Is Quora Actually Smart?

Sam Biddle · 05/29/13 03:32PM

Quora bills itself as nothing less than "your best source of knowledge"—not your dad, not your librarian, not Wikipedia. The company, spawned by two righteous Facebook alumni (one since ousted), has raised tens of millions from investors who think it can back this claim up. But a little poking around shows Quora's got a lot of learning to do—today it's the Tumblr of opinions.

Moneybags Marco Arment Sells Another Thing

Sam Biddle · 05/29/13 11:15AM

You'll recall Tumblr alum Marco Arment from that time he reminded the internet that he's rich. Now, he's slightly richer, having sold his online fanzine—The Magazine—to its current editor. What exactly is The Magazine, you ask?

Facebook Didn't Actually Ban Rape Jokes

Sam Biddle · 05/29/13 10:32AM

An eensy internet furor spiked yesterday when Women, Action & The Media slammed Facebook for censoring certain hate speech while overlooking pretty awful jokes about rape. Facebook replied with a mea culpa and a mention of overhauling its content guidelines. But it hasn't fixed anything yet.

We're the Uber of Organ Transplants

Mike Lacher - McSweeney's · 05/29/13 09:58AM

I want to tell you about an incredible investment opportunity. You’ve already seen industries like music, movies, and newspapers massively disrupted by revolutionary and visionary new technologies. I’m excited to say that we’ve found the next big industry to disrupt.

Sam Biddle · 05/29/13 08:50AM

It looks like our brief national nightmare is over—Snapchat Leaked seems entirely removed from the internet. The app itself still hasn't provided any comment on the deeper privacy anxiety.

Here's How Facebook Will Invade Your TV with Product Placement

Sam Biddle · 05/28/13 02:33PM

Facebook's TV ads are still young, experimental, and a bit strange. But not for long: the site is launching an old-school product-placement campaign to buy its way onto your favorite television show. Or at least VH1's "Best Week Ever." We got our hands on internal emails and draft scripts showing how Zuckerberg intends to surreptitiously infiltrate your living room through sketch comedy.

Snapchat Leaked: This Is Your Online Nightmare [UPDATE]

Sam Biddle · 05/28/13 01:08PM

We do a lot of joking about how Snapchat is just for dickpics, and this new site (NSFW, of course) proves us wrong: Snapchat, a company with millions in venture funding, is used for all sorts of embarrassing sex shots, and they're being uploaded to the public without permission.

Bonobos CEO: You VCs Are All Idiots

Sam Biddle · 05/28/13 10:01AM

You probably recognize Bonobos, wildly successful purveyor of pants and other stuff (I think?), as that company that's always on your goddamn Facebook news feed, no matter how many times you click hide. But here's one reason to dig it: the CEO is a no-bullshit sage.

Facebook Eyeing Shiny New Downtown Manhattan Office?

Sam Biddle · 05/24/13 11:35AM

Crain's says Facebook is tired of its lackluster digs in the Bank of America Tower, nuzzled between finance offices filled with its corporate antitheses. So how about a very expensive relocation to one of New York's priciest neighborhoods?

Meet the 28-Year-Old CEO of Bang With Friends

Nitasha Tiku · 05/23/13 05:30PM

The last time I met up with “C”, the CEO of Bang with Friends, it was for a boozy night of bar-hopping that ended up on a Brooklyn rooftop. He refused to tell me his last name. That changed last week when the Webutante Ball inadvertently outed Colin Hodge and his cofounder Omri Mor by listing their names in the ballot for “king” of the ball.