Facebook (and Microsoft) vs. Google

When a young tech company with outsized ambitions goes public, somewhere an older tech company dies a little on the inside. So it was eight years ago with Microsoft, then the biggest, baddest technology company in the world, when Google sold shares to the public.

Postmates Debuts "Get It Now" iPhone App To Bring On-Demand Couriers To All Of SF

Postmates, the urban logistics startup that launched its flagship business-to-business courier system back in December, just launched the public version of its first consumer-facing app, "Get It Now.

RIP Donna Summer: Here"s A Video Of The Boy Meets World Guys Dancing To "Hot Stuff"

Let's be honest, this is the way that Millennials best remember Donna Summer. And it's a fitting tribute for a disco legend lost to cancer.

T-Mobile launches new contract-free, data-only plans

Not all of us want to be locked into a long term contract with a wireless carrier. Especially when it comes to data-only devices that might not get used on a regular basis.

Viacom, Time Warner Settle Mobile App Dispute

Viacom and Time Warner Cable have settled their legal dispute over Time Warner’s TWC TV iOS app.

Russia says action on Syria, Iran may go nuclear

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Thursday that military action against sovereign states could lead to a regional nuclear war, starkly voicing Moscow's opposition to Western intervention ahead of a G8 summit at which Syria and Iran will be discussed.

G8 to discuss range of oil market options: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders at this weekend's G8 summit will discuss pressures on global oil markets and options they could take in response, a top White House official said on Thursday, declining to specify whether a release of strategic reserves would be on the table.

In the NYT, a judge who has cancer argues for the legalization of medical marijuana

Admittedly, I am biased, but New York state supreme court judge Gustin L. Reichbach speaks for me when he writes in a New York Times op-ed today that medical marijuana "is not a law-and-order issue; it is a medical and a human rights issue."

Like me, justice Reichbach has cancer.

Saverin: 'I'm ready to pay what I owe'

Under increasing pressure to pay taxes after IPO, Facebook co-founder says he will "pay any taxes due on everything I earned while a U.S. citizen.

Simon Cowell Not A Fan Of 'The Voice,' Calls It An 'X Factor' Rip-off

By Zachary Swickey Surprise, surprise it appears Simon Cowell is not a fan of the "The Voice" and claims the vocal competition show is a blatant rip-off of his own pet-project, The X Factor more specifically, the British iteration, which pre-dates "The Voice," as the US "X Factor" premiered later)