6 posts and columns on freelance

Layoffs Are Last Week's AOL News. This Week: "Giving Back," Starring Twitter's Biz Stone

in Media on March 13, 2011 at 7:07 pm PT

A few days after big cuts, AOL/Huffington Post push a charity/volunteerism campaign–and a tie-up with Twitter co-founder and burgeoning philanthropist Biz Stone.

LimeWire Still Shedding Assets Before Shutdown–And a Federal Court Date

in Media on December 20, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

LimeWire’s slow-motion shutdown should be over by the end of this month. But at least one of the music file-sharing service’s affiliated companies has found a home: LimeWire Exchange will be swallowed up by Freelancer.com.

Chinese Schools Tied to Attacks on Google? Where’d You Read That, Mad Magazine? [UPDATED]

in News on February 22, 2010 at 4:56 am PT

Claims that two schools in China were the source of cyberattacks against Google and other U.S. companies have become the butt of a state-run media joke in the country. First came vehement denials from Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, which dismissed the stories as unfounded. Now, Chinese “netizens” are reportedly mocking the claims.

Another Googler Goes to AOL: YouTube Boss Dave Eun Replaces Bill Wilson as Content Boss

in Media on February 4, 2010 at 11:46 am PT

Former Google sales boss Tim Armstrong has brought a slew of former colleagues with him to AOL, but this may be his highest-profile hire so far: Dave Eun, who has been in charge of content deals at Google and YouTube, will replace Bill Wilson, one of the last high-profile AOL guys from the pre-Armstrong era.