Boy Genius Report
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| URL | http://www.BGR.com/ |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Weblog |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | PMC |
| Created by | Boy Genius |
| Launched | 20 October 2006 |
| Alexa rank |
4,971 (Global) 1,901 (U.S.) |
| Current status | Online |
Boy Genius Report (also referred to as BGR) is a weblog that specializes in technology and consumer gadgets. Founded in October 2006 by anonymous web personality Boy Genius (also referred to as BG/BGR), it is most well known for breaking news within the mobile gadget sector. According to Technorati, BGR is ranked among the Top 100 Blogs in the world.[1] On April 27, 2010, Mail.com Media Corp. announced it had acquired BGR.[2]
The publication competes with similar technology news websites such as Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge, Mashable, CNET, Wired, SlashGear and TechCrunch.
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Founding [edit]
In 2006, Boy Genius founded BGR after success as a blogger for Engadget and Engadget Mobile.[2]
Weblog [edit]
BGR is a technology blog, encompassing news and rumors. The blog gives reviews and opinions about various mobile devices, with a bias for all things Apple.[citation needed]
As of 2013 BGR has five writers, including Boy Genius.[citation needed]
BGR has been mentioned in many major news sources such as the Wall Street Journal blog,[3] ABCNews,[4] Reuters,[5] Huffington Post,[6] and CNBC.[7] Examples of BGR’s ability to be the first to report news about a gadget include the first pictures of the Android 2.0 mobile operating system in 2009[8] and the first reported picture of the Amazon Kindle 2 in 2008.[9]
Boy Genius [edit]
While running BGR, Boy Genius kept his identity concealed. On April 27, 2010, Boy Genius revealed himself as Jonathan Geller, a 23-year-old Greenwich High School dropout who never attended college.[10] The success of BGR earned Geller a spot on T3 Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in Tech feature.[11]
TweetGenius [edit]
In 2009, the first BGR BlackBerry Twitter application was made in collaboration with software development company Beejive: TweetGenius.[12]
References [edit]
- ^ http://technorati.com/blogs/top100/
- ^ a b http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/04/26/were-taking-bgr-to-the-next-level-mmc-acquires-bgr/ Taking BGR to the next level — MMC acquires BGR
- ^ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/19/verizon-droid-ad-aims-for-iphone/
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/verizons-mystery-droid-takes-aim-apples-iphone/story?id=8873935
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59I4UX20091019?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/black-friday-apples-sales_n_360426.html
- ^ http://www.cnbc.com/id/31373518
- ^ http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/16/android-2-0-screenshot-walkthrough/
- ^ http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/03/amazon-kindle-2-ebooks-its-way-to-bgr/
- ^ http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100426/mobile-blogger-boy-genius-unmasked-acquired/
- ^ http://tech100.t3.com/65/Boy-Genius.html[dead link]
- ^ http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/05/tweetgenius-for-blackberry-review/ TweetGenius for BlackBerry review
