2013-03-11
post/45116685589
quote 16:56:00
“ Technology innovation in this country is somewhere between dire straits and dead,” said the PayPal co-founder, later adding: “The solution is actually very simple: You have to aim almost ridiculously high.”Late last month, [Max] Levchin began his latest venture, Affirm, which lets consumers buy things online using their Facebook profile. That follows his previous business, Slide, a photo-sharing service that also allowed people to take care of their virtual “SuperPoke! Pets. ”
James Temple, for SFGate: The hypocrisy in Silicon Valley’s big talk on innovation.
2012-05-30
post/24041131377
quote 03:52:25
“ Forty-seven-year-old Thomas Langenbach appeared in court Tuesday on four felony counts of burglary that could net him up to five years in prison if convicted. He didn’t enter a plea.
Authorities say Langenbach covered the original bar codes on Lego sets with his own bar-code stickers to get a cheaper price. They say he then sold the pilfered sets of colorful toy bricks on eBay.
Langenbach works for German software giant SAP. His LinkedIn profile lists him as a vice president in a Northern California division.
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Silicon Valley tech exec accused of Lego thefts from the Associate Press, on SFGate.
