3taps sues Craigslist to save the internet (no, seriously)

September 24, 2012 4:52 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Data harvester 3taps is countersuing Craigslist to save the internet. Believe it or not, that just might not be an overstatement.

"Craiglist was an innovator at one time," says 3taps chief executive Greg Kidd. "But time has moved on, and the concept of what the open web is today has evolved."

Stop complaining about Craigslist, you whiners

August 2, 2012 5:00 AM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

Craigslist has never done things the way Silicon Valley wants it to. Naturally, that makes people here furious.

Craigslist blocks one-man apartment-search startup PadMapper

June 22, 2012 7:33 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Craigslist has blocked apartment-finding site PadMapper. Chief executive Eric DeMenthon made the announcement today on the PadMapper blog that all Craiglist-sourced rentals are being deleted from the PadMapper database.

Silicon Valley luminaries protest SOPA in downtown San Francisco

January 18, 2012 2:39 PM Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff

Angel investor Ron Conway, Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, Craiglist founder Craig Newmark, and rapper MC Hammer spoke to a crowd of more than a hundred people today at an anti-SOPA protest in San Francisco.

One speaker who garnered a lot …

Founders of Reddit, Veoh and Craigslist join forces in anti-SOPA/PIPA discussion

January 17, 2012 10:03 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

In advance of testifying at a congressional hearing tomorrow, a group of technology industry leaders participated in a public discussion about the ill effects of the proposed SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy legislation.

The discussion, held in Washington D.C. today and …