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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 >>
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March 8, 2012
SOPA, Limbaugh, Komen: This Is What Happens When the Mob is Right
There is far too much cheerleading for the "wisdom of crowds." The undiscerning among us, often motivated by an understandable (if often mindless) disgust with institutions, tend to employ buzzwords like "crowdsourcing" and to preach the idea that "the people" are always right even if "the people ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Is Zynga's 'Evil' Corporate Culture Now a Business Liability?
Doing evil?In a business sector known for cutthroat, amoral maneuvering, social-game developer Zynga stands out as, well, particularly cutthroat and amoral. At least that's the view of many of its competitors and former employees, some of whom we interviewed for a September 2010 SF Weekly cover s ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Zynga Pressures Employees to Give Back Stock Ahead of IPO
Mark PincusSocial-gaming company Zynga, along with a handful of other large tech businesses, was successful earlier this year in getting the city of San Francisco to forgo its share of tax revenue on the firm's stock options. Now it appears that wasn't enough: Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has reportedly ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Now You Need to Have Facebook to Sign Up For Spotify
Last week's Facebook f8 conference meant a windfall of new users for Spotify, after it teamed with Facebook to allow users to share their music listening. But the increased cooperation also comes at what some call a heavy cost: Starting today, newcomers to Spotify need have to have a Facebo ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
California Asks Facebook to Close Down Prisoners' Accounts
Would you be his Facebook friend?Prison is just that place where you have tons of time to kill (no pun intended) and not that many friends. So it makes sense that inmates in California prisons are finding creative ways to access Facebook and other social-networking sites. However, the state has c ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
Zynga, Vostu, SocialApps: Are Legal Squabbles Signs of the Social Gaming Apocalypse?
Drought years ahead?Zynga has always been the target of various allegations of pirating other companies' ideas, but in the last week, tech-world buzz on the twin topics of Zynga and copyright infringement has risen to a deafening level. Last Thursday, Zynga filed a lawsuit against Brazilian game ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2011
Will Somebody Please "Like" the Department of Elections?
Elections officials want to give you a reason to "like" ranked-choice votingAre you following San Francisco's Department of Elections on Twitter? Yeah, we didn't think so. Granted, the department's foray into social networking just began two days ago, but you would think it could scrounge up more ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
Zynga Has a Hit with 'Empires and Allies'
Empires and Allies allows users to build cities and go to warZynga's latest Facebook game, Empires and Allies, is being closely watched. Tech-industry observers see the combat and city-building game as a gambit by the successful social-game developer to expand its offerings beyond the breathtakin ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Foursquare: The Silliest Thing Ever Invented
Before I started using Twitter a couple of years ago, I, like many people then and now, assumed it must be the silliest thing ever invented. The stupid name didn't (and doesn't) help. Mainly, I thought people used it for telling the world what they had for lunch, but I then looked into the matter ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Lady Gaga to Stream Songs on Her Own Version of FarmVille: Dear God Please No
FarmVilleFreak.comA glimpse of the future? Stefani Germanotta just killed us a little. Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga, plans to release streams of songs off her new album, Born This Way, via a new online game, GagaVille, made by S.F. firm Zynga, of FarmVille fame. You will have to compete to pre ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
No, Twitter Hasn't Replaced CNN
It's become perfectly predictable: Every time there's a major news event, people spend several days talking about how Twitter and Facebook are replacing traditional news organizations -- the (sigh) "MSM." Even if the word "replacing" isn't used, that's often the implicationIn the present case -- ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2011
Mayor Ed Lee Is on Twitter Now; Six Followers -- and Counting
Mayor since Jan. 5?Our not-so-tech-savvy Mayor Ed Lee gave in and created a Twitter account, sending out his first tweet this morning. "Good Morning, San Francisco. Short and to the Point. I love Twitter! Follow me to get real time info on sf city govt."But the account was curiously created on Ja ... More >>
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January 26, 2011
All Cellphones Off, Please
Mayor since Jan. 5?Our not-so-tech-savvy Mayor Ed Lee gave in and created a Twitter account, sending out his first tweet this morning. "Good Morning, San Francisco. Short and to the Point. I love Twitter! Follow me to get real time info on sf city govt."But the account was curiously created on Ja ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Caltrain Joins Twitter -- @Caltrain Handle Already Taken
Look! An @Caltrain ... er, @CTWkendBullets!In hopes of pulling riders off the internet and onto a baby bullet, Caltrain has broken out Twitter and Facebook accounts. Sadly for the rail service, however, the train has already left the station when it comes to snatching up the Twitter handle @Caltr ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2010
FrontierVille, Latest Zynga Release, Is Quickly Losing Users
That little bastard might not be smiling for longOne of the issues raised in our September cover story on social-gaming company Zynga was the long-term viability of a business based on copying and aggressively marketing inane but addictive game concepts. The Facebook applications that are making ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Deflating the Social Media Hot Air Balloon
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Not a revolutionaryFacebook, 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 >>
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September 22, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Not a revolutionaryFacebook, 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 16, 2010
'Halo: Reach' Earns $200 Million, Shows Console Games Are Still Big Business
Still printing money, it seemsOne of the more vivid side discussions provoked by our story last week on social-gaming company Zynga's allegedly predatory business practices was about the merits of Zynga-style games. The company specializes in Facebook apps that entice users to compulsively build ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Zynga Offers Customers Who Waste Their Lives Playing Its Games Up to $24,000 Today
Today, FarmVille crops yield real cashIt ain't been a great week in the press for Zynga, the San Francisco-based creator of popular online games such as FarmVille. Last Wednesday we published a cover story in which ex-employees dished on Zynga's allegedly "evil" practice of copying competitors' g ... More >>
News
September 8, 2010
FarmVillains
Steal someone else's game. Change its name. Make millions. Repeat.
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Former Zynga Employees Talk About Copying Games for Mark Pincus' 'Evil' Online Empire
The latest SF Weekly cover story explores Zynga's culture of game-copyingZynga's cutthroat business practices have long been a subject of speculation in the social-gaming industry. The company behind such hit Facebook applications as FarmVille and Mafia Wars has, in the words of a recent tradem ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Zynga Sued over 'Mafia Wars' Trademark by Digital Chocolate: Read the Lawsuit Here
Who says a war is bad for business?San Francisco-based social-gaming company Zynga is being sued for alleged trademark infringement over its popular Facebook game, Mafia Wars.Digital Chocolate, another online gaming company, claims in a lawsuit filed in federal court that it owns rights to the na ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2010
Zynga Off the Hook for Mafia Wars Vandalism, S.F. City Attorney Says
It looks like Zynga is not going to face legal or financial consequences for alleged sidewalk vandalism carried out as part of a marketing campaign for the San Francisco-based company's new online game, Mafia Wars: Las Vegas.Instead, according to Matt Dorsey, spokesman for San Francisco City Atto ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
Zynga Fingers Ad Agency for Alleged 'Mafia Wars' Sidewalk Vandalism
The city attorney sends his regards...We reported here yesterday on accusations against social-gaming company Zynga by the San Francisco City Attorney's office. The city is ready to go to the mattresses over alleged vandalism of city property carried out as part of an advertising campaign by the ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2010
Zynga in Hot Water with San Francisco City Attorney Over 'Mafia Wars' Marketing
Dennis Herrera is taking off the gloves over Zynga's 'Mafia Wars'The San Francisco City Attorney's office is going after social-gaming company Zynga -- maker of such popular Facebook applications as FarmVille and Mafia Wars -- for what it calls an "illegal and actionable" marketing campaign to pr ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
Geeks Take a Break From Social Media to Celebrate Social Media
via Twitter"Today is Social Media Day! How are you celebrating?" a Twitter user tweeted."Refreshing Twitter to see how everyone else is staying at home on Twitter" would have been the predictable answer. Instead, users responded: "Getting a cake." "Heading to Boston tonight." "Watching fireworks. ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Meadowlark Lemon
via Twitter"Today is Social Media Day! How are you celebrating?" a Twitter user tweeted."Refreshing Twitter to see how everyone else is staying at home on Twitter" would have been the predictable answer. Instead, users responded: "Getting a cake." "Heading to Boston tonight." "Watching fireworks. ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2010
Three Tips for Restaurant Web Sites in 2010: Check. Your. Info.
...all too often. (A good book, BTW.)We here at the SFoodie international HQ are thankful that Flash intros and musical soundtracks died off in the mid-noughts, but too many San Francisco restaurant Web sites are riddled with errors and rickety site architecture. We spend a lot of time poring ove ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2010
If Facebook Tied to Syphilis -- What Diseases Linked to Other Sites?
You don't even have to leave the Internet to find syphilis on Facebook... According to British researchers, Facebook users get a new friend, just like MySpace users get "Tom." That friend? Syphilis. Simply put, users of the site met lots of interesting folks, "friended" them, and, Step Three, syp ... More >>
News
March 10, 2010
@sk Jamie Varon: My friend is selling weed on Facebook. Is he high?
You don't even have to leave the Internet to find syphilis on Facebook... According to British researchers, Facebook users get a new friend, just like MySpace users get "Tom." That friend? Syphilis. Simply put, users of the site met lots of interesting folks, "friended" them, and, Step Three, syp ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2009
Politician Assures Us Her Twitter Silence Isn't Due to Hawaiian Sojourn
Oh the things you'll find on a politician's Facebook page...So far, nothing on Twitter has brought us more entertainment than the Freudian adventures of Assemblywoman Fiona Ma. Whether it's boasting about a colleague's experience shoveling manure, expounding on bat feces, or chronicling the explo ... More >>
News
August 19, 2009
S.F. man tries selling his condo on Twitter
Oh the things you'll find on a politician's Facebook page...So far, nothing on Twitter has brought us more entertainment than the Freudian adventures of Assemblywoman Fiona Ma. Whether it's boasting about a colleague's experience shoveling manure, expounding on bat feces, or chronicling the explo ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2009
Serious About Your Social Media? Watch This Show
While most of us live on the outskirts of the social media landscape, tweeting the occasional brain fart and using facebook to update our relationship status, there are a select few who choose to take their engagement with the networks that be to a whole new level. For those special people who th ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Download the Gavin Newsom Fail Whale
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Music
March 25, 2009
An open letter to would-be Twitticians
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Music
December 10, 2008
Yielding to Facebook reunions at Yield
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2008
Sorry Bloggers - The Internet is BAD for Kids' Brains
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
News
September 24, 2008
Tribe.net: Going the way of Friendster?
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
July 10, 2008
MP3 of the Day: Box Elders
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2008
Kidneys for Sale on Facebook, Orkut
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
January 1, 2008
BetterKnowanSFBlog: LiveJournal
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2007
WOOOOHOOOO! America (Virtually) Rocks!
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2007
Russian Company Buys LiveJournal, Blog Pioneer's Community Still Intact: BetterKnowanSFBlog
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2007
Which Assholes Are Banning the Net?
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2007
MySpace Presidential Candidates Need to Monitor Comments
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2007
LastNight: Murdoch, Tom, and MC Hammer: MySpace Party Notes
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2007
MySpace To Open SF Office -- Emperor Murdoch Visits System
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Blogs
August 22, 2007
Bay Area's MySpace Top Ten
Audrey FukumanLast week, the Weekly's fabulous Layout Editor, Audrey Fukuman, and yours truly were brainstorming on art for Benjamin Wachs' upcoming article mocking Mayor Gavin Newsom's Twitter habits. I floated the idea of having the man ride Twitter's iconic Fail Whale (which Twits run into whenev ... More >>
Music
May 23, 2007
Outgrowing Tom?
Musicians look beyond MySpace
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