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Tag Archives: Silicon Valley
26 Signs You're in Silicon Valley
When the Bravo TV network announced it was filming a reality show about Silicon Valley, denizens of the tech mecca were not amused. “Yuck, please stay in LA,” one venture capitalist tweeted, according to the New York Times. But Valleyites … Continue reading
Oracle Says Google Execs at 'Highest Level' Deliberately Violated Copyrights; Live Twitter Coverage From Trial
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(Bay City News) A lawyer for Oracle Corp. charged at a federal trial in San Francisco Monday that Google Inc. executives at the "highest level" deliberately violated Oracle copyrights and patents in software for Android mobile phones. Oracle attorney Michael … Continue reading
Video: Kara Swisher Calls Yahoo! Board 'Most Incompetent in Internet History'
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Tech journalist Kara Swisher of AllThingsD analyzed the Yahoo! situation on KQED TV's "This Week in Northern California" last Friday. "What happened to Yahoo? When did it go off the tracks?" host Belva Davis asks, referring to the 2,000 jobs … Continue reading
When Yahoo! Was King: Scenes From the Bubble
It's been a tough week for employees of Yahoo!, which announced it's laying off 2,000 of them – the latest and most eye-catching round of labor reduction for a company that shuffles along on a seemingly inexorable path to historical … Continue reading
Stopping the 'Reverse Brain Drain'
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The U.S. Immigration Service held a summit today in Silicon Valley to tackle a "reverse brain drain" of American-trained entrepreneurs returning to their native countries to start companies. More than 100 leaders from high tech, academia and government met at … Continue reading
Tech Companies Agree to Disclose Mobile App Privacy Policies
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Smartphone owners who download mobile applications could soon be able to easily access the app's privacy policy. A deal between State Attorney General Kamala Harris and six technology companies — Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, and Research In Motion — … Continue reading
Videos: S**t San Francisco Says, and Silicon Valley Too
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Now that KQED's got a hold of this meme, we can officially declare it over… And see how many references you don't get in this one… On the other hand, there may be life in the ole girl yet. S**t … Continue reading
Infographic: Compare Perks and Benefits at Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Other Web Cos.
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When I first started at Yahoo! in 1996, every Friday the company would set out free bagels (a perk about which several friends had to eventually tell me to shut the hell up.) Since then, things have gotten progressively cushier … Continue reading
What the Stock Sell-Off Means for Silicon Valley
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The stock market drop is the news of the day. So what does the down graph mean for the Bay Area? The immediate consequence was the stocks of many big local companies dropped. For one take on larger picture, I … Continue reading
Cisco to Cut 6,500 Employees
SAN JOSE, California (AP) Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. is cutting 6,500 employees about 9 percent of its work force as it follows up on a plan announced in May to eliminate thousands of jobs in an effort to … Continue reading
