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Valleywag: David Maestri: Creator of Facebook's most revenue-rich app accused of stealing trade secrets

Tech Startups 3.0 (Free subscription) | yesterday

"David Maestri created Facebook's most successful widget, Mob Wars, but now he's in legal trouble because he developed and launched the app while working for the company that would become the Social Gaming Network. Sources tell VentureBeat that Maestri's Mob Wars, a role-playing game for the Facebook platform, earns its creator $1 million a month off its 2,505,698 monthly active users, mostly by selling...

• Programmer Brings in $1 Million a month from Facebook - Startup and Entrepreneur News
• Creator of Facebook's most revenue-rich app accused of stealing trade secrets [David Maestri] - Valleywag
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Valleywag advertisers are stars in our eyes [Sponsors]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday

We wish someone would make a movie about Valleywag. But which dapper young stars would we cast as our advertisers? This week's celebrity backers: Chevy Fuel Solutions, Register.com, Sharp Aquos,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

No Burning desires? Try rolling on the floor [Valleywag Calendar]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday

Plenty to do for those who hate the playa: ROFLThing, which has been celebrating Internet inside jokes since April 2008, is taking over Mighty. Join the kings and queens of memes for another informal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Michael Arrington drinks Valleywag's milkshake at TechCrunch meetup [Party Report]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jason Calacanis, the Mahalo CEO and email list administrator, and Michael Arrington, editor of TechCrunch and hero to hopeless website creators, held a meetup in Menlo Park last night for finalists... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Don't be Asse9 [Valleywag Calendar]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

Larry Chiang, the master of all things Asse9, is right in thinking the best things in life are exclusive. Rather than feeling slighted that you're not in Chiang's not-very-secret society for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Facebook movie to be based on Ben Mezrich's controversial tell-all [Hollywood]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday

Aaron Sorkin is indeed working on a Facebook movie — which Valleywag readers think should star Superbad's Michael Cera — but not with Facebook's permission, says a company flack. "We are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!

reDesign (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

I’ve long advocated that news organizations geotag the news. But I’ve been skeptical of automated systems for doing this. Google News recently provided a terrific example of what can happen when you use entity extraction for such a task: In this case, reported by Valleywag, Google is comically wrong. But even when Google is roughly right, [...]

Who should play Zuckerberg in a Facebook movie? [Poll]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

"West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin is still in the research phase of his Facebook: The Movie project, but we thought Valleywag's readers could help cast the lead role. Take your pick from our list,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Not all search engines rhyme with "oogle" [Valleywag Calendar]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

Thanks to Google's unquestioned domination, the not-so-wide world of search makes for uninteresting competition. But while Yahoo, Ask, and now Cuil duke it out for whatever scraps of market share... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Facebook toga party according to Fake Sheryl Sandberg [Satire]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

PALO ALTO — (Ed.'s note: Please welcome Fake Sheryl Sandberg, Valleywag's newest contributor.) I left Google for this. What was I thinking? Sure, Larry and Sergey were adolescents who built... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Spy photos from the Facebook toga party [Party Report]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

PALO ALTO — How was Facebook's toga party, held to celebrate the company's 100 millionth user? We couldn't sit back and just read the status updates. So we sent a Valleywag spy deep inside the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Steve Jobs Is Alive and Parking in Handicap Spots

Switched (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

Filed under: Car Tech Have no fear, Apple fans. According to Valleywag tipsters, Steve Jobs remains among the living , albeit still skinny. He's also taken to parking in handicap spaces, although it's unknown if he has a proper sticker or not. Jobs's health has been a topic of concern this summer since a public appearance where he appeared thin , leading many to speculate that it's another bout of...

Synchronized platform diving is as easy as logging in [Valleywag Calendar]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

Even if you're scared of heights, take the plunge off of Facebook's platform into Facebook Connect. Tonight Facebook evangelist Dave Morin will be at Tibco Software's offices demonstrating how this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Steve Jobs still parking in Apple's handicapped spaces

MacUser (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

Valleywag reports that His Jobness has been spotted yet again abusing the handicapped parking space at 1 Infinite Loop. This recent photo (right), shows Jobs'...

Dinner still on at Google - but for how long?

Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Employees This story may sound quite strange to some people, as the perks at the Google campus have been known to be among the best in the industry, if not the best. But the blogosphere was abuzz after Valleywag reported on Sunday that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG ) will be taking dinners off the menu . Not just that, but while breakfast and lunch will remain free, the rumor...