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    Shadowlayer: I dont see why google has to buy this half-assed company thats only relevant to a few parts of the US and not that popular at all. A google version, ... more »
    youngmarblegiant: I'm a Yelp elite, and let me tell you it is really all about the free booze at the parties. You review a certain number of establishments and you get... more »
    contradicto: What's with the tiny Business Insider link at the bottom of this post? more »
    sfBirdie: Yelp is useful, but you have to read reviews with an open mind - especially in the Bay Area. Many of the 'Yelp Elite' reviewers take the title way to... more »
    DennyCrane: Boutros, Boutros, golly! more »
    raincoaster: The older Yelp gets, the more closely it resembles a cheesy freebie newspaper, the kind with 50-year-old jokes to keep the ad columns apart. The longe... more »
    resipsaloquacious: Henry Blodget? Really? more »
    Shadowlayer: 500M for a "company" nobody outside SF uses or even knows about... Thats it, google just went fucking retarded. more »
    Pope John Peeps II: Tech people seem to believe that the entire digital world is a brand new realm, whose laws and fiats they can cavalierly disregard, or invent to their... more »
    BowlingForDollars: This may sound lame, but I have Creative Commons on all of my material on Facebook. If they make it available in search, isn't that exploiting my "wor... more »
    CumaeanSibyl: A lot of times, when something that awful happens, it doesn't sink in all at once. You're numb, and your first instinct is to keep doing the things yo... more »
    Magister: Re: Penelope Trunk I'm not even bothering to fake the lie - The computer I'll be buying this Christmas will be for me, so that the kids can have the ... more »
    GooberSaysHey: Kevin Smith is the ultimate (disgusting) oversharer. Ever seen that filmed speech he gave detailing the first time he nailed his wife? Ick. more »
    MyNameIsChris: Re: Avatar Is twittering reviews on films you didn't see the new blogging reviews about films you haven't seen? more »
    econdave: "Gilfriend"? She's a fish? more »
    AndPreciousLittleofThat: "Nominally married?" Is that like a barely civil union? more »
    ArleenCabango: had this merely been a message about her son dying, it wouldn't bother me. but there are realms of tweets all the time by this woman. tons of them on ... more »
    fuzzymuffins: martha, how much for the matching set of housekeepers? will they be available in chartreuse and linen? more »
    SidAndFinancy: Thank goodness for that Gateway settlement; I need to sell my own personal information to feed my Phonics jones. more »
    ArdelisDeeson: Wow, is it time to treat women like subhuman shit again? George Carlin must be smiling in his grave. more »
  • #twitterati

    How Will Arnold Schwarzenegger Punish His Poor Wife?

    The governor of California promised "swift action" against his wife; a podcaster recounted a conversation about cat eating and Biz Stone fell in love with Seinfeld all over again. More »
  • #twitter

    Will Twitter Jump the Revenue Gun?

    Twitter's only recently become an international sensation, but, unlike some of its more slow-and-steady contemporaries, it's already looking to make a buck and this week hinted again at letting the ad revenue stream in. This may not end well. More »
  • #shutuptwitter

    Twitter Founders Are Terrible Tastemakers (And Know It)

    In any given month, half of Twitter's users never log on. Oy. To fix that, the microblogging service hand-picked some streams to push on new users, hoping quality content would prove addictive. How do you think that worked out? More »
  • #twitterati

    The Twitterati Flees Oprah Goons

    Biz Stone was working on his vacation; Robert Gibbs skipped his David Brooks homework and a reporter covering Oprah Winfrey fled her goons. For the Twitterati, this week can't end soon enough. More »
  • #marketing

    Twitter Co-Founder Describes Horrors of House He's Trying to Sell

    Biz Stone is trying to get $575,000 for his tidy "poet's cottage" in the Berkeley hills. The Twitter co-founder's real estate agent must be tearing her hair out: Stone's explained on television how much he regretted buying the place. More »
  • #twitterati

    Twitter Co-Founder Can't Stop Shortening Words

  • #journalismism

    Twitter Might Sue Publisher of Hacked Documents

    Twitter issued what sounded like veiled legal threats toward TechCrunch after the business blog published a internal company documents obtained by a hacker. Those threats are now significantly less veiled. More »
  • #realestateporn

    Twitter Co-Founder Moving Out of Minimalist 'Poet's Cottage'

    Biz Stone is selling his two-bedroom home in the Berkeley Hills. The Twitter co-founder didn't say why "it's time to move;" maybe to live closer to Twitter HQ in San Francisco, or maybe he's just outgrown this artist's hovel. More »
  • #shutuptwitter

    Twitter Founders' Down Market Favorites

  • #shutuptwitter

    New Twitter Show Sure to Annihilate Twitter Once and For All

  • #forecasts

    At Twitter, Tomorrow Never Dies

    Twitter CEO Ev Williams is teasing his followers: "Tomorrow just became a very big day." Just? At Twitter, tomorrow is always a very big day. More »
  • #onlineadvertising

    After Promising It Wouldn't, Twitter Dips an Adorable Toe into Advertising

    When is an advertisement not an advertisement? When Twitter says it's an "interesting topical experience." That's what cofounder Biz Stone, who once promised Twitter's website would never carry ads, is calling Microsoft's ExecTweets. More »
  • #shutuptwitter

    Why Twitter Is the Perfect Startup

    The financial world is in ashes. But that makes adorable little startup Twitter all the more precious. It is perhaps the only Internet dream left. And any economist will tell you that scarcity creates value. More »
  • #careers

    Ev Williams seeks wantrepreneur assistant

  • #greatmomentsinjournalism

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  • #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto

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  • #avatars

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  • #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto

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  • #nowpublic

    Robert Scoble, other Valley bon vivants subject of latest ego-stroking linkbait

  • #venturecapital

    Jeff Bezos invests undisclosed amount in Twitter

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