May 6, 2015 The Lessons Google Ventures Learned From Secret by MIKE ISAAC and DAVID GELLES By MIKE ISAAC and DAVID GELLES Bill Maris of Google Ventures explains why the firm was only willing to invest in the start-up Secret…
May 5, 2015 Silicon Valley Pays Tribute to Dave Goldberg at Memorial Service by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The worlds of technology, entertainment and politics converged to remember the chief of SurveyMonkey, who was the husband of Sheryl Sandberg…
May 5, 2015 With Boxing Match, Video Piracy Battle Enters Latest Round: Mobile Apps by NICK WINGFIELD and EMILY STEEL By NICK WINGFIELD and EMILY STEEL With the Mayweather-Pacquiao bout, live streaming from mobile apps was just one of the new piracy headaches facing…
May 5, 2015 AltSchool Raises $100 Million and Plans to Open More Schools by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER AltSchool operates four schools in the San Francisco area with tuition at around $20,000 annually. Published: May 3, 2015 at 08:00PM…
May 5, 2015 Apple TV Remote Expected to Add Touch Pad in Redesign by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN When Apple introduces its new TV box this summer, the remote control will gain a touch pad and also be…
May 4, 2015 Dave Goldberg, Silicon Valley Executive, Said to Have Died After Exercising by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The 47-year-old chief of Survey Monkey, who was married to Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, collapsed at a Mexican resort, a person…
May 4, 2015 Cisco Names Charles Robbins to Succeed C.E.O. John Chambers by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Mr. Chambers, one of the longest-serving chiefs of a public Silicon Valley company, will step down on July 26….
May 4, 2015 Joseph Lechleider, a Father of the DSL Internet Technology, Dies at 82 by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Mr. Lechleider helped invent DSL technology, which enabled phone companies to offer high-speed web access over their infrastructure of copper wires….
May 4, 2015 40 Busy Years Later, Paul Allen, a Microsoft Founder, Considers His Creation by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates 40 years ago, says the most daunting task the company faces is getting…
May 4, 2015 Start-Ups Try to Challenge Google, at Least on Mobile Search by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Venture capitalists, intimidated by Google search for a decade, have begun investing hundreds of millions in new search efforts for mobile…