The rumours of the last few days have proven true: AOL is snapping up Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch family of sites. The site will share a stable with AOL’s other major tech property, Engadget, in addition to TUAW, Switched and DownloadSquad. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. More »
I’ve never met TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, but I’m pretty sure he has cajones the size of Texas. How could he not after crashing a secret meeting, realising that his friends might be committing federal crimes and still writing about it? More »
Thursday night’s edition of the Charlie Rose Show brought David Carr, Michael Arrington and Walt Mossberg together to discuss the iPad. Having used the iPad briefly, all three seem optimistic about what it has to offer. More »
In the ongoing sadness that is the legal battle between TechCrunch and Fusion Garage over the JooJoo tablet, Fusion Garage has moved to dismiss Michael Arrington’s lawsuit entirely. More »
After Fusion Garage left Michael Arrington and his Crunchpad standing at the altar, sad and dejected, only to go to a different wedding with some hussy named JooJoo, one thing seemed obvious: Somone was going to get sued, and soon. More »
The CrunchPad would’ve been an easy-to-use Web tablet, but the strange saga of its 11th—hour demise will be anything but simple. Chandra Rathakrishnan—CEO of the partner that seemingly got greedy-is about to tell his side of the story. More »
Michael Arrington’s ambitious project to create a super-simple web tablet is dead, drowned in a bathtub half-full of greed and selfishness. This isn’t a happy story. More »