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by loverobots 14y ago
On the other hand the reality is that divorce does happen and for people with $20 billion fortunes is different. I wonder if the Google founders have prenups in place.
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by loverobots 14y ago
Chan's ring featured only a "very simple ruby," a source authorized by the couple to speak told the AP. That explains why she isn't smiling :) . Seriously people, smile for crying out loud. You know billions of people will see that pictur
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Morgan Stanley made big bet on Facebook (may have lost a lot of $)(news.yahoo.com)
4 points by loverobots 14y ago|0 comments
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by loverobots 14y ago
Two appeal courts have said yes and DOJ said yes too. Personally I'd be more afraid of getting my @ss kicked for "resisting police" and having my video erased, than being arrested for taping cops.
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by loverobots 14y ago
Let's just say that, generally speaking, Russian and Chinese companies work very differently from those in USA. If their "CIA" shows up and wants something added, you either add it or you may be out of business...and that's if they're feeli
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by loverobots 14y ago
Still, this isn't necessarily a negative for Facebook. They optimized their take, and Zuckerberg won't be needing the market's approval or capital again for a while. Technically, but the minute you go public you have to worry about the st
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by loverobots 14y ago
hmmmmm...google has no content either. It just rearranges other people's content and fills the top with ads
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by loverobots 14y ago
I am afraid they have taken away books and given them a new distraction device.
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Apple Board Member Mickey Drexler Reveals Steve Jobs' iCar Dream(fastcompany.com)
1 points by loverobots 14y ago|0 comments
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by loverobots 14y ago
You're assuming Google would do that and/or that it will be allowed to do that once sites find out. They are a lot of businesses who have zero incentive to give their data to Google. This "AI" is just scrapping and replacing wikipedia while
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by loverobots 14y ago
Google gets 100% of Google.com ad money vs 30% or so on Adsense. A major difference I'd say. Plus, some sectors are worth a lot more and you can bet Google is aware of that.
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Paralyzed woman gets robotic arm she controls with her mind (msnbc.msn.com)
5 points by loverobots 14y ago|0 comments
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Customs halts U.S. sales of HTC phones (Apple vs Android)(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
2 points by loverobots 14y ago|0 comments
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by loverobots 14y ago
To be fair, Acel, DST and others are really small investors, compared to Fidelity, Barclay's, BOA and the likes. Plus, Accel's and DST's business model is to score and more or less get out at the IPO.
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by loverobots 14y ago
I think (not a pro at this) all those shares have already been sold via IPO road shows to pension funds, banks, hedge funds and other investment houses. In fact, I read they wanted even more shares than FB offered to sell ("oversubscribed."
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by loverobots 14y ago
Considering that FB is profitable and that it has a decent war chest, it looks like FB is taking advantage of fools. Smart move though, having $10+ billion in the bank must feel nice and leave a lot of room to maneuver. Personally, I don't
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by loverobots 14y ago
Conversions may be low but then clicks aren't $40 each ( to use an extreme example.) Ye
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by loverobots 14y ago
Not exactly Forbes but a "motivational speaker" and a blogger. No doubt he has the experience of running a company the size of MSFT and crippled by anti-trust settlements on both sides of the Atlantic By the way, Microsoft is still growin
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4 degrees with 0% unemployment (guess them)(money.cnn.com)
5 points by loverobots 14y ago|0 comments
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by loverobots 14y ago
From what I can tell, Bing is very picky in indexing pages, whereas Google will index and ignore them if not up to their standards. I use Bing and DDG and maybe once or twice a week I need to use Google to double check. Bing is more than fi
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by loverobots 14y ago
Yes and no. I think he just gave a $500K check from his own funds so others will not see a cut of that, just losses from his other investments. But yeah, he made money for himself gambling /investing /a combo or whatever. However, not even
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Hybrid Owners Not Likely To Be Repeat Buyers(carbusinesstoday.com)
1 points by loverobots 14y ago|0 comments
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by loverobots 14y ago
Ummm, no. D'Angelo put $20 mil in his own company so it's just $30mil, unless I read wrong. That $30mil is nothing, Thiel is making over $2 Billion on FB so this is just some crumbs as a thank you and "just in case."
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by loverobots 14y ago
Take FB out and Thiel has a horrible investment record. In case people missed, he has a horrible investment record. A coin toss would be better than his choices, let alone low cost index funds. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-12/clar
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by loverobots 14y ago
"I think that Apple could be just as strong and good and be open, but how can you challenge it when a company is making that much money?" I think he knows it well. Like it or not Apple is AAPL, or there to make money for shareholders. Wou
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by loverobots 14y ago
"High GPA from top-tier university...."
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Peter Thiel Demands You Have A College Education To Work At His New Hedge Fund(businessinsider.com)
9 points by loverobots 14y ago|2 comments
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by loverobots 14y ago
Everything is pretty much a tradeoff. Sucks to be near the mine but those minerals probably improve tech so much that eventually the environment is x times better off in a global scale.
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by loverobots 14y ago
You may like them, and they may be the nicest people on earth but that will not make you happy at work, make you successful or provide for your children. You may want to try to bring some common sense in as a last try, but a year and no u
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by loverobots 14y ago
The offer will probably still stand, if the deal is approved. If not, Instagram gets a breakup fee and that's it. FB and Instagram knew that the Feds would review the deal

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