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Watch San Francisco's Rapid Gentrification Unfold on Google Street View
These days, it's rare to find a piece of San Francisco news that doesn't at least make a passing reference to the city's rapid-fire gentrification. And while numbers like the 115 percent increase in...
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Recode's John Paczkowski reports Apple is looking for a new PR chief, and this time they should be a little nicer : "[Tim Cook's] paying particular attention to those he believes could put a...
View ArticleJack Dorsey Insists He's "Still a Punk"
Jack Dorsey was once a punk. He played in bands, his hair was a loose mess, he had *a tattoo*, and his website was littered in cuss-laden poetry . But then he traded his nose ring for Dior glasses,...
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Clinkle's PR Boss Quits
One way to staunch the flow of disastrous news from your disastrous startup is not even having a PR person anymore: Fortune reports Clinkle's Ana Braskamp, who might've had one of the bleakest jobs on...
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Today In Sexist Startup Advertisements on Facebook
A hearty golf clap to Homejoy, for using a stock photo of a woman cleaning the floor while also holding up her husband who is lying on a sofa, and to Fluc, for proving that naming your startup "Fluc"...
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Ron Conway Flips Out Over Call for SF Mayor Ed Lee to Resign
Star venture capitalist Ron Conway absolutely lost his shit today at the Bloomberg Next Big Thing Summit after fellow VC Chamath Palihapitiya suggested Mayor Ed Lee was doing a poor job addressing San...
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Facebook Investor Sues Company for Paying Itself Too Much
Facebook's IPO and stock market ascension has left the company's board with a big wad of cash—which is great news for the company's directors, who choose their own pay rate. Now Bloomberg reports an...
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New York Artist Facing Eviction for Airbnb-ing Her Apartment
Airbnb is a novel, potentially income-saving measure for people who need to squeeze some extra cash from their homes. And then there are Airbnb users like Eileen Hickey-Hulme, who allegedly rented out...
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Facebook Blows Launch of Another Snapchat Clone
Despite already shelling out $19 billion for Whatsapp, shoving DMs into Instagram, and funneling its vast user base into Messenger, Facebook still looks upon Snapchat with envious eyes. Now, a month...
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Grouper Loses Another Co-Founder?
New York-based blind date startup Grouper—think Uber, for yuppie polyamory—is down another key member: sources tell me CTO and co-founder Tom Brown is out of the dating game.Read more...
View ArticlePayPal co-founder Max Levchin is stepping up as CEO of Affirm after "quietly"...
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin is stepping up as CEO of Affirm after "quietly" raising $45 million. The startup's goal? Lending money online, with rates not based on borrower's credit scores, but...
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Yahoo! exec David Karp and the President of the United States are currently running a Q&A session about issues that affect American youths—because, like everyone always said, Tumblr is where the...
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Silicon Valley Mogul Financed California Lawsuit to End Teacher Tenure
Teacher tenure was found to be unconstitutional today in California, with a judge ruling that students are "unfairly, unnecessarily disadvantaged" by the practice. On its face, Vergara v. California...
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Amazon Is Now Playing Hardball With Warner Over the Lego Movie and More
Amazon has already admitted that it's screwing with Hachette , but now it transpires that Bezos & Co. have stopped taking pre-orders for upcoming Warner Home Video offerings including The Lego...
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Why the Hell Are People Still Giving This Guy Money?
In Hollywood, a botched career often takes many years to reverse—if it turns around at all. But in tech, where failure is worshipped, the men who fail spectacularly don't have to worry about history....
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Apple is Being Investigated Over Irish Tax Shelters
Apple's long history of using tax shelters is finally coming under European scrutiny. EU regulators have begun "formal investigations" into Apple's tax practices, which are responsible for funneling...
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Traditional, non-smartphone taxi drivers are blockading traffic in cities...
Traditional, non-smartphone taxi drivers are blockading traffic in cities across Europe today (including London, above), part of a coordinated protest against Uber's widening presence on the...
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FBI Alleges San Francisco PR Consultant Bought Toxins on the Darknet
Last Monday, the FBI arrested Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, a San Francisco-based public relations consultant. In a recently unsealed affidavit, the FBI says Chamberlain allegedly bought "biological...
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Apple Is Hiring a Thought Leader
True or false: thoughts ? Trick question, because the answer is leadership. How many iPhones would it take to fill up Tim Cook's duffel bag? Another trick: he hasn't owned a bag since 1999. One last...
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Paleofuture This Weird Household Machine Was the Future of Voting in 1945 | Defamer Watch the First Official Trailer for Dumb and Dumber To | Regressing Here Are Some Fun Ways To Lose Money Betting On...
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