There’s no shortage of folks who weren’t particularly impressed by the launch of social smartphone application Color a couple of weeks ago. Looks like you can add Boris Bogatin, chief executive and founder of “disposable social network”...

John Biggs / TechCrunch:
What, Zuck Worry?  Mad Magazine “Honors” Mark Zuckerberg With His Own Cover  —  Mark Zuckerberg has finally joined the ranks of Richard Nixon, Bart Simpson, Barack Obama, and Thom Yorke, al...

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
I Won't Use Flickr Until They Release My Photo Hostages  —  Freemium business models are always hard.  You have to give users enough for free that they try your service out and get hooked. ...

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Breaking: DOJ Willing To Approve Google's $700M ITA Deal, With Conditions  —  Google has just come close to winning approval from The U.S. Justice Department of its $700 million acquisition of travel softwar...

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
New Twitter Ecosystem Poster Child SocialFlow Secures The Firehose And $7 Million Round  —  In Twitter's attempt to monetize, there's no question that a key factor is brand support.  That is, brands ut...

The dust has settled on SXSW — we've all caught up on our sleep, cleared our livers and hopefully lost the taco weight. Conference season is now underway - Web 2.0 just ended, Summit Series sails this weekend, with TechCrunch Disrupt and...