NYT: Google Chief Eric Schmidt Has Poor Dental Hygiene
Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman, only brushes his teeth once a day #NewsFromShareholderMeetings — Claire Cain Miller (@clairecm) June 6, 2013
View ArticleThe Perks of Being a Tech Blogger: Fans Will Buy Your Stupid App
John Gruber, a lively Apple blogger and probably the company's preeminent pro bono spokesperson, has a large following. It's a devoted following, too: so much so that he can sell $5 app that doesn't do...
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YouTube Founders 'Swing for the Fences'? A Chinese Clone of Vine
The last time we checked in on AVOS Systems, the company launched by YouTube cofounders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, morale was bottoming out, the venture couldn't find its way out of the red, and a...
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Facebook, Google, Apple, and More Giving Your Data Directly to NSA
You've never heard of the NSA's "PRISM" project, but it might know lots about you: according to a new report by the Washington Post, the agency has been secretly collecting enormous, intimate troves of...
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Facebook Is Finally Getting Rid of Obnoxious "Sponsored Stories"
It seems Facebook isn't totally deaf to the cries of its unwashed masses. After a lot of complaining and some unfortunate lube endorsing, Facebook users are finally seeing the death of the dreaded...
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"Queen of the Internet" Mary Meeker Has Led Her Subjects Astray Again
Mary Meeker, the former securities analyst for Morgan Stanley who managed to evade the "grisly ends" met by fellow dotcom hype men like Henry Blodget, peddled some dubious misinformation in her latest...
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Google Bans Google Glass at Google Meeting
Google. CNBC reports that the haute nerd face computers were verboten at Google's shareholder meeting yesterday, due to privacy concerns. Due. To. Privacy. Concerns. Google! "Cameras, recording...
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Is This Creepy Facebook-Friendly Startup Behind the NSA PRISM Program?
No one knows what Palantir—named after a magical rock in Lord of The Rings that granted remote vision—exactly does. But we know enough to know it's not just another California startup. The secretive...
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Snapchat Is Worth Half a BILLION Dollars?
Om Malik says Snapchat—which is free, a potential privacy disaster, and makes zero money, in any currency, whatsoever—is "close to snagging about $100 million in new investment at a valuation nearing...
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MakerBot CEO on Acquisition Rumors: 'We're Not Going Anywhere'
"I knew that was going to happen. I also knew that I couldn't say anything," MakerBot CEO and cofounder Bre Pettis told Valleywag this morning at the grand opening of the company's new 50,000 sq. ft....
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Former Apple Exec: Tim Cook Is So "Calm" Because He's in The Closet
Jean-Louis Gassée occupies an odd, disdained corner of Apple's corporate history, a French exec ousted in by infighting and products that bombed. But he's still got lots to say about the place—and...
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Zuckerberg Releases Statement Calling PRISM Charges "Outrageous"
Mark Zuckerberg took to his personal Facebook account today to address charges that his company has cooperated with a secret NSA program called PRISM that monitors private citizens' internet...
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Color Co-Founder Tries to Explain His Unmitigated Startup Disaster
It's odd to have a decent answer to "What was the worst ____?," but Color was the worst app. It did nothing amid fanfare, secured $41 million in order to accomplish this nothing, and then it just...
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Tumblr Has a Creepshots Problem
Reddit's "Creepshots" subreddit and most of its conspicuous imitators were banned months ago. But men who get off on non-consensual sexual activity can easily post photos of unsuspecting women on...
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There's a Startup to Help People Make Startups
OK, now we're really heading past the Rubicon: a little app by the name of Elevatr has one task: help you crank out startup ideas as easily and quickly as possible. Because nothing says stable economic...
View ArticleYep, Still Lots of Dudes at Tech Conferences
WWDC explained in one photo. twitter.com/danackerman/st… — Dan Ackerman (@danackerman) June 10, 2013
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Palantir Director: We're "Middle Earth warriors " Battling "Evil"
Palantir, that CIA-funded, Silicon Valley creephouse that funnels in humanity's data and spits out... more data... has a lot of secrets. We don't know exactly which parts of the government it works...
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Rap Genius Seeks 'Full Time Attaché w/ Good Taste' on Craigslist
Attention: Enterprising Millennials. Do you want to work for a startup that's raised $15 million from a Sand Hill Road steamroller like Andreesseen Horowitz, but refers to the funding as "15,000...
View ArticleAnd We Wonder Why Apple So Easily Exploits American Tax Law
Thanks to Tim Cook for the automatic iphone app updates! #apple #wwdc — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) June 10, 2013
View ArticleSean Parker Thinks E-Cigarettes Will "Change the World"
Fresh off of pissing money across pristine California redwoods, garland emperor Sean Parker is ready for a new venture: your lungs. Your sweet, delicate lungs. Like an ancient forest, Parker is also...
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