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Taken from an article by Red Herring
“We have controlled content in an advertiser-friendly environment,” said Spiralfrog founder and Chairman Joe Mohen, who appointed a new management team earlier this year after losing two senior executives, who are now consultants to Qtrax. “People were discovering music in one place and then downloading it somewhere else. Spiralfrog [...]

What’s the line from Good to Great about doing one thing really well, as opposed to trying to be all things to all people?
Oh yeah, Tivo isn’t great, and never will be. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve owned a Tivo, and think they’re pretty cute, but when you put the numbers to the paper, their [...]

Hopefully facebook has not forgotten its roots and is destined to become the center of drinking, poking, and general tom-foolery associated with college, and now recent graduate life.
Don’t get me wrong, I love to drink and party, and look at hot girls pictures on facebook as much as everyone else, but I also believe in [...]

Well apparently Apple hasn’t learned anything from their $200 price cut.
I purchased my iPhone on the first day, and even waited 5 hours to ensure I was one of the first to get my phone. Turns out this didn’t even matter, as friends were able to stroll in around 8pm and pick one up.
Regardless, I [...]

Well, I must admit it, I do love my pizza !
So does that mean I’m doomed to be overweight forever? Hardly.
I have two options:
Never eat pizza
Who likes this option? You’ll just end up depriving yourself as long as you can, and then you’ll burst and order like 5 pizzas and destroy any progress you’ve made, [...]

Well, it was a pretty exciting forum this year over at the Hollywood Roosevelt.
We had the usual cast of music industry major veterans like Alhby Galuten of Sony BMG and David Dorn of Warner toting the company line and pretty much refusing to answer any real questions about their companies and the future of the [...]

Well apparently there is an epidemic in the web 2.0 world, fat.
Not to be a cynic, but this should not be such a problem to people who are very successful.
There are a few components to a good life:

marriage, family, etc.
good career, successful
good health enabling fulfillment of your life

I’m assuming most of the people plagued by [...]

There's something liberating about living off of a blackberry.
I love to live as un-cluttered and stress free as possible. When flying I try to keep my packing to a minimal. I really wish I could push this even further and check my bags to let me experience the full benefits of free-living, but some airline [...]

Okay, so I’m in a relationship, so I obviously think myspace sucks.

Besides this caveat, how can people actually tolerate this trash? I probably get 3-4 “friend requests” each week from random female names, asking to be friends with me.

AS IF I would accept a friendship prosposal from some random girl (imagine how desperate this girl [...]