Tech Town, NC

TechCrunch swears by it. AppScout mocks it. So what’s the real story? Is twitter a digg killer? A flash in the pan? Or is it something else entirely?
On the AppScout side there are some compelling numbers in digg’s favor. They cite a popular PC Mag article which received 38,069 [...]

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There has been a flurry of press lately about, ehhh, how to save the press. At fault, of course is the nefarious internet and scheming bloggers. The most earnest and conversation-stirring of these articles comes from a cover article by Walter Isaacson, former Managing Editor of TIME and current President of the Apsen [...]

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Boxee, the free, open-source software that turns your TV into a socially-networked media hub, recently launched the Windows Alpha version of their software and I am lucky enough to be a part of it. Upon some testing of it my overall impression is very good, but the service raises all kinds of questions that [...]

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In an updated to the last post, Lulu PR has confirmed rumors that they have acquired weRead. Lulu would not release details of the transaction but said it was more strategically motivated than monetarily (presumably, though, their strategy does include money…). Anyway, they went on to describe the move as for the “benefit [...]

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This is not breaking news, but one of the Triangle’s most successful tech startups, Motricity, is moving their headquarters at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham for the greener pastures of Bellevue, Washington. Motricity has been both a symbol of the kind of success tech companies can have in the Triangle area, and of [...]

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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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Ryan Allis, the Triangle area wunderkind, iContact CEO, and host of some of the best meetups in the land wants to add another item to his resume – Bestselling Author. Ryan’s written a book called “Zero to One Million” about how he built a company (two companies actually) to the level of $1 million [...]

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I finally got around to trying out my beta Hulu account and, I have to say, it’s pretty damn good. The initial reaction to the venture was, of course, skeptical, but now people seem to be coming around. It’s even been nominated for best video site by the Crunchies.
The key for [...]

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