Business Insider Is Having a Nervous Breakdown Over Google Glass
Google Glass will blow you away, nobody is going to buy it, it will change the world forever, it's flawed, it's perfect, you'll never wear it, and you'll never be able to live without it. At least...
View ArticleNetflix: Where We Set Up Shop, Torrenting Drops
The Chief Content Officer of streaming giant Netflix claims the modern trend for easily streaming legal content is impacting on the more hardcore Bittorrent scene, with pirate traffic dropping in...
View ArticleTech Bro's Agency Implodes After Sharing Dick Pics of a Client
Last time we checked in with Jesse Thomas, founder of the interactive agency JESS3, he was posting drunken dick pics of his friend Matt Monahan taken during a "Geeks on a Plane" jaunt to India,...
View ArticleEIC Quits Bill Gates' Company Because He Fears It'll Get People Killed
Of all the reasons to flee a startup, death rarely ranks—but photo editor Corey Pein ditched Demotix after its acquisition by Corbis. "I thought their plans were dangerous," he explains. The...
View ArticleCanned Storyboard Staffer Now Leaning In with Sheryl Sandberg
This ended well surprisingly fast! Jessica Bennett, formerly of Tumblr's eliminated editorial department, will be helping Sandberg spread the Lean In mantra with original "editorial and social content."
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View ArticleEveryone looks so thrilled to be working at Zynga, don't they? DON'T THEY?...
Everyone looks so thrilled to be working at Zynga, don't they? DON'T THEY? Careful, the dog is watching.
View ArticleZuckerberg Waited Until Game of Thrones Ended to Buy Instagram
From Kara Swisher's latest tech profile in Vanity Fair, one of those "this is indicative of something profound and strange, but I'm not exactly sure what" moments: Saturday, [Instagram founder Kevin]...
View ArticleWant VC Cash From This Guy? Don't Talk Like a Foreigner
If you read Nathaniel Rich's half-skeptical orbit around Y Combinator—one of tech's trendier cash camps—there's one important takeaway: the guy in charge really doesn't like foreign accents. Rich...
View ArticleHow detached from reality is PandoDaily?
How detached from reality is PandoDaily? When a middling company that makes no money is purchased by another company for $60 million, that deal is "underwhelming."
View ArticleTwitter's Beautiful Founder Is Officially Scaring Us
Jack Dorsey, condemned to a perpetual state of selfie for crimes in a past life, is starting to straight up frighten us. Is staring blankly into a camera every day the best way to get people to use...
View ArticleAs part of Zynga's new "austerity," the company is fixating on its Farmville...
As part of Zynga's new "austerity," the company is fixating on its Farmville franchise. "It could be the Seinfeld of our era in gaming, a multi-season show that has a quality and a consistency that you...
View ArticleMG Siegler Just Became the Most Blessed Shill in The Entire World
Apple shopper, ever-conflicted TechCrunch blogger and venture capitalist MG Siegler just took on a third job: partner at Google Ventures. But don't worry, he says, everything is going to stay just the...
View ArticleSlow clap for Facebook, which just is now a member of the Fortune 500 club.
Slow clap for Facebook, which just is now a member of the Fortune 500 club. It debuted at 482, despite a botched IPO and this really bad TV ad for Facebook Home.
View ArticleSan Fran Yuppie-Haters Destroy Google Pinata
Silicon Valley's cushy private buses epitomize the area's social tension: rich white people get driven around with air conditioning, poor non-whites get higher rent, and not much else. So how about an...
View ArticleThe US Senate Just Passed That Internet Sales Tax Bill
That massive online sales tax hike that senators were pushing through? Yeah, it's looking more and more likely. The US senate just held a final vote on the Internet Sales tax issue and it passed...
View ArticleWhat It's Like to Die at AOL
AOL Music lasted fifteen years before it was destroyed late last month without warning or much of a funeral. After talking with a survivor (of sorts) from the wreckage, you have to wonder how anyone...
View ArticlePricks on a Slope: Summit Series Buys Whole Mountain for $40 Million
You might say Summit Series, a bespoke conference of "epic events" for the one percent, has been employing a freemium strategy. Back in 2008, 20-something CEO Elliott Bisnow started by footing the...
View ArticleRobert Scoble Indulges a Quora Question About Contacting Robert Scoble
Enter the infinity ego, a ruddy, loudmouthed ouroboros: Scoble's latest web foray poses satisfies an important question: how do you get in touch with Robert Scoble? Scoble, perhaps still dripping from...
View ArticleThank God, There's Another Way to Order Food Online
VentureBeat brings us the breaking news that something called "Foodpanda" just locked down $20 million in funding. The big, expensive idea? Ordering takeout. Through the internet. There's no indication...
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