Exclusive: CEO Gurbaksh Chahal Fired by RadiumOne Board
According to sources, Gurbaksh Chahal has been fired by the board of RadiumOne, directly related to his conviction for battery and domestic violence. — As I reported earlier, the board had been mull...
Net Neutrality: A Guide to (and History of) a Contested Idea
This week, news broke that the Federal Communications Commission is considering new rules for how the Internet works. — In short: the FCC would allow network owners (your Verizons, Comcasts, etc.) t...
RadiumOne Confirms That It Has Fired CEO Gurbaksh Chahal
RadiumOne just announced that its board of directors terminated CEO and Chairman Gurbaksh Chahal on Saturday night. The company said in an emailed statement that Chief Operating Officer Bill Lonergan...
San Francisco Is Dead. Long Live San Francisco.
Yes, the city we know is going away. But, as has happened throughout its history, a new one will arise. Let's give it a chance. — In 1999, my wife and I saw a For Sale sign on a small house on Nob...
How Airbnb and Lyft Finally Got Americans to Trust Each Other
In about 40 minutes, Cindy Manit will let a complete stranger into her car. An app on her windshield-mounted iPhone will summon her to a corner in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, where ...
Viber images and videos were not encrypted during transit or storage, company says “issue has already been resolved”
Here we go again: Viber mobile messenger app leaves user data unencrypted — Viber, a mobile messenger app that allows users to make phone calls …
Microsoft warns Internet Explorer 6 - 11 vulnerable to zero-day spotted in the wild
FireEye researchers spotted a new zero-day in the wild, with all versions of IE vulnerable, but with IE 9 -11 being targeted for ‘Operation Clandestine Fox.’ — “Microsoft is aware of limited …
Kara Swisher: AllThingsD was profitable, but Re/code will probably lose money this year
“I Think Google's Pretty Dangerous and Thuggish. I've Always Said That.” — Kara Swisher, outspoken tech journalist, has a lot on her mind. … San Francisco: You recently split …
Rabbit Proto makes it easier to get circuits into 3D printed objects
Circuit printers and 3D printers are relatively accessible these days. Rabbit Proto, an open source project based out of Stanford University, wants to make it a little bit simpler to put the two toge...
The story of Boomtrain: one startup's struggle to survive the Series A crunch
One Startup's Struggle to Survive the Silicon Valley Gold Rush — It was an unseasonably warm December, and somewhere nearby a rising tide in the San Francisco Bay was lifting all kite-surfers …
Bitcoin Slips Following News Of Fresh Restrictions In China
Bitcoin, which has recently traded under $400 and over $500, shed more than 10% of its value over the past few days, falling from around $500 to under $440, before recovering slightly. — As has happ...
Airbnb starts recommending nearby destinations to SF users, other cities coming soon
Airbnb Wants to Be a Travel Agent — Airbnb wants to be a travel agent. — People who opened the apartment-sharing company's mobile app in San Francisco on Thursday found something new …
Amplify helps Twitter grab a piece of the multi-billion dollar TV ad market
Twitter Wants to Be Your TV — Profitability doesn't appear to be in Twitter's (TWTR) future anytime soon. Losses are increasing, membership growth has slowed, and the company's stock price is down ...