By Jessica Roy 5/30/12 7:50am

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Booting Up: Kim Dotcom Still a Boss Edition

The New York Tech Meetup is producing a video series called #startupstories. “Failure” is apparently Fred Wilson’s fav. [NYTM]

Sergey Brin lets California lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom try on Google Glasses. [The Verge]

There’s a new digital divide in town. [New York Times]

A roundup of Tim Cook’s chat at the AllThingsD conference. [Wall Street Journal]

Kim Dotcom is winning legal battles left and right. [Bloomberg]

No one on Facebook actually cared about the Facebook IPO. [Buzzfeed]

By Steve Huff 5/29/12 10:58pm

It's Zuck's World We're Just Living In It

Hang in there just like that kitten on the poster, Mr. Zuckerberg. (flickr.com/gpaumier)

Mark Zuckerberg No Longer On List of 40 Wealthiest People

If you felt The Force shudder and ripple sometime tonight it may have been due to the Earth-shattering report that Facebook’s C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg has left the world’s 40 richest people list. We would pause while you gasp and sob but it’s scab-pulling time regarding the bad news for the youthful billionaire–and anyway, we think Zuck can handle the pain: Read More

By Jessica Roy 5/16/12 11:29am

It's Zuck's World We're Just Living In It

Ms. Reidl, expert Facebook employee stalker. (linkedin.com)

Attention, Gold Diggers: Refinery29 Pens How-To on Meeting Facebook Millionaires

With the impending onslaught of baby-faced millionaires, it was only a matter of time before someone wrote a how-to guide illuminating the best places to snag a Facebook beau. The New York-based fashion website Refinery29 published an article yesterday afternoon entitled “The Ultimate Cheat Sheet: How To Meet A Facebook Millionaire.” Servicey! Read More

By Steve Huff 5/13/12 9:33pm

Great Achievements in Facebook

Hoodie aficionado Mark Zuckerberg. (Getty)

A Hagiography of St. Zuck: Mark Zuckerberg’s Pre-IPO Canonization

Is Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie a “mark of immaturity” or his peculiarly Silicon Valley take on the robe and cowl, the garments of a cyber-saint?

Kvetching about the youthful Facebook C.E.O.’s casual approach to business wear when he has achieved huge success before his company even goes public is petty, but a quick survey of some positive pre-IPO coverage of Mr. Zuckerberg induces a bit of queasiness in anyone allergic to obsequiousness or hyperbole.

Two particularly sugary bites, with some added emphasis: Read More

By Jessica Roy 5/11/12 12:34pm

Facebook Faceoff

Mr. Saverin (therichest.org)

Forfeiting U.S. Citizenship is the Hip New Way to Dodge Taxes on Your Post-IPO Dough

If you’re a dual citizen, and you think the U.S. helps itself to far too large a chunk of your hard-earned cash, here’s a new lesson from Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin: renounce your citizenship, and you, too, can avoid a hefty tax bill.

Bloomberg reports that Mr. Saverin, a Brazilian-born resident of Singapore, has decided to forfeit his U.S. citizenship days before Facebook’s IPO, in “a move that may reduce his tax bill.” They pulled the information from a list published by the Internal Revenue Service that names people who have decided to renounce their citizenship as of April 30th. Read More

By Jessica Roy 5/10/12 2:59pm

It's Zuck's World We're Just Living In It

Hoodie aficionado Mark Zuckerberg. (Getty)

Reported FTC Probe Into Facebook-Instagram Deal Could Delay IPO [UPDATED]

When it comes to technology acquisitions, competition probes are fairly typical; as Microsoft or Google would probably attest, it’s kind of a rite of passage. That’s why it’s pretty unsurprising that the Federal Trade Commission announced is rumored to have launched an antitrust probe into the Facebook-Instagram deal today, a move that is routine for deals over $66 million. Read More