Facebook Fax

Facebook and TechCrunch had a contentious relationship during our feistier years that culminated with them deploying a feature called Facebook Fax — to TechCrunch employees only. As the name implied, Facebook Fax let you send a photo to...

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Piracy at the VEVO Powerstation

Remember when the big record labels tried to drive fear into the hearts of fledgling music pirates by suing regular people — grandmas included — for life-crushing sums of money? A decade later, the record companies threw...

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The Burned-Out Blogger’s Guide to PR

“A seriously brilliant book and one that I just bought and read in one sitting.” “One of my favorite books this year. Must read for every entrepreneur.” “Incredible insights. Best PR book I’ve read.” Not-fake Reviews Get...

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Evernote responds

Wow. Two days ago I published Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant, recounting the ongoing issues I’ve had with the service (and, more recently, serious incidents of data loss). The response has been staggering: over a hundred comments on...

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Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

To say this post pains me would be an understatement. More than any other technology, Evernote is part of me, having evolved from habit to instinct over several years and nearly seven thousand notes. Every day ideas...

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