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Oculus Grift: Kickstarter As Charity For Venture Capitalists
There is a standing presumption when one backs a Kickstarter project: you may lose your money. But there's a new—or at least now proven—angle to consider, in light of Facebook's acquisition of the...
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The Candy Crush IPO Is a Nasty Popcorn Jellybean
Surprise: launching a public company on the back of a single addictive iPhone game you play on the toilet is proving to not be a stock market powerhouse. The IPO debut of King, which created Candy...
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Google's Terms "Might Legally Permit" Accessing Gmail To Find...
Over the past few weeks, I've heard a few stories about Google or Twitter employees letting it slip that they can check your email or read your DMs—the kind of hushed anecdotes that are hard to prove....
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​Which Is More Terrifying: Google or Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg's $2 billion buyout of Oculus Rift is just the latest step in Big Tech's creepy march from software to sci-fi: Google and Facebook have dumped billions into companies that have nothing...
View ArticleWhen it comes to contemporary tech IPOs, profits don't matter.
When it comes to contemporary tech IPOs, profits don't matter. "Many of these tech issuers—particularly the enterprise tech ones—could be profitable if it was somehow required. They'd probably shrivel...
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Klout Acquired for $200 M. Because Bad Ideas Can't Fail Anymore
Klout is officially the Kardashian sister of social influence startups. Without showing any demonstrable talent, the company has been acquired by Lithium Technologies for a cash and stock deal valued...
View ArticleNot-Stoned Rap Genius Founder Says He'll Maybe Buy Google
Here is an interview with a Yale graduate who had part of his brain voluntarily removed because he thought it made him tell Mark Zuckerberg to suck his dick. He owns a business, and has some big...
View ArticleManagement consultants are more than twice as likely to end up as founders...
Management consultants are more than twice as likely to end up as founders with venture capital financing than engineers, according to a data by Mattermark and Bloomberg Beta. Wonder how Chamath...
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"Board-Whores" of Silicon Valley Are Blind to Conflicts of Interest
In Fortune magazine, Erin Griffith put together a chart exposing "Silicon Valley's single degree of separation," where A-listers are "just an adviser, an investor, a co-founder, an acquirer, or a...
View ArticleSF startup BigCommerce is recruiting for engineers by setting up free coffee...
SF startup BigCommerce is recruiting for engineers by setting up free coffee stands at Google shuttle stops. Smart. pic.twitter.com/73iuEhj0J7 — Matt Graves (@mgrooves) March 27, 2014 Read more...
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Waze Sued Over Alleged Software Theft
Israeli business paper Globes reports that Waze, the navigation app Google purchased for $1 billion last year, infringes upon an open source mapping project he was part of:Read more...
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Witness The Most Obnoxious Signs In Twitter's Neighborhood
NEMA, the luxury apartment building located 256 feet from Twitter's Mid-Market headquarters has been ham-fisted in its attempts to woo The Vested. They have to be when one-bedrooms start at...
View ArticlePaleofuture How Would You Redraw North America?
Paleofuture How Would You Redraw North America? | Defamer Zac Efron Allegedly Punched in the Face During Skid Row Fight | Regressing How Long Does The Final Minute Of An NCAA Tournament Game Take? |...
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The Facebook Drones Are Coming, Zuckerberg Confirms
Facebook's Internet.org initiative is working on a fleet of drones, satellites, and lasers, with the aim of "beaming internet from the sky" to every person potential Facebook user in the world. Read...
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Brit Morin, Spam Artist
Futurist and Senior Vice President for Doily Engineering Brit Morin is resorting to a very unglamorous tactic to grow her company: sending out old fashioned spammy text messages. DI-Yuck!Read more...
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Secret Revenge: Marc Andreessen Smeared App After It Rejected Him
Worrying about the ethics of venture capitalists is a lot like testing the acoustics of outer space. But you'd think the moneyed white men of Silicon Valley would act with a little class when they get...
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Airbnb Is Suddenly Begging New York City to Tax Its Hosts $21 Million
Now that Airbnb is a $10 billion soon-to-be-public corporation, the outlaw of the sharing economy is trying to go legit at the expense of its hosts. Literally.Read more...
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Sergey Brin is definitely not bored or completely unconscious in this meeting...
Sergey Brin is definitely not bored or completely unconscious in this meeting with fellow Google Glass enthusiasts.Read more...
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A Lesson In Google Glass Etiquette
Guests of the Stanford Court hotel in Nob Hill are greeted with a rug exclaiming #HELLO! (hashtag included.) Here and there in the lobby, iPad kiosks languish at just below hip-level. No one interacts...
View ArticleSnapchat investor Bill Gurley thinks anonymous apps like Secret and Whisper...
Snapchat investor Bill Gurley thinks anonymous apps like Secret and Whisper are just a fad, telling Business Insider: "I think it's going to be really hard to monetize."Read more...
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