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This is the most wonderful moment of yeeeaaar. Today, we've ducked the work to explore the weirdest subgenres of holiday music. The Christmas trap is one thing. Christopher Lee (yes it's Christopher Lee, Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings") has recorded a heavy metal Christmas album, which is truly awful. Spinal Tap also did a holiday song, which… I mean. And neither are we bowled over by disco Christmas or those goats singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”…
Anyway. . . What are your favorite holiday tunes out of left field? Answers on an electronic postcard, please! — Christine and Haje
TechCrunch's top 3 Extra, extra, read all about it: UK newspaper The Guardian has confirmed it has been hit with ransomware following strange incidents the newspaper began noticing in its IT infrastructure. Carly has more. Kids, get your parents' permission: If you're a kid in the 80s, you might remember we were constantly reminded to "ask your parents for permission to..." Well, Google now has instituted something similar for Google Play, allowing children to send purchase requests to their guardians, writes Ivan. Some light reading for the new year: Anna and Alex picked it up and are now sharing some of the books that startup founders and venture capitalists couldn't put down this year. Good reading! Startups and VCsCarl Eschenbach, a longtime enterprise software executive who joined Sequoia Capital in 2016 and later led a number of lucrative deals for the venture capital firm, is returning to an operational role, Connie reports. As the new co-CEO of Workday, Eschenbach will co-lead the enterprise cloud applications giant with co-CEO, co-founder and company president Aneel Bhusri, until 2024, when Eschenbach will take over as sole CEO.
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This is the most wonderful moment of yeeeaaar. Today, we've ducked the work to explore the weirdest subgenres of holiday music. The Christmas trap is one thing. Christopher Lee (yes it's Christopher Lee, Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings") has recorded a heavy metal Christmas album, which is truly awful. Spinal Tap also did a holiday song, which… I mean. And neither are we bowled over by disco Christmas or those goats singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”…
Anyway. . . What are your favorite holiday tunes out of left field? Answers on an electronic postcard, please! — Christine and Haje
TechCrunch's top 3 Extra, extra, read all about it: UK newspaper The Guardian has confirmed it has been hit with ransomware following strange incidents the newspaper began noticing in its IT infrastructure. Carly has more. Kids, get your parents' permission: If you're a kid in the 80s, you might remember we were constantly reminded to "ask your parents for permission to..." Well, Google now has instituted something similar for Google Play, allowing children to send purchase requests to their guardians, writes Ivan. Some light reading for the new year: Anna and Alex picked it up and are now sharing some of the books that startup founders and venture capitalists couldn't put down this year. Good reading! Startups and VCsCarl Eschenbach, a longtime enterprise software executive who joined Sequoia Capital in 2016 and later led a number of lucrative deals for the venture capital firm, is returning to an operational role, Connie reports. As the new co-CEO of Workday, Eschenbach will co-lead the enterprise cloud applications giant with co-CEO, co-founder and company president Aneel Bhusri, until 2024, when Eschenbach will take over as sole CEO.
You know what? We have a few more:
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