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Techies Pause Long Hours for Long Weekend of Snow Kiting in Utah

in Social on January 24, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

It’s a good time to be an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, and not just because the parties are getting swankier. More than 30 techies went snow kiting in Park City, Utah, over MLK weekend on a trip organized and funded by the venture capital firm Charles River Ventures.

Viral Video: Biz Stone Gets Couric-ed

in News on April 21, 2010 at 8:21 am PT

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone appeared yesterday on Katie Couric’s weekly online “webshow” on CBSNews.com, which was streamed live. On the show, Stone answered questions about a wide range of topics, including the microblogging service’s tipping point (a bar swarm at SXSW), understanding promoted tweets (don’t try), whether it is correct to say “twittered” or “tweeted” (or, as much funnier TV anchor Jon Stewart puts it, “twatted”), using Twitter effectively (apparently, Couric employs a Twitter temper), and why Twitter turned down the $500 million offer from Facebook (we’re a real live company!). Check it out.

Apple Ads' New Target: Windows 7 (See the Videos!)

in News on October 22, 2009 at 7:56 pm PT

Here are the three new Apple commercials trying to take a smack at the launch of Windows 7, the new operating system from Microsoft. The “Get a Mac” advertising features the PC and Mac guys, as usual, but are quite a bit meaner than usual.
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Major League Baseball Beans Jon Stewart, and Obama’s Pitch Vanishes

in Media on July 22, 2009 at 4:03 pm PT

Remember last week, when President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at baseball’s All-Star Game? And remember the ensuing fuss about his form? And remember how Jon Stewart sliced through all of the crap with his typically incisive wit? Alas, you’ve got no choice but to remember that last part. It has disappeared from the Web, apparently at the behest of Major League Baseball.
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Viral Online Videos, the Funny Edition: Doombas and Anchors Away!

in News on February 12, 2009 at 1:01 am PT

Here are two very funny online videos, making the rounds of late. The first is from “The Daily Show” earlier this week, in which Samantha Bee perfectly mocks products from iRobot–best known for the automatic vacuum called the Roomba–as killerbots. In the second, local Chicago anchors from WGN News, Robert Jordan and Jackie Bange, do a very impressive Las Vegas-style routine during the commercial break. It is hard to look away.