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How Many Users Does Tumblr Really Have?

Peter Kafka in Media May 21, 2013 at 5:17 am PT

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Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo: We’re Playing a Long-Term Game

Liz Gannes in News May 20, 2013 at 11:03 am PT

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Social Media Pose New Riddle for CIA

in Social on May 17 at 5:00 am PT

Effective spycraft has long called for cover — a job, family or routine that would keep a government agent from drawing undue attention. Now, that calculation extends to spies’ use of social media.

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Pace Picks Up on Tech IPOs

in News on May 16 at 11:00 pm PT

A year after Facebook Inc.’s botched initial public offering, Silicon Valley’s IPO pipeline is starting to fill up again.

Airline Humor

Virgin America flight attendant on landing: “If your mobile device is within reach, you can stop pretending it’s turned off now.”

– Andy Baio (@waxpancake) via Twitter

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ESPN, Twitter Expand Collaboration

in Media on May 13 at 3:24 pm PT

ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service—part of a growing wave of tie-ups as TV networks and Twitter hunt for new advertising revenue.

Terminal Snooping

Seriously, though, surreptitiously spying on what users do is actually the underpinning of the entire web advertising industry.

– Anil Dash, via Twitter

Nuclear Exit

Best way to shut down North Korea’s nuclear program: get Yahoo to acquire it.

– Andy Baio (@waxpancake) via Twitter

Not Really Okay Glass

Sitting on a train, wearing Google Glass, afraid to say, “ok glass” #21stcenturyproblems

– Lance Ulanoff, via Twitter

A Tweet Not Tweeted

One cannot, as yet, tweet a smell. But you can write about it.

– Author Thomas Beller, writing for the New Yorker about a tweet he composed and decided not to send

This Is Not a Joke.

@Dodgers May I sing nat’l anthem at a game? I’ve done it 3x in years past but my contact left. I’ve done @RedSox 4x. This is not a joke.

– Comedian Rob Delaney, explaining how he ended up singing the national anthem at a Dodgers game this past weekend: “I just asked the Dodgers’ Twitter account if I could sing the anthem, and they wrote back, ‘Sure.’”

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BlogHer to WSJ: Here’s the Rest of the Story About Blogging Business Trips

in Voices on April 29 at 2:00 pm PT

According to a WSJ.com article by Katie Rosman, the chardonnay-infused disco just never ends at women’s blogging conferences, where every blogger is a mom getting her due.
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The Natives Are Getting Restless

Posted by Josh Guttman, Senior Vice President, Outbrain in Voices, April 19, 2013 at 2:22 pm PT

Crossing the New Chasm: Focusing on Addiction, Not Just Adoption

Posted by Sergio Monsalve, Partner, NVP in Voices, April 18, 2013 at 9:40 am PT

Question Everything

Trillion Dollar Idea: One That Texts You When It Turns Red

Margaret Thatcher Hashtag Confuses Cher Fans

Posted by Rubina Madan Fillion, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social, April 8, 2013 at 10:50 am PT

A Passover Haggadah for Tech

There Are 265,789 People Ahead of You

Glass Houses

Path = Mac, Facebook = Windows

Dolores Umbridge Is Not Amused

Deal of the Day

Is Twitter Really Worth $10 Billion?

Posted by Dennis K. Berman, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal in Social, February 26, 2013 at 4:25 pm PT

Sadly, This Is Not The Onion

Why We Must Think Bigger

Posted by Charles Moldow, General Partner, Foundation Capital in Voices, February 22, 2013 at 3:01 pm PT

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