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more about #valleywag more comments → TheCaliDude: Countdown to when commenters start posting fake death notices to #tips in 5, 4, 3, 2... #twitter more » Drunken Economist: This has nothing to do with piracy, which all software companies have to cope with and include in their cost of doing business. This has EVERYTHING t... more » minou: When a tree really does fall on Hamilton, see if anyone believes you. (Yeah, I clicked through. So maybe you get a D+.) more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: icanhazmadsocialmediaskillz #twitter more » ampersandparade: "BE CAUGHT, YOU FUCKING FISH!" will be repeated ad nauseum the rest of the weekend in between internet killing everyone I know, so thank you, Foster. ... more » allyzay: Isn't that just a video of your boss, Foster...? That proves nothing about this Morrissey, whoever he is. #twitter more » PontiusPirate: What is most concerning is that this company is headed towards IPO and Pincus has admitted to doing "every horrible thing to get revenue." His tactics... more » SidAndFinancy: So many stoners getting the munchies for corn on the cob. #google more » PontiusPirate: Never trust a guy who has an aspiring male model on the payroll whose sole job is to troll blogs and post cut & paste comments about how awesome he (P... more » cmd: Mmmm. Always love an Intern Neel update. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more » insidefb: I consider Mark a friend but he has lied to me on more than one occasion. more » Benny: Never heard of this guy, but this article has my agenda radar going berserk. His comments about that class hardly show him to be cynical about ethics... more » Bos'un's Mate: Pogue is a very good technology critic and observer, but a visionary? No. #davidpogue more » forwardmotion: In his defense: most graduate seminars in whatever subject that last 1-4 weeks are generally bullshit. #markpincus more » heartbreakturnip: In order: "Help me Howard" "Help me God" "Help me grow" "Help me Rhonda" #google more » -
#rumors
Killing Them Softly: The ______ Is Dead Twitter Meme
If the New York Times' The Moment blog and its Twitter feed "hear" that Moz is dead, does it actually happen? Former Idolator editor Maura Johnston writes: "This inspired a lot of panicked e-mails to me late last night." Why? More » -
#facebook
Scam-Brokering CEO Dissed His 'Bullshit' Ethics Class
Mark Pincus recently cut off the scamsters who supply his company with revenue. But before he bowed to controversy, the Facebook games merchant was more cavalier about corporate morality, even griping about his "bullshit" Harvard ethics class and idiot classmates. More » -
#twitterati
Republican's Abortion Joke Positively Uproarious
A Bush-Cheney operative let loose a zinger about orgies and abortion; Kurt Andersen finally watched The Wire; and Neel Shah was discovered something unusual in Oprah's hold music. The Twitterati found some low-hanging fruit. More » -
#thewaywelivenow
Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
There are things you don't tell your husband. There are things you don't tell your therapist. But virtually everything can go into Google's search box — for Google to re-broadcast to the world, via its "suggestion" feature. More » -
#journalismism
David Pogue Gets Modest Title of 'Visionary'
David Pogue does not call himself a journalist; that much he made clear during the controversy over his positive New York Times pieces on Apple's buggy operating system and obfuscating CEO. So what is he, then? A "Visionary." (Updated) More » -
#thefuture
Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
This 1945 pamphlet on the "Future of Television" is awesome. But who would have thought we'd be having the same tired discussion 65 years later? The table of contents is a template for every contemporary new media debate: More » -
#mediawars
Why News Corp. Keeps Threatening to Leave Google
For the second time this week, News Corp. has promised to yank its content from Google, this time within "months." The conglomerate said loudly that search is profitless. But maybe that's just its way of making search hugely profitable. More » -
#conspiracies
Katie Couric Reveals Who Really Controls the Media
Katie Couric made a list of the "most powerful" people in media for Forbes and they're all... Jews. Kidding, only six of 11 are Jews. The real power belongs to computer nerds. Couric mentioned zero old media people. More » -
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#copyfight
Google Forgot to Google Before Naming Programming Language
It would seem Google failed to effectively use its flagship service before rolling out its much-ballyhooed new programming language "Go:" Another language already had that name, and a significant profile on Google's own servers. More » -
#facebook
Class Action Suit in the Works for Victims of Social Gaming Scams
Facebook and MySpace might finally pay the price for the big social gaming scandal: At least one law firm is investigating whether to launch a class action suit on behalf of duped users. More » -
#geeksgonewild
Naked Calendar Nerds Push Limits of Geek Chic
If a Googler can pose in Vogue and Glamour, and if Justin Timberlake's playing a Facebook exec, surely London tech geeks can strip off their clothes for a sexy calendar. It'll sell furiously. Or at least, uh, get tweeted furiously. More » -
#cubicleculture
Google's San Francisco Office Secrets Revealed by Farcical Lipdub
Lipdubs are the scourge of internet video, churned out by desperate would-be fameballers. But staff from Google's San Francisco office apparently can't resist making music videos, either. What workplace horrors made them turn to a sideline in Miley Cyrus impersonation? More »
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#thecinema
New Photos Reveal 'Mark Zuckerberg' Wore Nothing But Gray Hoodies
Collegiate Mark Zuckerberg just wore an endless series of gray hoodies, according to new photos a student sent us from the set of The Social Network. Hey, the young cyborg was starting Facebook, not a fashion house. More » -
#twitterati
'Rapist Killer' and Other Crazies Stalk Twitterati
Lev Grossman lost his whole novel when he changed flights; Rob Pegoraro carefully unfriended a touchy Facebook user; and a UK journalist discovered there are Twitter accounts worse than "rapist killer." The Twitterati battled a crazy world. More » -
#mysteries
Is Missing San Francisco Mayor Secretly Sobbing with 'Life Coach?'
How does the young mayor of a new-age left coast city cope with a major political setback? By disappearing for days on end with his all-important "life coach," as failed gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom is rumored to have done. More » -
#howwelivenow
Google's Kid-Friendly Balls
If Google shows your child its balls, the internet is safe to use. Pro tip! -
#wtf
People Begging Google to Be Their Stalker
Google said it can now keep a detailed list of everywhere you go, play your trips back like movies and generate "alerts" for unusual movements. Who wants this? The CIA? Nope: ordinary modern humans are asking to be tracked. Insane. More » -
#layoffs
Al Gore's TV Network Firing 80 People Due to Wild Success
Current Media said it would shed 80 people, confirming earlier reports, and will make its unconventional format more boringly traditional. This might sound bad. But the San Francisco cable network assures us it is evidence of amazing success! More » -
#exits
Ãœber-Programmer Ditches Yahoo Over 'Lame' Microsoft Deal
No one likes Yahoo's search deal with Microsoft. Wall Street wanted more up front money; tech elites called it an abdication, a "shame" and "seppuku." Now Yahoo is losing a programming icon over the embarrassing arrangement. More » -
#losergeneratedcontent
Re-Tweet Redesign Helps the Rich Get Richer on Twitter
Twitter is offering a new way to quote other people's tweets. The new "re-tweet" feature is both less useful and more confusing than the ad-hoc system that preceded it. But that's OK, because it bolsters rich celebrities and dot-com millionaires. More »
