8 posts and columns on Brad Pitt

President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

in News on September 26, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!
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Yes, That’s Activision’s Kotick in “Moneyball” Movie Trailer

in Media on June 16, 2011 at 5:37 pm PT

In a surprise cameo, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has gone Hollywood, appearing in a new trailer for the movie, “Moneyball.” Based on the excellent Michael Lewis book about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its quirky manager Billy Beane, Kotick is playing its owner.
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Apple, the Angelina Jolie of Tech, Steps Into the Spotlight Again Tomorrow

in News on August 31, 2010 at 2:55 pm PT

For a secretive company, Apple sure has had a lot of events, launches and communications with the people in 2010. Such as tomorrow’s music-focused event in San Francisco, where oodles of announcements around the iPod and iTunes are expected. In a lot of ways, the company kind of reminds me of Angelina Jolie, the glamorous global celebrity. Let me explain.

A New Search Engine Specializing in Fun

in The Mossberg Solution on October 20, 2009 at 2:54 pm PT

Goby.com aims to take the guesswork out of finding leisure activities.
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Bluetooth Headsets That Up the Chic Factor

in The Mossberg Solution on September 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm PT

Review of two Bluetooth headsets that look stylish enough that you won’t mind being seen wearing them: The Plantronics Discovery 975 and Aliph’s Jawbone Prime.
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A Tall Tale: Did Twitter Really Save Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”?

in Media on August 24, 2009 at 10:37 am PT

Earlier this summer, Twitter was blamed for torpedoing movies like “Bruno” and “Funny Business.” Now the micromessaging service is being heralded for giving Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” a big boost. Actual evidence that Twitter has any effect at all on box office revenue is scant at best. But this is a story Hollywood is going to love anyway.
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BoomTown's Top 10 List of Fact-Challenged Revelations That Should Be in the Facebook Tell-All Book

in News on June 24, 2009 at 3:34 pm PT

How much is BoomTown and everyone else in Silicon Valley trying to nab a copy of Ben Mezrich’s likely-to-be-entirely-made-up-but-who-cares tale of dirty doings at Facebook? Muchety-much! But, so far I have come up peanuts in grabbing an early copy of the work of “fact”-ion–titled “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal”–which is set to come out July 14, along with a movie later. Facebook is not pleased, of course, and will likely be challenging Mezrich’s work as specious dreck, but here’s my own list of 10 completely made-up, utterly fabricated, just-call-me-Jayson-Blair facts that should be in the book.
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"Has Your Head Exploded Yet?" BoomTown Queries TEDsters on What They Learned

in News on February 11, 2009 at 11:30 am PT

While at the TED conference last week, I asked a variety of people in attendance at the elite gathering which presentation had blown their head off–figuratively, of course! TED, which feels like a four-year college in four days, had an eclectic range of speakers, many focusing on the awful state of the earth. But there were also less-dire presentations, such as one on how Brad Pitt’s head and range of facial expressions are now stored in a Sony database for all eternity. That’s a cold comfort amid all the global melting down, but BoomTown will not refuse it. Here’s some more TED reaction from the digerati.