Links 9-7-11: No more Arrington?, Krug on Bitcoin, Sextortion

September 07 Comments Off on Links 9-7-11: No more Arrington?, Krug on Bitcoin, Sextortion Category: Actual, Links

CNN Money is reporting that Michael Arrington, possibly in reaction to his call for TechCrunch’s editorial independence, has been fired from AOL

Why Allbritton was right to short-circuit TBD.

March 07 Comments Off on Why Allbritton was right to short-circuit TBD. Category: Blogging, Feed, HackText

Someone realized that TBD was doing the worst thing in the world for Allbritton, telling the competition that they could compete. The cut-backs issued to Allbritton Communication’s grand experiment TBD were surprising. First the outlet cut community profit-sharing, than Allbritton paired the organization down to just a website and put it under the purview of […]

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Links 2-17-11:Bahrain, WP plugins, The Coca-Cola secret is out

February 17 Comments Off on Links 2-17-11:Bahrain, WP plugins, The Coca-Cola secret is out Category: Actual, Links

The latest revolution is in Bahrain, with protests exploding in the capital Manama. Find out more, along with the rest of the internet’s coolest links.

Links 2-15-11: HuffPo serfs you, Rhapsody causes discord, #netneutrality

February 15 Comments Off on Links 2-15-11: HuffPo serfs you, Rhapsody causes discord, #netneutrality Category: Actual, Links

Apple has caused waves by launching App Store subscriptions for developers. This allows people to run apps with regular subscription costs, much the same way The Daily, an iPad newspaper-thing, does.