{"id":269274,"date":"2010-02-03T03:59:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/02\/03\/stephen-colbert-blippy-is-more-exciting-than-going-through-old-receipts\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T03:59:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:59:08","slug":"stephen-colbert-blippy-is-more-exciting-than-going-through-old-receipts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/269274","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert: Blippy Is More Exciting Than Going Through Old Receipts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-141105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5a807_colberblip.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/>Normally, it takes quite a bit of time before a startup gets any sort of mainstream spotlight. That&#8217;s not the case with <a href=\"http:\/\/blippy.com\">Blippy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/12\/11\/blippy\/\">controversial social credit card data aggregator<\/a> was featured on Comedy Central&#8217;s <em>Colbert Report<\/em>. As you might imagine, host Stephen Colbert ripped into the service&#8217;s ability to show everyday purchases at places such as Wendy&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Humor aside, this appearance is a huge win for Blippy, which recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2010\/01\/14\/blippy-funding\/\">raised its first round of funding<\/a>, and is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2010\/01\/19\/facebook-beacon-blippy\/\">signing deals with retailers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/home\">Colbert Nation<\/a> embrace Blippy? Sadly, YouTube is apparently smart enough to know that the Colbert Report is something they shouldn&#8217;t allow you to embed, so I&#8217;ll have to link to it &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aTjKwtG_dSY\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: And YouTube has now completely removed the video. 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