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		<title>Famous People like Soulja Boy, Brandy and Neil Patrick Harris Already Forming Google Glass Clique</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:45:03 -0400</pubDate>
					<link>http://betabeat.com/2013/03/soulja-boy-brandy-and-neil-patrick-harris-will-soon-be-donning-google-glass/</link>
			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_83666" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dedfa1e3fd1730791d8f50e8bece56dd.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83666" alt="Not how you will look in Glass. (Photo: In.com)" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dedfa1e3fd1730791d8f50e8bece56dd.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Not how you will look in Glass. (Photo: In.com)</p></div></p>
<p>Though Google Glass makes even models look vaguely <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/09/even-hot-models-look-kind-of-dorky-in-google-glasses/">dorky</a>, a host of celebs are lining up to try them out. Stanford computer science doctoral student <a href="https://twitter.com/karpathy">Andrej Karpathy</a> <a href="http://cs.stanford.edu/people/karpathy/glass/">analyzed</a> the winners of the <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/03/google-picks-8000-ifihadglass-winners-and-none-of-them-are-you/">#ifihadglass contest</a> and pulled them into a neat little table organized by follower count. The result makes it super easy to see which celebrities were chosen as part of the lucky 8,000 winners of a Glass explorers kit.</p>
<p><!--more-->The hip hop/R&amp;B crowd is well-represented by <strong>Soulja Boy</strong>, he of recent <a href="http://www.wwtdd.com/2013/03/a-hacker-deleted-all-of-soulja-boys-youtube-videos/">hack</a> fame, and beloved "Boy Is Mine" singer <strong>Brandy</strong>. <strong>Neil Patrick Harris</strong> also made the cut, as did <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/03/newt-gingrich-is-still-seriously-stoked-about-driverless-cars/">driverless car</a> enthusiast <strong>Newt Gingrich</strong>. Wonder what he thinks about wearing Glass and <a href="http://techland.time.com/2013/03/26/should-we-really-ban-google-glass-while-driving/">driving</a>?</p>
<p>Your favorite bars are about to get a lot more cyborg-friendly: Local NYC tech celebs cleaned up too, including Foursquare's <strong>Dennis Crowley</strong>, Foodspotting co-founder <strong>Soraya Dorabi</strong> and Reuters social media editor <strong>Anthony de Rosa</strong>.</p>
<p>So are these celebs die-hard Glass fans, or are they just plain lucky? <em>New York Mag</em> <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/google-glass-winners-ifihadglass-competition.html">writes</a> that an outside firm was responsible for picking the winners, and may have used a random number generator (so not Google-y!) to pick the winners. That explains why someone who tweeted “#ifihadGlass, I’d throw it at your face ._.” ended up getting picked--and why Google started <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/03/booting-up-just-kidding-some-of-you-arent-getting-google-glass-after-all/">rescinding</a> offers almost as soon as it doled them out.</p>
<p>Don't worry, Soulja Boy! We're sure you'll get to keep your pair, even if it doesn't run <a href="https://twitter.com/souljaboy/status/317682776788856833/photo/1">Windows</a>.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_83666" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dedfa1e3fd1730791d8f50e8bece56dd.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83666" alt="Not how you will look in Glass. (Photo: In.com)" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dedfa1e3fd1730791d8f50e8bece56dd.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Not how you will look in Glass. (Photo: In.com)</p></div></p>
<p>Though Google Glass makes even models look vaguely <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/09/even-hot-models-look-kind-of-dorky-in-google-glasses/">dorky</a>, a host of celebs are lining up to try them out. Stanford computer science doctoral student <a href="https://twitter.com/karpathy">Andrej Karpathy</a> <a href="http://cs.stanford.edu/people/karpathy/glass/">analyzed</a> the winners of the <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/03/google-picks-8000-ifihadglass-winners-and-none-of-them-are-you/">#ifihadglass contest</a> and pulled them into a neat little table organized by follower count. The result makes it super easy to see which celebrities were chosen as part of the lucky 8,000 winners of a Glass explorers kit.</p>
<p><!--more-->The hip hop/R&amp;B crowd is well-represented by <strong>Soulja Boy</strong>, he of recent <a href="http://www.wwtdd.com/2013/03/a-hacker-deleted-all-of-soulja-boys-youtube-videos/">hack</a> fame, and beloved "Boy Is Mine" singer <strong>Brandy</strong>. <strong>Neil Patrick Harris</strong> also made the cut, as did <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/03/newt-gingrich-is-still-seriously-stoked-about-driverless-cars/">driverless car</a> enthusiast <strong>Newt Gingrich</strong>. Wonder what he thinks about wearing Glass and <a href="http://techland.time.com/2013/03/26/should-we-really-ban-google-glass-while-driving/">driving</a>?</p>
<p>Your favorite bars are about to get a lot more cyborg-friendly: Local NYC tech celebs cleaned up too, including Foursquare's <strong>Dennis Crowley</strong>, Foodspotting co-founder <strong>Soraya Dorabi</strong> and Reuters social media editor <strong>Anthony de Rosa</strong>.</p>
<p>So are these celebs die-hard Glass fans, or are they just plain lucky? <em>New York Mag</em> <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/google-glass-winners-ifihadglass-competition.html">writes</a> that an outside firm was responsible for picking the winners, and may have used a random number generator (so not Google-y!) to pick the winners. That explains why someone who tweeted “#ifihadGlass, I’d throw it at your face ._.” ended up getting picked--and why Google started <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/03/booting-up-just-kidding-some-of-you-arent-getting-google-glass-after-all/">rescinding</a> offers almost as soon as it doled them out.</p>
<p>Don't worry, Soulja Boy! We're sure you'll get to keep your pair, even if it doesn't run <a href="https://twitter.com/souljaboy/status/317682776788856833/photo/1">Windows</a>.</p>
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		<title>I CAN HAZ SEED ROUND: Ben Huh&#8217;s News Startup Circa Raises $750K</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:10:05 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_42794" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 330px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yodelanecdotal/4058376049/sizes/m/in/photostream/"><img class=" wp-image-42794 " title="4058376049_7ef9d56d5a" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/4058376049_7ef9d56d5a.jpeg?w=400&h=266" alt="" width="320" height="213" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Huh (flickr.com/yodelanecdotal)</p></div></p>
<p>Ben Huh, the genius behind <a href="http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/">Icanhascheezburger</a> who has delivered cute and crazy cat pictures to the masses for years, is working on a new startup called <a href="http://cir.ca/about">Circa</a> that wants to "reimagine the way you consume news." Today, TechCrunch <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/27/all-star-cast-invests-750k-in-ben-huh-and-matt-galligans-mobile-news-startup-circa/">reports</a> that Circa has raised $750,000 from a slew of A-list investors, including a few notable New York techies.</p>
<p><!--more-->According to Techcrunch:</p>
<blockquote><p>Their startup Circa, which boasts a newsworthy list of advisors like former Digg CEO Jay Adelson, has just raised 750K in seed funding from eonCapital, Quotidian Ventures, Techstars’ David Cohen and David Tisch, Tumblr’s David Karp, Eric Norlin, Manesh Arora, Pedro Torres-Picon, Rick Webb, Scott Belsky and Soraya Darabi.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr. Huh has mostly remained mum on the details of what Circa actually is. The company's <a href="http://cir.ca/about">about page</a> is sparse and generalized: "Our vision is to create the best possible news experience by optimizing for truths, encouraging diversity, and empowering readers." Okay...sounds good?</p>
<p>Hey, Mr. Huh: we can haz more info about Circa, plz?</p>
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<p>Ben Huh, the genius behind <a href="http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/">Icanhascheezburger</a> who has delivered cute and crazy cat pictures to the masses for years, is working on a new startup called <a href="http://cir.ca/about">Circa</a> that wants to "reimagine the way you consume news." Today, TechCrunch <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/27/all-star-cast-invests-750k-in-ben-huh-and-matt-galligans-mobile-news-startup-circa/">reports</a> that Circa has raised $750,000 from a slew of A-list investors, including a few notable New York techies.</p>
<p><!--more-->According to Techcrunch:</p>
<blockquote><p>Their startup Circa, which boasts a newsworthy list of advisors like former Digg CEO Jay Adelson, has just raised 750K in seed funding from eonCapital, Quotidian Ventures, Techstars’ David Cohen and David Tisch, Tumblr’s David Karp, Eric Norlin, Manesh Arora, Pedro Torres-Picon, Rick Webb, Scott Belsky and Soraya Darabi.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr. Huh has mostly remained mum on the details of what Circa actually is. The company's <a href="http://cir.ca/about">about page</a> is sparse and generalized: "Our vision is to create the best possible news experience by optimizing for truths, encouraging diversity, and empowering readers." Okay...sounds good?</p>
<p>Hey, Mr. Huh: we can haz more info about Circa, plz?</p>
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