You've put your finger on an important issue. The same person isn't dismissing this AND TechCrunch.

But I bet you many people (like me) do dismiss both.

The problem is that different groups value each type of story, the end result being lots of TechCrunch AND this kind of stuff, but very little else.

good observation of contradiction; i just hope it was not in defense of this sentimental nonsense and instead, an insult to the quality of TechCrunch.