Microsoft president Brad Smith defended the company's political contributions in a meeting with employees after some questioned donations from its PAC
and has never had — a PAC. @BradSmi https://twitter.com/... Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses : .@ProjectLincoln @Microsoft has sent a crystal clear message about the importance of democracy. I'm confi...
O'Reilly Media announces it is canceling all of its upcoming in-person conferences and shutting down that portion of its business indefinitely
Laura Baldwin / O'Reilly Media : Tweets: @waxpancake , @digiphile , @sarahm , @rossdawson , @sfoskett , @edd , @chr1sa , @marcprecipice , and @ruv . Thanks: @chrismessina See also Mediagazer Tweets: ...
New York Times Deputy Tech Editor Quentin Hardy leaving to become the head of editorial for Google Cloud
Tess Townsend / Recode : Tweets: @digiphile , @qhardy , and @mims . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Alex Howard / @digiphile : @qhardy big, hairy, audacious goal, that. Glad you're thinking big, but I am...
Meeting with tech leaders, Trump says they can call him or his team any time, Thiel is “ahead of the curve”, and administration will work on “fair” trade deals
FOUR—are the president-elect's children. That is 16% of everybody in the room...”—@msuster http://bothsidesofthetable.com/ ... Mark Suster / @msuster : I will separate my business interests from the p...
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
John Markoff / Backchannel : Tweets: @digiphile , @kimmaicutler , @laurengoode , @backchnnl , @guykawasaki , @backchnnl , @harrymccracken , @timoreilly , @dangillmor , @karaswisher , @ellenhuet , @be...
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
I'm retiring from the greatest job I ever knew—but I still believe that journalism will thrive … Yes, I'm retiring from the New York Times. Tweets: @digiphile , @kimmaicutler , @laurengoode , @backchn...
Sunlight Foundation exploring merger or alliances with other organizations, will discontinue tool building and database maintenance
The board of directors of the Sunlight Foundation has reached some important conclusions about our future. We want to share them with our friends, funders … Tweets: @timobrien , @waxpancake , @pahlka...
Behind Dick Costolo's and Jack Dorsey's efforts to fix Twitter
Erin Griffith / Fortune : Tweets: @hbsmktg , @elanazak , @digiphile and @mims . Thanks: @leenarao Tweets: John Deighton / @hbsmktg : Comprehensive history of what went wrong at Twitter (which still h...
Debian founder and Docker employee Ian Murdock has died at 42
and in turn, for everyone their work touches. Steven Galante / @smgalante : Tragic. A true pioneer in FLOSS. Debian is the OS that got me into Linux as a child. http://twitter.com/... Declan McCullagh...
In Silicon Valley Now, It's Almost Always Winner Takes All
The shutdown of ride-sharing startup … Michelle Quinn / SiliconBeat : Is Sidecar's demise an indication of the beginning of a shakeout in food delivery? Tweets: Ted Leonsis / @tedleonsis : Business is...