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  1. the future is coming
    Spark Capital Dumped Lauren Leto Without a Breakup FeeEvery rose has its thorns.
  2. the future is coming
    The Worst Possible Way to Find Out What Your Co-workers MakeThanks, technology!
  3. cold comfort
    Twitter’s Evan Williams Apologizes to Ousted Co-founder, Sort OfStudies in half-assery.
  4. the future is coming
    Twitter Has Its Own Edged-Out Co-founder Erased From the History BooksHe came up with the name, minus some vowels.
  5. the future is coming
    New York Man Who Says He Owns Half of Facebook Files E-mail EvidenceBlodget calls the e-mails “breathtaking”!
  6. the future is coming
    What Do Rahm Emanuel, Vice Magazine, and Sean Parker Have in Common?A boutique bank called Raine.
  7. the future is coming
    Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Thinks the Real Bubble Is Around Getting a College EducationGetting a college education isn’t cool.
  8. the future is coming
    Facebook Looking to Expand to China“We are currently studying and learning about China,” the company admitted.
  9. sec no evil
    SEC Contemplates Relaxing Rules for Start-ups Like Facebook [Updated]Kind of like a big deal.
  10. the future is coming
    Mark Zuckerberg Won’t Be the Only Twentysomething Tech Founder With His Own MovieA documentary called ‘The Startup Kids.’
  11. the future is coming
    Investors Slobber Over Cayman Island Hedge Fund That Predicts Stock Market Based on TwitterWho needs stock analysts when you have 140 characters?
  12. private eyes are watching you
    Pandora Subpoenaed in Federal Grand-Jury Probe Over Personal DataIt’s not the subject of the probe.
  13. the future is coming
    Brooklyn-Based Traffic and Subway iPhone App Takes Home Top PrizeA crowd-sourced app called Roadify.
  14. sec no evil
    Facebook Employee Terminated Over Insider TradingWho isn’t insider trading these days?
  15. revolving doors
    Mark Zuckerberg Wants Robert Gibbs to Become Facebook’s Own Press SecretaryAhead of their IPO in 2012.
  16. the future is coming
    World Welcomes First Test Tube Baby MiceIt’s a feat long thought to be impossible.
  17. party like it’s 1999
    If You Ask Warren Buffett, Social Networks Aren’t Worth All Those Billions“Most of them will be overpriced.”
  18. the future is coming
    Facebook Wants to Send You Targeted Ads a Split Second After You Post SomethingLickety-split.
  19. the future is coming
    Apple Bans ‘Ex-Gay’ Christian App That Promised to ‘Cure’ HomosexualityInitially, Apple gave the app preapproval and a 4+ rating.
  20. the future is coming
    Universities Compete to Build New York City a Campus for GeeksStanford wants to build a campus on Roosevelt Island.
  21. real estate
    Twitter Moves a Few Blocks Down From Facebook on Madison AvenuePlease don’t start calling it Silicon Avenue. We beseech you.
  22. the future is coming
    Nobody Puts Steve Jobs’s Mobile Payment System in the CornerWell, except Larry Page.
  23. internet-stained wretches
    The New York Observer Will Launch Its Own Tech SiteBetabeat.com.
  24. private eyes are watching you
    Privacy Changes Expose Etsy Users’ Penchant for Artisan Dildos [Updated]One woman’s sex-toy purchase now appears “right after her online resumes.”
  25. the future is coming
    At Silicon Valley Start-ups, the Free Beer Comes With a Side of iShameJudgment also flows pretty freely.
  26. the big payback
    Sean Parker Could Own a Piece of the Music Industry He Helped DestroyAnd that tried to destroy him right back.
  27. the future is coming
    Apple Stores Sold Out of the iPad 2 Within HoursMaster salesman Steve Jobs strikes again.
  28. the future is coming
    Girl Sells Spot in iPad 2 Line for $900, Nerd Pays UpShe stood in line for 41 hours before she was paid.
  29. the future is coming
    ‘The Future of DIY Bieber’ and Other Internet Week Panels“Leveraging advanced Bieber-bating tactics.”
  30. the future is coming
    $42 Million in Funding for Pig-Hating Angry BirdsAnd that’s before the television rights!
  31. the future is coming
    ‘The Facebook Six’ Make Forbes’s List of the World’s Richest BillionairesKa-ching times many billions.
  32. the future is coming
    Facebook Wants to Sell You Movies As Tech Companies Get Serious About Making Guap [Updated]Gimme gimme more gimme gimme more.
  33. i always feel like somebody’s watching me
    Private Eyes (From Your Cable Company) Are Watching YouWhy should the Internet be the only one tracking your every move?
  34. the future is coming
    Situationist App Helps You Talk to StrangersYour parents were wrong about talking to strangers.
  35. party like it’s 1999
    Why Mark Zuckerberg Might Not Be Happy That Investors Think Facebook Is Worth $65 BillionStupid, no good secondary markets.
  36. the future is coming
    Twitter Tries — and Fails — to Quash JPMorgan RumorsNice try, Biz Stone.
  37. the future is coming
    Heeeeeeeeeeeere’s Steve: Jobs Helps Apple Announce the iPad 2Is it the iPad 2? Is it? Tell me now!!
  38. the future is coming
    Facebook’s One Commenting System to Rule Them AllIf you log in with Facebook, people will know more about you.
  39. the revolution will be televised on youtube
    Israeli Journalist’s YouTube Mockery of Qadaffi Rant Goes Viral in LibyaThe future is seriously coming.
  40. the apple of our eye
    Apple’s Board Doesn’t Want You to Know What Happens In Case of a Steve Jobs EmergencyNone of your beeswax.
  41. post-modern love
    Facebook Literally Cannot Handle How Much You Want to Stalk Your CrushThe stalking app has been banned!
  42. sec no evil
    SEC Decides It Might Be a Good Idea to Investigate How Facebook and Twitter Are Trading Shares“This marketplace is like the early days of the ‘junk’-bond market.”
  43. the future is coming
    If You Saw a Movie Last Year, Chances Are You Saw a MacBookApple had the most product placement in 2010.
  44. the future is coming
    Phase One of Amazon’s Plan to Destroy Netflix Is Now CompleteAmazon is starting to offer unlimited video streaming.
  45. the future is coming
    Egyptian Man Names Baby ‘Facebook’She may one day have a playdate with Foursquare.
  46. equal rites
    Facebook Adds More Options for ‘Relationship Status’Some lobbyists are more successful than others.
  47. imaginary conversations
    Exclusive IMs Between President Obama and Mark ZuckerbergImaginary IMs.
  48. the future is coming
    Apple Will Build Its Largest Store in Grand Central Terminal“The company will certainly pull out all the stops on this one.”
  49. party like it’s 1999
    JPMorgan Will Take Social Media for $750 Million, AlexHey, if FarmVille can get you $7 billion, why not?
  50. the future is coming
    Bless Me, iPhone, For I Have SinnedTap your way into God’s good graces.
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