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Just days after the New Yorker published a profile of Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the New York Post posted a lengthy, exclusive interview with Tyler Winklevoss, who, together with his twin brother Cameron, has been fighting Facebook in court. The Post describes the Harvard University graduates (both Olympic rowers) as “gorgeous, lantern-jawed hunks”…
The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, is becoming social and personalized….
When yes means maybe: Doing business in Nigeria By Susannah Palk for CNN London, England (CNN) — In a business culture where negotiations are fluid and what’s agreed on Monday might not necessary mean the same thing on Tuesday, how do you get the job done? It’s a challenge some foreigners encounter when doing business…
Mikhail Khodorkovsky sits in a defendant’s cage in a Moscow courtroom in this June 16, 2004 file photo. In a lengthy interview published in this week’s issue of SPIEGEL, he argues: “I was not a rober baron in the past, just as I’m not a martyr today.” SPIEGEL interview, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 47, the former Russian…
Huguette Clark may be the wealthiest person you’ve never heard of. She’s certainly one of the most mysterious. The 104-year-old heiress owns sprawling estates in California and Connecticut, as well as one of the largest apartments on New York’s Fifth Avenue. But, according to a very buzzy report from NBC’s “The Today Show,” Ms. Clarke…
The New Abnormal Americans are broke and depressed—and also swilling $3 lattes and waiting in line for iPhones. Welcome to the schizophrenic economy By Devin Leonard In March, Ralph Ronzio went to a warehouse in a seedy part of Orange County, Calif., and watched a guy auction off his condo for half what he’d paid…
Play Video July 20 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu reports on major newsmakers in today’s Movers & Shakers. (Source: Bloomberg) A lawyer for Facebook Inc. said she was “unsure” whether company founder Mark Zuckerberg signed a contract that purportedly entitles a New York man to 84 percent of the world’s biggest social-networking service. Paul Ceglia…
World Naked Bike Ride took place this past weekend to protest overdependence on cars. A good message, but why is bike solidarity always naked? If biking without a helmet is dangerous, shouldn’t nude biking be, too? I support biking and I support nudity. But as a joint phenomenon, nude biking has always eluded me. Naked…