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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 »
    btrovo: "but you know things have changed when Gawker ... is hiring the kind of reporters who pick up the phone. " [www.nytimes.com] #tips #gawker #newyork... 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 »
    Clarissima: There is no such thing as badvertising. Gawk on! 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 »
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    jenalicious: well, congrats Gawker! more »
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  • #rumors

    LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"

    According to a trusted source who's seen it with their own eyes, the Google Phone "is a certainty." [Gizmodo]
  • #linesofquestioning

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    Rosalind Wiseman is the author of Queen Bees & Wannabes, the 2002 book that inspired the movie Mean Girls. A new edition comes out today—and pretty much scares the shit out of me. [Jezebel]
  • #nfl

    NFL Preemptively Stops First Twitter Touchdown Celebration

    As expected, the NFL has laid down a formal law banning the use of Twitter during games, providing fans with at least one safe haven in the ongoing war to see who can be the league's most obnoxious player. [Deadspin]
  • #apple

    Original Snow Leopard Was Too Blood Thirsty for Mac OS X Box

    Yes, I'm obsessed with the new Mac OS X box. But I treated the poor snow leopard badly. This is not a clipart pussy cat. This is one serious blood thirsty beast who was censored by Apple. Spot the difference: [Gizmodo]
  • #cartwits

    GM Aborts Buick Crossover After Negative Twitter Response

    News today Buick will kill the planned Saturn Vue-platformed plug-in-hybrid-electric crossover comes as no surprise to the consumers and journalists who saw it in person. The "Vue-ick" was horrifyingly atrocious. Now we've uncovered news GM killed it because of Twitter. [Jalopnik]
  • #apple

    An Insider On the Apple Tablet

    I never fully believed the Apple tablet was real beyond dreams, until I heard these words over my phone: "Hey, it's [redacted]. I may or may not have sat in some Apple meetings for the tablet."  [Gizmodo]
  • #mediameltdowns

    ESPN Twitter Memo: The Remix

    So now that the infamous memo has been passed around to everyone, ESPN has reworked their guidelines for those individuals still confused or incensed by the policy and what they can and cannot do. [Deadspin]
  • #noboysallowed

    Are Apple Products Secretly Girly?

    Last week, Forbes writer Bridget Brennen asked: Is Apple the world's most discreetly feminine brand? We wonder: When did user-friendly become code for female-friendly? [Jezebel]
  • #phones

    Google Voice Is Cool, But Do You Need It?

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  • #teslamotors

    Tesla Co-Founder Eberhard Sues Elon Musk, Tesla

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  • #nipslippolitics

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    The Sexist blogger Amanda Hess says, "Yes." And we're a little hard-pressed to disagree. [Jezebel]
  • #thetwits

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  • #electriccars

    Tesla Now Worth Less Than Twitter

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  • #badvertising

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  • #streetview

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  • #rumor

    Steve Jobs' Health Declining Rapidly, Reason for Macworld Cancellation

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  • #terrydrayton

    Little League Thief Rewarded with Magazine Cover

    What happened to Terry Drayton, the tech CEO whose company allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from kids' sports clubs? Why, he's Seattle Business's new cover boy.
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