The Fatal Flaw In Marc Andreessen's Tencent Theory
Nitasha Tiku · 01/03/14 02:40PMPandoDaily to City of San Francisco: Fuck You
Sam Biddle · 01/03/14 02:30PMThe Silicon Valley Secessionist Clarifies His Batshit Insane Plan
Sam Biddle · 01/03/14 12:35PM
Balaji Srinivasan, Stanford lecturer and newest addition to the Andreessen Horowitz venture capital all-star team, does not want to live near you. He believes he and his Silicon Valley vanguard deserve their own place—literally, a separate society. Now, the crazy is crazier: meet the "Inverse Amish."
PandoDaily's One Talented Writer Quits
Sam Biddle · 01/03/14 11:09AM
Hamish McKenszie, who provided the occasional sign of life in an otherwise algae-clogged editorial pro-corporate dead zone, has left PandoDaily for a PR gig at Tesla Motors, multiple sources tell me (and his LinkedIn confirms). Leaving Pando to join an actual startup—Sarah Lacy must be weeping with pride.
Nitasha Tiku · 01/02/14 06:48PM
Security Expert Says Snapchat Needs "To Hire Some Really Good Lawyers"
Nitasha Tiku · 01/02/14 05:50PMSam Biddle · 01/02/14 04:49PM
Google Glass Fanboy Robert Scoble Breaks Creepiness Record
Sam Biddle · 01/02/14 02:17PMMG Siegler Pinpoints Everything Wrong with Tech Journalism in One Post
Sam Biddle · 01/02/14 12:07PMNature abhors a vacuum, Silicon Valley abhors even the most minute attempt at criticism. So when Quartz's Christopher Mims wrote "2013 was a lost year for tech," gallant techies took offense. Charging at the fore was TechCrunch alum and VC MG Siegler, who has really had it up to here with reporters thinking critically:
Marc Andreessen's Twitter Spurt Peaks With an Ode to Ashton Kutcher
Nitasha Tiku · 01/02/14 11:25AM"The Mindy Project" Is Advertising on Tinder with Fake Profiles
Sam Biddle · 01/02/14 10:23AMSam Biddle · 01/02/14 10:10AM
Halftime Entertainment, The Silicon Valley Way
Sam Biddle · 01/01/14 07:40PMHappy New Year! Hackers Leak 4.6 Million Snapchat Accounts
Sam Biddle · 01/01/14 10:33AMFacebook Candidate Uses Awesome Power of Internet, Pulls 146 Donations
Nitasha Tiku · 12/31/13 04:00PM
The best laid schemes of Facebook cofounders often go awry. Chris Hughes had hoped a $2 million home in largely working class Ulster County—not to mention his facility with those game-changing ways of social media—would help his husband Sean Eldridge win a Congressional seat. But according to Eldridge's fundraising emails, the latest attempt to capitalize on his campaign's "incredible momentum" has garnered fewer than 150 online donations in three days.
Brit Morin's DIY2k13: A Look Back at Making Magic
Not Brit Morin · 12/31/13 10:32AM
Dear Diary/God/All Y'all Makers out there. PHEW. What a year! It has been full of blessings, Washi tape, pretzels with googly eyes on them, Velcro™, 3D printed spheres (put 'em on a bowl!) and doilies used for various things the Lord did not intend them for. But we reached the end, and have so much to be grateful for, so let's peep all the memories we "made" together. ;)
Nitasha Tiku · 12/30/13 06:24PM
Uber Wants To Help You Avoid Getting Ripped Off By Uber
Sam Biddle · 12/30/13 01:40PMWe are only a day or so away from New Year's Eve, the biggest Uber car fare backlash since the last Uber car fare backlash. Rather than listening to frustrated customers and, say, capping "surge pricing" at 6x or so, Uber's anti-regulation superhero CEO Travis Kalanick has some tips on when not to use Uber.
The Regulatory Crackdown on Airbnb and Uber Is Going Global
Nitasha Tiku · 12/30/13 01:25PM
The kumbaya sound of the "sharing economy" hums right by the fact that the irresistible middlemen who make it easy to find a place to stay or a cab at your fingertips do so for a hefty profit. And when profit and public infrastructure like housing and transportation collide, regulators are bound to follow.