We've heard several unconfirmed reports today that there have been mass firings at TheLadders in NYC. There are also several comments on Twitter including from one employee who posted some...

I've been to several startup pitch conferences the last couple of Septembers. I've found them to be stuffy, way overpriced, and let's not even talk about the controversy about who is in and who is...

The big Techmeme news last month in the was that the site opened its doors to tippers. Techmeme founder, and one of BusinessWeek's Top 25 most influential people on the Web, Gabe Rivera noted that...

Twitter API lead Alex Payne has announced that the company is looking for people to be part of a beta test of the OAuth support for Twitter. OAuth is described as, "An open protocol to allow...

I guess we can all say that Twitter has hit the mainstream. This afternoon reports have come in about a phishing scam which uses direct messages to push people to visit a site "access-logins.com"...

This morning Google announced the launch of Google DNS. Most of the early posts I read didn’t mention that this is a great way for Google to know EVERYTHING that you do online. Back in 2007, James Thomas attempted to use the Web without ever touching a...

On December 11th and 12th, the Open NY Forum will hold the first Open NY Summit. Looking at the structure of the event, it appears to be similar to a ”camp”. From the announcement, “City and state are the next frontier for open government.  New York...

In late 2008 all the rage was around people becoming advertising by selling parts of themselves for cash. No no I’m not talking about the paid twitter shilling that we see today. Two of the services that launched during this period were GirlInYourShirt...

Here are today’s startup and entrepreneurial updates: Skinnyr partners with BodyTrace for a net-connected, Skinnyr updated scale – Skinnyr RunKeeper News – Want to be a Beta Tester? – Runkeeper Welcome to the Hot Seat: Everything is your Fault! –...

Let me preface this post by noting that it has nothing to do with data portability. Earlier this year, an ad salesperson for a tech magazine left his job. He sent out an email to his contacts which I received noting that he was leaving effective at...