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more about #valleywag 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 » -
#crime
Alisher Usmanov: The Scary Russian Oligarch Seducing Silicon Valley
Alisher Usmanov is nicknamed "the hard man of Russia," but he's good at seducing the softies in California's tech community: An investment firm he backs lead a $180 million investment in Zynga, the gaming company that trafficked in scammy ads.
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#lawsuits
Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads. Neither company's top-drawer investors can be happy.
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#documents
Initial Complaint in Swift vs. Zynga
Below, find the initial complaint in the federal class-action suit against online gaming company Zynga and social network Facebook, alleging the companies are liable for the scammy actions of their advertisers. More » -
#howthingswork
Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million
Just as the public was learning that a huge chunk of Zynga's social gaming revenue came from scammy "quizzes" and "special offers," Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capitalists rewarded the company with $15 million. Hey, that's just how VC's roll. 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 » -
#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 » -
#games
The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
Silicon Valley pundits like to talk about social media as a potential geyser of cash. What they leave out is that one of the only ways social networks like Facebook, MySpace have done that is joining league with online scammers. More » -
