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Pando Spikes a Post Critical of a Company It Shares Investors With

Sam Biddle · 02/13/14 11:08AM

The crookedest little bloghouse in Silicon Valley just hit a new low, it appears: A negative story about Birchbox, a beauty-product site with which Pando shares investors, was deleted shortly after being published. Unfortunately for Pando and the backers it loves so dearly, this is the internet, and nothing ever disappears.

Not Even Lindsay Lohan Can Save a Terrible Idea

Sam Biddle · 12/27/13 11:15AM

Karaoke is fun because it's a group activity, usually involving a lot of beer and yelling loudly with your arms around others. Using your smartphone is the opposite of this, and yet, here is Just Sing It, a bad app with a celeb endorsement. In a rare victory for common sense, Just Sing It is already tanking.