Booting Up: Minister of Propaganda Edition

Wikipedia is bleeding admins. Why? The vetting process for becoming one “is basically a hazing ritual at this point.” [The

A gesture for Mr. Schmidt? (Photo: Wikipedia)

Wikipedia is bleeding admins. Why? The vetting process for becoming one “is basically a hazing ritual at this point.” [The Atlantic]

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Poor Microsoft (MSFT). The unveiling of its newest Office suite yesterday was totally overshadowed by Yahoo’s Marissa mayer coup. We think we can hear Steve Ballmer throwing chairs from here. [Microsoft]

At a Fortune conference in Aspen, Peter Thiel called Eric Schmidt Google (GOOGL)’s “minister of propaganda.” Fight! Fight! Fight! [Fortune]

LinkedIn (LNKD) got a much-needed UI makeover, and it looks a hell of a lot like Google+. [LinkedIn Blog]

No one knows what iCloud is. [Buzzfeed]

Oh good, another Hacker News Alley vs. Valley flamewar. [Hacker News]

Booting Up: Minister of Propaganda Edition