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Facebook mogul Sean Parker's wedding not 'liked' by officials?
You can buy a lot of things when you’re the founder of Napster and former president of Facebook, but a free pass from the California Coastal Commission apparently isn’t one of them. The extravagant wedding Facebook billionaire and tech mogul...
Tags: AEG, Weddings, Marriage, Napster Inc., Personal Service
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INFLUENCE GAME: Tech industry, big labor wrangle over high-tech jobs for foreigners
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by...Tags: Tesla Motors, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Interior Policy, PayPal, Inc.
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Fairy-tale wedding will cost tech billionaire about $10 million
SAN FRANCISCO — Even in the annals of over-the-top celebrity weddings, Sean Parker's planned nuptials may take the cake. The Facebook Inc. billionaire who also co-founded Napster is dropping nearly $10 million on a fairy-tale wedding in Big Sur...Tags: The Social Network (movie) , Movies, Marriage, Personal Service, Facebook
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Sean Parker spending millions, employing hundreds in June wedding
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook billionaire and tech mogul Sean Parker has a staff of hundreds and is spending millions to create a whimsical backdrop for his fairy-tale wedding in Big Sur to Alexandra Lenas, a source tells us. The total price tag could climb...Tags: Social Media, Weddings, PayPal, Inc., Marriage, Personal Service
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Mark Zuckerberg's political wingman: Fwd.us founder Joe Green
SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Green, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate, is famous for having turned down an offer to move to Silicon Valley to join Facebook. Instead Green finished his college degree and worked for 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John...
Tags: Politics, Sociology, Social Media, Culture, Elections
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Stageit: Playing live from the living room ...
Imagine a service that allows you to see your favorite acts in concert without ever leaving your home, let alone changing out of your pajamas. Stageit, a Los Angeles-based online company, does just that. The two-year-old service allows performers to...
Tags: Music, Jimmy Buffett, Jason Mraz, Artists, Sara Bareilles
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SXSW 2013: Napster film 'Downloaded' comes alive as a documentary
AUSTIN, Texas -- More than a decade ago, Alex Winter saw a revolution brewing. Winter is perhaps best known as Bill, the blond-haired high school slacker from the 1989 comedy “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” But he’s also a tech...
Tags: MTV (tv network), Computer Networking and Internet, Music Industry, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, MySpace
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A different kind of Facebook tag: Graffiti on campus tunnel walls
SAN FRANCISCO -- This time it's Facebook that has been tagged. The giant social network's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters is a blank slate for artistic expression. Anyone who works at the company can pick up a can and spray-paint on the walls or...Tags: Sociology, Social Media, Arts, Frank Gehry, Culture
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Justin Timberlake, David Fincher are a smooth fit in 'Suit & Tie'
In David Fincher's "The Social Network" -- the best studio film of 2010, whatever "King's Speech" partisans may argue -- Justin Timberlake was perfectly cast as a smarmy, cynical version of Napster co-founder and former Facebook President Sean Parker....
Tags: Entertainment Events, David Fincher, Grammy Awards, The Social Network (movie) , Waylon Jennings
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Myspace tries another revamp with Justin Timberlake
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) — "Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away." Those are the opening lines of a song that accompanies a "New Myspace" promotional video. The once-mighty social network is trying to stage yet another...Tags: Music, Pandora Media, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Sociology, Google Inc.
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Tracing the history of music with Spotify's new Facebook timeline
Pop & HissSpotify unveiled a Facebook Timeline that seeks to offer a chronology of music from the last 900 years. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts takes a look at the entries and makes a few suggestions.... -
Spotify extends free unlimited music. But why?
Pop & HissNine months after Spotify launched in the U.S., the Swedish digital music company announced that it will extend its unlimited free service -- at least for the time being. So the "honeymoon," as the company calls it, continues....
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