A Guide to Tom Perkins, the Looniest Tech Guy In Silicon Valley
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Sam Biddle · 01/28/14 01:28PMTom Perkins Became the Least Likable Man in America Last Night
Sam Biddle · 01/28/14 10:01AMLast night, Bloomberg West's Emily Chang treated us to one of the greatest TV interviews in recent memory, as she sat down with venture capitalist-cum-cartoon villain Tom Perkins. He not only stood by his Nazi-invoking defense of the rich, he clearly gives no fucks about being an inhuman oligarch. Here are all the best (worst) moments.
Tom Perkins Defends Holocaust-Invoking Message with Crazy Rant
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Sam Biddle · 01/25/14 11:34AMGrow a Spine, Yahoo!
Sam Biddle · 01/24/14 06:18PM
For 20 minutes or so today, Gmail was unavailable, and a million corny tweets flitted in and out of white-collar attention spans. Among them was a short, subtle, teasing message from Yahoo!, ribbing its chief corporate competitor with a simple notice that "Gmail is temporarily unavailable" and a screenshot of an error message. Hours later, it apologized. This is pathetic.
"Hot Or Not," A Tinder Copycat, Is Climbing the App Charts [Update]
Nitasha Tiku · 01/24/14 03:25PM
The original Hot or Not, which launched in 2000, was the precursor to today's ratings apps—a website that let strangers judge pulchritude by profile pic alone. It's so old, Mark Zuckerberg ripped off the idea to get Facebook rolling. So how did the newly relaunched version get to no. 13 in Apple's App Store? With the help of good old fashioned email spam.