Topix quietly builds momentum in small towns
The lament of newspapers has become familiar by now: With readers moving online, the once community-binding dailies are falling apart, losing both readers and advertisers. That’s especially true for small town papers. But a growing site called Topix is picking up where they’ve left off,… Continue Reading
The dirt on Amazon, Steve Jobs, Topix, Fatdoor, MySpace, VC tax and more
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Amazon’s odd and scary patent — First, Amazon rolled out a product called Mechancial Turk (image left), where people do tasks for you that a machine couldn’t perform. Strange name, we thought, but nicely couched in history, and the people still ruled. But… Continue Reading