Ballmer trumpets Microsoft's ‘epic year’
Q and A: Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer discusses new products and services, the state of the company and its future. — This fall, Microsoft is embarking on one of its biggest serie...
Facebook's embedded option
The best way to think of Facebook's stock is as the sum of two businesses: the existing display ad businesses, and a probability-weighted option on a new line of business. This is how Wall Street vie...
Marissa Mayer Just Gave Every Yahoo Employee An iPhone 5
New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just sent an email to all of Yahoo's full time and part time employees in the US, promising them a new Apple, Samsung, Nokia, or HTC smartphone. — “People are happy,” say...
Disruptions: Let Silicon Valley Eat ... Ramen Noodles?
Mark Zuckerberg spoke at a conference organized by TechCrunch in San Francisco on Sept. 11. He appears, very publicly and honestly, to focus on building a company, not on toys. — You don't have to ...
Tech Figures Raised At Least $27 Million For Obama Campaign
Leaked fundraising documents show Silicon Valley emerging as a key source of Democratic money and power. Valley money bests Hollywood. — President Obama with Google chairman (and occasional advisor...
Nvidia Confirms Departure of Mobile-Chip Chief
Nvidia , a chip maker that grew up around the personal-computer industry, has made some headway lately in moving its technology into newer-wave mobile devices. But the man who spearheaded that effort...
YouTube Moves API Discussions And Support To Stack Overflow, Ditches Google Groups
Calling all developers, YouTube has taken steps to join Stack Overflow and bring discussions about its API there. For those who are using the API, you know that Google Groups hasn't really been cutti...