PayPerPost, which pays bloggers to write, gets $7M more

PayPerPost, which pays bloggers to write, gets $7M more

PayPerPost, the site that pays bloggers to write content about advertisers, and then gets paid by those advertisers, has raised $7 million more in financing.

This is a controversial site (see our earlier coverage. Bloggers writing rave reviews about products can sway readers into thinking that… Continue Reading

Roundup: Jobs misled, VoIP on Blackberry, Zude, Twitter grows, more

Roundup: Jobs misled, VoIP on Blackberry, Zude, Twitter grows, more

Apple’s Steve Jobs dealt setback — Former Apple finance chief Fred Anderson now says Apple chief executive Steve Jobs misled him about stock option accounting. Story here, and statement by Anderson here. Question: Will this bring down Jobs?

Ram Shriram weighs in on FCC vote on wireless… Continue Reading

Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more

Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more

Here’s the latest wrap-up of Silicon Valley tech news:

Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name — Who cares? If Apple loses, it will come up with a different name. Like, ApplePhone, or iPodPhone. Details of suit.

Yahoo signs deal with Akimbo to deliver video to televisions — Just the… Continue Reading

PayPerPost acquires access to 28,000 bloggers of Performancing.com

PayPerPost acquires access to 28,000 bloggers of Performancing.com

PayPerPost, the controversial start-up that lets advertisers pay bloggers for writing positive pieces about them, has acquired assets of Performancing.com — giving it access to about 28,000 bloggers.

The bloggers are mostly individuals with small blogs who may feel vulnerable enough to consider PayPerPost’s enticing,… Continue Reading

West Coast vs. East Coast — West is drubbing East, in modesty too

West Coast vs. East Coast — West is drubbing East, in modesty too

Here’s another story (Mercury News) about the differences between the venture and start-up communities on the East and West coasts.

Separately, note that the most ridiculous examples of self-absorbtion do not necessarily hail from Silicon Valley, as some might assume.

The start-up that filmed itself… Continue Reading

PayPerPost tests your ethics, & Edelman’s fake blog for Wal-Mart

PayPerPost tests your ethics, & Edelman’s fake blog for Wal-Mart

PayPerPost is a Florida start-up that lets bloggers get paid for writing about products and other companies.

It has just got $3 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture firm Draper Fisher Jurveston and others.

People have said this is a controversial company, because regular readers… Continue Reading