Tech Town, NC

Twitter, an absolute obsession, nay, a way of life for some, is not even on the radar for many people outside Silicon Valley. The root of this lies in the fact that Silicon Valley is the first to know about new technology, either by word of mouth or by targeting of PR and marketing […]

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Marc Andreesson has a truly sunny post today about the outlook for startups in a post YHOO world. Some people are bemoaning the potential loss of a silicon valley stalwart that helped set the playful tone for companies that came after it, especially one that did so much for the advancement of exclamation points […]

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If you haven’t heard of SeeMeWin.com, then you probably haven’t heard of anything like it either. The premise is simple - watch people scratch lotto tickets, 24/7, hence the name See Me Win. The obvious question is, why in the world would I want to watch that?
Before we answer that, let’s take a […]

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This report from the NY Times does the (dis)service of bringing Adblock Plus into the mainstream, informing all the Mom & Dad internet users out there that they can block advertising on any website. The article itself presents somewhat of a paradox, in that it is reporting on Adblock as a “niche” add-on for […]

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Michael Arrington and Ted Murphy, of TechCrunch and PayPerPost, respectively, are engaged in another round of finger-pointing publicity. The post that started today’s debate can be found here .
Mike, as is well known, thinks PayPerPost is a corrupting force in the blogging community, warping the will of the (arguably) noble blogger. Mike is […]

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Raleigh-based Real Cities Network announced on Tuesday it will sell online advertising for an additional 51 newspapers owned by the Media News Group, adding to the 31 MNG newspapers already represented by Real Cities. With this agreement Real Cities now sells ads for all 82 newspaper website operated by the Media News Group.
This agreement […]

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With the news this week that Business 2.0 may be shutting its doors after the September issue the tech community is starting to feel for the fortunes of the old guard of Print Publishers (Yes, in the tech community a 7 year old publication counts as the “old guard”). In these heady days of […]

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