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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.

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.

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.

Amazingly Detailed and Animated Terminator Busts Will Strike Fear In Sarah Connors Everywhere [Video]

Starting with a rare vinyl model of the T-800 that was released in limited numbers after Terminator 2 hit theaters, Japanese artists at T-Studios create these wonderfully detailed chrome terminator busts, complete with light-up eyes and animated features.

AT&T makes its 4G LTE network officially available in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Naples

We may have been riding on AT&T-powered 4G LTE waves in New Orleans during CTIA last week, but AT&T has gone ahead and now made the service official.

SF in SF this Saturday: Ysabeau Wilce, Marie Brennan & Erin Hoffman

The next installment of San Francisco's SF in SF science fiction reading series is this Saturday, May 19: Ysabeau Wilce, Marie Brennan & Erin Hoffman.

Doors open at 6, event kicks off at 7. Free, with a suggested donation to Variety Children"s Charity of Northern California of $5-10.

Pentagon declassifies Styrofoam model of bin Laden compound, at last

A styrofoam-and-acrylic model of Osama bin Laden's compound that was used to plan the May 2011 raid that killed the al Qaeda leader has been declassified by the Pentagon.

Chrome Extension Lets You Study Smarter By Blocking Distracting Sites

The internet is both the best and worst thing to ever happen to productivity. Anyone trying to get any work done in any capacity can attest to that.