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more about #valleywag Shadowlayer: I dont see why google has to buy this half-assed company thats only relevant to a few parts of the US and not that popular at all. A google version, ... more » youngmarblegiant: I'm a Yelp elite, and let me tell you it is really all about the free booze at the parties. You review a certain number of establishments and you get... more » contradicto: What's with the tiny Business Insider link at the bottom of this post? more » sfBirdie: Yelp is useful, but you have to read reviews with an open mind - especially in the Bay Area. Many of the 'Yelp Elite' reviewers take the title way to... more » DennyCrane: Boutros, Boutros, golly! more » raincoaster: The older Yelp gets, the more closely it resembles a cheesy freebie newspaper, the kind with 50-year-old jokes to keep the ad columns apart. The longe... more » resipsaloquacious: Henry Blodget? Really? more » Shadowlayer: 500M for a "company" nobody outside SF uses or even knows about... Thats it, google just went fucking retarded. more » Pope John Peeps II: Tech people seem to believe that the entire digital world is a brand new realm, whose laws and fiats they can cavalierly disregard, or invent to their... more » BowlingForDollars: This may sound lame, but I have Creative Commons on all of my material on Facebook. If they make it available in search, isn't that exploiting my "wor... more » CumaeanSibyl: A lot of times, when something that awful happens, it doesn't sink in all at once. You're numb, and your first instinct is to keep doing the things yo... more » Magister: Re: Penelope Trunk I'm not even bothering to fake the lie - The computer I'll be buying this Christmas will be for me, so that the kids can have the ... more » GooberSaysHey: Kevin Smith is the ultimate (disgusting) oversharer. Ever seen that filmed speech he gave detailing the first time he nailed his wife? Ick. more » MyNameIsChris: Re: Avatar Is twittering reviews on films you didn't see the new blogging reviews about films you haven't seen? more » econdave: "Gilfriend"? She's a fish? more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: "Nominally married?" Is that like a barely civil union? more » ArleenCabango: had this merely been a message about her son dying, it wouldn't bother me. but there are realms of tweets all the time by this woman. tons of them on ... more » fuzzymuffins: martha, how much for the matching set of housekeepers? will they be available in chartreuse and linen? more » SidAndFinancy: Thank goodness for that Gateway settlement; I need to sell my own personal information to feed my Phonics jones. more » ArdelisDeeson: Wow, is it time to treat women like subhuman shit again? George Carlin must be smiling in his grave. more » -
#branding
Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
Stop everything, The Internet: AOL is now Aol. Whether superimposed on a fish or a hand or just some swirly crap, this logo makes the bold statement: We can no longer afford capital letters. [Ad Age] -
#feuds
Ousted Twitter Co-Founder's Twitter Derivative Has a Hometown
It's easy to get the idea Jack Dorsey is acting out a revenge fantasy. Fired one year ago as CEO of his brainchild Twitter, Dorsey now says he's planning a startup with "similar ideas" — right in Twitter's back yard. More » -
#wtf
The Wisconsin Tourism Federation finally renamed itself, so when bored in Milwaukee, don't ask WTF.
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#foursquare
Code Theft Allegations Can't Stop iPhone Bubble
Foursquare has raised its first venture capital investment, and it couldn't have been easy: There are persistent rumors the social networking company stole its code from Google. Plus, it wanted to invest the money in a domain name. Ooof. More » -
#branding
CocoPerez: Perez Hilton's Sad Bid for Legitimacy
It's not officially launched, but Perez Hilton sporadically allowed access this morning to his new publication for discerning 26-year-old women. Intended to class up the internet cockroach's image, the new site looks like it will just dilute his sleazy reputation.
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#videuhoh
New Hobo Radio Shack Name Already Forgotten
In an effort to promote different sorts of jokes about its uselessness, Radio Shack is rebranding as "The Shack." Don't tell that to the guy being paid to promote the new name. More » -
#printisdead
GQ Decides This 'Internet' Not a Fad, Obtains 'Website'
Condé Nast editors used to be too fancy to bother with the grubby Web; they dumped all their content onto online junkyards. Greed and petty jealousy, though, have turned them into true believers, and they want their "websites" now, please. More » -
#advertising
Perez Hilton's New Site to Showcase His Sensitive, Thoughtful Side
Perez Hilton is launching a new website, his advertising agent reports, to "focus on longer-form, more advertiser-friendly content." Meaning, presumably, that the celebrity gossip can finally unleash his fearsome intellect. More » -
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#branding
The Sultriest Wall Street Journal Headcut Ever
The Wall Street Journal is fronting its new "Speakeasy" website with perhaps the sultriest headcut it has ever run, a stipple portrait of hotshot young reporter Rebecca Dana. At least the paper nailed one part of it's blogging strategy! More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
Web Ego Map
Sure, the fourth "Web Trend Map" from branding firm Information Architects is a nifty piece of graphic design. But that's not what makes it viral. More » -
#synergy
Becoming A Brand: Pointless
One of the biggest brand-called-you practitioners is calling the whole notion into question. Tech pundit Sarah Lacy publishes in four or five media and wonders what the point is. More »
