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Awaiting Oprah
God, it's a dull Monday. The most interesting events in the tech world are happening in Berlin or Denver. For anyone who's still in town, here's the best we can offer on the Valleywag Calendar.
God, it's a dull Monday. The most interesting events in the tech world are happening in Berlin or Denver. For anyone who's still in town, here's the best we can offer on the Valleywag Calendar.
Is Zooomr, Kris Tate's Flickr copycat, on the rocks? Tate seems to think so: "I'm working my ass off like you can't believe in Japan. If Japan doesn't go anywhere, you can kiss Zooomr good-bye. Americans don't care about photos like the Japanese — by embracing Japan's economy, we can save Zooomr financially." [Zooomr]
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Thomas Hawk now thinks censorship is A-OK
The irascible photographer is okay with censorship if someone is policing his children for him. "I thought Apple was doing some basic screening and nothing too dangerous would get on there," he writes in a comment about a video featuring his son Jackson playing with an iPhone. That's a change in pace from his usual stance when he charges Flickr, the photo-sharing site with which his also-ran copycat Zooomr ostensibly competes, with censorship.
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Who's going to chow down on Zooomr?
Word around town is that Zooomr, the photo-sharing website run by bitchy photographer Thomas Hawk and underage entrepreneur Kris Tate, is getting acquisition offers — but Hawk and Tate don't like the cut-rate prices their cut-rate Flickr knockoff is commanding. Getty Images, Yahoo, and AOL are among the companies that have lowballed the startup, according to a source. One sign that Zooomr may, indeed, be entertaining offers: Tate's fantasies, aired in line at the Palo Alto Apple Store, that he's worth $3 million. Anyone else hear what Zooomr's trying to get — and what it's actually going for? (Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid)
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Ah, Silicon Valley: One moment, you're worth $3 million; the next, you can't even afford an iPhone. That's the situation Zooomr founder Kris Tate found himself in last week. A tipster who was on the scene expands on our earlier report that Tate's credit card was declined at the Palo Alto Apple Store as he tried to buy the must-have geek toy. Moments before, the tipster says, Tate was bragging about his net worth. The eyewitness account, after the jump.
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That and $500 will get you an iPhone
Ah, Silicon Valley: One moment, you're worth $3 million; the next, you can't even afford an iPhone. That's the situation Zooomr founder Kris Tate found himself in last week. A tipster who was on the scene expands on our earlier report that Tate's credit card was declined at the Palo Alto Apple Store as he tried to buy the must-have geek toy. Moments before, the tipster says, Tate was bragging about his net worth. The eyewitness account, after the jump.
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Which rivalries are real?
Ever caught yourself saying you Googled something, then realizing you were talking to a Yahoo developer? Or wondered whether it's okay to talk about iTunes to a friend from Microsoft? Obviously, not everyone gets worked up over corporate rivalries. (Most, but not all, of my Yahoo friends don't give a damn about whether I like using Google.) Here's a guide to which feuds are real and which are trumped up, by rating each rivalry on the 5-point tension scale. More »
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Drunken CEO crank that hates Flickr steals from it
NICK DOUGLAS — Not exactly, but we thought we'd borrow the headline style of Thomas Hawk, photographer, often-outraged blogger, and CEO of photo sharing service Zooomr. One of Hawk's recent headlines is "Flickr = Censorship," reacting to actions by Zooomr's direct competitor Flickr. Even though there are scads of other photo sharing sites like SmugMug and Photobucket, Zooomr is always compared to Flickr because, well, they look just the same, especially in Zooomr's new version. In fact, some Flickr users think they caught Zooomr copying Flickr's source code into Zooomr. More »
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Why I don't want Zooomr.com to relaunch
NICK DOUGLAS — The upcoming third edition of photo sharing site Zooomr looks cool (at least in the demo video); it's advanced enough to escape the usual criticism that the site is just a Flickr ripoff. But I'd rather keep watching the live uncensored feed from founder Kris Tate's home office. Maybe it's unprofessional to slap a rough-looking stream of the 20-year-old on the site's front page. But for all Flickr's quirky office parties and gimmicks, I couldn't imagine the Yahoo-owned site getting this personal with their users. At the moment, Tate's explaining how he's speeding up the site for its many non-U.S. users by adding servers in Hong Kong and other places. It's pretty cool to hear how it all works.
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How to get covered by TechCrunch: Learn a party trick
Every startup employee and publicist asks at one point, "How do I get covered by tech business blogs like TechCrunch?" The answer: Act like the photo startup Zooomr. More »
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Nerdfight! Blogger Shelley Powers smacks down Zooomr
Nerrrrrrrrdfight! Shelley Powers (a blogger who's usually getting offended) offends the staff at photo sharing site Zooomr with a hilarious targeted entry, "How to Rollout a Web 2.0 Product." The entry says stuff like: More »
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To-Do: The French Connection
- Wednesday night: SourceForge.net proponent Larry Augustin, a big name in Open Source, speaks at the "Learn from a Legend Dinner" in Palo Alto. [Upcoming]
- Wednesday night: Be accurate and call it "sparkling wine" at the Bubble Lounge, San Fran's premier champagne bar, where French and American geeks meet for the second "French Tech Connection." The event is free, the alcohol is not. [Upcoming, RSVP]
- Thursday night: Photo sharing site Zooomr totally isn't a Flickr ripoff. Discuss this and other topics at the Zooomr meetup, which totally isn't a Flickr meetup ripoff. Free pro accounts for all who attend. [Upcoming]
- Thursday night: Gear up for another Thursty Thursday, the moving PR party (where the flacks know not to mix business with liquor). This week the tippling takes place at SF's Roe Restaurant, at 651 Howard St (between New Montgomery and Third).
