Comments on: New Year’s Tech Resolutions

By: CanCar

CanCar — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:07:10 +0000

My recommendation: to pay attention to the global warming. It is a problem that concerns to all, the changes in the climate, the amount of toxic gases in the atmosphere and the balance of our ecosystem!!

By: Manu

Manu — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:04:12 +0000

*Apple Europe Suggestion*
European people are not richer than americans : please stop thinking that $1=1€ when you sell something in our region !
(The iPhone in France costs at least $587).
Thanks Steve

By: Still Hopeful

Still Hopeful — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:23:59 +0000

*Yahoo Suggestion*

There is a small team at Yahoo working on exactly what you suggest, down to the word. Alas, in the Balkanized world of Yahoo, this is much easier said then done. We will eventually get there (I think).

By: Michael Puhala

Michael Puhala — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:18:12 +0000

I recommended the Amazon suggestion in my open letter to Jeff Bezos on my blog interface about a month ago. Almost identical… and I own a Kindle.

http://interfac...and-jeff-bezos/

By: Judo

Judo — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:07:01 +0000

Google let go of PageRank quite some time ago (just google any term and look at the different page ranks spread over the top 20 results).
It is the users who have been slow to let go of it – buying irrelevant text ads on PR5+ page that will do nothing for their rankings.

By: CAR

CAR — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:29:01 +0000

hahah skype, it is bad. especially for that price.

By: netlatch

netlatch — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:08:01 +0000

When I read this type post I always hear that capitalism is evil undertone. I might be overreacting to it but I don’t think making money is wrong. BTW if Apple had followed IBM’s lead and left its technology open there wouldn’t be an Apple today to make the iPhone and iPod. Apple has protected its intellectual property as it should.

http://www.page...lr.com/netlatch

By: EH

EH — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:53:11 +0000

^^ Best clueless spam in awhile.

By: Dominick Triola

Dominick Triola — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:55:04 +0000

I agree. Kindle is going to be a revolutionary and amazing product. It is going to be this year’s must have for all tech geeks.

By: Lytol

Lytol — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:48:20 +0000

As far as Google goes, PageRank seems to already have been ousted in favor of better indicators. Google has been positioning themselves for years to use better metrics for search rank… think about two of their acquisitions: Urchin (analytics) and FeedBurner. The data Google has from Analytics and FeedBurner alone puts them far ahead of any competitors (as if they aren’t already otherwise) in combating black hat SEO.

By: User447

User447 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:10:49 +0000

Scoble did that on purpose. He wanted the press from the fallout.

By: EH

EH — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:44:18 +0000

C’mon Techcrunch, when Slashdot scoops you on the Zango/Facebook story you’re losing your edge.

By: GREENENGINESEO

GREENENGINESEO — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:37:38 +0000

Facebook – be less of a advertising bully and network control freak and more of a global enabler
Google – promote some of your social community purchases (orkut) insteads of relying on strategic search partnerships
Microsoft – do what you do best and “copy” better
Apple – turn itunes into a social media powerhouse
Greengineseo.com – hire more so you can help more clients turbocharge their online marketing campaigns

By: LonelyGirl15

LonelyGirl15 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:20:12 +0000

I resolve to take a one hour break for every 4 new episodes of a television series that I watch on Hulu.com.

By: GYUSZI BACSI

GYUSZI BACSI — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:17:21 +0000

for me this whole Facebook hype is a little bit boring

By: imreme

imreme — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:52:28 +0000

Great analysis, great posts, keep up the good work. However the posts from Techcrunch usually focus on North American and Israeli companies. Don’t look too far: MobileCrunch has much more global thinking in its field in my opinion.

For the better good.

http://pa.gd

By: Technicle

Technicle — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:42:43 +0000

Google — Time to allow ads for desktop clients in general (not only Firefox).
Yahoo — Time to swing into buying spree mode like 1999.
Amazon — Time to make available flat-rate storage services.
Facebook — Time to be less arrogant.
Microsoft — Time to pick up smart clients again.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:40:09 +0000

I think in terms of Facebook its glow will start to fade much like myspace. Im starting to get tired of facebook now and can’t think why people spend hours and hours on there each day.

I have yet to bite somebody , or race somebody or whatever yet my wall seems to have dozens of notifications each day about somebody biting me or whatever.

I realised early on that posting a public message to somebody is a bad idea s people can take it the wrong way so prefer to use the inbox , which makes me realise that I could just email or IM people just as easy.

Facebook was Hot but now its not. Doubt that 25Billion cashout will ever happen. They should have taken it in 2007 before facebook lost its glow.

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http://www.xenbet.com

By: Corey Kossack

Corey Kossack — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:35:33 +0000

What do you guys think 2008 holds for facebook? I personally am getting a little tired of having applications pop up 24/7 that I don’t want to deal with, like Oregon Trail, Zombies and Hotness points… But, i still love facebook.

And yes – eBay should sell Skype. I never really understood that acquisition in the first place.

By: man

man — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:10:37 +0000

For a good ranking, there should be an uncensored commenting and rating system with voting allowed on that ranking.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:09:02 +0000

Great resolutions… http://www.fixi...g-computers.com

By: browse

browse — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:59:52 +0000

unsticky this please. it makes it look like you guys havent done shit in a few days.

By: Azeem

Azeem — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:41:01 +0000

Good post though…..But i suggest you must cover other topics at TC then talking about big heads like facebook and Google….Everyday hearing about the same companies makes go bit tired…Anyways keep up the great work

By: damon

damon — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:07:30 +0000

Why is this at the top again?

By: HeavyLight

HeavyLight — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:58:52 +0000

TechCrunch — Quality NOT Quantity: You’re flooding your RSS readership with articles they’re not interested in.

Either come up with multiple subject-related feeds so we can narrow your broad-sweep coverage or, even better, follow up Dave Winer’s ideas to enable readers to select the topics they’d like in their personalised feed.

I lurve TC but feel it’s time to yell before I drown!