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Super_luigion Facebook to Change News Feed to Focus on Friends and Family

Agree - If I want to learn more about Brexit I go to NYT, WSJ, etc. FB is for learning about old friends' whereabouts, new babies, etc.

Wonder how this will affect the political discourse for the elections this year...

Super_luigion Dropbox hires a COO: Dennis Woodside, former Motorola Mobility CEO

he was CEO of a division of Google worth $3B to COO at a $10B company. Seems natural to me

it's the equivalent of a Sheryl-Zuck type of relation. He'll lead all business and Drew will lead product. Dropbox is basically ran by ex-Googlers now: Marc Leibowitz, Ramsey H., Woodside, etc.

Super_luigion Google Confirms Susan Wojcicki Is New YouTube Head

so who's going to run ads now? Neal Mohan most likely

Super_luigion Parents Revolt Over Fisher-Price Infant Seat With Face-Level iPad Mount

going to the x-mas list in 3... 2...

Super_luigion Vessel launches mobile A/B testing platform after 10 million SDK installs

cool - and iOS ready

Super_luigion Justine Bateman Is a College Freshman Studying Programming

Good for her! I doubt she needs the cash so it's always fascinating to see how people pick STEM fields for non-career reasons, same way others might pick history, english lit, etc.

And at 47 she looks way better than any other girl in my eng class when I was in school!! (OK, there were only 3)

Super_luigion Vessel launches its “command center” at Google IO to help mobile developers

Awesome UI

Super_luigion [dead]

Didn't know we were here for Mr. Arrington's entertainment...

Super_luigion SF hackers: A hackathon to fix the muni system

Good stuff - and good prizes

Super_luigion You Don’t Need A Prototype To Raise A Seed Round

you don't need anything to raise a seed round (or do anything for that matter), but it sure helps your chances.

Other stuff you don't need, but helps: - signed orders - distribution channels - Wireframes - ...

Super_luigion What Americans Actually Do All Day Long

the data is for "average American with a full-time job". This assumes that they have already completed their education. 6 min/day is about 36.5 hours of education, which seems quite a bit for a professional

Super_luigion Reticent rich: Preferred style in Silicon Valley

day after the GOOG IPO there were lotuses and Maseratis galore (OK, mostly from sales, but still). And Larry and Sergey bought a jet for chrissakes.

Besides; the way to flaunt money now is to spread it all over Angel List