8 posts and columns on Cameron Winklevoss

From the Life-Is-Unfair Files: You’re Welcome, Winklevii. Love, Zuck.

in Social on February 3 at 8:40 am PT

That’s right, folks, the rich do get richer, especially if they pursue their case well past the point of shame.
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Winklevii: How Can We Miss You If You Won't Go Away? (Plus the Full Court Ruling)

in News on April 11, 2011 at 11:27 am PT

It seems Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the Don Quixote twins of the digital age, have tilted at yet another legal windmill unsuccessfully. So now, after losing another court challenge to overturn a previous court challenge, they’ll have to settle for $65 million. Actually, $100 million, which is how much shares in Facebook have appreciated since the pair and also Divya Narendra settled with the social networking giant.

Winklevii Vs. Zuck: Who'd You Rather?

in News on October 5, 2010 at 11:18 am PT

The Facebook movie might have performed slightly below box office expectations last weekend for Sony movie unit Columbia Pictures, but it certainly has invaded the mainstream zeitgeist. Still, BoomTown was quite surprised to see a mention of “The Social Network” on one of my favorite celebrity sites, TMZ.com.

Law and Disorder: The Curse of the Winklevii

in News on February 13, 2009 at 12:08 am PT

One thing that’s nice in these volatile times is that the Winklevoss identical twins–aka the Olympic rowing hunks whom Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg seems to have repeatedly dunked since college–can always be relied upon to create nonstop entertainment for those riveted to their increasingly kooky lawsuit against the hot social-networking site. In any case, it’s only the legal hijinks–either via rank incompetency or, more likely, creative leaking–that I want to know more about, especially since release of heretofore confidential information seems to keep seeping out of this case like some hole-plagued rowing shell.

The Winklevoss Variations

in News on February 10, 2009 at 4:57 pm PT

Winklevoss Brothers, Mark Zuckerberg Has Sent You a $65 Million Gift

in News on February 10, 2009 at 11:25 am PT

The inane dispute over the provenance of Facebook apparently ended in a multimillion dollar resolution. Facebook has reportedly paid the founders of ConnectU $65 million to settle a lawsuit that accused founder Mark Zuckerberg of lifting the social network’s source code and business plan when he worked for it as a programmer.

Winklevoss-tastic!

in News on August 14, 2008 at 12:30 am PT

BoomTown simply cannot resist the irresistible urge to compare the gripping quest for gold by Olympic rowers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss with their more lackluster effort to grab a piece of Facebook via a lawsuit. In an unlikely upset in the semifinal of the men’s pairs, the hunky brothers placed second and will go on to the finals on Saturday. Apparently, the Winklevosses actually have some magical come-from-behind in them.

Winklevosses AboutFacebooked!

in News on June 26, 2008 at 12:02 am PT

Ah, the Winklevosses! They lost. In court, I mean, not in rowing! But I am sad to say BoomTown is deeply uninterested in the long-running legal struggle between Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the hot social-networking site and the group affiliated with ConnectU–heretofore referred to by BoomTown as NotFacebook.