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Yahoo! Buys Another Thing, July Edition
Marissa Mayer has been at the helm of Yahoo! for just over a year, and in those fleeting twelve months, has purchased 18 companies. Today, AllThingsD reports it becomes 19, and we still don't really...
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Facebook Chooses Worst Possible Metaphor
Unless the company recently acqui-hired an ironic sense of humor, Facebook might want to give its graphic design interns a brief lesson on history. Or hubris. Or both!Read more...
View ArticleJezebel Reminder: Worst person in Weiner scandal is still Anthony Weiner |...
Jezebel Reminder: Worst person in Weiner scandal is still Anthony Weiner | Kotaku Wayne Brady demonstrates how stupid Grand Theft Auto looks taken to real life | Lifehacker How to be more productive...
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Bang with Friends: 'We Were Definitely Blindsided' [Full Complaint]
Yesterday, Zynga's lawyers threatened the hook-up app Bang with Friends with a trademark lawsuit. Since then Zynga sources have been whispering that the publicly-traded time bomb has tried to resolve...
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Twelve Startup Coworkers Live Together In This House
It's July (almost August!), but a haunted house is never out of season: one third of the team at an L.A. digital ad company work—and sleep—in one abode. Without a salary. There is no Silicon Cult....
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Every Startup Cliche Is For Sale
Last year, when an admirer of Facebook's sorta-creepy motivational posters tried to sell his own for zero profit, the social network's resident graphic designer blew his lid, crying ripoff. Today, all...
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Sean Parker's Wedding: Tackier Than We Ever Dreamt
Ex-Facebook president, drug enthusiast, and High Elf of The Redwoods Sean Parker is a private man—he just wanted to marry his beautiful cosplaying fiancee in peace, along with hundreds of their rich...
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Motorola: Girls Will Love Our New Smartphone!
There's a new Android phone, and it's very nice and pretty much just like all the other very nice ones. It's also—Motorola can't stress this enough—ovary-friendly. It'll match your Pop Rocks and pink...
View ArticleMeanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg and his gal surprised their friends with a...
Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg and his gal surprised their friends with a marriage during a backyard BBQ.Read more...
View ArticleYou knew this Vanity Fair article would be a lovefest when this sentence is...
You knew this Vanity Fair article would be a lovefest when this sentence is in the third paragraph "Parker, 33, is best known for how he was portrayed, if inaccurately, by Justin Timberlake in the...
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Sean Parker Just Can't Help Making Things Worse
Unless you've been accused of murder, replying to critics on the internet is generally a horrible idea. Case in point: Sean Parker, whose repeated railings against press commentary on his wedding has...
View ArticleWell - Xanga has reached it's fundraising goal and will be around awhile...
Well - Xanga has reached it's fundraising goal and will be around awhile longer. So, it's not shutting down. It was the community on Xanga that saved it.Read more...
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Yahoo! Is For Losers
Marissa Mayer is quickly establishing herself as tech's preeminent taxidermist: the company will acquire Rockmelt, AllThingsD reports, a social aggregation something something that no one else wanted....
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You Can't Look at #Gay on iPhone Tumblr, But #Underage is OK
In the slow battle between humankind's love of porn and Tumblr's need to somehow make money, we find ourselves in a sort of ceasefire: boobs can stay, but they won't be easy to find. Caught in the...
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More Layoffs Hit AOL
It's been a couple months since the last employee throat-slitting over at AOL, but the peaceful streak ends today: more firings across many departments while a new exec summers on Martha's...
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Silicon Valley's Latest Strikebreaking Tactic: A Private Boat to Work
Last time San Francisco's BART employees went on strike, local car rental app seized the opportunity: nothing says solidarity like a private helicopter ride. Today, with more labor rumblings, Uber is...
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Venture Capitalist Dreams of Movie Theaters with Wi-Fi and Lights
There is a tech bubble because the people making the things are unable to relate to the people who should be using the things. Judgment is run through a series of prisms, mufflers, and tubes filled...
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How To Screw a Friend Out of an $800 Million Idea
There are some forces so powerful, not even the wrought iron bonds of frat friendship can withstand them. Money is one—and so the fun-loving young dudes who made Snapchat are at each other's throats in...
View ArticleJeff Bezos: Haver of Money
Jeff Bezos spent less of his net worth on the Washington Post than Sean Parker spent of his net worth on his wedding. — Adam Frucci (@frucci) August 5, 2013Read more...
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Jeff Bezos Is Buying the Washington Post
Here is what just happened this afternoon, with no warning: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, whose net worth is estimated to be more than $25 billion, just purchased the Washington Post. By himself. What?Read...
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