Archive for August, 2007
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
The New York Times has discovered a new claimant for the title of founder of Facebook.
Aaron Greenspan, a Harvard classmate of Mark Zuckerberg claims that he created the original college social networking system, before either Facebook or ConnectU were founded.
Mr. Greenspan is said to have established a web service that he called houseSYSTEM in 2003, [...]
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
We’ve always known that Google has wanted to challenge Microsoft’s desktop dominance in a number of areas, but to date we didn’t know that extended to gaming.
Hidden inside Google Earth is a secret Flight Simulator that takes full advantage of Google’s extensive satellite imagery.
To access the hidden feature, open Google Earth and hit Command+Option+A (note [...]
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
We’ve gotten an update on the controversial post we wrote earlier this month on the possible shutdown of the fourteen-month-old old Digg-clone Netscape. Too many AOL execs have had their eye on the Netscape.com domain name, which brings in 3 million or so page views per day. The most likely scenario - The current home [...]
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
We’ve gotten an update on the controversial post we wrote earlier this month on the possible shutdown of the fourteen-month-old old Digg-clone Netscape. Too many AOL execs have had their eye on the Netscape.com domain name, which brings in 3 million or so page views per day. The most likely scenario - The current home [...]
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
Wikipedia attracted a lot of attention earlier this week when Nikola Smolenski calculated how much paper it would take to print out the English entries in Wikipedia. Smolenski calculated that as of last September, Wikipedia’s English index of informative/controversial articles would fill about 750 400 page volumes. Under the assumption of a 6MB volume, the [...]
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
This news has been simmering for a while. When Ross Levinsohn (pictured left) resigned as the President of Fox Interactive Media late last year it was rumored that he intended to raise a large fund to acquire Internet startups. He soon partnered with Jonathan Miller, the former Chairman and CEO of America Online and the [...]
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
We are hosting a party in central London next week on Thursday, September 6 to support the Seedcamp event and to announce some TechCrunch UK news.
Most of the spots are reserved for Seedcamp attendees, but we are opening up 100 tickets to the public as well. To discourage no shows, we are charging a [...]
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
Photo credit: Trek Earth
Over the past year we
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
Photo credit: MontanaRavenSoil erosion runs far deeper than we might think. In fact, we could be looking at a “silent global crisis”
August 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
Photo credit: Malingering
We now know that chronic exposure to diacetyl, the artificial-flavoring chemical in microwavable popcorn, causes a debilitating and sometimes-fatal lung disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans, or “popcorn lungs.” But what’s an armchair cinephile with a jonesing for lightly puffed snacks to do?
It actually couldn’t be easier (or less inexpensive) to make your own at home, using popcorn kernels you might find in the bulk-foods section of your grocery store. Place a serving of kernels into a brown paper bag, smear some butter on the…
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