5 posts and columns on Gavin Newsom

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It's Official: S.F. Requires Stores to Post Cellphone Radiation Levels

in News on June 16, 2010 at 2:15 pm PT

San Francisco will require retailers to post information about the radiation produced by different cellphone models. We wrote about this issue two weeks ago, when the Board of Supervisors was last scheduled to vote on the new requirements. That vote was delayed after one member of the board asked for more time to suss out any liability issues such a rule might create.

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Which Governator Candidate Is Better at Twitter?

in News on April 24, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

Ashton, Oprah, Britney, when will it end? Now Twitter is taking on a distinctly political bent, with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom using the service to announce his bid for governor of California. On Tuesday, he wrote: “It’s official- running for Gov of CA. Wanted you to be the first to know. Need your help. Check out video: http://tr.im/iOCN and ReTweet.”

Newsom Enters Twit Race to Grab Way More Than a Million Voters

in News on April 21, 2009 at 11:04 am PT

In a move that most likely would not have been made without the recent efforts of Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his candidacy for the California Governor’s seat this morning via Twitter.
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Kara Visits "The Future of the Internet" Book Party!

in News on May 12, 2008 at 10:00 am PT

This past Saturday night, BoomTown attended the tony San Francisco book party for Jonathan Zittrain’s new book, “The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It.” It was hosted by megablogger Arianna Huffington and Melanie Ellison, an old friend of Zittrain’s from high school, as it turned out. And BoomTown took our Flip video camera, of course!
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