Ely Rosenstock's Blog

One of my friends was surprised when I told him that I don't like ad blockers. For those who don't know, ad blockers are little programs that block ads on web pages as you browse the web. These programs eliminate those annoying flash ads, pop-up ads, and...

According to a blog post by Jason Kincaid at Techcrunch, the VC firm ratings site, TheFunded, is being sued by a VC firm that received a bad review by an anonymous reviewer. According to Jason There are a lot of VCs who hate TheFunded for exposing...

I used to work for a company that generated most of its revenue from lead generation. It was a web publication where users registered to see premium content. We would work with big companies like IBM and Microsoft to sponsor webcasts and we would give the...

People are wired/trained to recognize the the slightest emotion in the human face. The slightest curve of the lip, raise of the eyebrow, or furrowing of the brow implies a different mood. There isn't one other part of the body that we can analyze as well...

I started my summer internship this morning. My commute has gone from an hour trip on a comfortable coach bus to an hour trip on crowded trains and buses. It's amazing what a difference that has on my level of energy at the end of the day. An...

The current disagreement between Facebook and Google brings to light the the bigger issue of data portability which was summed up quite well by Steve GIllmor over at Techcrunch. This is a HUGE issue which needs to start being talked about outside of the...

I've been noticing a lot of battles amongst Web 2.0 giants lately. Let's just take a look at a few of them: Microsoft's battle to buy Yahoo (now it's more like Yahoo's battle to be bought by Microsoft) eBay's battle with Craigslist Michael Arrington's...

Yesterday Google announced a new initiative to bring our social connections outside of the stronghold of social networks. A video of how it works is embedded below [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIEwUxMrJ4Y] While we can see that concept of...

I saw Iron Man this weekend. I definitely recommend the movie, but this is not a review. The part of the movie that got me thinking the most was the previews. The good previews are the ones that give us a brief explanation of the story without giving away...