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Google Bonuses Dependant on Social Media Success

Digg / Tech Industry News  Fri, 04/08/2011 - 05:21

Last Friday Page sent out company-wide memo, which was leaked to Business Insider, alerting all employees that 25% of their annual bonus will be tied to the success or failure of Google's social strategy in 2011.


 

Professor Says News Should Get Special 24 Hour Protections So No...

Techdirt  Wed, 08/18/2010 - 18:10

We've seen all sorts of really bizarre and downright dangerous plans to change copyright law to favor newspapers, but a new one, posted at Henry Blodget's Business Insider may be the most ridiculous of all.


 

Yes, the iPhone 4 Will Shatter If You Drop It… Into a Blender ...

Mashable!  Sat, 06/26/2010 - 01:08

Those wanton destroyers of super expensive, highly coveted technology are at it again — Blendtec took on the iPhone 4 with its storied device, and that sucker blended like one big, toxic, black, smoking smoothie.


 

How Can The Startup Visa Be Improved Upon?

Techdirt  Wed, 03/24/2010 - 00:30

When the startup visa was first put forth by Paul Graham, I was a big supporter.

When Brad Feld took the idea and got political support for it, I was still a big supporter.

But when the bill was actually introduced, I expressed some serious worries about it -- specifically over the fact that it was entirely focused on enterpreneurs who could raise a certain amount of money.