8 posts and columns on Gabe Rivera

Google’s Extreme Makeover: Homepage Edition

in Media on June 10, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Bored out of your skull? Google has a solution: Kill a few seconds by redecorating the search giant’s homepage. Want to kill a few more seconds? Compare Google’s new look with Microsoft’s Bing.

Yet Another Media Aggregation Site? Yup. And You’ll Read It: Techmeme Unveils Mediagazer.

in Media on March 8, 2010 at 8:01 am PT

Does the Web need yet another outlet dedicated to media coverage? Nope. How about another aggregation site? Plenty of those to go around too. So what if you combined the two? Exactly. But here’s a not-very-brave prediction: Mediagazer, which launches today, is going to do pretty well.

Meet Ms. Techmeme: Megan McCarthy Explains All

in Media on March 14, 2009 at 7:37 pm PT

The tech news aggregator used to rely solely on algorithm to divine what was important on the Web. Now it’s added a human, who happens to be a lot of fun to chat with.
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Loren Feldman's Tech Blogger Puppetry

in News on April 7, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

Sorting through the online catfight between video blogger Loren Feldman and social media blogger Shel Israel would surely give BoomTown a big fat migraine. But it includes puppets and who doesn’t love a roiling puppet-war? No one, that’s who! So here are two recent ones Feldman posted on his 1938 Media site, one with his [...]

Day 2 at the TechCrunch40 Conference: More Video, More Snacks, Mint Guy

in News on September 19, 2007 at 1:17 am PT

Our John Paczkowski of Digital Daily continued to brave the potential for falling ill from start-up fatigue from his hysterically funny live-blogging of Jason Calacanis’s and Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch40 conference, while BoomTown continued to wander the halls in search of snacks and a safe haven from PR minions. To no avail, although we did have [...]