The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — neatly sidestepped the Yahoo Tumblr acquisition and segued into the wonderful world of messaging. As Facebook Home settles into a cot at the homeless shelter, Google is revving up for an all-out assault on the service suite. Google Glass is just the tip of the iceberg; below the waterline, the search giant is sucking image, location, traffic, and advertising data in realtime.
- Steve Gillmor
Soda may be as damaging to your teeth as meth or crack in the long run, according to a recently released study. The study claims that the damage done by high soda consumption combined with a lack of proper dental …
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Goldie Hawn gained fame in the 70s, 80s, and 90s as a comedic actress in movies such as Overboard and Death Becomes Her. The 67-year-old actress may have put aside her acting career a decade ago, but she is still …
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A zoo worker mauled by a tiger at a British zoo died of her injuries at the hospital yesterday. The worker, 24-year-old Sarah McClay was in the big cat enclosure when the tiger attacked her. She was airlifted to nearby …
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Flynn Robinson, an NBA guard in the 60s and 70s, has died at the age of 72. According to a New York Times obituary, Robinson passed away after a battle with multiple myeloma. He died on Thursday in Los Angeles. …
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Since his inaugural Hollywood appearance in Red Dawn, and even before that, Charlie Sheen has used his changed name in every movie or television show he’s appeared in. This will change with his role in the campy, action film sequel …
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The ending to the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights Race ended the way you typically see in the movies, as the winner Peter Dempsey passed the finish line just .0026 seconds quicker than the 2nd place racer. Not only was the …
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"Eric, you really didn't even try to understand this, did you? Our parents generation invested in the Interstate Highway System, and guess who gets to enjoy it? We do! They invest in improved health care, and who gets to live longer? We do! So it stands to reason (not that you care about reason) that if we intelligently invest the money, not only will it generate returns to pay for itself, but future generations will live better lives in ways we can hardly imagine. Regardless, you can't go back to the Old Ways with money because if you did, most of the people on the planet, including yourself and your family (probably) would die quickly. Not that the money of the past was any more real than the money of today."
- Dave Winer
South Korea has a problem with rampant suicide in their country, with it being the leading cause of death among 15-24 demographic. While this is a sad fact in and of itself, one suicide became an even more heartbreaking tragedy. …
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