Vauhini Vara, who covers Facebook for the Wall Street Journal, is leaving the newspaper to go back to school. Why not write up a friend on the way out the door? In a profile of Harvard graduates inspired by — or jealous of — Mark Zuckerberg's startup success, she includes Sam Lessin, cofounder of Drop.io. A…
We have learned that our recent description of San Francisco-based Wall Street Journal reporter Vauhini Vara as an "ostensibly sober type" was wholly incorrect. Several reliable sources have informed us that we should not have used the word "sober" in the same sentence as Vara's name. Vauhini, please accept…
Facebook has been called "the Brangelina of tech" for its ability to mesmerize the Valley's press corps. Insiders at the red-hot social network don't want to believe it. But it's true. At last night's Lunch 2.0 event — a periodic gathering where Silicon Valley companies take turns serving up free food — Facebook…
