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Sweetbread Piccata iPhone App Makes the Twitterati Go Chris Brown
Why isn't there, like, an iPhone app that does all your actual work so you can spend your day chatting with friends on Twitter? Touré, Courtney Hazlett, and Kurt Andersen puzzled over similar questions: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by l'analogie: When I read the headline, I read "Sweetbread Picatta" as an exclamation, e.g. "cool" or "awesome", and it amused me... 1 Responses | Other threads
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The Twitterati Are All Over the Place
Are all the Twitterers headed to the SXSW festival, like Digg's Kevin Rose? Actually, no! Here's where Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin, Salon.com edi-bore Joan Walsh, and Politico's Patrick Gavin recorded their time-wasting thoughts: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by swagv: This regular feature has the same "Weee! Look at me, I'm on Twitter!" virtues as all those "Weee! Look at... 1 Responses | Other threads
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caption contest
Shhh! I'm reading about the keynote!
The most telling photo from Gizmodo's live coverage at Apple's Cupertino product launch event today. I promise you this: If Apple PR ever goofs and lets Valleywag into a freaking Steve Jobs keynote, I'll keep my MacBook closed, turn off Twitter, and pay attention to The Man. Can you think of a better caption for this photo? Leave it in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: WagCurious, for "You must be this tall to ride Alex Albrecht." (Photo by Gizmodo)
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By Paul BoutinComment by kfury: Shhh! I'm reading about the keynote! 1 Responses | Other threads
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Engadget editor admits to creating "Boycott Gizmodo" site
Know that old saying "keep your friends close and your enemies closer"? Former Engadget editor Ryan Block has put it into practice by tapping former Gizmodo editor Brian Lam — now the site's editorial director — to help advise them on their new gadget startup gdgt. In doing so, Block has ended — or at least set aside — a long-term gadget-blog rivalry which frothed with animosity. (Gizmodo, like Valleywag, is published by Gawker Media.) At times, the competition got dirty — like the time Block created an anonymous blog slamming Lam for a post about the iPhone. More »
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With Engadget nemesis gone, Gizmodo editor soft-retires
After two years at the helm of the gadget blog, Gizmodo editor Brian Lam has gotten himself kicked upstairs. The former Wired staffer will now focus on live event coverage as an assistant managing editor for our mutual parent company, Gawker Media. Lam will also retain an "editorial director" title at Gizmodo — I'm not sure what that means except someone's been reading too many Condé Nast mastheads. Lam became a gadget-geek cult hero for his aggressive competition with former Engadget editor Ryan Block, who split last month to launch a startup called GDGT. (Lam's even helping Block out as an advisor.) Here's an excerpt of the announcement from Gawker's internal mailing list. More »
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By Paul BoutinComment by MikeHerbst: "The former Wired staffer will now focus on live event coverage[...]" Does this mean we can can continue to look forward... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Facebook exposes its advertisers to trolls
New Facebook ads play video and allow user comments. Inside Facebook's Justin Smith gushes over the new format, saying it has the "potential to drive much more engagement than any ad product on the site ever before has." Though that's not saying much, considering Facebook ads' notoriously low click through rates, we're still skeptical. Except for Valleywag's, of course, Internet commenters are trolls who hate life. Exposing Madison Avenue's clients to them is not going to make brands more comfortable advertising on Facebook. There's also precedent. Gadget blog Engadget, which for its size, does much better than Facebook with advertising, tried allowing users to comment on ads back in 2005. Called "Focus Ads," the product no longer exists. -
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Engadget editor officially gone next month
"I've decided to step down as editor of this publication in late August so as to start a new company," writes Engadget editor Ryan Block, confirming earlier rumors. In theory, his replacement is ready. In practice, having worked with the guy, I'm sure it's going to be tough to match his 24x7 obsession with winning at everything. Here's the newsy part of Block's goodbye post: More »
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By Paul BoutinComment by I'm Waitin' for Dolemite: I swear I thought he had long stringy "Fall Out Boy" hair well good for him then more » | Other threads
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Engadget's top editor leaving for vague new startup
Ryan Block, the perpetually-in-hyperdrive head of consumer electronics superblog Engadget, is quitting the site after two years to launch a new site with his predecessor, blog millionaire and RCRD LBL founder Peter Rojas. A TechCrunch report stops short of further facts, but correctly dismisses the notion that Block's plans can be reverse-engineered by looking up the 39 domain names he owns — do you really believe Mr Always-On didn't think of that angle? More »
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By Paul BoutinComment by Paul Boutin: You had the gig until you asked for too much money. I'm serious. more » | Other threads
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Blogger nominates himself for CEO of Motorola's cell-phone spinoff
Engadget editor Ryan Block, noting that Motorola is struggling to find a leader for its cell-phone business, volunteers for the job. [Engadget]
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By Owen ThomasComment by sample032: Shit- I almost nominated myself for Yahoo CEO, only my two year track record of incompetence didn't seem disappointing enough... more » | Other threads
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blogging for dollars
Gizmodo vs. Engadget in Wired — the 100-word version
The April issue of Wired has a lengthy piece on gadget blogs. Most of the focus is on Gizmodo (disclosure: Valleywag is owned by Gawker Media, parent company to Gizmodo) and the rise of the gadget blogs in influence and reach. It's worth a read, but if you're too busy frantically reloading Engadget and Gizmodo to read the whole thing, we've tagged the high points below. More »
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Comment by Nicholas Carlson: @BEAVERTON_HUSTLA: DRINK! YEAH BOY YEAH DRINK IT. DRINK IT. YEAH GULP IT DOWN. Yeah. just like that. yeah, that's good... more » | Other threads
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superficial
Internet commenter points out Ryan Block prettier than Moby
The commenter who has it out for Engadget editor-in-chief Ryan Block is emailing us again. The scandalous newsflash he has for us? That Block shaves his head, making him look a bit like the singer Moby. If you ask us, Moby looks like a much less handsome Ryan Block. (Photo by livedigitally)
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By Owen ThomasComment by yelohbird: why won't anyone confirm to me if the dude in this pic is ryan block?[gizmodo.com] more » | Other threads
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If this tip about Engadget's Ryan Block were in English, I bet it would be interesting
We tried to translate a tip, above, about some comment purportedly deleted by Engadget editor-in-chief Ryan Block, but we failed. Maybe it's revealing enough as is — about the would-be Engadget commenter, not Block. Click to expand the email. More » -
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Valleywag editor hates technology
In an effort to fight off the rise of the machines, Valleywag editor Owen Thomas knocked over a monitor that cost more than his salary (that's just our little joke, Owen doesn't have a salary) at the NewTeeVee conference held by his former writer Om Malik. Former Valleywag target Ryan Block, editor of Valleywag owner Gawker Media's blog Gizmodo competitor Engadget, took this photo of the aftermath with all the love in his heart.
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By Nick DouglasComment by pepelicious: Meanwhile on the other side of the room... that scene is reminiscent of something more » | Other threads
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rcrd lbl
Engadget founder and newly married uberhipster Peter Rojas's Internet-only music label RCRD LBL will launch this November. Creative director Elliot Aronow parrots what little has been revealed of the venture: a network of ad-supported online music labels and blogs offering free, exclusive music from artist both famous and unknown. He should have thrown in "It's like a filtered YouTube" for good measure. [PSFK] -
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Has Boing Boing sold out?
Did Boing Boing, Digg and Engadget bloggers get paid to appear in Virgin America's ads? Who cares! Bloggers don't believe in the complicated conflict-of-interest rules of traditional news reporters, any more than rappers care about classic rock's stance against "selling out." Virgin, Microsoft and other household names don't need to pay famous-for-the-Internet people to appear in their marketing campaigns. Bloggers do it for the far more valuable quid pro quo of being associated with a bigger brand. Be honest: You would, too. -
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Xeni Jardin, Kevin Rose, and friends get in bed with Virgin
After wooing San Francisco at its hub airport, Virgin America has enlisted seven Internet heroes to pitch the new airline. Seen here are Xeni Jardin, Cory Doctorow, David Pescovitz, and Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing; Peter Rojas of Engadget; and Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose of Diggnation. You can see them in these Virgin cartoon spots, which are like C-minus episodes of Sealab 2021.
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By Nick DouglasComment by Magister: "Virgin America's Virgin Americans"? And, if you recognize the cartoon depictions of these bloggers, you really should consider stepping away from... more » | Other threads
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media
Did Reuters steal an Engadget photo?
Gadget blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo pride themselves on getting photos of new cell phones and MP3 players before anyone else — even the lightning-fast wire services. And to protect their scoops, they've taken to watermarking their photos. A wise practice. Reuters has apparently run, uncredited, a composite image, above, incorporating three watermarked photos from a post that ran last week on Engadget detailing Verizon Wireless's new holiday line. Product photos are generally seen as fair game by gadget bloggers, of course — but for Reuters to carry Engadget's watermark but not acknowledge the blog in any fashion seems not just ungracious but clueless. (Photos by Engadget, not Reuters)
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By Owen ThomasComment by kpaul: I was gonna say, I'm pretty sure those photos are originally from Verizon's site... K. Paul Mallasch more » | Other threads
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Who's really winning the gadget-blog war?
Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton, the owner of this site and my worthy predecessor as its editor, has weighed in triumphantly on the battle of the gadget blogs, declaring his Gizmodo site the winner in its heated competition with Engadget, the rival site started by founding Gizmodo editor Peter Rojas and now owned by AOL. The last time I covered this fight, I was working at Business 2.0, and an ostensibly neutral party. And so I got a fusillade from all sides. Scarred from that experience, and hardly neutral now, I'm not going to comment, save to observe that in the days to come, you're sure to hear an elaborate, exhausting point-counterpoint from Gizmodo and Engadget about international licensees, traffic-counting methodologies, and so on and so forth. Trust me, you won't want to hear it. And anyway, I'm more interested in my boss's obvious, embarrassing gaffe. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by masteryoda: Strangely no comments from Jason yet. Way to go Gizmodo. more » | Other threads
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Engadget factchecks Gizmodo on Apple rumors
Chastened by the $4 billion loss it inflicted on Apple shares in May, Engadget has started more rigorous factchecking. Of other blogs. Our sister site Gizmodo was taken in by a fraudulent tipster — a 16-year-old Australian with the same name as a Google product manager, which lent his email just enough credibility for a Gizmodo writer to run it. Editor Brian Lam, embarrassed, issued a complete retraction. Boy, do I know how that feels. Of course, Gizmodo's item ran on a Sunday, when it couldn't affect the public markets — and the minor Apple hardware updates promised in the faux tip were unlikely to move the stock, in any event. Memo to my Gizmodo colleagues: Next time you screw up, try to make it matter a bit more, will you?
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By Owen ThomasComment by Brian Lam: @weatherman: Weatherman, I had no part in this post. I don't really care about what other sites are writing, VW... more » | Other threads
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netscape
Netscape Beta: Engadget's new ad outlet
UPDATE: This item was, in fact, pretty lame, as Netscape does run Gawker Media stories just like any other. (No idea about Phonescoop, you'll have to ask blogger Eric Lin.) More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by JasonCalacanis: Little Nicky: Just checked Netscape and their are Kotaku and Gizmodo stories all over the place... take a look around. more » | Other threads
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Attention WiN bloggers: help Ryan Block hush up a story
Weblogs, Inc. bloggers, this is just a reminder in case you didn't get Engadget editor Ryan Block's memo yesterday. You know, regarding that Engadget vs. Gear Live "please amend your video" incident. An employee was kind enough to pass this on: More » -
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AOL's Jason Calacanis and Engadget editor harass small-time tech blogger
So that's how Engadget gets its exclusives! When Engadget managing editor Ryan Block showed up five minutes late to a multi-outlet press event with Microsoft Xbox exec Peter Moore, he must have seen blogger Andru Edwards filming the interview. But when Andru later posted the video on Engadget competitor Gear Live, Ryan sent Andru a little note. Andru quotes on his blog: More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Jason Murphy: Engadget had a video camera there too. Were the upset because the other camera in the room ran an unedited... more » | Other threads
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Engadget's Ryan Block: "This isn't an exclusive?"
AOL gizmo blog Engadget ain't no small-town outlet, and managing editor Ryan Block don't wanna share his subjects. That's why, when Block and crew walk into an in-conference press event with Microsoft XBox exec Peter Moore (five minutes late) and see other bloggers (including tech heavyweight Chris Pirillo), Block mumbles, "Oh, this isn't an exclusive." You can hear him five minutes into this video on tech blog Gear Live. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Veronica: haven't you heard of Catdog? http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/toonroom/catdog/images/catc.... more » | Other threads
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