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"Hot Or Not," A Tinder Copycat, Is Using Spam to Climb the App Charts
The original Hot or Not, which launched in 2000, was the precursor to today's ratings apps—a website that let strangers judge pulchritude by profile pic alone. It's so old, Mark Zuckerberg ripped off...
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How to Make a Period Tracker App We'd Actually Want to Use
Women are using period-tracking apps to keep track of their periods (as the name would indicate) — and the New York Times is on it. My original thought on the matter was, "Why would I need this? My...
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Grow a Spine, Yahoo!
For 20 minutes or so today, Gmail was unavailable, and a million corny tweets flitted in and out of white-collar attention spans. Among them was a short, subtle, teasing message from Yahoo!, ribbing...
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Silicon Valley Legend Compares Techie Backlash to Nazi Rampage
Silicon Valley has never been known for its appreciation of subtleties. Case in point: eminent venture capitalist Tom Perkins, who co-founded mega-firm Perkins Caufield & Byers, just wrote one of...
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Winklevoss-Backed Bitcoin Startup CEO Busted by Feds
If there's anything the Winklevoss ubermenschen love more than Harvard and revenge, it's Bitcoin, everyone's favorite speculative funny money. They've been investing in Bitcoin-related startups, and...
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Was Sean Parker a Grammy Seat-Filler for Yoko Ono?
Last night, some sharp-eyed CBS viewers spotted reformed playboy investor and nature-spoiler Sean Parker next to Sean Lennon—in what appears to be Sean Lennon's mom's seat. What.Read more...
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Apps Have Been Leaking "Golden Nuggets" of Personal Info to the NSA
The Guardian has obtained top secret documents from Edward Snowden that show that both the NSA and GCHQ (its UK equivalent) have been developing the ability to siphon personal information from "leaky"...
View ArticleDEA Target Charlie Shrem Told Bitcoin Startups To Be "Super Careful"
Perhaps BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem, who was arrested and charged with money laundering today, should have taken the advice he gave during a speech at the Bitcoin Conference in 2013.Read more...
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Google Bus Gentrification Looks Undeniable on a Map
Google isn't just a scapegoat. Data-centric journalist Chris Walker plotted an array of data against a map of San Francisco's Google Bus stops, and shows just how these shuttles can help change a...
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Lawsuit Blames Uber App for Death of 6-Year-Old Girl
Traffic accidents can happen anywhere, to any company. But a California attorney contends that a recent Uber fatality isn't like other accidents—the app itself makes drivers a danger on the road.Read...
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Tom Perkins Defends Holocaust-Invoking Message with Crazy Rant
Tom Perkins, the self-proclaimed "King of Silicon Valley," went on Bloomberg TV to apologize for, but then try to legitimize the offensive letter to the editor he recently wrote to the Wall Street...
View ArticleTom Perkins Became the Least Likable Man in America Last Night
Last night, Bloomberg West's Emily Chang treated us to one of the greatest TV interviews in recent memory, as she sat down with venture capitalist-cum-cartoon villain Tom Perkins. He not only stood by...
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Dear Winklevoss Twins: Please Don't Ever Compare Bitcoin to Gandhi
Especially when it's getting you in hot water. The above tweet is presumably from today's New York Department of Financial Services hearing on the legitimacy and future of Bitcoin as currency, and...
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A Guide to Tom Perkins, the Looniest Tech Guy In Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley could not scramble away from Tom Perkins fast enough this week, after one of the founding fathers of venture capital tried to compare class tension directed at San Francisco's 1 percent...
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Uber's Winter Champagne Wonderland
Public opinion of Uber has been sliding a bit this year, but internal morale is still high—and booze-infused ski trips probably help.Read more...
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It looks like all that synergy wasn't enough to help Marissa Mayer steer Yahoo in a more promising direction. Despite hyping improved ad technology at CES, with revenue down, the ship is staying afloat...
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No, this isn't the worst ever episode of Weekend Update--Marissa Mayer...
No, this isn't the worst ever episode of Weekend Update—Marissa Mayer continues to do a painfully awkward video presentation during each Yahoo! quarterly earnings report. It needs to stop doing this,...
View ArticleThis Is How You Make a Startup Settlement In the Jungle Sound Legit
The question to ask about vaguely startup-y summer camps like Summit Series is not what are they, but rather why they exist. This Utah glamping trip, for example, helped entice rich techies to pay for...
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