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People Accuses Wrong Asian Woman of Dating Sergey Brin
Just imagine the scene: news breaks that one of the most influential figures in the history of technology is having an affair with an underling. But instead of choosing one of the many photos Amanda...
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Yes that's me.... this photo has been all around the world under the wrong name. It's awful. Ever since the gossip came out... It was snapped back in JUNE! So many made up stories...Read more...
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Cory Booker Steps Down From Waywire Amid Controversy, But Which One?
Wall Street Journal reporter Heather Haddon says Senate candidate Cory Booker is stepping down from the video startup Waywire "amid controversy," and will donate all his shares to charity. But which...
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How Not To Spend Your Startup's Money: A Replica of The Oval Office
Last year, software code repository GitHub received a big, greasy, $100 million investment from Andreessen Horowitz. To spend on, you know, the things that really matter.Read more...
View ArticleThe Intern Marissa Mayer Thanked Had a Much Better Yahoo Logo in Mind
Max Ma, the intern Marissa Mayer thanked by name when she unveiled hew new Yahoo logo, had another idea for the logo http://t.co/cg0kKGE71J — Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) September 7, 2013Read more...
View ArticleTechCrunch Disrupt Kicks Off with "Titstare" App and Fake Masturbation
As a lovely followup to recent discussions of gender inclusivity in tech, here's the first presentation from the AOL-owned TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 startup conference: an app called Titstare, presented...
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San Francisco's Old Money Hates San Francisco's New Money
The best part about being a rich old white lady (and there are many!) is you can say things like this about startups in a new interview with Vanity Fair: “They bore the hell out of me."Read more...
View ArticleLarry Ellison makes 2,236 times more than the average American worker and...
Larry Ellison makes 2,236 times more than the average American worker and more than twice as much as a Exxon Mobil's CEO. But what does he make compared to his employees at Oracle? The SEC is finally...
View ArticleToday at TechCrunch Disrupt, Complete Nonsense Predictions
“65% of grade school kids are going to have a job that hasn’t been invented yet.” – Gavin Newsom, Lt. Governor of San Francisco #tcdisrupt — TCDisrupt (@tcdisrupt) September 9, 2013Read more...
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Tech's Grossest Website Hits a New Low
When Aussie abomination Titstare went on stage yesterday, the internet collectively retched. But at Hacker News, an erudite discussion board run by the venture capitalists at Y Combinator, discourse is...
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The "Godfather of Silicon Valley" Ducks Question About the NSA
Earlier today, Michael Arrington solemnly vowed to "face down the evil at TechCrunch Disrupt," the tech blog's biannual conference. Not the vulgar sexism permitted on stage, but rather the tech...
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Business Insider's CTO Is Your New Tech Bro Nightmare
What has two thumbs and a homophobic, racist, misogynistic, classist worldview? Pax Dickinson. We just noticed this vile Twitter account from Business Insider's chief technology officer today. But he's...
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Business Insider CEO and top editor Henry Blodget provided me with the following when I asked him about Pax:Read more...
View ArticleThe Bigoted CTO Is Out at Business Insider
New York magazine reports Pax Dickinson was "forced to resign as chief technology officer at Business Insider" after the internet read his tweets. We're waiting for confirmation from Business Insider...
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People Aren't as Horribly Lazy as This Startup Hoped
In the future, you'll barely need to move: food, cars, and laundry will all arrive directly at your door. Think of how much society will save on sidewalks. But this future isn't here yet, as gofer...
View ArticleDoes This Bitcoin Version of The Future Appeal To You?
During one of today's TechCrunch Disrupt interviews, no one pretended to jerk off, and no tit jokes were made, as far as we can tell. But a prominent set sat down to discuss Bitcoin, and painted a...
View Article"Suck It, Past" Is Perhaps More Apt Than "Homage"
The new @twitter HQ sign is an homage to the civic importance of its predecessor. Here's old vs new. pic.twitter.com/XNF3Lurwbs — Doug Bowman (@stop) September 10, 2013Read more...
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Burning Man: SEX DRUGS SEX DRUGS SEX AND MORE DRUGS AND SEX
Burning Man is a magical place. For those of you fortunate enough to be able to take 10 days off from work and spend enough money to send (at least) a dozen Ghanaian children to primary school for a...
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Turntable.fm Is Dying
Two summers ago, Turntable.fm, a place to virtually listen to music with your friends, was everyone's favorite website. Many hours of American Office Productivity were sucked away. Then, we all moved...
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Why Pax Dickinson Matters
Mock their JUST ONE CHARTs all you want: news website Business Insider has raised $18.6 million in funding from powerful tech investors like Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Kevin Ryan, Institutional...
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