Class Action Lawsuit Calls 23andMe Misleading, False, and Unscientific
It's hard out there for a rule-flouting, heavily financed disruptor. If it's not government regulators, then it's "frivolous lawsuits," amirite? This time, it's a class action lawsuit filed in...
View ArticleWhile Alibaba plans a possible IPO on NASDAQ or the NYSE, founder Jack Ma is...
While Alibaba plans a possible IPO on NASDAQ or the NYSE, founder Jack Ma is taking selfies with prime minister David Cameron. Hearts and minds, people. Read more...
View ArticleThat Darth Vader selfie is just the beginning of a partnership between...
That Darth Vader selfie is just the beginning of a partnership between Facebook and Disney "to promote Instagram without the disliked sponsored ads." Trust no one. Read more...
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PSA: Please Stop Calling Nerds the T-Word
Words have power. Words have weight. And words—particularly when leveled against the underprivileged tech sector workers of Silicon Valley—can hurt. What might seem like a silly term to you is someone...
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Airbnb's New Office Has a Replica of the Dr. Strangelove War Room
There are many ways for a startup to burn through $326 million in venture capital. You could hire lobbyists, grease political levers, launch a 24/7 hotline for complaints from the disrupted, and even...
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Snapchat's Co-Founder Now Lives in This $2 Million Box
When you can afford something like this, why not turn down $3 billion? Ha ha, joking, that's still baffling. At least Bobby Murphy, the other, 25-year-old, slightly less Machiavellian guy behind...
View ArticleThe Holidays Are Tough When Tumblr Made You Rich
Already scoured The Sweet Home, Wirecutter, and Tools and Toys with almost nothing to show for it. I already have everything I don’t hate.— Marco Arment (@marcoarment) December 3, 2013Read more...
View ArticleDefamer Breakdowns: Instagram Is Trying To Get Rich Off Of Darth Vader...
Defamer Breakdowns: Instagram Is Trying To Get Rich Off Of Darth Vader Selfies | Paleofuture The Future of News in the Dark Ages of 2003 | Regressing Do Nice Players Make Their Teammates Worse? | Kinja...
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Revealed: A PayPal Mafioso Is Behind "Tips For Jesus" Giving Spree
For weeks, a benevolent bar-crawling superhero has been lighting up his tabs with astoundingly generous tips, totaling over $50,000. Now we know how he does it: he's Jack Selby, a former PayPal VP with...
View ArticleAs we previously reported, WSJ alum Jessica Lessin's new site--"The...
As we previously reported, WSJ alum Jessica Lessin's new site—"The Information"—is live, and it's behind a big ol' paywall. A $400 per year paywall. "We need to write articles that deliver value worth...
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Leaked: Uber's Internal Revenue and Ride Request Numbers
Valleywag has obtained detailed internal financial information indicating that Uber, the e-hailing app that has spawned a hundreds of half-baked pitches, is making a lot more money than its investors...
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VCs Know Precious Little About a Startup Before Investing
For all their court-mandated blogging and self-promotion, venture capitalists keep the details of their decision-making to themselves. But newbie VC Ryan Sarver, Twitter's former director of platform,...
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Regressing West Coast NFL Teams Have A Huge Advantage In Night Games | Defamer Vin Diesel Speaks To Fans At Paul Walker's Memorial Site | Paleofuture How Newspapers Wrote About the Internet in 1988 |...
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Twitter Finally Includes a Woman
No more dick jokes: Twitter's streak of dude-only directorship ends today, with the appointment of Marjorie Scardino to its board. All it took was everyone yelling at them for a few weeks. Sarah Lacy...
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Bieber's Selfie App Is a Total Dud
A fawning, sprawling writeup from TechCrunch and the co-sign of a pop boy-deity looks like it wasn't enough: the hyper-hyped Shots of Me app is already sliding into oblivion.Read more...
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Working for the Man Pays Off! Palantir Is Worth Three Snapchats
Palantir, the CIA-backed company that recently emerged "from the shadow world of spies and special ops to take corporate America by storm" is about to announce a new round of funding that values the...
View ArticleAccording to Digg founder turned investor Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss "is a...
According to Digg founder turned investor Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss "is a humper." It's amazing what you have time for when your work week is only four hours. Read more...
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Buy Tech Influence in NYC for Just $850
For years, Ambiguous New York Media Person par excellence Rachel Sklar has maintained a private email list for her close friends. It's a power cluster of well-connected-on-paper women in media,...
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Snapchat's Disappearing Valuation: Filing Says It's Worth $2 Billion
According to a Business Insider report, a new regulatory filing unearthed by VCExperts, which measures data on private companies, shows that Snapchat will only raise $54 million, a steep drop from the...
View ArticleRegressing Chart: Peyton Manning Marches Towards The NFL Touchdown Record |...
Regressing Chart: Peyton Manning Marches Towards The NFL Touchdown Record | Defamer Kanye Wants Andy Warhol's Insane "Cousin" To Make a Warhol Knockoff | Paleofuture 1995 Patent Shows Early Dream of...
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