Intel Employee Quits After Being Ass-Kicked to Tears
Your job could be worse: HuffPo has the woeful story of one Intel employee with a 'Kick Me' sign on his back. His coworkers followed the instructions. Followed them until he wept, bruised of ego,...
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The Guys Who Made YouTube Are Striking Out
YouTube made Chad Hurley and Steve Chen rich as Saudi kings after they sold it off to Google. They had the chance (and money!) to build anything they wanted—and they did, a brand new company called...
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Google Scraps Plastic Credit Card Idea
AllThingsD's Liz Gannes says Google, frustrated by the fact that no one really cares about NFC or wireless payments yet, was preparing to just throw up its hands and make a plastic card. Like all of...
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Tech CEO: Fuck You, Class of 2013
Kirk McDonald, CEO of digital advertising firm PubMatic, took to the WSJ's op-ed section to deliver one message: he's the coolest fuckin' boss you'll never meet, and it's your fault, trembling college...
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Everyone On Facebook Knows If You're Down to Bang
The best things going for Bang with Friends, the app that lets you find folks that are down to bone, is that it's populated solely by people you know on Facebook (less risk than a sketchy rando) and...
View ArticleStar Investor Dave McClure Calls Woman "Lying Bitch" During Speech
It's pretty hard to bomb a middling startup conference in Nebraska, and yet blowhard venture capitalist Dave McClure did just that today in a rambling, faux-edgy, profanity-crusted rant about nothing....
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View ArticleZynga's Corporate Death Wish Now Manifesting Itself Literally
It can't be easy to work at Zynga, a fallen star whose games are out outmoded and share price is slipping. I guess one day you wake up and just decide, Fuck it, today will be the day I organized a...
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Elon Musk Quits Zuckerberg's Lobbying Cabal
FWD.us is playing an old Washington game: hit both sides of the aisle to get what you want. In this case, it's buying ads for right-wing candidates who happen to also support "immigration reform" of...
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NYT Tech Columnist David Pogue Marries PR Flack Girlfriend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: After years of unethically covering the industry which his girlfriend advertises for a living, New York Times tech elder David Pogue attempted the impossible by trying to make an...
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No, Sean Parker's Fantasy Wedding Won't Involve Game of Thrones, Nope
When rumors first crossed the nerd wire that Facebook vet and inveterate party boy Sean Parker was finally settling down in a medieval themed wedding, he was quick to correct. Really, where would...
View ArticleAnother Ex-Employee Speaks Out on YouTube Founders' Flopping Company
From the tip box, an anonymous AVOS alum has nothing nice to say: Your article is spot on. I worked at AVOS for a year.Chad and Steve are either complete morons or simply don't care. They've already...
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TechCrunch Blames Flopping Facebook Home on iPhone
No, it's not just you—this headline doesn't really make any sense. And yet that's explanation from TechCrunch's Josh Constine, the FB communications team who moonlights as a blogger. It's not...
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Amazon Celebrates Its Virtual Currency With Free Money for Fire Owners
It's a good morning for Kindle Fire owners. To accompany the launch of their new virtual currency, Amazon has dropped 500 Amazon Coins (at a value of $5) into the accounts of Fire owners everywhere....
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Facebook's Chief Flack Quits
Larry Yu, who helped Mark Zuckerberg talk to his millions of cranky users and slobbering reporters for the past half-decade, just exited. He broke the news on his Facebook page: Nearly five years ago,...
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The Tragic, Crazed Emails of a Startup Cheerleader
You don't know Roger Dickey's name, but you know his creation: Mafia Wars, that incredibly popular, spammy hybrid of virus and videogame once played by millions, that polluted your Facebook feed some...
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Sean Parker Has Been Living in a Luxury Hotel for Two Years
When your $20,000,000 luxury townhouse is undergoing renovations, there's only one option: shack up in one of the most expensive hotels in the United States for two years. While waiting for your...
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Just How Powerful Is Square?
Square's selfie auteur Jack Dorsey just unveiled a new cash register stand that ought to be very helpful for tech-savvy small business people. But what's essentially a plastic case for an iPad was...
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Larry Page Reveals His Mystery Throat Condition
If you thought Google co-founder Larry Page sounded horribly sick last time he spoke, it's because he's recovering from an extremely rare form of vocal cord paralysis, which stifles speaking and...
View ArticleStartup Nerds Rapping About Startups: Just as Horrific as It Sounds
There is no such thing as hell. No—if you commit infanticide and then detonate a suicide bomb in a museum, this music video from Dave "You Lying Bitch!" McClure's VC firm is what you see instead, for...
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