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Silicon Valley

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2012

    Silicon Valley Startup Invents Technology to Catch Cell Phone Crooks

    It was only a matter of time before someone created new technology that would bust cell phone crooks. The good folks over at TrustGo, a Silicon Valley-based security software company, have made it that much easier for you to get your stolen phone back -- and see who took it. Imagine this: A ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2012

    Bespoke Cupcake Truck Wants to Roll by September

    Krystyl Baldwin has left the Silicon Valley startup world in order to launch a new dream of serving street food. Her idea is My Cupcake Truck, which would sell cupcakes with the icing amount controlled by the customer. "Not just any cupcakes," reads her pitch. "Cupcakes customizable to your liking! ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2012

    Google Attempts to Teach Everyone on the Planet That Being Gay Is Not a Crime

    Hey homophobes, here's one more big corporation for you to boycott. Today is the day that Google launches its much-talked-about campaign, "Legalize Love." We know what you are thinking -- what do those geeks in Silicon Valley know about love? Turns out, those nerds know a hell of a lot more about lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2012

    Apple Gets More Gay With Addition of Homosexual Emojis

    Last year Apple found itself caught on the wrong side of the gay community when it allowed aspiring heterosexuals to access that controversial gay cure app on iTunes. But it appears the Silicon Valley tech giant is finally making peace with homosexuals, or at least those homosexuals with iPhones. As ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2012

    'Men Invented the Internet,' New York Times flatly declares

    It was the thud heard 'round the world: The opening sentence of a story about sexism in Silicon Valley anchoring the front page of the New York Times' Sunday business section. "Men Invented the Internet," declared David Streitfeld, and it was impossible not to do a double-take, even if you didn't kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Brian Wilson's Beard to Fly Through Bay Area Skies -- Literally

    ​If the airlines are deficient at anything, it's making the skies friendlier -- or friendly at all. But in its never-ending quest to be cute, Virgin America Airlines has made another attempt to show us just how much personality the Silicon Valley-based company has.   SFist snapped  this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    SOPA Might Be Bad Policy, but It's Not Censorship

    ​If you're reading this, chances are that you regularly consume media online. And if you regularly consume media online, you're almost certainly seeing and reading more today than you know what to do with about the federal Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Obama Talks Jobs at LinkedIn

    ​On his swing through the West Coast, President Barack Obama stopped in Silicon Valley today where he answered questions for an hour at LinkedIn's campus in Mountain View. His main focus: Jobs. He deftly turned almost every question from the audience back into a endorsement; for his newly propos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Snoop Dogg Are Playing a "Secret Show" for the Gods of Tech Tonight

    ​After hearing rumors all day, it appears this is finally actually confirmed: Snoop Dogg, Jane's Addiction, Kaskade, and the Killers are playing a "secret" show after today's Facebook conference, hosted by Napster founder Sean Parker, according to SFist. So after spending the day hearing abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    What If Airbnb Hooked Crazies Up with Chainsaws, Instead of Apartments?

    Investors wanted!​At The Snitch, we've been saddened to see the end of the crazy Airbnb story, where travel renters terrorized a lessor by ransacking and stealing from her apartment.We'd like to give it new life by suggesting another start-up business idea: Airbnb for chainsaws.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Five Reasons San Franciscans Have No Style

    San Franciscans might be total sluts, but we definitely do not attract our partners based on the way we dress. According to GQ magazine, San Francisco ranked No. 20 on the list of the worst-dressed cities in America. It seems like a head scratcher to us, considering we are No. 1 in so many other way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    San Francycle: Did David Chiu Drive on Bike to Work Day?

    ​Wasn't Bike to Work day fabulous this year? We certainly saw a lot more cyclists out than usual, and we hope to see them out again on the remaining 364 days until next year. Let's do a quick roundup of the best of the bikes. According to the Chron, the mayor and "almost every member of the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    John Boehner, GOP House Speaker: Does He Truly Define Silicon Valley?

    Represents the Silicon Valley?​When we read in the Chronicle today that supporters of our very own Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer were rolling out the red carpet for GOP House Speaker John Boehner, we had to give it a second read -- just to make sure that we hadn't misunderstood. And then we gave i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Deflating the Social Media Hot Air Balloon

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Not a revolutionary​Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, and their ilk -- standard bearers for the ill-defined phenomenon known as "social media" that is now supposed to be the future of the Web -- are having a tough time these days in the thinking person's press.Over the past f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Twitterers Dub TechCrunch Women's Panel a #catfight

    Bringing new meaning to the term 'TechCrunch'...​You know the age-old complaint: When a man bosses people around, he's "in charge," but a woman who does the same is a "bitch." Well, here's a new one for the cyber age: When women in tech hold a provocative panel discussion about being women in tech ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Mini SXSW in Downtown San Jose

    Yo La Tenga plays this summer's Left Coast Fest​Last year, San Jose held its first annual Left Coast Live Music Festival, and no one really heard about it. It was headlined by Bay Area's soul man Booker T. and East Bay rapper Lyrics Born. Dubbed "a mini-SXSW", the Left Coast Live Music Festival wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2010

    Conan O'Brien at Google: The World Has Completely Changed

    Rounding out an unofficial tour of Silicon Valley, Conan O'Brien visited Google's Mountain View headquarters on Wednesday, ribbing Google CIO Vivek Kundra about the company's infamous aloofness: "You guys are so power mad here at Google, You're such entitled A-holes. Hey, Conan's in the area, make ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    Will PG&E's SmartMeters smoke out pot growers?

    Rounding out an unofficial tour of Silicon Valley, Conan O'Brien visited Google's Mountain View headquarters on Wednesday, ribbing Google CIO Vivek Kundra about the company's infamous aloofness: "You guys are so power mad here at Google, You're such entitled A-holes. Hey, Conan's in the area, make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2010

    Video: The Richter Scales Take on Crunchpad Debacle, Google Voice Gate, and Murdoch/Google Wars

    In further proof that Techcrunch founder Mike Arrington has a sense of humor, we present The Richter Scales' "In the Valley" a ballad to the tune of "At the Copacabana" making light of the perpetual back-stabbing, intrigues and general decadence of Silicon Valley culture.For those of you that only a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Massive Law Firm to San Francisco Attorneys: 'Guess What? You're All Going to East Palo Alto'

    "It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2008

    Female Trouble

    "It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Bangalore to Be SF's New Sister City - Keeping IT in the Family

    "It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2008

    SFMoMA's Gabriele Basilico Exhibit Reveals Effects of Technology in Silicon Valley

    "It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    San Jose Merc 'Downsizing with Dynamite': Washington Post

    "It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2007

    Playing God

    "It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    BetterKnowAnSFBlog: Valleywag Dogs Silicon Valley

    "It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die ... More >>

  • News

    September 6, 2006

    Writing His Future

    Vulcan, the erstwhile king of spray can art, wants to leave the streets behind without losing his soul

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Grand Old Partying

    Infiltrator joins the Young Republicans to experience the blue suits, big hair, and free beer of the Republican state convention

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2004

    Water Pirates

    The politics of Thirst at the Roxie

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2004

    Boom Goes Bust

    Remember the not-so-good old days?

  • Culture

    August 6, 2003

    Dangerous Corner

    Remember the not-so-good old days?

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    A Dog-Eat-Dog World

    A journalist frets about job security, then realizes things could be worse -- he could be a janitor at Yahoo!

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2002

    Seasoned Dancers

    This year, you'll find a bittersweet tinge to the comic ballets of the Mark Foehringer Dance Project

  • Film

    March 7, 2001

    Zoom Lens

    San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

  • News

    January 24, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Soylent Green Is People!; Nightclub Jitters

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Generation Excess

    A close look at Kibu.com, the teen Web site -- backed by Silicon Valley's elite -- that vaporized $15 million in a matter of months

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Thank You ... Thank You Very Much; Yet More Gratitude; Love Your Server. Is It Gucci?; Greek Grammar Debate Rages On

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    The Land of Blood & Money

    Foreign workers coming into the country for high-paying tech jobs often bring wives with them. When these women are beaten and abused, they have nowhere to run.

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Where Have All the Doc Martens Gone?; Special: IKEA Labor Unrest!; Silicon Valley Gold Digger: "I 'Fess Up."

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Charity Begins @ Home

    A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    Dog Bites

    Earthquake!

  • News

    September 1, 1999

    Dog Bites

    Parting Is Such Sweet ... Hey, I Said Sell at $45

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    Web Rouser

    Former Lusty Lady dancer Caity McPherson struggles to make a living on the oversexed Internet

  • Music

    April 22, 1998

    Hear This

    Former Lusty Lady dancer Caity McPherson struggles to make a living on the oversexed Internet

  • News

    December 24, 1997

    Death of a Multimedia Phenomenon

    How the boys at OSC -- the hippest high-tech start-up ever -- created the magical software that lets any garage band in America record studio-quality CDs. And then lost the magic almost overnight.

  • News

    November 12, 1997

    The Sound of Noise

    If you grind a live microphone to bits, or amplify a flamethrower, are you making music -- or an appalling spectacle called "noise"?

  • News

    December 4, 1996

    Temporary Solidarity

    With a new (powerful) champion in Silicon Valley, a recent court victory, and ranks that continue to swell by the day, long-beleaguered "contract workers" have reason to believe their house may not be so bleak after all.

  • News

    April 10, 1996

    Fish Story

    Red Herring Editor Tony Perkins is a self-described maverick, a stylish fast-talker with a knack for making friends and influencing people in the high-tech world. Not bad traits for a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, but are they what it takes to publish a "m

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