Bono (he out of U2, the perpetual-glasses-wearer and preacher) and his private equity company Elevation Partners have bought a larger stake in Facebook, acquiring 1.5 per cent of the site altogether. No one at Elevation is planning on becoming a board member at Facebook or Yelp (where they also have a stake) apparently, so if you were hoping for photos of Zuckerberg and Bono shaking hands and gurning, better load Photoshop. Facebook Bloody Facebook, indeed. [FT]
Bonooooooorrrrlllllllll! I know you are a rock star and a defender of the planet and I really like Joshua Tree and Rattle & Hum and even Zooropa, but come on, “reverse Robin Hood”? You’re so wrong. More »
Bill Gates — one of my favourite Gizmodo readers, technology capo di tutti capi and philanthropist — was in Vancouver last week, watching a U2 in concert and celebrating. And of course, Bono greeted him. Belated Happy Birthday, Señor Gates. [Techflash]
Bono got all pew-pew at the first concert of U2′s new tour, wearing a black leather jacket with 240 red lasers built along his silhouette. Not LEDs, lasers. See how it worked on this video of him doing the monkey: More »
Why did Bono abandon Apple, given their shared vision of beautiful things for beautiful people, for BlackBerry? It’s because, Bono says, “RIM is going to give us what Apple wouldn’t—access to their labs.” Dear God.
Now, I know Bono is the kind of guy that loves the sound of his own voice a whole lot, but his predilection for his own crooning apparently led to four tracks from U2′s upcoming album getting leaked online. Bono was playing them so loud from his villa in southern France that a fan passing by recognised his voice and recorded the songs.
Have you seen Bono more uncomfortable than this? Caption this picture of him supporting the Dell & Microsoft RED campaign. AU: Come on AU, let’s see what your captioning skills are like…
[Image courtesy Gadgetell]
