Announcing Dogpatch Labs Palo Alto & Europe
September 29, 2011 – 8:27 am | 349 Comments

In early September, we got the unfortunate news that the San Francisco Port Authority was closing Pier 38 (home to Dogpatch Labs San Francisco).

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Starbucks Takes to London Streets to Promote Starbucks Via
March 25, 2009 – 9:51 am | 339 Comments
Starbucks Takes to London Streets to Promote Starbucks Via

A little more than a month ago, I wrote about Starbucks new instant coffee: the Starbucks Via. My free samples have since arrived and I plan to do a review once I prepare and taste …

NCAA + iPhone Apps = Great Productivity
March 19, 2009 – 9:48 am | 242 Comments
NCAA + iPhone Apps = Great Productivity

The future is here.
And it’s on the iPhone.

Facebook Connects Comes to iPhone, Game-Changing
March 14, 2009 – 2:14 pm | 267 Comments
Facebook Connects Comes to iPhone, Game-Changing

The best iPhone Apps are those that engage across other properties beyond the iPhone. Zynga, SGN, Playfish and others iPhone power-developers have done a brilliant job of those. For most though, building cross-platform, socially-aware applications …

Adam Carolla’s Podcast: 1M Downloads… Radio, XM Officially Dead?
February 28, 2009 – 6:27 pm | 1,652 Comments
Adam Carolla’s Podcast: 1M Downloads… Radio, XM Officially Dead?

Last week, Adam Carolla transitioned from national radio talk show host. His contract with CBS prevents him from returning to radio (supposedly through 2009) – and in exchange, he is paid handsomely in the meantime.
So …

Perez Hilton Hits 14,000,000 Pageviews Yesterday. Wow.
February 24, 2009 – 2:11 pm | 738 Comments

You might not be interested in celebrity news and gossip…
You might not consider it important or meaningful…
But to the web, it is significant and marks a major move in the Digital Media space.
I’ve written …

Gawker Rolls Up Defamer & Valleywag… Chasing Huffington Post?
February 22, 2009 – 3:19 pm | 3 Comments
Gawker Rolls Up Defamer & Valleywag… Chasing Huffington Post?

In my 20 Digital Media Projections for 2009, I stated that there would be a handful of other major sites racing into that space that Huffington Post and The DailyBeast have successfully created.
Today comes …

Facebook Photo’s Remarkable Growth – Did iPhone App Play a Role?
February 22, 2009 – 1:13 pm | 422 Comments

According to ComScore (and via TechCrunch), Facebook Photos is running away from the nearest competitors: Photobucket, Flickr and Picasa (in that order).

Facebook has been the space’s leader for over a year, but the gap …

Starbucks VIA: Introducing Starbucks’ Instant Brewed Coffee
February 18, 2009 – 10:39 am | 390 Comments
Starbucks VIA: Introducing Starbucks’ Instant Brewed Coffee

It looks as though Starbucks is chasing the instant coffee market… which is typically aimed at bargain, price-based shoppers (far cheaper than getting a $2-$4 coffee in the stores). Convenience is also a factor as …

Perez Hilton Asks for Facebook “Boycott” Amidst Content Ownership Controversy
February 16, 2009 – 4:55 pm | 289 Comments
Perez Hilton Asks for Facebook “Boycott” Amidst Content Ownership Controversy

The buzz on a slow Monday of tech news is around Facebook and who owns the content uploaded / created by their users.

But lost in this is that Perez Hilton covered it early this …

beRecruited Helps Bemidji State Football Recruiting Class
February 16, 2009 – 12:46 pm | 419 Comments
beRecruited Helps Bemidji State Football Recruiting Class

beRecruited continues to have great press. Today’s Bemidji Pioneer and Post-Bulletin describes how beRecruited helped the Bemidji State’s football program recruit players from across the nation:

In this Feb. 4 photo, Bemidji State head football coach …

NBA Borrows $175M for 15 Teams ($11.66M Each)
February 16, 2009 – 12:39 pm | 200 Comments
NBA Borrows $175M for 15 Teams ($11.66M Each)

Professional sports are not immune to the economic downturn.
We saw the Arena Football League close indefinitely.
MLB free agents are signing shorter, smaller deals (except for Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia).
And several NBA teams are shopping …

Sony Closes Metreon Playstation Store
February 16, 2009 – 12:28 pm | 171 Comments
Sony Closes Metreon Playstation Store

Sign of the economic apocalypse part 153:
Sony’s landmark Metreon Playstation store is closing.
I walk by the Sony Metreon every day on my way to and from work. And I have certainly noticed the decline in …