As many of you know by now, our friendly rivals at TechCrunch are building a new electronic tablet called the Crunchpad, slated to be released by this November. Apparently Best Buy Chief Marketing Officer Barry Judge got a chance to play around with the prototype.
Judge tweeted “Just met chief blogger at Tech Crunch. Talked about the Crunchpad and saw a prototype. Great looking device, think it will be a real hit.” This just tells me a couple of things. The Crunchpad may actually have a chance against a rumored upcoming Apple tablet computer. And this also tells me that Best Buy seems to be a bigger fan of TechCrunch than he is with Gizmodo.
An hour before Judge tweeted meeting Arrington, he tweeted that he met YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley to discuss ways to better leverage the video website. He also asked his followers for ideas on what other retailers do to use YouTube well. Here’s my two word answer for Judge: viral videos. The Improv Everywhere group hit over one million views in their viral video of sending a bunch of blue shirt, khaki wearing agents into a Best Buy store.
Co-founder of Netscape Jim Clark earned about $2 billion when his company had an IPO. His son-in-law Chad Hurley made millions when he sold his company YouTube to Google. And now Clark is officially married to Australian supermodel Kristy Hinze. The wedding took place this past weekend.
Clark and Hinze’s wedding was a four-day event that took place on Richard Branson’s private Necker Island and the Virgin Gorda. About 120 people attended the lavish affair and there was a no-shoe policy when riding on Clark’s yacht The Athena. This is Clark’s fourth marriage and he turned 65 this past Monday.
Clark is the only man in history to have started three multi-billion dollar companies. Clark is currently worth about $1.1 billion.
Hinze is the host of Project Runway in Australia. She has been a model since age 14 and has graced the cover for Sports Illustrated. Hinze is also a Victoria’s Secret model.
Hinze and Clark have been dating for several years now. Clark was married to Forbes business reporter Nancy Rutter for 15 years. Through the divorce, Rutter made about $100 million in cash, stocks, and bonds. Rutter also received $24.6 million in property, $600,000 ownership stake in a Citation V jet, racehorses, furniture, and jewelry. Hinze is 10 years younger than Clark’s own daughter.
