Boy Genius Report
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Web address |
bgr |
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Commercial? | Yes |
Type of site | Weblog |
Available in | English |
Owner | Penske Media Corporation |
Created by | Jonathan S. Geller |
Launched | October 20, 2006 |
Alexa rank |
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IP address | 192.0.79.32 |
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), the site reports on breaking news within the mobile gadget sector. On April 27, 2010, BGR was acquired by Penske Media Corporation.[2]
Reception
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]
Criticism
Many technology news reporters have criticized BGR for its pro-Apple bias.[10]
Boy Genius
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.[11][12]
See also
References
- ↑ "BGR Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Jonathan S. Geller (2010-04-26). "Taking BGR to the next level — MMC acquires BGR | BGR". Boygeniusreport.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ "Verizon Droid Ad Aims for iPhone - Digits - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ Mae, Ki (2009-10-21). "Verizon's Mystery Droid Takes Aim at Apple's iPhone - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ Carew, Sinead (2009-10-19). "Motorola rises ahead of next Android phone launch". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ "Black Friday: Apple's Sales Leaked?". Huffingtonpost.com. 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ Jim Goldman (2009-06-15). "Apple iPhone 3GS Sold Out? Nope!". Cnbc.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ Jonathan S. Geller (2009-10-16). "Android 2.0 screenshot walkthrough | BGR". Boygeniusreport.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ Jonathan S. Geller (2008-10-03). "Amazon Kindle 2 e-books its way to BGR | BGR". Boygeniusreport.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ Ashraf (2013-04-05). "Is this Apple fanboyism to the extreme or an honest mistake by a popular tech blog?". dotTech Daily Newsletter. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
- ↑ Kafka, Peter (2010-04-26). "Mobile Blogger “Boy Genius” Unmasked, Acquired". allthingsd.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ↑ Benkovic, Andrew (April 1, 2014). "Jonathan Geller: The 'Boy Genius' Behind BGR.com". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2015.