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Beautiful Illusions: The Economics of UberX
Last month, Uber boasted that its drivers command a median salary of $90,000 per year. This is not totally honest. Justin Singer wades into the financial morass, and says the truth about how much Uber...
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GoPro, the extreme wearable camera that's often attached to Red Bull-sponsored athletes, drones , and homeless people , is IPOing for a modest $3 billion dollar valuation.Read more...
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If you float the theory that "younger users don't like the feeling of being alone. They want to be tethered to their friends constantly," important venture capitalists will invest in your app. It...
View ArticleAn Actual Mathematical Explanation of Silicon Valley's Epic Dick Joke
Remember that epic dick joke from the season finale of HBO's Silicon Valley? Well, Stanford researchers have run the numbers. And if you'll pardon the pun, it stands up. Says math! Read more...
View ArticleTwitter COO Quits Job
In April, the Wall Street Journal asked us to "Meet Twitter's Mr. Fix-It: Ali Rowghani." Today, Rowghani tweeted some news: he's done with the company, effective immediately.Read more...
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Watch Dave Morin's Path Disappear Before Your Very Eyes!
The tech industry will save the world because they know how to think differently—just not from each other. Path, the struggling sticker pack carrying case , is following the wisdom of the venture...
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How to Stop Facebook From Using Your Browsing History
Earlier today, Facebook announced that it was going to start using all of that ever-so-illuminating app and website data it collects to serve us with more targeted ads. In other words, Facebook is...
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Venture Capitalist Can't Believe How Much He's Gentrified San Francisco
When Vinod Khosla isn't busy blocking access to beaches , he's dishing out billions to startups through his venture capital firm. But on a recent house-hunting adventure in San Francisco, Khosla...
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Tesla Will 'Open-Source' All Its Patents
Tesla Motors just went "open source," at least in spirit. CEO Elon Musk announced this morning in California that the nascent electric car company will open up all its patents "for the advancement of...
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Paleofuture 6 Pets That Were Supposed To Be Man's Best Friend In the Future | Defamer Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Coming Because That's an Idea | Regressing Here's What The Top Prediction Models Say About...
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Startup Seeks Dream Girl To Grill Office Meats
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it can take an open floor plan full of marginalized, under-compensated women to raise a startup. Or, in the case of this Craigslist ad for a job in SOMA,...
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This Startup Spent Seven Years Designing a Cup
Cups: we all use them. But how do we know what's splashing around inside? Thanks to Vessyl, humanity will never again struggle to remember what we just poured into our glass.Read more...
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Watch The Daily Show Mock a Bunch of Google Glassholes Tonight
The Daily Show is scheduled to air a segment on the plight of the glasshole tonight. It follows Sarah Slocum , who was allegedly assaulted in a San Francisco dive bar for recording patrons with Google...
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Feds Auctioning Off Drug Dealer Bitcoins at Liquidation Prices
The FBI doesn't care much for the future of cryptocurrency : over $17 million worth of wacky internet money, seized from internet drug barons on the Silk Road , will be dumped via auction. Now's your...
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Google Glassholes Tell The Daily Show They've Suffered Hate Crimes
If anyone can help entitled Google Glass users understand the difference between a hate crime and being asked to take off a $1,500 computer , it's Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones. Read more...
View ArticleThinkfluencers Say $200 Smart Cup Is "Indistinguishable From Magic"
The makers of Vessyl, the $200 smart cup that helps dummies remember what they're drinking , released a Teens React marketing video featuring tech's finest thought leaders. And they're damn impressed:...
View ArticleUber and Airbnb should "pay zero attention to government regulations,"...
Uber and Airbnb should "pay zero attention to government regulations," because "built into these platforms is a far better regulatory system than the government could ever wish to concoct," argues...
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L.A.'s Private Club for Techies Is Over Before It Began
When we first heard L.A. had a members only club for techies like The Battery in San Francisco, we were stoked. More Bling Ring, less Social Network, fingers crossed. But during a visit in March, I...
View ArticleFacebook is rolling out an innovative new "Big Likes" feature in Messenger...
Facebook is rolling out an innovative new "Big Likes" feature in Messenger for those times when regular ol' Liking just won't cut it. "Press and hold to send an even bigger thumbs up when you really,...
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Nextdoor CEO Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Hit-And-Run
Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia plead down a felony hit-and-run charge to a misdemeanor yesterday in court, receiving an immediate sentence of 30 days in county jail.Read more...
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