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Winklevoss Twins Use Bitcoins To Go To Space

While others are busily speculating as to whether or not recent scandals, including multi-million dollar theft and even murder, will help spell the end for Bitcoins….these guys just used theirs to buy tickets to space. Clearly the Winklevoss Twins aren’t…

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Winklevoss Twins Are Going to Space Thanks to Bitcoin and Richard Branson

Following in the footsteps of notable names like Lance Bass, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are pursuing a trip into space–and they are paying their way with bitcoin. “Cameron and I have decided to use our bitcoin to take the plunge,…

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Winklevoss Twins Deemed ‘Bitcoin Moguls’

Silicon’s favorite (or least favorite, depending on what side of the coin you prefer) twins, the Winklevoss twins, have been deemed “Bitcoin moguls” in a new report from the New York Times. The publication reports that the twins have “amassed…

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“Fortunately,” Nobody Confuses Armie Hammer with a Real Winklevoss

Armie Hammer, aka the guy who played (both) Winklevoss twins in 2010’s The Social Network, stopped by Conan to talk about his upcoming role as The Lone Ranger, being tall, and more. Eventually, the conversation shifted to his role in…

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Facebook Stock Jumps As New Shares Become Available, Winklevoss Twins Hold On To Millions Of Shares

Facebook shares jumped on Wednesday as 800 million new shares became eligible for sale as the latest in a series of lockups expired. Shares closed at $22.36. The New York Times reports that Andreesen Horowitz, one of the company’s biggest…

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Winklevoss Twins Hukk $750,000 at Online Shopping Startup Hukkster

Earlier this year, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss started Winklevoss Capital, their own private venture capital firm. Shortly after that, the two purchased an $18 million, 8,000 sq ft mansion in Los Angeles, reportedly signifying an expansion of the firm to…

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Here’s A 13-Year-Old Video Of The Winklevoss Twins Discussing Rowing While Wearing Matching Shirts

The Winklevoss Twins have sealed their place in Internet history for better or for worse thanks in large part to Armie Hammer’s portrayal in the film The Social Network, and certainly to some extent, those Wonderful Pistachio ads. With this…

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Winklevoss Twins Pump $1 Million into Divya Narendra’s SumZero

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have put their hands into another social network, but this one doesn’t involve likes, pokes, or any photos of obscure friends’ babies. The Winklevii, best known for the part they played in the creation of Facebook…

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Winklevii Purchase $18 Million, 8,000 Sq Ft L.A. Mansion, Will be Roomies

If you’re a former Olympian who may or may not have had the original idea for Facebook and you want to expand your startup company to the west coast, not to mention there’s two of you – what do you…

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Facebook IPO Leaves Winklevoss Twins Speechless (On Twitter)

There’s been a whole lot of chatter about the Facebook IPO today. However, there’s not been much from the Winklevoss Twins, the Harvard duo that founded ConnectU, and made cinematic history in The Social Network with Armie Hammer’s portrayal of…

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Someone Is Screwing With The Winklevii At JFK Airport

Maybe it’s just me (and Chris Crum, as well), but the Winklevii are endlessly entertaining on Twitter. Both Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss continue to factor into our daily scannings of Twitter. Although they have faded out of the spotlight a…

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Tyler Winklevoss Is A Ninja Turtles Fan

It’s always fun to learn more about the personalities of the Silicon Valley celebrities that we read about day to day. The Winklevoss twins may not be day-to-day news these days (though they certainly were at the peak of The…

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Cameron Winklevoss: Desktop Usage Will Peak This Year

There’s no question that mobile web usage is on the rise, as more and more people purchase smartphones and tablets. Feature phones still play a role too. Half of the famed Winklevii (made more famous from Armie Hammer’s portrayal of…

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Why The Winklevoss Twins Are Excited For Facebook’s IPO

In rich people probably getting richer news, Wednesday’s big Facebook IPO filing is really good news for two similar-looking chaps. The WInklevoss Twins stand to gain quite a bit of cash from Facebook going public, as Facebook has filed to…

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Winklevoss Twins Continue Losing Streak

In people crying warm, salty tears into piles of money news, it looks like Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are going to have to hand over $13 million in legal fees to the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (QEUS).…

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Steve Nash, The Winklevoss Twins & Matt Cutts

I’m going to test a video roundup-style article looking at some of the more interesting videos we come across in tech, marketing and business on any given day. If the response is good, we’ll continue to do this. There is…

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Winklevoss Twins’ Wonderful Pistachio Ad References Facebook, Idea Theft

For the past couple of months, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been trying to get various judges to believe that they deserve more than $65 million for their part in the creation of Facebook. You know the story – they…

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Winklevoss Twins Give Up, Will Not File With Supreme Court

Well, folks, our national nightmare may be over. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, aka The Winkelvii, have decided to take the money and run. “After careful consideration,” they said in a filing yesterday, “they have determined that they will not file…

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Winklevoss Twins to File with Supreme Court

It looks like Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss plan to take their case to the highest power in the land. In a press release, the Winklevii announced that they plan to file a Petition for Certiorari with the United States Supreme…

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Facebook, Ceglia, Winklevii Get Animated

As you probably already know, there has been quite a bit of news this week surrounding Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and the people claiming that he ripped them off. First, an appeals court judge ruled that enough is enough in the…