Tag: Valleywag
NowPublic@SXSW2008: Zuckerberg Keynote Train Wreck
It finally happened. It is the flashpoint of the festival so far. It's everywhere. You can actually hear, see, and feel people talking, twittering, moblogging, yapping, snapping, and gossiping about it.Yes, the event...
Ustream.tv negotiating $50 million sale to Microsoft
Lifestreaming is all the rage and Valleywag is reporting that one of the big players in the space is the target of a pretty hefty purchase offer."Sources tell Valleywag that lifecasting startup Ustream.tv is in...
Facebook Friend Request Lands Man in Jail
And remember kids, if you've got a restraining order against you, be careful about those super pokes:"A 37-year-old British man had been given a no-contact order after harassing his wife with text messages and phone...
MySpace to acquire Photobucket
"Rupert Murdoch watched Google snatch YouTube, but he's not letting Photobucket get away.
Social-networking site MySpace, owned by Murdoch's News Corp., has agreed to acquire Photobucket, the Web's No. 1 photo-sharing service, according to a source close to the deal.
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Dear Silicon Valley journalists: You have failed.
"NICK DOUGLAS -- After Valleywag canned me as editor in November, I talked to a half-dozen editors and writers from as many respected newspapers and magazines. Several discussed writing positions that I would have...
Valleywag: Web 2.0 uselessness checklist
According to Valleywag, Web 2.0 business ideas are the "i'm working on a screenplay" of Silicon Valley: Every regular Joes got a dot-com startup idea. This is pretty funny since everyone in LA i know is working on a screenplay. How come people in Detroit...
Token Booth Closings Start in April
The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...
