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  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    SceneTap CEO Explains Why Facial Detection Technology in S.F. Bars Isn't That Creepy

    For the most part, San Francisco is a warm and welcoming city -- there's not too many people or things we won't tolerate. Except of course, the feeling that big brother is watching us. Needless to say, San Franciscans were livid when they found out that the Texas-based SceneTap rolled out its cool n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Ant-1 on Growing Up in the Local DJ Scene and Krazy Kids Radio

    As a member of Krazy Kids Radio and the Ri$ky Bizne$$ Crew, local DJ Ant-1 is known for playing a broad variety of music, including '90s hip-hop and even the burgeoning trap music genre. Originally from Daly City, home to DJs like Shortkut and DJ Chicken Skratch, Ant-1 began his career in 1996 after ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2011

    Gross Profit: Money Given to Clipboard Kids Rarely Makes It to Nonprofits

    As a member of Krazy Kids Radio and the Ri$ky Bizne$$ Crew, local DJ Ant-1 is known for playing a broad variety of music, including '90s hip-hop and even the burgeoning trap music genre. Originally from Daly City, home to DJs like Shortkut and DJ Chicken Skratch, Ant-1 began his career in 1996 after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Apple Sued by Pissed-Off Parents

    There is no such thing as a free smurfberry​Parents across the country have banded together to sue Apple, claiming the Cupertino-based company has given kids carte blanche to rack up charges on mom and dad's credit cards by buying online games without authorization. Garen Meguerian, a Pennsylvania ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2010

    Doctoring the Web

    A plastic surgeon has positive online reviews. But not from that patient who died.

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Announces Privacy Reforms

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg​Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a raft of privacy reforms today at the company's headquarters in Palo Alto in an effort to stanch outrage from the social-networking site's users over public availability of their profile information. Zuckerberg said th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Roost Uno of Lowbrow Sundays, Tipsy Tuesdays

    ​Sometimes your set takes so long you've gotta pee your pants. Or so says DJ Roost Uno, who'd rather whiz on his leg than step away from the turntables. Luckily in his six years of keeping the party going Sunday nights at Delirium (and various other weeklies and events around town), Uno has yet to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Note to Mooching Yelpers: the Government Could Potentially Fine Yo Ass

    ​The Federal Trade Commission released new, rather confusing rules this week to smack down bloggers, social media users, famous Tweeters and other online pundits who don't disclose getting money or free schwag from companies that they write about. Some have interpreted the new rules to anyone who ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    Misdeeds

    An investor finds that he has been swindled, and that the schemer was aided by a mortgage industry lacking oversight.

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Feds: Cut-Rate Computer Seller Accused of Cutting Customers' Promised Rebates

    In a suit filed yesterday in San Francisco's U.S. District Court, the Federal Trade Commission accused Market Development Specialists of offering $20-to-$150 rebates it won't pay out.The Indiana-based company buys and resells computers and equipment via institutions such as Office Depot, Buy.com and ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 5, 2007

    Street Smart

    Bye-bye hippies, hello Factory model. The Haight is becoming a center for over-the-counter street art.

  • Summer Guide

    June 27, 2007

    Yes, It's Still the Haight

    Bye-bye hippies, hello Factory model. The Haight is becoming a center for over-the-counter street art.

  • Music

    September 8, 2004

    BeatBox

    Everything But the Girl's boy, pansexual hip hop, and a Zen-practicing Kiwi

  • Culture

    May 28, 2003

    Dem Blues

    The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    The Russian Card Game

    A peek inside a new form of Russian organized crime and an ingenious method of turning credit card mailings into large amounts of cash

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Turf Battle

    Women's pro football players return to Kezar with a new team in a new league, but still without fans

  • Culture

    July 25, 2001

    It Happens

    Ohmigod! Five seasons in, South Park’s the funniest show on TV.

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Paying the Price

    Major oil companies are gobbling up independent gas station operators, all in the name of greed

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Dog Bites

    Major oil companies are gobbling up independent gas station operators, all in the name of greed

  • News

    April 3, 1996

    $hort Circuit

    The downside of electronic fund transfers

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