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Will the Fitbit change the way you look at diet and exercise and give the lowly pedometer a run for it’s money? Watch out pedometer, you’re about to have some new competition. It’s called the Fitbit Tracker and its inventors are hoping that it will change the way people view activity, exercise, diet and sleep.

My interview with Plista founder Dominik Matyka at TechCrunch50. Plista is a social recommender network based on collaborative filtering. In this video we discuss what Plista is, the advantages it gives users and publishers, and also its revenue model.

RedHerring is the tech boom magazine who's death keeps being reported and yet somehow managed to survive. Every now and then I check in on the online version to see what is happening. In keeping this week's (accidental) start-up theme at the BOOT, I came across the list of the Red Herring North America 100 from back in May 2008.

If you don’t know who Taylor Barr is then you’re missing out on one of the Triangle’s brightest online personalities. Recently Taylor has poured time into creating a name for himself on a video conversation site called Seesmic & recenlty rapped his way to a free $3000 trip to CA .

Akoha is a game that encourages players to “play it forward”, as good deeds will earn them points in a multiplayer game. The company presented at TechCrunch50, and their presentation appears below. During the akoha presentation, the company opened their pre-registration to a very limited number of beta testers.

It is start up interview and profile week here at the BOOT. Earlier this week we talked with Yen Lee of UpTake about how he felt cashing a $10,000,000 cheque moments before the Dow went into (the first of many) freefall(s). Then I posted an exchange with Our Explorer CEO Dave Cunningham about his efforts to match tour guides with lost tourists.

Behind the Scene of BlahGirls.com, Ashton Kutcher’s Celebrity Gossip Blog Author: Mathieu Ramage 28 Sep For those interested in Ashton Kutcher’s latest adventures, here’s below a 4-minute long video that the founder of BlahGirls.com, an animated and interactive celebrity gossip blog launched at TechCrunch50 earlier this month, shot and posted on the Internet.

The Nashville Geek Breakfast was amazing last Thursday, I am certain we hit a record number in attendance. We had more than 40 people enjoying some great conversation and tasty grub. Jackson Miller was kind enough to give me a deck of Akoha cards, something I’ve been very excited to receive.

If you weren’t one of the 1,800 people who attended TechCrunch50 earlier this month to watch 52 startups launch, and didn’t catch the UStream live stream of the event, don’t worry. You can download around 25 hours of live footage - the entire three day conference - if you’ve got the room on your hard drive.

Here’s my interview with Daniel Tal, founder of Joongel at TechCrunch50: Technorati tags: interview, joongel, tc50, techcrunch50, daniel tal, blonde20 ShareThis