Remember the Center for Copyright Information? If not, they’re the guys running the “six strikes” plan to prevent pirates from stealing content on the Internet. Well, that’s the idea, at any rate, the reality is apparently much different. But they’ve currently got a bigger problem than teenagers stealing Iron Man 3; the government just straight up revoked their status as a company. Read the rest of this entry »
Well it’s official. The rumors were true. Yahoo! has acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion. In a statement, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer said, “Yahoo is the Internet’s original media network. Tumblr is the Internet’s fastest-growing media frenzy. Both companies are homes for brands – established and emerging.”
In a separate statement, Tumblr founder David Karp said…
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing. So what’s new? Simply, Tumblr gets better faster. The work ahead of us remains the same – and we still have a long way to go! – but with more resources to draw from.
He ended the statement by signing off, “F*ck yeah, David.”
Facebook is spending a not-inconsiderable sum of money to make clicking the site’s “Like” button a protected form of speech. So much so that they’ve appealed a ruling against the concept and are currently making arguments in front of a federal appeals court. But why is Facebook, a company that regularly engages in actions that border on privacy supervillainy, suddenly so dedicated to free speech? Read the rest of this entry »
This stock photo might be the album cover.
You mostly remember Andrew Mason, if at all, for being fired from Groupon. To Mason’s credit, he was honest about his failings and didn’t try to run some line of B.S. about it. And he showed a considerable sense of humor, something we’re kind of hoping extends to the album he’s just announced. Read the rest of this entry »
So there’s apparently this nifty site kids are using these days called Tumblr. It can’t be that great if they can’t even spell the word right, am I right? Well, the big wigs at Yahoo are desperately trying to dump their money into some venue to jumpstart their brand and it looks like Tumblr may be just the ticket. But according to GigaOM, those greedy bastards at Facebook also want in. Read the rest of this entry »
Bitcoin is a fascinating experiment, albeit one that has a lot of volatility and one that attracts the attention of extremely unsavory characters as well as Internet libertarians. But the currency is currently dealing with a fairly important setback in the form of a major exchange, Mt. Gox, being in serious trouble with the US Government. Here’s what’s going on, and why. Read the rest of this entry »
Most of the time, corporate announcements are boring. Slight changes are made to products, buzzwords are mouthed, people walk away mildly informed.
Google, on the other hand, apparently felt the need to drop some bombs, because they did. Read the rest of this entry »
We’d use another gesture, but this is a family website.
Watching a grown man become slowly more enraged and infuriated over a relatively minor annoyance is always funny. But one Australian has turned it into an art form with ‘I Don’t Want Your F***ing App’. Read the rest of this entry »
Spotify has had no shortage of bad news recently. But this probably ranks up there: Google has apparently had a breakthrough with two more major music labels to launch the music streaming services it has planned. Read the rest of this entry »
