Title:
The players ball : a genius, a con man, and the secret history of the Internet's rise / David Kushner.
Author:
Kushner, David, 1968- author.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
©2019
Call Number:
HD9696.8.U62 K87 2019
Abstract:
"In 1994, ... entrepreneur Gary Kremen used a $2,500 loan to create the first online dating service, Match.com. Only 5 percent of Americans were using the Internet at the time, and even fewer were looking online for love. He quickly bought the Sex.com domain too, betting the combination of love and sex would help propel the Internet into the mainstream. Imagine Kremen's surprise when he learned that someone named Stephen Michael Cohen had stolen the rights to Sex.com and was already making millions that Kremen would never see. Thus follows the wild true story of Kremen's and Cohen's decade-long battle for control"-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN:
9781501122149
9781501122156
Physical Description:
256 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
The world wild west -- The genius -- The con man -- Matched -- Screwed -- The erotic technological impulse -- The art of war -- Rancho -- The dogpatch -- The crazy aunt in the attic -- The players ball -- Come and get it -- Sex, drugs, and Camarones -- Happy birthday -- The samurai -- Across the border.
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