9 posts and columns on pitch

Viral Video: Shrieking Monkeys Don’t Make Good Gifts

in Media on December 1, 2011 at 12:22 am PT

Well, they don’t.
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Roll Camera! Jason Calacanis Makes a Video Push at Mahalo, and Wants You to Know About It

in Media on January 25, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

But what he really wants is a billion-dollar-plus valuation, like the one that competitor Demand Media is going to get.

People Like iPad Magazine Ads! (Says iPad Magazine Company)

in Media on January 24, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Have you bought an ad in an iPad magazine in the last year? Then you’re in luck! (The problem: Not enough people have bought iPad magazines in the last year.)

Perfect Market Raises Another $9 Million to Help Papers Sell Old News

in Media on January 17, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Perfect Market doesn’t promise to save the newspaper business. But the company says it can help papers wring more money out of the stuff they’re already making.

Steve Jobs’s Absence Won’t Derail Apple, but His Presence Still Key Factor in the Company’s Success

in Mobile on January 17, 2011 at 10:21 am PT

With Steve Jobs taking another medical leave from Apple, expect all manner of predictions on what this means for the company’s products. While his leave is unlikely to derail the next iPad or iPhone, it’s a mistake to underestimate the role that Jobs plays at Apple.

Get a Grip: With Apple Telling Us How to Hold a Phone, Here Are Some Other Grip Tips!

in News on June 25, 2010 at 9:19 am PT

BoomTown had no idea about how to properly hold a mobile phone until Apple told us yesterday, in regard to solving the antenna issues related to its new iPhone 4. Since I had often been using my feet to do so, I am so glad someone schooled me that I had been holding it all wrong for all of this time now! Thanks, Steve Jobs!

Major League Baseball Beans Jon Stewart, and Obama’s Pitch Vanishes

in Media on July 22, 2009 at 4:03 pm PT

Remember last week, when President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at baseball’s All-Star Game? And remember the ensuing fuss about his form? And remember how Jon Stewart sliced through all of the crap with his typically incisive wit? Alas, you’ve got no choice but to remember that last part. It has disappeared from the Web, apparently at the behest of Major League Baseball.
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Thin Mints E-Commerce Hits a Snag

in News on March 16, 2009 at 2:14 pm PT

An eight-year-old from Asheville, N.C., found that there are limits to where you can sell Girl Scout cookies. Her dream of selling 12,000 boxes to send her entire troop to summer camp has been dashed by a technicality that’s left people scratching their heads.