Roundup: Spreadtweet, Windows Live, and more

Roundup: Spreadtweet, Windows Live, and more

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Tungle launches web service for scheduling meetings — More on Web Worker Daily.

App lets Tweeters fake a work ethic What’s better than scheduling meetings online? Tricking your boss into thinking you’re working on an Excel spreadsheet when you’re really using Twitter! This productivity feigning app looks like… Continue Reading

Roundup: Ashton’s new show, Woz’s new company and more

Roundup: Ashton’s new show, Woz’s new company and more

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Pansonic lays off 15,000: The consumer electronics giant shed 5 percent of its work force. It joins NEC, Sony, Hitachi and other Japanese companies in announcing major layoffs.

Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Media teams up with Slide on new series — The show, called KatalystHQ,… Continue Reading

TC50: Ashton Kutcher thinks online content and television are merging and Blah Girls is a part of that

TC50: Ashton Kutcher thinks online content and television are merging and Blah Girls is a part of that

Original video content online has a stigma attached to it. Although it is original, it’s generally thought to be a lower form of content than the stuff made in Hollywood. While that used to be because much of it was user generated or amateur content,… Continue Reading

TC50: Ashton Kutcher speaks about the opportunities for creators in online video

Blah Girls, a cartoon and web site that features a group of teenage girls discussing pop culture, launched at the TechCrunch50 conference earlier today. It’s part of a Los Angeles-based media startup that actor Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg started in 2005, called Katalyst Media…. Continue Reading