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    January 4, 2013

    Facebook off the Hook for Intifada Pages That Promoted Killing Jews

    Last year, Freedom Fighter Larry Klayman took Facebook to court, claiming Mark Zuckerberg was a self-hating Jew. Why? Because the 28-year-old bajillionaire refused to (promptly) take down the "Third Palestinian Intifada" Facebook page. Yes, it's exactly as it sounds. But Klayman officially lost hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2012

    Facebook Fixes Webcam Security Glitch, But Problem Only Gets Bigger for Rest of Internet

    Today, Facebook announced that it "patched a security vulnerability that would have allowed hackers to turn on users' webcams without their knowledge and post the videos to their profiles," Bloomberg reported. According to the company, there is no evidence that the bug had ever been exploited. Two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2012

    Local Cop Being Investigated Over Facebook Post

    The always zany Sgt. Carl T might have thought he was being funny -- or at least he was having fun -- when he posted on his Facebook page a video of a speeding Lamborghini with comments noting haw fast the car was going and drunk its passengers were. T -- who legally changed his name from Tennenba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    Marin Kid Expands Her Incredibly Profitable Lemonade Stand to NYC

    Remember 8-year-old Vivienne Harr who this past summer did more than you did to make the world a better place? She raked in some $56,000 turning lemons into lemonade -- literally -- giving all that money to help fight human trafficking. But like any good entrepreneur, she's expanding her company, ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2012

    Alyson Alford: S.F. Family Looking for Missing Teen

    Update 5 p.m.:Good News. Alyson Alford was located, is safe, and on her way home, according to her aunt's Facebook page. Update 3:15 p.m.: Officer Albie Esparza identified the missing girl as 15-year-old Alyson Alford. Police say she never came home from school yesterday and was reportedly last s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2012

    Club Six To Close Immediately

    San Francisco's downtown club scene just got a little emptier: After 14 years of hosting hip-hop, dancehall, reggae, and house music -- and even some live bands -- Club Six, at 60 Sixth St., has just announced its immediate closure. Via Eater SF, we hear that owner Angel Cruz sent out a note to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2012

    Facebook Accidentally "Outs" Gay Kids to Their Parents

    Those cumbersome privacy settings on Facebook didn't do much for two gay kids in Texas who were inadvertently outed on the social networking site, much to their chagrin. The Wall Street Journal first reported the story of Bobbi Duncan, 22, and Taylor McCormick, 21, both students at the University of ... More >>

  • News

    October 10, 2012

    Our Most Corrupt Tax Breaks: 10 Loopholes to Close Right Now

    Those cumbersome privacy settings on Facebook didn't do much for two gay kids in Texas who were inadvertently outed on the social networking site, much to their chagrin. The Wall Street Journal first reported the story of Bobbi Duncan, 22, and Taylor McCormick, 21, both students at the University of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2012

    Hepcat Michael Wolff: Facebook is 'Square'

    When you're trying to decide what's hip and what's square, there's really only one place to look: Michael Wolff writing in USA Today. Wolff is a serial Internet failure who is nevertheless a highly successful self-promoter. The two don't go together at all, especially considering that he promotes h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2012

    Where's Waldo Makeover Helps Residents Find Waldo Street

    Just in case you were having any problems locating Waldo Street in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood, some clever and unemployed (we assume) folks have done this great artistic deed for your benefit.How fun.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2012

    Facebook's Ads Are Terrible, and Always Will Be

    Every day for the past week or so, upon signing into Facebook, I've been greeted by a cross-eyed baby trying to lure me into taking part in a get-rich-quick scheme having to do with Forex trading. (Word to the wise, if you see an advertisement with the word "Forex" in it, it's almost certainly some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2012

    The 20 Most Significant Food Inventions in History

    Science may not be the first thing you think about when it comes to the development of culinary culture over time, but The Royal Society of the UK has put out a list of the top 20 most significant inventions for food and drink in history. You'd immediately think the plow would be way up there, but t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2012

    R.I.P. Matthew Africa, Beloved Oakland Hip-Hop DJ

    We're just getting word via Facebook and other sources that beloved local hip-hop DJ Matthew Africa passed away this Monday in a car accident. He was 40. His sister, Julia Africa, posted the following on Facebook: My brother, Matthew Africa, was killed in a car accident on Monday afternoon. He and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2012

    Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to Drop by San Francisco Next Week

    Here's something to like: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is slated to give his first onstage interview since May in San Francisco next week. The man and his the hoodie will reportedly regale his fellow Facebookers (and annoyed investors?) on Sept. 11 at 2 p .m. at TechCrunch Disrupt SF -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2012

    Yes, We Can Blame Facebook and its CFO for Stock Debacle

    It's easy, and to a large degree proper, to blame the people who bought into Facebook's dog of an IPO for their own losses. It was no secret that the company's prospects were highly uncertain. But that doesn't mean that others can't be blamed as well, or that investors are the only ones hurt by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2012

    Local Punk Doug "Sluggo" Cawley on His Son Blixa's Leukemia and Tonight's Team Blixa Benefit at Bottom of the Hill

    Bay Area punk musician Sluggo, aka Doug Cawley, has worn many hats over his more than 20 years on the local scene. Besides being the principle force behind over a decade of hilarious, cross-dressing trash punk with faux-geriatric reprobates The Grannies, the guitarist also played in '90s outfit Ain' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2012

    Facebook's Oldest User Is 101 Years Old

    Florence Detlor was just a year old when the Titanic sank; a year later the first crossword puzzle was invented, and two years after that, the first long-distance phone call was placed in the United States. Needless to say, Detlor has no trouble adapting to fast-changing technologies.The 101-year-ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2012

    Investing in Buzz Is a Loser's Game

    There will likely never again be anything quite like the dotcom boom-and-bust of the late '90s. But that doesn't mean that everybody learned their lesson about investing in companies with questionable business models -- or at least in those with outsized expectations for growth. It only means that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2012

    Eat This for Lunch Today: Porcetta Sandwich at Carmel Pizza Co.

    Yesterday for lunch we popped over to Carmel Pizza Company at Fisherman's Wharf, because ever since we read about it a few weeks ago, visions of its porcetta sandwich have been dancing through our head. This version had less fat than previous porcetta sandwiches we've known and loved -- the fresh c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2012

    Facebook: Should 'Like' Button Be Protected as Free Speech?

    We've all seen the Facebook profiles supporting political candidates, the pages for protest, and the mass events that have been organized through this giant social network. Facebook has certainly made its mark on the political scene. Now, the Bay Area-based company wants a constitutional voice.Faceb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2012

    Zynga Releases ChefVille, the Video Game That Could Be Your Next Obsession

    Today, San Francisco game titan Zynga announces the release of a new game called ChefVille, the latest in the internationally successful and addictive Ville series that also includes FarmVille, CityVille, and FrontierVille. Rather than just being a game with a single-minded objective, ChefVille has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2012

    Facebook Has Way Too Many Phonies

    Since going public earlier this summer, Facebook has become increasing not "liked," particularly by Wall Street investors. To make matters worse, the Bay Area-based company this week published filings that revealed the social networking site has some 83 million fake users.So yeah, you don't have as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2012

    Check Out Livefyre, Our Cool New Commenting System

    Today, we here at All Shook Down say goodbye to Disqus and hello to Livefyre, the new commenting system for this and all other SF Weekly blogs. Livefyre is pretty cool -- futuristic, even -- so we're excited for you to get acquainted. Here's a rundown of some key features: Tag your friends on Faceb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2012

    Supervisor Candidate Pleads Guilty to Threatening District Attorney on Facebook

    It's fair to assume that pleading guilty to a crime pretty much makes you unelectable in San Francisco. Just ask Ross Mirkarimi.But Benjamin Castaneda, the 24-year-old wannabe District 9 supervisor, seems to think threatening the District Attorney is somehow going to win him votes in the upcoming Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2012

    Baby Goats, Vegan Unicorns, and Meat-Eaters are Destroying the Planet!

    ​ Hey nerds! I missed you. What's new? Oh yes! My omnivore boyfriend Mark Bittman is turning his "vegan before 6" philosophy into a cookbook! Oh, boyfriend, you're always doing stuff. But just go vegan already, boo. Though I did enjoy that piece about what a joke milk is--kudos! It's Meatless M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2012

    Facebook's E-Mail Hijack Is Losing Your Contacts

    Facebook's latest attempt to force us into something we don't want to do has backfired once again, but this time users might have a really good reason to hate on the social-networking company. Yes, the recent switch over to Facebook e-mail has been annoying at best, but it also seems to actually be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2012

    Facebook Says You Can Get Gay Married

    As of late, Facebook has endlessly come under fire for its in-your-face tactics and unpopular overhauls. Just earlier today, users were lamenting the new @Facebook e-mail accounts being shoved down their throats. But for all the seemingly unnecessary changes the Silicon Valley tech company has made, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2012

    Facebook's E-mail Hijack Is Part of a Pattern of Arrogance

    If it wasn't clear before, it should be now: Facebook doesn't think much of you. Or of me, or of any of its (supposedly) 900 million users. We are products, not customers. The customers are the people who buy the incredibly cheap, often sleazy ads that Facebook sells. The latest datapoint supportin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2012

    Win Tickets to See Stripmall Architecture, Warm Soda, and Will Sprott at the Indy This Saturday

    If you haven't heard, All Shook Down (the music blog your eyes are trained on this very moment) and SF Weekly are presenting a show with three excellent local bands this Saturday at the Independent. We're so excited for Stripmall Architecture's sleazy synth-pop, Warm Soda's sprightly guitar anthems, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    Win Tickets to See Twin Shadow, Tanlines, and Dirty Ghosts at Rdio's Private Party This Thursday

    Tomorrow night -- Thursday, June 7 -- music streaming service Rdio is throwing a party at the Independent that will feature live sets by moody pop artist Twin Shadow, Brooklyn dance-pop breakouts Tanlines, and S.F.'s own Dirty Ghosts. Rdio is based in San Francisco, so it's only natural that the com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2012

    Facebook Ads and Spam: What's the Difference?

    People who don't closely follow the online media/advertising business might wonder: How can Facebook be such a great business, commanding a $100 billion valuation when it went public, when it's filled with cheesy, lowbrow ads that are just this side of spam? Those people will be glad to know that s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Facebook's Swoon a Symptom of Wall Street's Sickness

    Facebook's newly issued shares lost 11 percent of their value on Monday, their first full day of public trading after Friday's snafu-filled IPO. That's a loss of $11.5 billion. Tuesday, the fall continued, taking the stock down another 3 percent. Too many shares were issued at too high a price by an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Facebook Wants Narcissists to Pay to Make Sure Everyone Sees Their Brilliant Status Updates

    Imagine this scene:Half-filled Starbucks, around 2 p.m. Man in plaid button-down sits at table, reading nytimes.com story about Michele Bachmann denouncing her Swiss citizenship. Man chuckles, then pulls up Facebook window.Man in plaid button-down: Excuse me.Facebook: Yeah, waddya want?Man in plaid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Desperate Newspapers Pin Hopes on Annoyed Readers

    News publishers have always treated readers like commodities -- because that's what readers are. The real customers for publishers aren't readers, but advertisers. Readers are the product. It's not quite that simple, of course, and more enlightened publishers treat readers with respect and cover the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Occupy Decides Not to Occupy the Golden Gate Bridge After All

    (Update 5:15 p.m.): The Golden Gate Larkspur and Sausalito ferries will not be in service tomorrow due to a planned strike as part of the May Day action. The ferries will resume service again after 2 p.m., according to transit officials. Hopefully, this gives ferry commuters some time to make altern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Facebook Blocks Photos of Child With Down Syndrome at Special Olympics

    Remember when Facebook brazenly deleted photos of mothers breastfeeding their babies, causing quite a ruckus from sleep-deprived moms, who later descended on the Facebook campus for a massive nurse-in? Apparently, the Silicon Valley techies didn't learn much from that event. The Bay Area tech giant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Seeking a Path to Riches

    Oh, good. More "sharing." The mobile social-app company Path (yes, the one that found itself in the middle a big privacy controversy not long ago) announced on Monday that it had landed another $30 million in venture financing from some top-tier firms, making its total valuation $250 million. Hey, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Giants Use Opening Day to Spread the Word About Sierra LaMar, Missing Teen

    The San Francisco Giants reminded their Facebook fans that 15-year-old Sierra LaMar, the missing Morgan Hill teen, will not be among the millions of baseball fans tuning in to watch opening week. The Giants posted this message on the team Facebook page last night, hoping to keep story of the missi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Foodies Unleash For "Kitchen Confidential" Storytelling Series

    What: Porch Light Storytelling Series: "Kitchen Confidential" When: Mon. April 16, 8-10 p.m. Where: Verdi Club Cost: $15 The rundown: Co-founders Beth Lisick and Arlinne Klatte's monthly story telling series features speakers sharing their experiences with the food industry this month. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Man Beats Wife's Facebook Friend to Death With Baseball Bat

    For some users, "defriending" someone on Facebook isn't satisfying enough. A jealous Taiwanese man beat his wife's Facebook friend to death after the two were busted leaving flirty posts on the social networking site. According to the China Post, the woman, Chen, wrote on her Facebook page: "I want ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Number 34: Chorizo from Fatted Calf Charcuterie

    ​SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​In the Bay Area, "chorizo" usually refers to the fresh, spicy Mexican sausage that fills tacos and tortas in the Mission. The occasional bit of Spanish-style chorizo that turns up in paella is often little more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Local's Corner Readies, Criolla Kitchen Goes Dark, and the Pizza Pimp Truck

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Eater SF first caught wind of Local's Corner's impending opening late last week, and now the blog confirms that the restaurant from the team behind Local: Mission Eatery is slated to start daytime s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Facebook Study Proves We are Just a Bunch of Bored Pricks

    ​Researchers in Illinois have revealed the not-so-staggering news that the more time you spend interacting on Facebook, the bigger the asshole you truly are. According to the The Guardian, researchers at Western Illinois University studied the Facebook habits of some 300 people between the ages of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Mission Bowling Club and Noe Valley Wine Merchants Near, and Food Truck News

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Invest in some bowling shoes, because the second restaurant-bowling alley to open in S.F. -- in less than a month -- will start setting up the pins this Monday. Inside Scoop shares some details about A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Number 50: Cafe Zitouna's Kufta Tajine

    ​SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Does it sound like a paradox to say that Cafe Zitouna's kufta tajine is spicy and comforting at the same time? Perhaps. Among the soups, pepper-lashed couscous dishes, and mild, sweet-inflected Moroccan stews on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    North America's Best Food Writing Gig Now Taking Applications

    ​The city of Richmond, B.C. -- a suburb of Vancouver, Canada's balmiest city -- has just put out a call for what may be the best food-writing job on the continent. Michelin inspector? Nothing so secretive. Small-producer Champagne taster? No, far more varied. Richmond's tourism bureau has jus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Who's Serving Foie Gras? Palio d'Asti, Le Charm, and BayWolf

    ​Counting down the meals before July 1, when California's foie gras ban takes effect. At Palio d'Asti, which weathered its first anti-foie protest on Valentine's Day, chef Daniel Scherotter serves an appetizer of hazelnut-encrusted seared Sonoma foie gras with balsamic glazed cippolini onions an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    You're Not a Cyberstalker -- Here's How to Be

    ​I have read all this stuff about stalkers regarding Facebook. If someone makes you a Facebook friend they are offering you an invitation to view their activity on this social network. I'm not really a big Facebook person but I got an account so friends from the past can find me. I usually go to F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    News Sites Can't Rely on Advertising

    ​I'm not about to pretend that I know how to solve the economic dilemma that the news business finds itself in. I've been studying the matter, and writing about it off and on, for 16 years, and, like everyone, I really don't know. Maybe it will be nonprofits. Maybe paywalls. Maybe micropayments wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Facebook Just Keeps Getting Worse

    ​Over the years, whenever Facebook has made changes, people have inevitably complained --  on Facebook -- about the changes Facebook made to Facebook. "I'm leaving Facebook," those people would declare, on Facebook. Of course, few of them ever actually left Facebook. Until recently, I have ... More >>

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