Paleofuture This Sleek TV of the Future Predates The Jetsons | Defamer See...
Paleofuture This Sleek TV of the Future Predates The Jetsons | Defamer See the Grand Budapest Hotel Built Entirely in Legos, if You Must | Regressing Do NBA Teams With Whiter Fan Bases Have Whiter...
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Judge Allows LinkedIn Lawsuit Because Spammy Emails Hurt Your Rep
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh cares about your reputation. That's why she decided that LinkedIn members can sue the company for accessing their external email accounts in order to send their...
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The company behind the Grilling Goddess job listing on Craigslist wouldn't...
The company behind the Grilling Goddess job listing on Craigslist wouldn't talk to us, but they revealed themselves to The Chronicle. It's The Udda. Turns out, this protest against the company is for...
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San Francisco Anarchists Slash Tires of Google Shopping Express Van
No longer content with merely blocking Google's buses , some anarchists in San Francisco declared war "on every vehicle connected to the gentrifying tech companies" following an alleged tire-slashing...
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The New York Times Really, Really Wants to Out Tim Cook
It's silly, because the world has known Apple's chief executive is gay for years now , but the New York Times is practically gnawing its own arm off in the process of writing about Tim Cook's personal...
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Damning Analysis Shows Airbnb's Impact on San Francisco Housing
The San Francisco Chronicle analyzed local Airbnb listings in order to measure the site's impact on the housing shortage. Among nearly 5,000 listings, two-thirds were entire houses or apartments where...
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Bitcoin Cartel Seizes Enough Power to Spend Money Twice
On paper, Bitcoin is easy, decentralized , secure , and democratic. Doesn't that sound nice? Unfortunately, the real Bitcoin is currently threatened by a shadowy organization called GHash that's...
View ArticleFacebook product specialist Dave Goldblatt paid $20,000 in a charity auction...
Facebook product specialist Dave Goldblatt paid $20,000 in a charity auction to have a character named after himself in the next Game of Thrones book. Goldblatt chose to be a "Valryian." We always...
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Hey Regular People, Companies Want You to Invest in Their Risky IPOs
All the way back in April—when Uber commanded a $3.5 billion valuation, instead of $18 billion—the New York Times delineated the difference between the current tech boom and the dotcom cycles of yore:...
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Delusional CEO Says Google Punishes Successful L.A. Companies
Richard Rosenblatt shouldn't have much to complain about. The former MySpace CEO made a hefty fortune selling a few startups during the dotcom boom before co-founding Demand Media. But the tech titan...
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Justine Sacco Is Back
Justine has landed on her feet: despite uniting a large portion of our planet's population in communal fury , the world's most infamous PR rep is now re-employed. There is truly nothing impossible in...
View ArticleVenturebeat says Buzzfeed may raise $200 million in funding.
Venturebeat says Buzzfeed may raise $200 million in funding. Disney recently dropped its offer to acquire Buzzfeed when the social sharing Siren wanted "upwards of $1 billion." More funding typically...
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Deep Thoughts with Marc Andreessen: Shut Up, Lady!
The Milky Way galaxy's wealthiest hard boiled egg, Marc Andreessen , is back with more words no one asked for. Now he's doubting the New Yorker's Jill Lepore is qualified to write about the American...
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Gym Bags Full of Cash Is a Great Metaphor for Celebrity Tech Investing
As part of its annual series on the highest-paid athletes, Fortune.com looks at Floyd Mayweather, Jr.: world champion boxer, fashion critic, and budding tech investor. So far, the only startup...
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YouTube Will Block Indie Music Labels Who Don't Agree To New Terms
YouTube will begin pulling indie musicians from the site in "a matter of days," blocking any artist on a label that refused the company's licensing terms for its forthcoming subscription music...
View ArticlePaleofuture How Bell Labs Almost Put a Videophone in Every Home | Defamer The...
Paleofuture How Bell Labs Almost Put a Videophone in Every Home | Defamer The Bowe Bergdahl Film Adaptation Arms Race Begins | Regressing How Baseball Batting Stats Have Changed In Every Era, In One...
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Marissa Mayer Got Awkward with Art Props On Stage At Cannes
Marissa Mayer should have watched Glengary Glen Ross before jetting off to Cannes Lions, the annual festival that lets ad buyers pretend they're Angelina Jolie. Multiple reports say her stilted...
View ArticleTaskRabbit launched a new version of the do-it-for-me marketplace today,...
TaskRabbit launched a new version of the do-it-for-me marketplace today, including its jargon. Workers will be called "Taskers" instead of "TaskRabbits" and "TaskPosters" will be called "Clients."...
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Now Even McDonald's Has a Silicon Valley "Digital Incubator"
San Francisco's Market Street artery is already clogged with startups ranging from Twitter to Uber. Now McDonald's is moving onto the congested corridor, opening a digital incubator that aims to bring...
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Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost as Bad as Google's
Silicon Valley has traditionally fought off questions about the diversity of its workers, even claiming the numbers were a "trade secret." But following Google's lead , Yahoo revealed for the first...
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