Cloying, GIF-happy, nostalgic, attention span devoid—this woman-as-website impression could only be better if she, well, did some really horrible things! But it's otherwise perfect.
Facebook Eyeing Shiny New Downtown Manhattan Office?
Crain's says Facebook is tired of its lackluster digs in the Bank of America Tower, nuzzled between finance offices filled with its corporate antitheses. So how about a very expensive relocation to one of New York's priciest neighborhoods?
George Packer's thesis in this week's New Yorker is simple and sober: "After decades in which the country has become less and less equal, Silicon Valley is one of the most unequal places in America." Yep. But it's the hideous truth behind the gilded new information economy, and the sloppy apologias are already streaming out.
Oh No: Another Techie Reality Show
Bravo's attempt at making programmers interesting wasn't skull-fuck boring enough, so a new contender has risen: "Alley Girls."
The last time I met up with “C”, the CEO of Bang with Friends, it was for a boozy night of bar-hopping that ended up on a Brooklyn rooftop. He refused to tell me his last name. That changed last week when the Webutante Ball inadvertently outed Colin Hodge and his cofounder Omri Mor by listing their names in the ballot for “king” of the ball.
Polish your Dothraki blade and down some... Game of Thrones wine (?), because it looks like the lavish Parker/Lenas fantasy wedding has hurdled California's pesky permits. A mere construction code violation will not stop the bedding ritual
Who is "Satoshi Nakamoto," the mysterious creator of Bitcoin? Maybe one of these people.
Yahoo Resumes Buying Things that Make Zero Sense
The Tumblr afterglow is starting to fade, and Yahoo is back to dumping money into oddball startups without any explanation. Why? Don't ask why.
