7 Famous Techies We Suspect are Living Out Their Childhood Dreams
Obviously, the best thing about joining the ranks of the fabulously wealthy and successful is the freedom to do whatever you want. For some people, this might mean racing sports cars and popping...
View ArticleSciFi Scribe Neal Stephenson Launches a Videogame Kickstarter: Swordplay, Ur...
Mr. Stephenson, Neal Stephenson. (Photo: Kickstarter) Over the weekend, best-selling scifi writer Neal Stephenson launched his own Kickstarter called CLANG. They say every great business idea solves a...
View ArticleNext Step in Amazon’s Path to World Domination Said to be a Smartphone
Now is the part where I throw my head back and laugh. (Photo: flickr.com/oreilly) Do we detect a little extra joy in Jeff Bezos's supervillain laugh lately? Well, a spot of plotting does warm the...
View ArticleAmazon Creeps Ever Closer to Same-Day Delivery
Now is the part where I throw my head back and laugh. (Photo: flickr.com/oreilly) Living in New York has convinced us it's perfectly acceptable to order almost anything for delivery. The other day, we...
View ArticleThis Amazon Storage Facility Will Probably Outlive Us All
Never going awaaaay. (Photo: flickr.com/oreilly) Digital data sure might feel ephemeral, but two big are companies doing their part to make sure everything gets backed up, forever. Last week, Facebook...
View ArticleAmazon’s Anti-Leak Propaganda Immediately Leaked to TechCrunch
We never leave home without our mask and newsboy cap. (Photo: TechCrunch This is just silly. Amazon would never invent a time machine because rogue book publishers would just use it to kill Amazon. Duh.
View ArticleGadget? What Gadget? Amazon Doubles Down on Content, Looks to the Really Long...
"But I really like the wall scrolls feel in my hands." -- Cicero. Not you. (Photo: flickr.com/irishwelcometours) Were you watching closely during Amazon's Kindle press conference? Because if you were,...
View ArticleBooting Up: Jeff Bezos Bets a Bit on Quantum Computing
Now is the part where I throw my head back and laugh. (Photo: flickr.com/oreilly) No, Facebook is not outing the links you share in private messages by adding them to your list of likes--though those...
View ArticleElon Musk Can Have Mars, Jeff Bezos Will Take the Sea
(Photo: bezosexpeditions.com) Not that long ago at a piano bar in Davos, America's preeminent billionaires got together to divvy up dominion over the land, sea, and stars. The minutes of the meeting...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Invests in Business Insider to Fund More Henry Blodget Crotch Shots
(Photo: AlanLevenson.com) In a stunning gesture of support for EXCLUSIVE airplane journalism, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is leading a $5 million round in Business Insider, the web property helmed by Henry...
View ArticleAmazon Founder Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post Because He Can
Now is the part where I throw my head back and laugh. (Photo: flickr.com/oreilly) At 4:15 p.m., according to Jim Romanesko, Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth called her staffers into the...
View ArticleBooting Up: Naveen Selvadurai Admits He Didn’t Want to Leave Foursquare
Business dudes doing business. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Naveen Selvadurai finally admitted that he didn't want to leave Foursquare and his exit was pretty crushing. [Fast Company]...
View ArticleBooting Up: Groupon Names its Interim CEO as its Real CEO
Groupon. The S.S. Groupon might be finally veering into steadier waters: The daily deal site deleted the interim tag from Eric Lefkofsky's name, meaning it finally has a CEO. That sent shares up 20...
View ArticleBooting Up: Microsoft Buys Itself a Labor Day Present
Nokia!! (Photo: Dailytech) Microsoft took some time off from its Labor Day BBQ to announce that it had acquired the handset and services arm of Nokia. [New York Times] CBS and Time Warner, two gigantic...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Wants Your Advice on How to Run a Newspaper, Plz
MWAHAHA! (Photo: flickr.com/oreilly) Amazon founder, CEO and bajillionaire Jeffrey P. Bezos casually purchased the Washington Post for a cool $250 million not too long ago, and now he's soliciting...
View ArticleBooting Up: Oh OK, Twitter Is Testing a @MagicRecs-Like Service for News
Hi. (Photo: AlanLevenson.com) It's tech company CEO exposé week on the Internet! Today's person of interest is Amazon's Jeff Bezos. [Bloomberg Businessweek] Similar to @MagicRecs, Twitter's...
View ArticleDo Not Make Jeff Bezos Mad Because He Will Probably Make You Cry
Psst... he's laughing at your outfit. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Betabeat has long harbored a not-so-secret suspicion that Jeff Bezos might actually be Lex Luthor. Well, fire up your...
View ArticleAmazon Is Asking the FAA to Bend the Law for Their Drone Program
Delivery drones, coming soon to a suburban neighborhood near you. (Photo: YouTube) When Jeff Bezos first announced his evil plan to start a drone delivery program for all the precious goods you order...
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