Bill Campbell reflects on his relationship with Steve Jobs, coaching tech's leaders, and Apple under Tim Cook
After 17 years, Bill Campbell steps down from Apple's board — Bill Campbell recalls Steve Jobs' invitation to join Apple's board of directors as the kind of request that takes your breath away.
Satya Nadella's email to Microsoft employees on integration of Nokia Devices and Services
Starting to Evolve Our Organization and Culture — Last week in my email to you I synthesized our strategic direction as a productivity and platform company. Having a clear focus is the start of the...
Snowden: Dropbox is hostile to privacy, unlike ‘zero knowledge’ Spideroak
Whistleblower urges consumers to adopt more secure file storage systems which are less susceptible to government surveillance — Edward Snowden has warned against the cloud storage service Dropbox wh...
How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq
In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert. The signal was coming from Nasdaq (NDAQ). It looked like malware had snuck into the com...
They Might Be Tearing Down The Creamery To Build Condos
If you're involved in the startup world in San Francisco you've likely been to the Creamery on Townsend and 4th street. It's iconic, even if only recently so. — In 2012 I wrote about the Creamery i...
Microsoft's Bing follows Google in offering Europeans the ‘right to be forgotten’
Microsoft has started accepting requests from users in Europe who want to remove search links from Bing under a recent “right-to-be-forgotten” ruling by Europe's top court.
Oculus preparing motion controllers to complement its forthcoming goggles
Oculus to get hands on with new virtual reality gear — Facebook's virtual reality company is readying motion control prototypes for its headsets to offer a more immersive experience for consumers. ...
YouTubers are running advertorials, paid promotions, and product placement without disclosures
Blurred lines: Are YouTubers breaking the law? — From unmarked advertorial to paid social network promotion, Simon Parkin investigates the ethics and legality of YouTube.
Twitter Acquires CardSpring To Power In-Tweet Commerce And Offers
Twitter just announced it's acquired CardSpring to enable “in-the-moment commerce experiences.” CardSpring is an application platform that lets developers build card-linked offers electronic coupons,...
Xbox One sales double, one month after $100 price cut
Offering up a cheaper Xbox One is helping Microsoft sell quite a bit more consoles. The company announced today that since it began selling a $399 version of the Xbox One without the Kinect sensor on...
Facebook starts testing Buy button on News Feed ads and Page posts, will not charge participating US businesses for now
Facebook Tests Buy Button To Let You Purchase Stuff Without Leaving Facebook — Facebook is trying out letting you pay for ecommerce purchases from other businesses without leaving its site or app.
Disrupt Finalist Boomerang Commerce Raises $8.5M Series A Round For Its Price Optimization Service
Boomerang Commerce, one of our six finalists at the latest Disrupt in New York, today announced that it has raised an $8.5 million Series A round. The round was led by Madrona Venture Group and Trini...
Google's Q2 Revenue Of $15.96B Beats, But Its Non-GAAP EPS Of $6.08 Disappoints
Today after the bell Google reported its second quarter financial results, including net revenue (ex-TAC) of $12.67 billion, and $6.08 in non-GAAP earnings per share. Google gross revenue for the per...
Shervin Pishevar And Scott Stanford's SherpaVentures Closes $150 Million For Its First Fund
SherpaVentures, the venture firm founded by former Menlo Ventures partner Shervin Pishevar and former Goldman Sachs banker Scott Stanford, is finally ready to be less vague about what it's doing.
JFrog Raises $7M to Remake Software Development and Distribution
The way software is developed and distributed has changed dramatically because of the cloud—software updates are now pushed out automatically, mostly without our noticing—and that creates the need for...
New iTunes Pass credit refill service now available in United States (update: Australia, too)
Yesterday Apple rolled out its new iTunes Pass service to Japan, allowing users to use a Passbook card to add credit to an iTunes account from an Apple Retail Store. Starting today, the offer is also...
Valuations of Y Combinator companies have more than doubled to $30B over the past year
Y Combinator portfolio value more than doubles to $30B in past year — Call it another sign of a Silicon Valley bubble, or maybe it's proof that Y Combinator is backing some really promising startups...