The Verge hasn't failed at all - it's surpassed all expectations. The site is excellent and delivers exactly what was always promised, a next-level tech site with an amazing design and some handy tools. The product comparison is great. And the MG Siegler comment is nonsense (at least with regards to the Verge) - Topolsky isn't pussyfooting, he's telling it like it is. Some products ARE good at one thing while others ARE great at other things - That's a fact. Josh presents these facts in a way that anyone can consume and doesn't take the "fanboy" approach with everything like some others do...which can get pretty obnoxious.