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more about #valleywag more comments → raincoaster: I follow John Chow, in part because he's a funny, smart guy and in part because I generally bump into him once a week at least at some Social Media Ga... more » GlasgowRose: more » themediatrix: Were you paid to repeatedly use the word "assclown" in this post? more » Poop Cooper: Ironically, of John Chow's 50,000 followers bombarded with ads, 20% are spambots with photos of hot girls for avatars. And the cycle continues... more » Maura Johnston: "We are not trying to turn Facebook and Twitter into one giant spam network. All we are trying to do is get consumers to become marketers for us." Co... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: 1. "trusted" "friends" "recommend" "products they use" 2. profts!!!!! more » raincoaster: Dylan, not if your servers go down again. more » twig: The NSA has a long history in advising to non-government security standards. Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" notes that several of the fundamental ... more » Drunken Economist: Seeing as the bulk of Windows IT and development is outsourced and offshored, how is this a bad idea? Corps and end users really don't care where the... more » scroll_lock: I had no idea this existed. Now I'm newly obsessed. more » daveyjonesisdead: apart from the privacy aspects - and I have no doubt the collaboration did not enhance privacy - why does the government cooperate with some companies... more » DTurkin: Based on the 'takes one to know one' principle, I reckon the NSA should have had some important insight on maintaining privacy. Maybe they also collab... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Oh sure, like Gawker hasn't had a long, tawdry relationship with SIS. more » Foster Kamer: #Yes. But also, I kind of do want to mail April Winchell a check. Regretsy is awesome. #ThingsWeActuallyLike #BookDealsWeCanGetBehind more » Tremonius: If the `spawn of a former Yahoo CEO' demands of a bouncer "just fucking Google me, you dumb fuck" then the search wars are already lost, and Microsof... more » -
#rumormonger
Google CEO's Public and Private Moments With 'Ex' Girlfriend
All summer we kept hearing Eric Schmidt had resumed hanging out with onetime flame Marcy Simon, the killer flack at play-for-keeps Microsoft PR firm Burson-Marsteller. We're still hearing that. And now Simon's talking about the Google CEO in public. More » -
#rumormonger
Eric Schmidt Hanging With Girlfriend on Fire Island?
What's old is apparently new again for Eric Schmidt: Not only is the Google CEO rumored to be hanging out with ex-girlfriend Marcy Simon, now we hear the two have been visiting together on Fire Island, just like old times. More » -
#rumormonger
Is Eric Schmidt Hanging Out with His Ex-Girlfriend Again?
Google's CEO was once thought to be quite serious about Marcy Simon; Eric Schmidt's sometime PR consultant was spotted wearing an engagement ring. Then, a breakup and talk of another woman. But the pair have reportedly reached a new accommodation. More » -
#antitrust
Uh Oh, Google's in More Antitrust Trouble!
Google's G1 is the biggest enemy of Apple's iPhone. And Apple is making a big push into the Web. So it's totally hunky-dory that Google and Apple share board members, right? Wrong, say antitrust cops. More » -
#flackery
Microsoft's Secret Campaign Against Google Includes CEO's Ex-Girlfriend
Marcy Simon, the former mistress of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has landed a PR gig at Mark Penn's Burson-Marsteller. We hear her new job is stirring up antitrust trouble for Google at Microsoft's behest. More » -
