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AOL Might Just Buy TechCrunch (Update: They Have)

by on 28. Sep, 2010 10:30AM in Internet, News

AOL, a York-based online media company that you’ve all probably heard of several years ago and don’t even hear of now, is on the verge of buying Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch. A deal like this with so much media attention might cause it to fall apart, but at the moment I don’t deem it very possible. AOL and Arrington are obviously not responding to comment, and the deal has yet to be made official. There’s heavy speculation though that it might be at the SF TechCrunch Disrupt going on now and that AOL’s CEO Tim Armstrong might make an appearance.

However it may go, congrats to Arrington and his team.

Updated: It’s official. AOL’s Armstrong has already posted it on TechCrunch, and I give hats off to Arrington and his team. Well done.

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Joo Joo: the sucessor of the CrunchPad, for $499

by on 07. Dec, 2009 2:33PM in Breaking, Tablets

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Fusion Garage has a superior sense of humor, don’t they? Currently they claim that Mike Arrington had nothing to do with development of the now dead CrunchPad, and that TechCrunch (who they say is just a blog) did not contribute and does not own any trademarks to the CrunchPad. Period. In the meantime, to make the situation even funnier, it’s called the Joo Joo. Putting the ridiculous name aside, the price is $499. When Arrington said it could be priced at around $200 to $300, Fusion Garage says that is a price like that is completely impossible for what the Joo Joo can do.

So for $499 you get: 12.1-inch touchscreen, a 4GB SSD, accelerometer, and according to FG “enough graphic power to deliver full HD video.” The battery life 5 hours on a single charge with Wi-Fi turned on. Pre orders start on December 11th on the Joo Joo’s official website. Hit the link for another shot of the Joo Joo.

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The CrunchPad: Uh, it’s dead. Officially

by on 30. Nov, 2009 11:45AM in Tablets, WTF

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That was not expected. When Mike Arrington said the CrunchPad was well alive, he meant it (we think). Until certain events and an email came along:

But the email went on. Bizarrely, we were being notified that we were no longer involved with the project. Our project. Chandra said that based on pressure from his shareholders he had decided to move forward and sell the device directly through Fusion Garage, without our involvement.

Err, what? This is the equivalent of Foxconn, who build the iPhone, notifiying Apple a couple of days before launch that they’d be moving ahead and selling the iPhone directly without any involvement from Apple.

Chandra also forwarded an internal email from one of his shareholders. My favorite part of the email: “We still acknowledge that Arrington and TechCrunch bring some value to your business endeavor…If he agrees to our terms, we would have Arrington assume the role of visionary/evangelist/marketing head and Fusion Garage would acquire the rights to use the Crunchpad brand and name. Personally, I don’t think the name is all that important but you seem to be somewhat attached to the name.”

And with that, the entire project self destructed.

Basically, Arrington got ripped off at the last second. In order to really understand the obserity of this situation, head over toTechCrunch to hear their story. I wonder what kind FusionGarage will come up with.

[via TechCrunch]

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