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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 »
  • #socialnetworks

    Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan

    MySpace now says it is no longer competing with Facebook, the rival social network with far more users. No, now MySpace will focus on the niche of music and digital entertainment. And compete with Apple and Google. More »
  • #cubicleculture

    How MySpace Humiliates Fired Workers

    MySpace's CEO purportedly keeps his body pretty tight. But he should lay off the weight obsession at work. Owen Van Natta said MySpace was "bloated" when he laid off 400 workers; now they're reportedly called "fat" to their faces. More »
  • #breaking

    MySpace Lays Off 400

    Two months after taking over as CEO, Owen Van Natta is laying off 30 percent of MySpace employees. His outlook remains bleak; when was the last time you heard a CEO call his company "bloated" in a press release? More »
  • #valleywag

    New MySpace Regime Lowers Expectations

    MySpace chief Own Van Natta is a consummate dealmaker; at Facebook he helped sweet talk Microsoft into a critical ad buy. MySpace is a trickier case: insiders at the social network are spreading word it faces "horrendous" user disengagement. More »
  • #housekeeping

    Valleywag: An Instruction Manual

    Dear Ryan:

    As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way. More »
  • #hires

    MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec

    Owen Van Natta, Facebook's former COO, is officially taking over MySpace, News Corp.'s social network. With its user numbers stagnant, MySpace desperately needs a restart. Is Van Natta the guy to do it? More »
  • #hires

    Should MySpace Hire the Hero or the Zero?

    Former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta is the frontrunner to replace Chris DeWolfe as MySpace CEO. Blog lordling Jason Calacanis has been jokingly nominated for the News Corp. gig. Here's who should get it. More »
  • #nerdspotting

    Is Former Exec Still Tangled in Facebook's Web?

    It's a day of high intrigue at Facebook headquarters, with CFO Gideon Yu leaving abruptly. So why was former COO Owen Van Natta, who left last year, spotted walking out of a Facebook office? More »
  • #mikesheridan

    Project Playlist hires a second ex-Facebook exec

  • #owenvannatta

    Ex-Facebook COO takes Project Playlist CEO gig

  • #owenvannatta

    MySpace Music's fruitless CEO search

  • #rumormonger

    Ex-Facebook COO Owen Van Natta to run MySpace Music?

  • #markzuckerberg

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  • #outcastcommunications

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  • #captioncontest

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  • #nerdspotting

    Could Owen Van Natta toast a reunion with another ex-Facebooker?

  • #wantrepreneurs

    Startup will pay to hear from Facebook ex-COO, investor

  • #jackpot

    Hong Kong tycoon doubles Facebook stake as employees eye exits

  • #yourprivacyisanillusion

    Facebook security lapse exposes Mark Zuckerberg's private Facebook photos

  • #exits

    Owen Van Natta was't fired, "we just decided it was time for him to go"

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