Every day I try and do the media rounds to see what’s happening. The Journal, the Times, the Techcrunch, and the Twitter.

This last week we’ve all watched in horror as the story unfolded about an Airbnb user who had her home ransacked a month ago. Other than the sideshow of us getting dragged into the story, it seemed to be winding down yesterday

We’re back for a new episode of OMG/JK  — featuring both of your hosts reunited in the TCHQ studio (I was back in SF for our Mobile First CrunchUp ). Oh, and this episode also includes a cameo by a man in a large yellow jacket. I won’t spoil it. We kick off this week’s episode by diving into Twitter’s new ad format, which allows brands to place Promoted Tweets at the top of their followers’ streams

Flush with $100 million in new funding, Square is continuing to grow like a weed in the mobile payments space. After passing the $3 million mark at the end of May, Square is now processing $4 million in mobile payments daily, and is on track to reach over $100 million in transactions in July. And COO Keith Rabois tells us that he expects the company to double this volume by October.

In this episode of Founder Stories , Chris Dixon sits down with Thrillist Co-founder and CEO, Ben Lerer (who is also a partner with his father Ken Lerer in Lerer Ventures).

This guest post is by venture capitalist David Cowan . David has recently purchased a Nissan Leaf after going car-less for two year.

‘”Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing his hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business.

We had a blast yesterday at our Mobile First Crunchup and 6th Annual Summer Party at August Capita l. At our CrunchUp, we had some amazing speakers and special guests. Even Chamillionaire managed to make a certain speaker sweat and started a debate on why Android doesn’t have a decent phone.

Startups love to point to big growth numbers, and the press loves to publish them.

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