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So here's the pitch: sex + Wikipedia + cupcakes - escorts = PROFIT!
Before we head to io9 Sci-Fi Glamazon Friday at Moose's, 4-8 p.m. today, we wanted to once again thank Ed Kohler for his Valleywag Sex (And Sponsor Posts) Filter, which Melissa Gira Grant says has enabled her to write whatever the heck she wants from now on. Meanwhile, we're still trolling for a copy of Marissa Mayer's cupcake spreadsheet. Despite myself, I found the Mahalo entry for cupcake helpful. But why does a search for cupcakes return entirely different results? Just trying to help here. Finally, thanks to every celebrity on Earth for not releasing a bedroom video this week. -
Your Privacy Is An Illusion
Genetics research + online health profiles = burgers
With the launch of Google's health data service, we're going to set aside our skepticism for a moment and think about what this could potentially mean for society. Nah, screw society — for me personally. Google cofounder Sergey Brin invested in his wife's genetics research startup. 23andMe takes cheek swabs from customers and spits out their genetic history. Board member Esther Dyson writes:a second goal of 23andMe [is] to collect a large database of genetic information and then come back to you over time with invitations to provide specific health data and participate in research.
Combining these data sets — health histories and extensive genetics information — could lead to significant breakthroughs in predicting future health issues. I think this means I can eat all the Yahoo burgers I want without worrying! -
Clips
Celebritards threaten gossip-blogger protest
First the Internet geeks of Anonymous pledged to destroy Scientology. Now "Z-list" celebrities want to take down gossip bloggers. Fine. Just so long as l don't wake up to find Philippe Dauman Jr., Michael Arrington, and Jimmy Wales chanting at me from behind Guy Fawkes masks. Far as I see it, only Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's got a legit beef, and that's with TMZ. -
Comments
Commenter of the week: matto
Hail matto, commenter of the week. He writes:Dude, you write about tech here and you have a Hotmail account? Did it become retro-ironic-chic while I wasn't paying attention? Is Hotmail the PBR of free email services? Did Gmail get too popular and "sell out"?
Someone hold me, I'm scared and confused. I started out mocking you, but now I just feel old and out of touch. -
Real Estate
Giant middle finger in the sky gains human inhabitants
Locals are surprised when I tell them that One Rincon Hill, the 641-foot building jutting up like Barad-Dur over the Bay Bridge, is a residential building, not an office tower. "Who's going to live there?" Rincon Hill is walking distance from both SoMa and the Financial District, so it would seem to be an ideal vertical dormitory for San Francisco's tech startups. Frank Ng, an engineer at HP's Snapfish photo-sharing site, is one of the first to move into the still-unfinished building. He'll have a one-block commute, but realtors expect most of his neighbors will be distance drivers. San Francisco hipster startups don't pay One Rincon Hill mortgages. Googloids, Yahooans and Oraclers are the target market. That's one way to sell living above a freeway onramp as an amenity. (Photo by Curbed SF) -
Online Video
Ustream.tv and Justin.tv respond to YouTube's live streaming gauntlet
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen confirmed that YouTube is working on a live streaming product which would put it in competition with lifecasting startups like Ustream.tv and Justin.tv, as well as the "experimental" Yahoo Live service. We asked Justin.tv CEO Michael Seibel and Ustream.tv CEO Brad Hunstable how their companies felt about the move. More » -
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rachel marsden
Four hot pics of Wikipedia guy's girlfriend
Jimmy Wales can't get enough of Rachel Marsden, the girlfriend he met on Wikipedia. Here's a shot of her pouting for the camera. Three more after the jump. More » -
Stats
ComScore backtracks on numbers that tanked Google's shares
Bear Stearns analyst Bob Peck laid waste to stock portfolios everywhere on Tuesday with ComScore metrics that said Google users clicked on only as many paid links in January 2008 as they clicked on in January 2007. On the news, Google's share price dropped 8 percent. ComScore's Magid Abraham and James Lamberti are sorry. To say so, they wrote a 1,152-word post. Here's a Friday-friendly version: More » -
Exclusive
Transcripts of Wikipedia founder's sex chats
In which Wikipedia's chief non-expert Jimmy Wales worries that Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be able to read their instant messages, talks dirty about broadband infrastructure, and says his "Google killer" startup Wikia needs to make him enough money so he can buy a jet where he and Canadian girlfriend Rachel Marsden can have even more sex. Friends claim that Wales, worried Marsden would leak the chats, threatened her with blackmail charges over the transcripts, and talked about jail time and deportation back to Canada for her. That got her so upset she sent copies to one or more friends. They've landed in our inbox. Good job, Jimbo. The best bits: More » -
Jackpot
Salesforce.com execs cashed out $678 million and you haven't
Within an hour and a half this afternoon, we received a pair of "tips" slamming insiders at Salesforce.com for "looting" the company by exercising stock options. They both link to Salesforce's insider-trading chart which shows that insiders have cashed in more than $678 million in stock. That's roughly 10 percent of the company's $7 billion market capitalization, but our tipsters didn't pause to do that math. One writes: More »
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