January 15th, 2013

The New Myspace Opens, Hoping A Justin Timberlake Single Can Help It Fly

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New Myspace made its debut back in September (when it made our own Drew Olanoff “want to hurl”) but the redesign has only been available to limited beta participants before now. Today, the next-generation version of the site is open to all, with registration possible using either your existing Myspace account, Facebook credentials or signing up as a brand new user. The launch came quietly, timed… → Read More

September 24th, 2012

The Mere Existence Of A “New Myspace” Makes Me Want To Hurl. Just Let It Go.

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Ok, folks, dust off your old web browsers, because Myspace is teasing a brand new design! Yes, the Justin Timberlake-backed whatever-it-is-now has slapped a new coat of paint on something that has already been sold and pushed to the side of the road. → Read More

November 24th, 2009

Maybe Mark Zuckerberg Won't Hate That Facebook Movie After All

Yesterday, Facebook’s Dave Recordon commented that he just finished a marathon session of The West Wing, a great show about the inner-workings of a fictional White House that ended its run on NBC in 2006. I agreed with Recordon, it was a great show. You know who else agreed? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

So why is this interesting? Well, the creator of The West Wing was Aaron Sorkin. He was… → Read More

January 8th, 2007

Dumbest Ad Yet At CES 2007

Came across this ad this morning in the CES mag we got delivered. Apparently OmniMount thinks that channelling Justin Timberlake’s music is the key to getting people like us to stop by its booth. To quote the ad: “I’m bringing sexy back (yeah!) Them other mounts don’t know how to act. (yeah!) We’ll pass. Thanks, but no thanks. → Read More