VBWeekly gets a visit from the undead, which is appropriate since we’re talking Facebook

This week’s VBWeekly got a little goofy, while our anchor Jolie O’Dell was traveling to the East Coast. We hit on some serious stories, including more on the Facebook drama unfolding post IPO, and a sexual harassment lawsuit that hit …

Pets.com and Midwestern moms: Another look at what happened to Facebook

Hoo boy, anything tech-related that happened over this past week was dwarfed into oblivion by Facebook’s IPO.

Many of us were expecting a glorious event with massive profits for early shareholders, but the day’s events ended in disappointment.

The stock …

Scott Thompson: Should he stay or should he go now?

What a week it’s been! Here are the stories we discuss in this week’s edition of VBWeekly:

Come and listen to a story ’bout a man named Scott Thompson, a poor CEO who… well, who lied on his resume then

Here’s how much WE would pay for Facebook stock

What a week is has been. Here’s what we’re covering in the weekly roundup:

Facebook shares were given their starting price range; we go into detail about how much we’d each pay for a single share — and when we’d

VBWeekly, the paranoia edition! Featuring the insecurity of at least 3 CEOs

Holy moly, what a week it’s been! As one of our astute editors pointed out, paranoia (that some other company is stealing your ideas, getting ahead at your expense, etc.) seemed to be a theme this week.

Here’s the recap:…

The top 10 moments from DEMO Spring 2012

We loved the technology we discovered at DEMO this week, but some of our favorite memories had more to do with half-naked, dancing entrepreneurs and role-playing games.

With an intro like that, you can’t not watch this clip:

Check out …

Mercedes-Benz R&D CEO explains how in-car systems are changing rapidly (video)

In-car technology is making a major splash this year, with more car makers than ever focusing widely on tech. One of the cutting-edge car companies in this bunch is Mercedes-Benz, which has its R&D sister company set up in Palo …

Quiet giant: Everyday Health partners with YouTube to launch 10 new web shows

Over the last 10 years Everyday Health has built one of the biggest tech companies native to New York, with more than 500 employees centered here in Silicon Alley. Today the company cemented its presence as the number one health …

VBWeekly: the best of Y-Combinator and ask the Magic 8 Ball.

In today’s VBWeekly video we invade the VentureBeat writers lounge to ask our reporters about the Y-Combinator Demo Day event. We asked Meghan Kelly and Sarah Mitroff about the presentations that made them laugh; later we ask them what company …

Runic Games presents the pets of Torchlight II (video)

Unlike Diablo III, Runic Games’ long-awaited Torchlight II still doesn’t have a release date. What is does have, however, is pets, and lots of them — something that you can no longer say about Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming dungeon crawler.

As …

The 6 best game endings of all-time (and how BioWare would ruin them)

Video game endings tend to feel a lot like an afterthought. Whereas a bad movie only ever consumes two hours of your life, games can have you playing upwards of 100+ hours before reaching the finale, and quite often that …

Mass Effect 3: Character deaths

Now that Mass Effect 3 has been out for nearly a month, GamesBeat thought you might be interested to see what would have happened if Commander Shepard went right instead of left, zigged instead of zagged.

Below you'll find all the various death scenes in the game (for characters that mattered, anyway).

Mass Effect 3: Romances

Now that Mass Effect 3 has been out for nearly a month, GamesBeat thought you might be interested to see what would have happened if Commander Shepard went right instead of left, zigged instead of zagged.

Inside you'll find videos of all the different romance options. FemShep scenes are on the second page.

GamesBeat vs. VentureBeat: Mario Party 9 Showdown (video)

VentureBeat reporter Meghan Kelly had been talking smack to the GamesBeat crew about her “unparalleled” Mario Party skills for a while now. She even slapped us with a glove a couple of times trying to initiate a duel. Who does …

And now, the VentureBeat staff will do a blind taste test of Pepsi’s newest soft drink

This week, we cover a smattering of tech news in our weekly video round-up — but first, we conduct a blind taste test of Pepsi’s newest soda pop-style beverage.

Irrelevant? Perhaps. But we were so excited that Pepsi picked us …

Get Satisfaction founders want you to get lucky [video]

Thor Muller and Lane Becker have had a fair amount of luck in their time. The Get Satisfaction co-founders chalk their company’s founding to serendipity, in fact.

Turns out, they want the rest of us to get lucky too. And …

Ford plugs cars as the next big connected devices [video]

We caught up with Ford at South By Southwest last week to chat about the connected car phenomenon.

After all, at CES earlier this year, high-tech car tech was the talk of the show. Currently, Ford’s in-car computer system, called …

Why everyone’s buzzing about startups in Singapore, part 2 [video]

Singapore has been said to be Asia’s next new, big tech hub, and at South By Southwest Interactive, we decided to investigate that claim for ourselves.

VentureBeat caught up up with a few Singapore-based entrepreneurs and get the story straight …

Why everyone’s buzzing about startups in Singapore, part 1 [video]

Word on the street is Singapore’s the next new big tech hub in Asia.

Not being the type to take anyone’s word for it, VentureBeat decided to catch up with a few Singapore-based entrepreneurs and get the story straight from …

Design for hackers guru Kadavy talks white space, typography, & more [video]

David Kadavy is the acknowledged guru of design for web and mobile hackers, and (lucky us) he took some time to chat with VentureBeat about those topics during South By Southwest Interactive.

In this clip, Kadavy talks about white space, …