Want to know the value of being a “Suggested User” on Twitter? Jason Calacanis offered $250,000 to lock in that slot for two years. Twitter rejected the overture.
But TechCrunch has one of those coveted …

Google has covered Techmeme, VentureBeat, WebGuild, and others today amidst speculation that Google layoffs are coming… and 10,000 workers are affected.
Whether those rumors are wholly true (my clear hunch: no), I’ve noticed another clear economic …

I love Techmeme. And I’ve written as much many times before.
I also have noted that the Techmeme Headlines are increasingly being written by major blogs and brands. Meanwhile, other bloggers have written that Techmeme …

I spent the last few days at TechCrunch 50 and, while I won’t be present at the ‘award ceremony’, I’d like to predict the winner… both of which are not traditional Web 2.0 companies.
In …

VideoSurf: Scoble is blogging and video taping from the panel… very funny. The user interface really is impressive and allows for immediate search and browsing of moments and characters within a video (or set of …

AlfaBetic: Monetizing across languages. Not sure how / if this works… but scaling content across various languages is a big business (if done technically) for big companies like eBay that operate in dozens of countries. …

PersonalRIA
Mark Cuban: “I hate the idea but it still could work.” How do you vet investment advisors and protect from fraud?
Roelef: reminds me of Cake financial. You take advantage of sloth and greed: people want …

Best session of TechCrunch 50 so far… tons of innovation in the mobile space and it would have made sense to expand this ‘vertical’ with more companies.
MyTopia: Helping the mobile web play together. They are …

PersonalRIA
Mark Cuban: “I hate the idea but it still could work.” How do you vet investment advisors and protect from fraud?
Roelef: reminds me of Cake financial. You take advantage of sloth and greed: people want …

Tingz: cross platform widget system. Nice UI. I cannot get over the name Tingz - he keeps saying “you can share your Tingz with friends.” Quite confusing.
Don Dodge: getting adoption will be very difficult …

CopyBox - dynamic ads created with APIs / intelligence. They aren’t focused on small business - they are instead focused on ad agencies. *If they could focus on small business and make it consumer fronting*… …

FairSoftware - revenue sharing / structuring for small companies
Yammer - think Enterprise Twitter. Very slick UI. Reminds me of a slicker Trac / Collab. I love it. Very simple presentation but the product makes a …