TechSpot

TechSpot is an online computer technology publication created in 1998 by Julio Franco. TechSpot delivers information and analysis catered to computer enthusiasts, gamers, and professionals in the IT sector. Throughout its history, most of the site's writers and contributors have had formal IT degrees or backgrounds, but none have been journalists. Many of these writers have come to the site as readers and forum members and then went on to become full-time paid contributors.

Regular editorial content includes technology news, product reviews, software downloads, and buying guides. TechSpot also hosts a catalog of thousands of technology products which are reviewed by expert sites from across the web and assigned a metascore. According to third-party web analytics provider SimilarWeb, the site has over 10 million visits per month, as of 2015.

History

TechSpot started as a blog called "Pure Rendition", which reported news on the budding 3D accelerator technology based on the Rendition Verite chip, one of the first mainstream and consumer 3D graphics processing unit. Shortly after, the site was renamed "3D Spotlight" in order to expand news coverage to the entire 3D industry as delivered by then major players 3dfx and later Nvidia/ATI. In 2001, the site was renamed to TechSpot and expanded coverage to the entire technology industry. By that point, TechSpot was receiving around 1 million visitors each month.