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#holidaze
AOL Layoffs Tomorrow to Kick Off Depressing Holiday Season?
'Tis the season to rush up layoffs so they don't fall in the sacrosanct Thanksgiving-to-Christmas period: An AOL insider tells us the company is slated to let go around 100 people tomorrow, following 1,500 firings Electronic Arts announced today. More » -
#surrealestate
San Francisco Braces for Gen. Tom Cruise to Move In (And Perhaps Lead Scientology Offensive)
There's a rumor circulating in the San Francisco press and real estate community: Tom Cruise just bought an $18 million mansion in town. An overgrown pied-à-terre wouldn't be too terrifying — except for that local Scientology expansion drive. More » -
#rumormonger
Another Google Heir Is Born: Larry Page's Son
Larry Page is now the co-creator of something other than the most important internet site in the world: A tipster whispers the Google co-founder is the father of a baby boy, as of Thursday. More » -
#rumormonger
Did Mrs. Google's Company Curl Into the Googleplex To Die?
For a company with deep support from Google, 23andMe seems awfully beset by problems: Two layoff rounds in five months and the departure of a co-founder. So when we hear the company is "hemorrhaging cash," we're inclined to believe it. More » -
#dontbeevil
Is Google Using Pilfered Maps?
The town of Argleton, England doesn't exist, but you can search its white pages, look for nearby chiropractors and map a jog through town, because "Argleton" is on Google Maps. How'd the phantom town get there? Funny you should ask.
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#markzuckerberg
The Insanely Rich Kid Next Door
For proof that Silicon Valley is home to an especially clubby concentration of wealth, just take a short walk down a stretch of Palo Alto road. The one where Facebook's young paper billionaire lives next to a young YouTube millionaire. More » -
#printisdead
Forbes Layoffs Are Here, and They're Brutal
The layoffs at Forbes, which we first reported on three weeks ago, arrived today, and we hear from inside the magazine that they're "real big.... huge," with a rumored 50 or so editorial staff let go. (Updates: LA+London bureaus gone.) More » -
#valleywag
Google CEO Has Money for 'Dear Friend' of His Sometime Girlfriend
We heard Eric Schmidt was done with girlfriend Kate Bohner around the time he was seen again with his ex Marcy Simon. But a tipster showed us how Schmidt has been funneling some cash in Bohner's general direction. More » -
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#rumormonger
Is the Wall Street Journal Bleeding Cash?
The Wall Street Journal uses an astounding 30 to 60 staffers to produce an underwhelming webcast knockoff of CNBC, says Business Insider. (Update: WSJ says closer to 10.) That would help explain the rumors that the newspaper is hemorrhaging money. More » -
#rumormonger
eBay Layoffs Rumored for Thursday
eBay has already confirmed it is planning a round of layoffs. Now a company tipster tells us the internal reckoning is slated to come on Thursday. More » -
#rumormonger
Layoffs at Forbes?
A source close to Forbes tells us another layoff round is imminent, the third this year. Ouch.
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#shakeups
Layoffs Loom at eBay
Two weeks ago, eBay announced a restructuring. As any Silicon Valley trouper knows, that means layoffs will soon follow. And that, in fact, is what's happening. 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 » -
#politics
Gavin Newsom to Ruin Governor's Race by Not Participating?
Noooooo: a conspiracy-minded blog is floating a rumor that Gavin Newsom is dropping out of the race. Who will play fitting successor to Arnold Schwarzenegger if not boozing, other-guy's-wife-fucking, threesome-actress-marrying, fameballer-family-having, Twitter-obsessed, gay-marrying San Francisco mayor? More » -
#rumormonger
Peter Thiel's Rough Summer
The S&P 500 is up slightly since the start of June, rising one percent, but we're told Peter Thiel's Clarium Capital is having a much worse time. In fact, the Pay Pal co-founder should avoid thinking about work this weekend. 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 » -
#cubicleculture
Steve Jobs Nursing Self to Health By Being Maddening Bastard Again
Apple is poised to release a tablet computer early next year, according to AppleInsider. But first, picky CEO Steve Jobs gets to have some fun driving his engineers completely insane. More » -
#lunchtimegossip
Is Twitter Handing Over Private Data to the Feds?
The Twitterati are only too happy to take their private moments public. But Silicon Valley's technical wizards are whispering to one another over lunch that the the federal intelligence apparatus wants more, and is taking it. (Update: Twitter denies)
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#cubicleculture
Exposed: Mystery Googler With Movie-Star Apartment
Who is the rich Google employee who bought a Park Slope mansion from movie stars Jennifer Connelly and husband Paul Bettany? The New York Times wouldn't say. But it wasn't hard to figure out. 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 »
