#modernandawkward Click here to read Airline Stops Video Chat Because You 'Could Communicate With a Terrorist'

Airline Stops Video Chat Because You 'Could Communicate With a Terrorist'

United Airlines ordered tech writer John Battelle to stop video chatting with his daughters because "maybe I could communicate with a terrorist on the ground." Other in-flight wifi uses were OK, since terrorist don't tweet or email. (Pic)
03:18 PM
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By Ryan Tate
#mediawars Click here to read Facebook Vs. Britain's Most Fearsome Tabloid

Facebook Vs. Britain's Most Fearsome Tabloid

On one side, a media outlet controversial for misleading readers, running sleazy ads and misappropriating private letters. On the other, a British tabloid. Facebook is in a big teen-sex-scandal feud with the Daily Mail — ironically, its old-media doppelgänger.
01:28 PM
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By Ryan Tate
#twitterati

Twitter Co-Founder Would Like You To Think He's Turning 30

03/10/10
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#conflictsofinterest Click here to read A Google Employee Is Running Microsoft's Pub

A Google Employee Is Running Microsoft's Pub

The co-owner of the Spitfire pub at Microsoft HQ now works for the software company's archenemy Google. Talk about hedging your investments. (NB to Microsofties: We hear the Google-friendly pub spikes your drinks with a productivity-killing chemical. It's called "alcohol.")
03/10/10
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By Ryan Tate
#gizexplains Click here to read Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats

Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats

"We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world." That's how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. [Gizmodo]
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03/10/10
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By matt buchanan
#cubicleculture

Assistant Ditches Cursing Yahoo CEO for Much Cooler Twitter CEO

Click here to read Assistant Ditches Cursing Yahoo CEO for Much Cooler Twitter CEO
Kristen Cordle is stoked: The young executive assistant has abandoned the scary pirate captain of dying Yahoo to work for the CEO of red-hot Twitter Inc. She's already dissing her lame old company, and the competition. More »
03/10/10
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By Ryan Tate
#twitterati

Heidi Montag's Sad Dream

Heidi Montag dreamed of starring in a pointless remake of an absurd film; Nicholas Carlson imagined nailing Facebook's CEO to the wall; and Perez Hilton envisioned getting his mom back. The Twitterati were in fantasyland. More »
03/09/10
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By Ryan Tate
#yourprivacyisanillusion Click here to read Creepy Apple Wants Control of Your House, Wallet

Creepy Apple Wants Control of Your House, Wallet

In addition to to providing your digital music, movies and "print" media, Apple would also like to be the gateway to your home and bank account. Meet the iKey, the invention that lets Steve Jobs mediate your most private spaces.
03/09/10
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By Ryan Tate
#twitterati

Twitter Takes Office Sniping Global

Two Engadget editors had it out over some kind of sex-gender thing; Ayelet Waldman failed to fail to book a hotel room; and Fleetwood Mac shocked Leon Neyfakh. The Twitterati left their affairs out of order. More »
03/08/10
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By Ryan Tate
#censorship Click here to read Google CEO Can't Keep His Ex-Mistress's Blog Down

Google CEO Can't Keep His Ex-Mistress's Blog Down

Video producer Kate Bohner has re-published her autobiographical blog, just two weeks after taking it offline amid threats from Eric Schmidt's lawyers. There's been one especially noticeable change: the character "Dr. Strangelove" is gone. More »
03/08/10
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By Ryan Tate
#cubicleculture

Inside the Low-Paying Cheezburger Empire

Click here to read Inside the Low-Paying Cheezburger Empire
Ben Huh's media startup is focused on LOLcats and other internet animal memes. Things are less cute behind the scenes, where underpaid and overworked humans lurk, according to several company veterans who answered our recent request for information. More »
03/08/10
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By Ryan Tate
#thefuture Click here to read Microsoft CEO Swears By This Twitter Thing

Microsoft CEO Swears By This Twitter Thing

Steve Ballmer has seen the future, and it's Twitter. Microsoft's CEO seemed far more excited by the microblogging startup than any of the offerings from his company during a three-and-a-half minute discussion with the BBC about coming technology. More »
03/08/10
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By Ryan Tate
#journalismism Click here to read TechMeme's Robots Are Now Compiling Media News

TechMeme's Robots Are Now Compiling Media News

Since 2005, semi-automatic news aggregator TechMeme has become a front page for Silicon Valley and its leaderboard rankings a status obsession for writers. Now comes Mediagazer, the similarly cyborg compilation of media news. Egos are already trembling. More »
03/08/10
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By Ryan Tate
#valleywag

Mark Zuckerberg Will Personally Hack Your Facebook Account

Click here to read Mark Zuckerberg Will Personally Hack Your Facebook Account
You have another reason to be worried about your privacy on Facebook. A new investigation reveals the company's founder hacked into the personal profiles and email of both his personal rivals and journalists. More »
03/05/10
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By The Business Insider
#twitterati

Twitterati Guard Their Treats

Tom Hanks rejoiced in his green-room tray; Brian Caufield frantically defended his lunch truck; and Owen Thomas carefully nurtured his new ironic catchphrase. The Twitterati protected their precioussss. More »
03/04/10
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By Ryan Tate
#cubicleculture

Is the LOLcat Empire Built on Exploited Humans?

Click here to read Is the LOLcat Empire Built on Exploited Humans?
Ben Huh's Cheezburger Network has been crowned the largest "meme aggregator" on the internet and gleans more than $4 million in annual revenue from other people's animal pictures. So why can't Huh throw more bones to his humans? More »
03/04/10
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By Ryan Tate
#socialnetworks

Scam-Trafficking Games Company Insists Its Haiti Charity Was Not a Scam, Too

Click here to read Scam-Trafficking Games Company Insists Its Haiti Charity Was Not a Scam, Too
The investigative bloggers at Brazil's Folha Online say Zynga confirmed keeping half the money in certain fundraising campaigns linked to Haiti relief. Zynga says it's been open about this all along. But these aren't questions the company behind Farmville relishes. More »
03/04/10
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By Ryan Tate
#thetheatre Click here to read Will Steve Jobs Watch the New Play About Him?

Will Steve Jobs Watch the New Play About Him?

An "elite" monologuist is mounting a play about Apple's CEO. It's titled The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs; it promises to "dive into" the "epic story of a real-life Willy Wonka;" and it opens in Jobs's back yard. More »
03/03/10
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By Ryan Tate
#twitterati

Middle-Eastern Forces To Invade Tech Conference

Dell kept hanging up on Chris Anderson; Neel Shah mounted a pro-Shake Shack counterattack; and Irin Carmon worried about the "invasion" of SXSW. The Twitterati were dealing with true offensives. More »
03/03/10
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By Ryan Tate
#deals

Chris DeWolfe was indeed prepping his first acquisition: the MySpace co-creator bought gaming platform MindJolt.

03/03/10
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