Europe's Shaking Down Google Just Like Google Shakes Down Publishers
It's summertime and the European Union is feeling its damn self. Days after another complaint with the EU about Google's anticompetitive behavior, German publishers decided they've had enough of...
View ArticleEmployment in San Francisco has surpassed the dot-com bubble peak.
Employment in San Francisco has surpassed the dot-com bubble peak. Now there are 466,500 employed San Franciscans—a thousand more than in December, 2000. And high rents aren't scaring away new...
View ArticlePaleofuture When Radio In Every Room Was the Dream of the Future | Defamer...
Paleofuture When Radio In Every Room Was the Dream of the Future | Defamer Breaking Bad Spinoff Better Call Saul Already Given Second Season | Regressing Did Chewing Tobacco Kill Tony Gwynn? | Truck...
View ArticleDozens of Tenants Will Be Evicted to Make Space For Pinterest
Pinterest moved into new offices two years ago, but thanks to venture capital-fueled growth, the San Francisco-based company is already planning another relocation. Only this time, the move would be...
View ArticleSurprise: Social Media Ads Don't Do Shit
It's a real drag that Facebook is making it harder for businesses to reach their followers, right? Lucky for spurned social media marketers, a new study indicates all that Facebook spending...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Now Available to Assholes in England, Too
The worst American export since the atom bomb is now ready to enable the socially inept in an entirely new nation: Google's "Glass Explorer" program programme is hitting the UK. Get ready for lots of...
View ArticleSan Francisco Tech Bus Program Scaled Back and Delayed
San Francisco's controversial plan to charge tech employee shuttle operators $1 daily to legally use city bus stops has hit a bureaucratic roadblock. The pilot program's launch date has been pushed...
View ArticleTech's fetishization of fireside chats has manifested itself with a whole...
Tech's fetishization of fireside chats has manifested itself with a whole "fireplace area" in Soundcloud's new office. The goal? Facilitating "the kinds of fireside conversations that aren't always...
View ArticleMarissa Mayer Slept Through a Business Dinner
Nobody really enjoys using most of the Yahoo! branded apps or websites, so the company's future rests largely on the money it can make from advertising. For this reason and perhaps others, it's not a...
View ArticlePaleofuture American Workers Are Getting Screwed | Defamer Robert Pattinson...
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View ArticleSan Francisco Asks Apple to Crack Down on "Predatory" Parking Apps
Despite the tech-friendly climate within City Hall, San Francisco is coming down on a new breed of parking spot-sharing apps. The city issued a cease-and-desist letter demanding that Apple pull them...
View ArticleGoogle Drops I/O Ticket Prices for Top Female Coders to Fix Diversity
Google has a diversity problem. The company recently gave in to demands for transparency, revealing that only 30 percent of its staff are women. Now the tech giant has meritocratic pricing plan to...
View ArticleMike Arrington Drops Suit Against Rape Accuser
The defamation suit against Jennifer Allen—who last spring claimed titan investor and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington had raped her—will not have its day in court.Read more...
View ArticleTwitter says it did not block accounts from Ukrainian national groups,...
Twitter says it did not block accounts from Ukrainian national groups, denying claims by Russian officials trying to shut down content they consider extremist. Rather, Twitter says it instructed...
View ArticleLight Up the Bubble with LED Tutus
"Run for the hills. Leave now. You have to find shelter. They have a cheese sommelier." Read more...
View ArticleSorry Amazon: The FAA Will Not Allow Delivery Drones
In a document seeking feedback on new drone policies, the FAA indicated that it does not want unmanned aircraft "delivering packages to people for a fee." Even if a company doesn't collect a fee—as...
View ArticleKevin Rose Is Destroying His Historical Home, No Matter What [UPDATED]
Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose is quickly racking up enemies in Portland. After infuriating thousands of residents over his planned demolition of a historic home, the Digg founder offered to sell...
View ArticlePaleofuture This 1960s Computerized Desk Was Supposed to Make Classrooms...
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View ArticleIs there a startup sadder than Path?
Is there a startup sadder than Path ? No. The answer is no, because no other app sends out Baby, come back to me spam emails as desperate as this one. "A ghost town here," indeed.Read more...
View ArticleFacebook, the Birkenstocks of Social Networks, Is Suddenly Cool Again
Everything norm is new again. Birkenstocks, the bulky, utilitarian footwear that my mom refused to buy me from Quakerbridge Mall are suddenly chic—like a "Remember the 90's" just for your feet. And...
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