As CEO of both Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Elon Musk is methodically and intensely focused, but in conversation he’s surprisingly easygoing and willing to poke fun at himself. Somehow he’s actually pioneering space travel to Mars and also the first person to make the joke about how ridiculous tha... Read more...
Thanks to reader Andrew Stern, we’ve got some photos that indicate Apple is already preparing San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for its September 12th iPhone 5 media event. While it appears that the exterior banners will be going up tomorrow (based on Cherry Pickers being prepped outside ... Read more...
The FADER and Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum have joined together to present "Step Into The Black" - a free concert series curated by The FADER team that is hitting ten cities over ten weeks with live performances, DJ sets and cocktails. So far we've stopped by Phoenix, Chicago, Tampa, an... Read more...
Rdio called Spotify a 'boring, spreadsheet-like' experience, but what if the entire subscription space has a far bigger problem? Well, according to one of the most agile shapers of culture, that's exactly what's happening here. Here's what Jimmy Iovine, a top Universal Music Group executive and... Read more...
Introduction: So, as promised we have more new segments to come from I Am Not A Rapper and, unlike the still as yet untitled podcast, this one has a title: #TheNine: Words & Numbers Have Power. #TheNine is an interview series where we will ask 9 questions of whomever we are speaking with. With... Read more...
Robotics researchers from around the world gathered in San Francisco to share their work at the 2011 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das gets friendly with robots that are flying to greater heights and interacting in more human-like ways. ... Read more...
4chan and Canv.as founder Christopher Poole thrashed Google and Facebook for their reliance on real-world identities on their social networks, saying that it "degrades humanity" at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today. "We're about to sacrifice something that's valuable and special, and the co... Read more...
In other words "Umm... I f*cked up" When Apple was at a low point, Michael Dell said of the company, "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." Today at the Web 2.0 Summit event in San Francisco, he said his quote was "largely misconstrued." "I'm not a CEO for hire, if ... Read more...
DaVinci: A Fillmore Story from WEREHAUS on Vimeo. The Fillmore District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California which has a long history dating back to the 1800s. In the last 50 years and up until today, the redevelopment of The Fillmore District has displaced families and local businesses... Read more...