Topix quietly builds momentum in small towns

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

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