Oink -- a user-review app <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/03/kevin-rose-oink-app-store/">created by Kevin Rose's startup lab Milk</a> before Milk was <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/15
You remember <a href="http://www.jotly.co/">Jotly</a>, right? The <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/jotly-parodies-our-mobile-local-social-app-obsession/">hilarious and absurd spoof of our mo
In two and a half weeks since <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/03/kevin-rose-oink-app-store/">its launch</a>, micro-recommendation app <a href="http://www.oink.com">Oink</a> has clocked in a 10
So <a href="http://www.nosh.com">Nosh</a> founder <a href="http://www.nosh.me/">Alex Cornell</a> came up with and shot a promo video of this parody app that allows you to review anything in the world
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/oink.png" alt="" />
As we <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/04/milk-kevin-roses-new-company-aims-to-solve-big-problems-on-the-mobile-w
One year ago today OiNK’s Pink Palace was shut down by police. It’s only appropriate to pour one out for it today. OiNK had been in operation for a little over three years; I had joined ex
A new study says what we’ve been saying for God knows how long: [music] piracy is here to stay. It’s now up to the industry to figure out how to move forward. The study, by the MCPS-PRS Al
More information has emerged on the OiNK-related arrests of last week. (Please don’t call it “oinkgate;” The “gate” suffix is banned here.) A total of six people were arr
A former OiNK user was arrested last week, TorrentFreak has learnt. The user, who was not identified, was later released on bail. More arrests are expected. This news should concern a lot of us here,
[photopress:vuzesplash.jpg,full,center] Does the current invitation system used by so-called private BitTorrent sites need to be changed? TorrentFreak, a source of inspiration to nearly everyone on st
[photopress:2600winter08.jpg,full,right] We wrote a brief primer on piracy a few months ago, discussing the ins and outs of several different methods of getting your free, daily fix of music, movies a
What.cd?, one of the two main OiNK successors, is developing an entirely new set of site code, promising to be faster and more secure than the old TBsource. (TBsource is used by several private BitTor
First OiNK died, then came the replacements. Now one of those is gone, never having gotten of the ground. BOiNK, the Pirate Bay’s planned all-music BitTorrent tracker, has been cancelled. It see
And people wonder why kids these days resort to piracy. I was just browsing Beatport looking for a certain mix of The Gossip’s “Jealous Girls.” Lo and behold it’s on the site,
You know, in this post-OiNK world, music fans can’t be too careful when it comes to picking a new BitTorrent tracker. That’s why when I woke up this morning I was fully convinced that that
Poor Wired. Its post on how to “cheat” the music industry could be one of the lamest I’ve ever seen. It’s essentially Digg bait, despite the fact that, at this point, everyone
I’ve gotten into both Waffles and What.CD? and while they don’t quite match OiNK on all levels, it’s still a great effort by both parties. I’ve found myself uploading and using
It’s no secret that OiNK was full of different people, ranging from teenagers in high school to accountants from Sweden. Now Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor himself is publicly admitting h
Rob over at Demonbaby is pissed. At the music industry, at the takedown of OiNK – everything is driving this guy mad. Hence why he took to his blog and decided to really let the public know the
It won’t be private and it won’t have many torrents, but Oink Boink will have the might of TPB behind it, allowing us all to rest easy tonight knowing that you’ll be able to get all
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