Buzzfeed has the story of how Oreo got that vial tweet published so quickly after the lights went out for 35 minutes during the Super Bowl.
For those who still live in the dark, here’s the ad.
Complex compiled a list of the craziest things tech CEOs have ever said. Some are truly creepy, like things Eric Schmidt says. Others are just rash, like when they curse or don’t think about how words would be interpreted. Some are just responding to implausible situations, like whatever Bill Gates says. And some… Are just ballsy… Stuff that Steve Jobs said.
But, from these quotes, you know that no one needs a computer in the home, it won’t need more than 640k, Apple should be sold because of a no-win situation, Google knows everything about you and Microsoft destroy them anyway. And the iPhone has no chance.
via Daring Fireball
Using two years of 311 calls, Dietmar Offenhuber mapped out what New Yorkers complain about.
Noise is the biggest complaint in Manhattan. The other boroughs mostly care about litter.
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MG Siegler commenting on Netflix CEO and his race to become HBO:
This will go down as the year that HBO either made the right choice or the wrong choice not to go after the stand-alone Netflix model. Netflix is coming out swinging with House of Cards and then Arrested Development. HBO continues to hide behind big cable.
The Daily Beast complied 100 facts about Grand Central Terminal since tomorrow is the official 100 year anniversary.
My favorites are the ones about secret passages (like the one Roosevelt used in WWII complete with armored train). One thing I didn’t know, was that it was the site of Lex Luthor’s lair in the first Superman movie.
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