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Stephen Elop, Shanghai, and @Horse_ebooks: 90 Seconds on The Verge

2013-09-24
it's Tuesday September 24 2013 i'm david pierce certified fresh on rotten tomatoes this is 90 seconds on the verge with stephen elop rewarded for selling nokia's handset business to his former employer microsoft according to one of Finland's largest newspapers the now former CEOs contract included a payout in the event that nokia's stock price fell sharply then rebounded due to a quote change of control which you know happen Nokia originally stated elapsed contract was essentially the same as his predecessors the company's legal department later blamed the oversight on a quote working place accident it's a very suspicious situation that has ruffled many finish feathers including those of the Prime Minister China is relaxing its web censorship in the name of economic growth according to government insiders people within the special Shanghai free-trade zone will have unhindered access to a number of popular social and news services including Twitter Facebook and a New York Times as one of the insiders points out the goal is to make visitors to Shanghai feel more comfortable and therefore stimulate more trade and investment from overseas poking my friends from my hotel and Shanghai plane ticket acquired and finally horse ebooks has been unmasked I have a BFA the popular nonsensical Twitter account that was once thought to be a spambot is actually the work of real people who claimed the gibberish was all part of a quote conceptual art installation now that the secret is out both horse ebooks and the duo's youtube channel pronunciation book will be retired permanent that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow I star in my own fashion police spin-off where I tell you what's hot and what's not in the tech world you
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