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Oh boy. If you thought Klout was provocative before, wait’ll you hear what they’ve come up with now. Already controversial for their Klout Scores, which purport to measure a user’s ability to drive social impact across the web, Klout has taken things to a whole new level: placing a numeric value on each user’s individual […]
Tim Armstrong is the CEO of AOL and former Head of North America for Google, where he joined in 2000. And he is gosh-darned handsome. Here’s why: 5 Reasons Tim Armstrong is Better Looking than You 1. Hair Look at that beautiful shiny stuff on top of his head! It’s so silky and clean – […]
Marissa Mayer is making bold moves to re-invigorate the culture at Yahoo! – free meals and new iPhones for all employees to start. But culture begins and ends with people, and Yahoo! used to be known for its upbeat, people-centric culture. Thus it makes perfect sense that she would want to bring back some incredibly […]
Today Benchmark announced a $9mm investment in CountingCrows.com, the official website of the rock band whose music was a staple of radio and MTV throughout the 1990’s. BAC talked with Cohler in Benchmark’s Sand Hill offices while the plaintive sounds of August & Everything After played from his tasteful Bose desk speakers. BAC: Matt, thanks […]
Music is a window into the soul. And with Spotify’s “frictionless sharing” onto Facebook, many users are sharing their music – and baring their souls – without their knowledge. This is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. It just is. And it’s not that you shouldn’t share your music with your friends. […]
Oh boy. If you thought Klout was provocative before, wait’ll you hear what they’ve come up with now. Already controversial for their Klout Scores, which purport to measure a user’s ability to drive social impact across the web, Klout has taken things to a whole new level: placing a numeric value on each user’s individual […]
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