Here’s a phrase PayPal might want to keep in mind as it wages a civil battle against two former executives who defected to Google: Location, location, location. Because when it comes to employment breach of contract and trade-secret cases, California can be a much pricklier state for a spurned employer to prevail within than many others....
Daily Archives: May 28, 2011
Attention devs: From June 3rd, your apps might no longer work with Facebook!
A couple of hours ago, Facebook announced a fairly heavy breaking change to its Graph API, that has the potential to kill Facebook integration for many websites and mobile apps. The Graph API has become the primary means for third party sites and services, to access data on Facebook. For example, if you visit...
Obama Turns To Twitter’s Dick Costolo To Round Out His Advisory Committee
Image: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid See Also: Caption Contest: President And Mrs. Obama Meet Prince William And Princess Kate How Tech Legend Bill Gross Blew The TweetDeck Deal Why Obama’s Arab Spring Strategy Is Risky President Obama has decided to appoint Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to his National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Costolo...
"Video game how-to clips are porn for kids. They watch them over and over again." — Jason Liebman, founder of Howcast
“Video game how-to clips are porn for kids. They watch them over and over again.” — Jason Liebman, founder of Howcast We learned a bunch of new stuff about Google this week. Nicholas Carlson | 2,358| 12 For the latest tech news, visit SAI: Silicon Alley Insider. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Advertisement:...
iPhone App lets your unborn baby pick its own name by kicking!
Doesn’t make me feel like having a child anytime soon though What a bummer. Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/YxFc9940Y1E/
News Articles: Now A Luxury Or Byproduct
Jeff Jarvis The article as luxury or byproduct A Hippocratic oath for the internet News is a subset of the conversation See Also: All The Big Media Names Have Gone To Joplin, But It’s The Local News Stories That Will Break Your Heart Here’s How Reed Hastings And Netflix Won ARIANNA GOES TO COURT:...
PayPal Cofounder Peter Thiel Is Paying 24 Kids $100,000 To Drop Out Of School
Image: www.acceleratingfuture.com See Also: LUCKY OR SMART?: My Biggest Problem Was Time Do What You’re Good At, Even If It Isn’t What You Love Nicolas Sarkozy Gives Tech Entrepreneurs A Big Smooch, Stays Vague On Policy Early Facebook investor and Paypal cofounder Peter Thiel thinks college is overhyped. Now he’s giving 24 kids a...
Mark Zuckerberg, Who Just Killed A Goat And A Pig, Responds To Concerned Friends
See Also: PHOTO: Mark Zuckerberg Giving Nicolas Sarkozy A Facebook Hoodie Spotify Is Still Two Labels Away From Launching In The US, Negotiations Continue Facebook Calls Paul Ceglia Lawsuit “Outrageous Fraud” Brought By “An Inveterate Scam Artist” A few days ago Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg said he would only eat meat that was killed with...
Android This Week: Google Wallet; Smarter Keyboard; Flyer Lands
Six months after debuting a handset with mobile payment capabilities, Google this week launched it’s Google Wallet service with Sprint as its carrier parter. The operator’s Nexus S handset, with integrated near-field communications (NFC) chip can be used for wireless purchases at MasterCard PayPass terminals, initially in New York City and San Francisco. Consumers with the...
How Facebook pushes updates to its site every day
“From the open-floor plan to quick turnaround from internal tests to production traffic, Facebook has always been obsessed with moving fast and iterating on ideas.”Pedram Keyani from What it’s like to work at Facebook? So how does a site with over 600 million members and over 300 million daily visitors push updates to its...