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Google: Our Employees Should Be Grateful They’re Not Starving

8:54AM Ryan Tate | Google used to say its lavish perks bolstered productivity and, if anything, would only grow more posh. But a recession changes things. Now the official line is more like, just be happy you’re working, you ungrateful f—king pigs. More »
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Google Billionaires Say Happy Days Are Here Again

3:30AM Ryan Tate | Good news, jobless poors: The recession is over, according to the billionaire nerds who run Google. Their computers told them so, and now the executives are in New York to spread the word and count their gold bars. More »
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Eric Schmidt’s Clumsy Hollywood Seduction

6:11AM Ryan Tate | Eric Schmidt wants so badly for the cool kids in Hollywood to like him. The Google CEO bought that Southern California house. He tried and largely failed to get studio content on YouTube. Maybe if he offers the crown jewels? More »
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A Steve Jobs Confession, A Fanboy Shock

10:57AM Ryan Tate | Yes, Steve Jobs is that evil. Silicon Valley spent the past month convincing itself AT&T just absolutely had to be responsible for kicking the useful Google Voice application off the iPhone App store. Whoops, it was Dear Leader. More »
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Google’s Newspaper That Wasn’t

8:36AM Ryan Tate | Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt now says the internet company thought about buying a newspaper but rejected the idea as “crossing the line” between technology and content. The real message for newspaper hacks: You’re just not profitable. Compared with, say, TV and movies. More »