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#socialnetworks
Facebook Courts Have 100 Judges, Secret List
Facebook's 100+ "policy enforcers" look for pictures of exposed nipples, nude women, and putdowns of individuals or an unreleased list of "protected groups," neither of which you're allowed to hate. But you're judged only if ratted out, so "friend" carefully! -
#twitterati
If Only Tiger Had Cheated At a More Opportune Moment
A critic took issue with Tiger Woods' timing, of all things; a tech exec threw down against Barry Diller; and Olivia Munn gave Mr. Thunderstorm something to wet. The Twitterati were stepping to 'em. More » -
#yourprivacyisanillusion
Yahoo Puts a Price on Your Privacy: $10
Lawful online spying is so common, Yahoo has a detailed price list to reimburse for staff time helping authorities: $10 for basic account information, $35 for the whole email inbox, etc. China's authoritarians presumably get a discount. -
#reversals
Eric Schmidt Bullied into Submission Twice in One Day
It's not everyday you see the CEO of Google eating his words. But Eric Schmidt has made two embarrassing reversals so far today: Admitting he was wrong about Twitter, and admitting he's got a terrible, AOL-user-esque sense of internet fashion. More » -
#requestforinformation
Is Google's Cupcake Princess Planning to Electronically Track Her Wedding Guests?
We're still gathering details on the fairy-tale wedding Google's glamour geek Marissa Mayer is having this weekend. The latest: Guests are murmuring about some sort of tracking system that sounds as creepy as SkyNet — or Google itself.
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#twitterati
Weekend Booze Flows Early for Twitterati
A Brit got "pissed;" a Chicago Tribuner made it a double; and Mark Glaser stumbled over bums. The Twitterati were not finding sobriety. More » -
#googleplex
Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People
Eric Schmidt suggests you alter your scandalous behavior before you complain about his company invading your privacy. That's what the Google CEO told Maria Bartiromo during CNBC's big Google special last night, an extraordinary pronouncement for such a secretive guy. More » -
#youtube
Google Geniuses Disguise Perfect Porn Vehicle as Child's Play
The feds have granted Google a patent on an internet-video version of the game "rock, paper, scissors" (see above). Or at least, that's what they think they've done. Really, they've enabled a brilliant way for Google to tax pornographers. More » -
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#holidaze
Yahoo Confirms: Holiday Blowout Cancelled
Yahoo has indeed canceled this year's iteration of its infamous year-end bacchanal, a spokesperson for the internet conglomerate told us, confirming our earlier post. There will instead be "department/location based events... in line with industry norms." Norms=boring. (Pic) -
#twitterati
Bodily Fluids, Mafia Haunt Twitterati
A San Franciscan unintentionally witnessed a sort of in-car tune up; a j-schooler scheduled a sit-down with a reputed mobster and a lady in fur left a bathroom in terrible shape. The Twitterati were traumatized. More » -
#layoffs
DailyCandy Sours on Most of Its Cities
DailyCandy is eliminating the special editions for seven of its twelve cities, according to an internal memo we've obtained, resulting in almost as many layoffs. NBC Universal, take heed: Even inside Comcast's profitable umbrella, no one is safe from cutbacks. -
#politics
Someone Stop Facebook's Creepy Predators, Facebook Executive Implores
By day, Chris Kelly extols the virtues of Facebook, where he serves as chief privacy officer. By night, as candidate for California attorney general, Kelly warns of Facebook's "online predators," and says government must "keep people safe" Neat trick. More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
Soft Porn for Media Junkies: The Nifty Tablet Demo from Sports Illustrated
This is a pretty darn cool video from Time Inc. about its forthcoming tablet. Cool, that is, if you can forgive the gratuitous feature for fingering half-naked models. More » -
#google
Eric Schmidt's Kinky Fantasy
Google's CEO writes in the Wall Street Journal that "frustrated newspaper executives are looking for someone to blame" for their decline, but they shouldn't blame him: His "fantasy news gadget" makes you pay for access to the goods. Freak. -
#holidaze
Yelp's Holiday Party Way Lustier Than Yours
At Yelp, every review is a chance for free drinks, every email a chance for distasteful punning — and every company party a chance to leer, spank and orgy out. Judging from the pictures, 2009's holiday bash was no exception.
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#holidaze
The Year End Party Is Over for Yahoo, We're Told
We hear Yahoo is canceling its annual "Year End Party" for 2009. That's quite a change for a company that last year held three company parties and additional bashes at the departmental level, amid layoffs. More » -
#twitterati
Shopping with the Enemy
A purged BusinessWeek-er ran into the leader of the new guard; Loren Feldman heckled some oversharing newlyweds; and a celebrity devoured a whole McRib thing. The Twitterati swallowed the awkwardness. More » -
#ebay
The United States of Consumerism, Interactive Edition
This is eBay's rendering of transaction activity on Black Friday; notice how the seller-heavy rural areas (yellow) are offloading their juno on the coast elites (red). What was the flow of crap to your neighborhood. More » -
#printisdead
The Disruption Is Coming from Inside the Building
Layoffs at the fast-shrinking San Francisco Chronicle have freed up a lot of office space in the newspaper's headquarters. So naturally the Chronicle is now subleasing to a guy who severely undercut its business model in the first place. Spooky. More » -
#philanthropy
Google Rejects Awesome People So It Doesn't Hog All of Them
How selflessly cool is Google? Every now and then the company removes from consideration one of its superhuman job candidates, to avoid an over-concentration of brilliance. Google, you see, doesn't want to become a black hole of awesome. More »
