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Off topic: Faking it on Twitter, if seceding had succeeded, occupations of the 1 percent, office colds, remaking book covers
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491 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Off topic: Faking it on Twitter, if seceding had succeeded, occupations of the 1 percent, office colds, remaking book covers

The alter egos of Henry Kissinger, Queen Elizabeth II and others make Foreign Policy's list of fake and entertaining Twitter accounts. U.S. secession movements mapped and compared against the rest of the country. (via Neatorama) The Read More →
Jerry Yang’s departure from Yahoo is as sad as it is overdue
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491 days ago Chris O'Brien No Comments

Jerry Yang’s departure from Yahoo is as sad as it is overdue

The decision by co-founder Jerry Yang to resign from the Yahoo board is as sad as it is overdue. No matter how rudderless Yahoo had become in recent years, Yang deservedly remains a Silicon Valley icon. He was there at Read More →
Google trouble; Apple vs. Samsung again; investors sue Netflix
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491 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Google trouble; Apple vs. Samsung again; investors sue Netflix

Tidbits about the usual suspects. • Google last week said it was investigating allegations that a Google employee was scouring a competitor's database and stealing customers in Kenya. Now the company is reportedly looking into Read More →
SOPA/PIPA talk: Wikipedia blackout, Twitter CEO, Rupert Murdoch, more
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491 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 5 Comments

SOPA/PIPA talk: Wikipedia blackout, Twitter CEO, Rupert Murdoch, more

There's plenty of talk about the controversial legislation (the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act) that at worst would give the U.S. government unprecedented power to shut down websites accused of copyright infringement of movies and more. Read More →
Facebook tops Orkut to become largest SN in Brazil
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491 days ago Mike Swift 3 Comments

Facebook tops Orkut to become largest SN in Brazil

Facebook has topped Google's Orkut to become the top social network in Brazil, the world's fifth largest country and Internet market, comScore will announce later today. That's a huge win for Facebook, because Brazil for years has been a stronghold Read More →
Quoted: Zynga CEO Mark Pincus speaks
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491 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Quoted: Zynga CEO Mark Pincus speaks

"I realize that that wasn't a model that had been done in Silicon Valley. ... Probably I'd say in retrospect, given how much that blew up, and questioned traditions in the Valley, I think [it] probably wasn't a good idea." — Read More →
Off topic: The toilet — flush with kudos, online-memory experiment, forecast the weather, Steinbeck letter on love
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492 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: The toilet — flush with kudos, online-memory experiment, forecast the weather, Steinbeck letter on love

An argument for the flush toilet as the world's greatest invention. Test your memory, take part in an online experiment by the Guardian. An infographic on weather forecasting using sight, smell, powers of observation Read More →
Facebook’s eagerly awaited IPO reportedly set for May
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492 days ago Mike Murphy No Comments

Facebook’s eagerly awaited IPO reportedly set for May

In the most specific prediction yet of Facebook's looming IPO, AllThingsD is reporting the Menlo Park-based social media giant plans to go public in the third week of May. It's expected to be one of the largest tech IPOs Read More →
Zappos’ data breached as hackers make waves worldwide
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492 days ago Mike Murphy 2 Comments

Zappos’ data breached as hackers make waves worldwide

It's been a hackalicious weekend: • Amazon-owned online retailer Zappos and its discount site, 6pm.com, are warning its 24 million customers to change their passwords after a data breach exposed personal information. In an email to customers Sunday, Zappos said some Read More →
Quoted: White House comes out against SOPA
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493 days ago Mike Murphy 7 Comments

Quoted: White House comes out against SOPA

“We will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.” -- White House statement detailing its concerns with the Stop Online Piracy Act. In a blog post Read More →

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