Viewers of the movie The Social Network were treated to an accurate depiction of the Winklevoss Twins according to former Harvard President Larry Summers who was portrayed meeting with the twins in one of the movies more colorful scenes.

The Winklevoss’ scheduled a meeting with Summers to complain that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, then a Harvard student, had stolen the brothers idea for ConnectU, a website they claim was the basis for Facebook.

Speaking to Fortune at the company’s Brainstorm Tech Conference Summers says:

“Rarely, have I encountered such swagger, and I tried to respond in kind,” while adding, ”One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they’re looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an asshole. This was the latter case.”

I wasn’t sure how to feel about the portrayal of the brothers in the movie and now it appears that the stereotypical view of the brothers as spoiled rich kids with entitlement issues was accurate.

Former Harvard President Says Winklevoss Twins Really Are “A-Holes” is a post from: The Inquisitr

The White House is now making assessments on the state of the US economy using Google Trends, at least according to President Obama’s top economic advisor Larry Summers.

During an interview and subsequent speech this week Summers cited a decline in Google searches for “economic depression” as a sign that the US economy is on the mend (and we promise we’re not making this up.)

“You look at how frequently people are talking about depression. (Compare) six months ago vs. now, it’s not a term you hear anymore,” Summers said. “I reject the view that the stimulus bill has not worked.”

“Take one example as an indicator: Google searches for the term “economic depression” were up fourfold from their pre-crisis levels…Now…such hits have returned to normal levels.”

Notably Google searches for “economic depression” have surged over the last 24 hours, with the term appearing in the top 10 searches made by users on Google in the United States.

Economic Depression: Obama team now uses Google Trends to track the economy is a post from: The Inquisitr