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Social issues: Zynga hit with lawsuit, UBS discloses loss on Facebook IPO
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294 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Social issues: Zynga hit with lawsuit, UBS discloses loss on Facebook IPO

More social media news: • Did Zynga executives engage in insider trading? That's what a lawsuit filed Monday alleges. The Merc's Jeremy Owens reports that the class-action suit charges the San Francisco social-gaming company with misrepresenting the Read More →
Many are qualifying for the Olympics tweet heat
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294 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Many are qualifying for the Olympics tweet heat

It's the nature of the job: GMSV has watched the controversy over tweets and the Olympics more than the sports. And now we throw caution to the wind — and risk the wrath of the International Olympics Committee — and Read More →
Quoted: Wikipedia charity chairman faces editing ban over porn fight
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294 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Quoted: Wikipedia charity chairman faces editing ban over porn fight

"The board is united in the view that this decision does not affect his role as a trustee of the charity." — Wikimedia UK's board, on its chairman, Ashley Van Haeften, who has been banned from contributing to or Read More →
Off topic: New math, beyond real meat, eating crickets, Chattanooga font, dramatic Yelp
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294 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: New math, beyond real meat, eating crickets, Chattanooga font, dramatic Yelp

Quantifying the world — for example, summer vacation — using New Math. (via @brainpicker) Eating: fake meat. — which tastes like chicken. And cricket-filled power bars. What can the Chatype Read More →
Tech tidbits: Olympians’ Twitter protest, police and tracking, Siri patent suit
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295 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Tech tidbits: Olympians’ Twitter protest, police and tracking, Siri patent suit

It's tech grab-bag Monday: • There's more Twitter-related Olympics news — which for some might serve to underscore that there is real money tied to social media. First, we've mentioned the strict rules surrounding tweets and other social-media use during Read More →
Apple vs. Samsung, with Google at center and Sony on the side
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295 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Apple vs. Samsung, with Google at center and Sony on the side

As the first Apple vs. Samsung patent trial in the United States gets under way (Merc's live blog) in San Jose today, here's a look at some interesting tidbits from the flood of coverage about the Read More →

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