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more about #valleywag drunkexpatwriter: Other than create new privacy policies, what do Facebook employees do? It would seem the platform would run itself at this point - other than the nee... more » TheSometimesWhy: I long for the good old days when a tweet was merely a bird's song.... more » champagne: That gorgeous nature morte depicts my average meal. Well, a portion of it anyway. I try to eat like a 16th century Flemish moneyed foodie whenever I c... more » BadUncle: This madness will not end until both sides begin strategic razor scooter limitation talks. more » jordos1: So what? I heard Conde Nast is now offering like 40 different flavors of ipecac now. more » MincnglyWhrdL'mer: this would SO work with me. also, is that a luis melendez still life? more » youngmarblegiant: I used to date a Google New York employee. I ate in the cafeteria once, and it was meh. I mean, I never had a real office job, so I couldn't compare... more » raincoaster: Given the average age of a FB employee, they probably put saltpetre in the drinks, just to help them concentrate. more » Matt Cherette: I want all of that cheese in my mouth, right now. more » Poodle_Heart: I hope the animals killed and fattened for the Facebook hordes were humanely treated, massaged regularly, read bedtime stories, etc. Seriously, to th... more » 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 » -
#dealsgonewild
Did Yelp's Star Banker George Boutros Just Screw Up The Google Deal?
There's some amusing finger-pointing going on in the aftermath of the Google-Yelp affair (which, like any affair, may just be in remission). More » -
#valleywag
Local review repository Yelp walked away from Google's $550 million acquisition offer this weekend. [TechCrunch]
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#rumormonger
How Google CEO's 'Ex' Girlfriend Keeps Tabs on Him
Eric Schmidt's rekindled relationship with sometime girlfriend Marcy Simon may be heading into another season: After a summer of hanging out and an autumn jet ride, they've been spotted again this winter. And Simon's keeping a close eye on Schmidt. More » -
#publicrelations
Google Attempting to Swallow Trashy-Tasting Yelp
Google is more likely than not to buy Yelp, say news reports. Which raises one glaringly obvious question: Will Google exacerbate or correct the local review site's worst tendencies, which have brought extortion allegations, porny bacchanals and physical violence? More » -
#marissamayer
Google Princess Opens Up to Vogue on Her Fairy Tale Wedding
It looks like we weren't the only ones covering Marissa Mayers' wedding yesterday: Google's cyborg polar fairy tried to give Vogue the exclusive on her hugely extravagant San Francisco nuptials, which were even more grandiose than we'd been told.
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#geeklove
What We Know (So Far) about Google's Royal Wedding
Marissa Mayer, Google's star-dappled moon queen, married fiancĂ© Zach Bogue this weekend in San Francisco. We hear the fashion-conscious VP's three-day wedding was positively star-studded. And that was just the help. Some names: More » -
#jobs
Google's Terrible Hiring Question: The Document
Google's hiring process is supposed to be a utopian system for identifying superhuman staff. Yet it needs a surprising amount of correcting. And we're trying to figure out if this "stage 2" interview test also needs fixing. More » -
#fashion
Google Phones Too Geeky for Google's Fahionista
Marissa Mayer knows her taste matters; that's why the Google VP walks the office in Armani and Oscar de la Renta. So when she showed off her cell phone in France, it should have been one of Google's. Whoops. More » -
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#reversals
Eric Schmidt Bullied into Submission Twice in One Day
It's not everyday you see the CEO of Google eating his words. But Eric Schmidt has made two embarrassing reversals so far today: Admitting he was wrong about Twitter, and admitting he's got a terrible, AOL-user-esque sense of internet fashion. More » -
#requestforinformation
Is Google's Cupcake Princess Planning to Electronically Track Her Wedding Guests?
We're still gathering details on the fairy-tale wedding Google's glamour geek Marissa Mayer is having this weekend. The latest: Guests are murmuring about some sort of tracking system that sounds as creepy as SkyNet — or Google itself.
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#googleplex
Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People
Eric Schmidt suggests you alter your scandalous behavior before you complain about his company invading your privacy. That's what the Google CEO told Maria Bartiromo during CNBC's big Google special last night, an extraordinary pronouncement for such a secretive guy. More » -
#youtube
Google Geniuses Disguise Perfect Porn Vehicle as Child's Play
The feds have granted Google a patent on an internet-video version of the game "rock, paper, scissors" (see above). Or at least, that's what they think they've done. Really, they've enabled a brilliant way for Google to tax pornographers. More » -
#google
Eric Schmidt's Kinky Fantasy
Google's CEO writes in the Wall Street Journal that "frustrated newspaper executives are looking for someone to blame" for their decline, but they shouldn't blame him: His "fantasy news gadget" makes you pay for access to the goods. Freak. -
#philanthropy
Google Rejects Awesome People So It Doesn't Hog All of Them
How selflessly cool is Google? Every now and then the company removes from consideration one of its superhuman job candidates, to avoid an over-concentration of brilliance. Google, you see, doesn't want to become a black hole of awesome. More » -
#google
It's Not Just You: Everyone Really Is Talking About Twitter
Google released its year-end "Google Zeitgeist" search stats, revealing 2009 America to be way less interested in John McCain and Sarah Palin, and way more interested in Twitter, Google.com's fastest-rising search term. So, forget this "Google," where's Twitter Zeitgeist, already? -
#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] -
#media
A Glimpse of Google without News Corp.: No Big Loss
The media world is in a (relative) uproar over what the implications of News Corp. pulling its content off Google would be. But! A three-part Gawker investigation-type thing indicates the impact might be quite minimal for you, the consumer. Observe:
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#media
The Coming Search Engine Media Wars
News Corp, ever the online contrarian, is considering pulling all of its news content off of Google and doing an exclusive deal with Microsoft's Bing. For this, Rupert Murdoch would receive a pittance. Welcome to the future of paid media. More » -
#exits
What's So Unbearable about Working at Google New York?
Despite its celebrity chefs and razor scooters, Google's New York office houses a surprisingly disgruntled workforce, judging from one informal survey: of 14 Gotham Googlers profiled by Business Insider, more than a third are said to be eyeing an exit. More » -
#feuds
Will Evangelize Your Tech Company for Food
Don Dodge used to be an official evangelist for Microsoft, hyping the company's software and insulting its competitor Google. Then Microsoft laid him off, and Google hired him. Cue the bitter, flip-flopping blog post in which Dodge loudly switches sides. More »
