TweakTown
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Type of site | Technology news and discussion |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Tweak Town Pty Ltd |
| Founder(s) | Cameron Wilmot |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | September 1999 |
| Current status | Online |
TweakTown is a technology, gaming, and science news and reviews website. Content is focused primarily on computing, but the website also offers content on general tech, gaming, science, and space news, as well as in-depth computing-related reviews.
History
TweakTown began as the homepage of Cameron Wilmot[1], the owner of the website.[2]. In 1999[3][4][5], his homepage “Wilmot’s Website” changed to be known as TweakTown when the domain was registered in 2000.[6]
One of the first guides published on TweakTown was its 56k modem tweaking guide[7], which advised readers how to improve their internet connection. After that, companies started sending review samples for the website to review. TweakTown’s content has been featured by some of the biggest online media.[8][9][10]
Every year at Computex Taipei, TweakTown hosts one of the biggest media parties of event, often attended by 300-400 people[11][12]. The party was not held in 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
References
- ↑ "Cameron Wilmot's Profile | TweakTown Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "About Us, Mission Statement, Editorial & Ethics Policy, Transparency, Fact-Checking and Corrections Policy, Write to us". TweakTown. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "TweakTown: Contact Information, Journalists, and Overview | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "TweakTown - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "5 minutes with Cameron Wilmot". influencing.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "Whois Lookup Captcha". whois.domaintools.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "50 Best Computer Hardware Blogs [2023]". Juiced Systems. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "PS5 owners can double their download speed by changing one setting". GAMINGbible. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "TweakTown slathers four Radeon HD 5870s in liquid nitrogen, crushes some benchmarks (video)". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ Steejee (2003-11-09). "TweakTown Tweaks AArmy". IGN. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "TweakTown Computex 2015 Party". VIA Smart Cities. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "Hanging Out With Friends at the TweakTown Party - Computex 2014". eTeknix. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
External links
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