Dan Loeb Alleges “Discrepancies” on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s Resume Related to Computer Science Degree

Did he or didn’t he get a computer science degree?
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Welcome to ATD: The Very Social Mike Isaac

A new reporter to cover social, while a current one looks hard at what it takes to innovate and more.
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Location, Location, Location.

… one of the secrets that goes well beyond location is that the guy with the most data wins.

Tim O’Reilly, in conversation with Jon Bruner of Forbes at O’Reilly Where, his company’s conference on “the business of location”

Who Is Jim Yong Kim? The Guy Singing the Black Eyed Peas Song in This Video.

The (possible) next president of the World Bank is not a terrible rapper. And Internet, you are awesome.
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Levo League Wants to Help You Find a Job — If You’re a Gen-Y Woman (Video)

There are plenty of places on the Web to network, job-hunt and look for career advice. Caroline Ghosn and Amanda Pouchot explain why their new site is different.
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Why Rhapsody Is (Probably) Bigger Than Spotify — In the U.S.

Jon Irwin’s music service has been at it for 10 years, and it doesn’t get anything like the attention that the new guys get. But, at the very least, he is holding is own.
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NewsCred Raises $4 Million for Its Web-Based Newswire

Expensive content on the cheap: A start-up that licenses stuff from the likes of Reuters, Bloomberg and Forbes.
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Tech Leaders Make Forbes’ Most Powerful People List

Forbes has compiled a list of the 70 most powerful individuals, and along with some of the world’s leading politicians and religious leaders, tech leaders made a strong showing.
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QOTD: No Such Thing as Easy-Bake

The problem with true hyper-growth … It’s the problem like baking a cake in three minutes.

Marc Andreessen, talking about growth at Y Combinator’s Startup School this weekend

Here’s What Steve Forbes Is Telling His Staff About That Brutal Fortune Article

“The intention is to harm our business,” the publisher says. That’s probably a stretch. But it is a good read.
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Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!

Forbes Gets a Facelift. Next Up: A New Body