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Video: Our Ace Marijuana Reporter Describes the Time He Accidentally Got Zonkered on Brownies
Michael Montgomery is a reporter for KQED and the Center For Investigative Reporting. One of his areas of expertise: medical marijuana. As he said, "It's probably fair to say that over the last few years, I've become a pot reporter." … Continue reading
How a Phony Tweet Moved the Markets: 71 Characters That Briefly Shook the Financial World
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Early yesterday afternoon East Coast time, someone managed to get access to the Associated Press Twitter account and sent out the following message: "Breaking: Two explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured." That tweet, sent out at … Continue reading
Update: Microsoft Renews its 'Scroogled' Ads, Claims They're Working
Whatever else you can say about Microsoft, it doesn't give up easily. Although its Scroogled attack ads, renewed on Tuesday, might not have eroded Google's market share for search, they have changed public opinion, Microsoft says. "The campaigns have been … Continue reading
Facebook Unveils Android 'Home'
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"We're not building a phone, and we're not building an operating system," said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Instead, the company is launching "a family of apps" for the Android smartphone operating system. The new Home displays images from friends on … Continue reading
Gamers Mourn as LucasArts Gets Zapped
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For fans of such LucasArts games as "Star Wars," the empire struck back on Wednesday — the Disney empire, that is. Reports spread rapidly that LucasArts, based in San Francisco's Presidio, had ceased production of games, laying off 150 people, … Continue reading
NPR Cancels 'Talk of the Nation'
Update: KQED's Forum will feature a discussion of NPR's decision on "Talk of the Nation" and "Here and Now" Monday, April 1, at 9 a.m. NPR announced on Friday morning that it will cancel "Talk of the Nation," the call-in … Continue reading
San Francisco Chronicle Launches Paywall; Reporters Launch Twitter Strike
You can blame Craigslist or Google or blogs like this one. However you look at it, the Internet has disrupted the newspaper business. And the latest changes at the San Francisco Chronicle show that the upheaval isn't over. Over the … Continue reading
Go to Jail for Violating Terms of Service? Reddit Hopes Not
You know those terms of service you didn't read but signed anyway? The thousands of words of legalese you blithely ignored when you clicked "accept" at the bottom of the page? They could come back to haunt you. It turns … Continue reading
Former Sacramento Journalist Charged with Aiding 'Anonymous' Hackers
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There's an old rule in journalism about not becoming part of the story you're covering. Willingly or not, Matthew Keys, a former web producer for a Sacramento television station, crossed that line on Thursday when he was charged by the … Continue reading
Facebook Redesign Allows Bigger Ads... And More Revenue?
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The Facebook redesign announced on Thursday will display larger photographs and advertisements and new types of news feed. Those people whose jobs depend on the social media giant hope it also means more revenue. Facebook is under pressure to show … Continue reading
