Cheap Trick Releases Newest Album on 8-Track Cassette [Audio]

How’s this for lucky timing! In the midst of our Gizmodo ‘79 theme week, legendary power-pop act Cheap Trick is releasing their latest album (coincidentally entitled The Latest) on a very late-’70s medium: 8-track cassette. The retro format is pricier at $30 compared to the digital or CD formats, and not too many people still [...]

Roundup: VCs more confident, Apple patents future iPhone ideas

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Here’s the latest action:
Confidence is coming back among venture capitalists — So says the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Index, which measures the mood among dozens of well-known VCs.
Facebook sued for click fraud — RootZoo says its own analytics show discrepancies over how many Facebook users clicked on RootZoo’s ads.

Gawker says ad revenue up 35 percent [...]