
Is TechCrunch Still A “Blog”?
by Tony Hung on September 21, 2007
In a bit of blogging-centric news, TechCrunch has recently hired Erick Schonfeld as its co-editor, Mr. Schonfeld being the former editor of the late Business 2.0 magazine. It does beg the question with the hiring earlier this year of Heather (…)
TechCrunch 40 Experts — Too Many Paula Abduls’, Not Enough Simon Cowells’?
by Tony Hung on September 18, 2007
So, I’m not at TechCrunch40, although it seems like a great time. I like Allen Stern’s coverage of the event, which is over here, and what’s interesting is the observation that none of the experts were all that critical. Now, (…)
Mozilla Prez Insults Intelligence Of Firefox Users Worldwide, Denies Bloat In Firefox.
by Tony Hung on September 16, 2007
In what has to be either the most: a) insulting b) drug-induced c) stupidest d) all of the above … statement of the year on Firefox, Mozilla President (of Europe) in a recent interview with TechCrunch UK has gone on (…)