August 3, 2015 Political Consultant for Uber to Advise Other Start-Ups by DINO GRANDONI By DINO GRANDONI Bradley Tusk, a former campaign manager for New York’s last mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, is starting Tusk Ventures, a political consulting…
August 3, 2015 Need a Reason to Celebrate? Check Online, Where Social Media Fills the Calendar by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY The growth of social media has spawned a national holiday — sometimes two — for seemingly every day of the year….
August 3, 2015 Why Some Start-Ups Are Called Tech Companies and Others Are Not by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER For as long as there has been a commercial Internet, there has been fuzziness about what is or is not a…
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August 2, 2015 Farhad and Mike’s Week in Review: Twitter Problems by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Two technology journalists from The New York Times assess the week’s major news stories from Silicon Valley, including…
August 2, 2015 Yahoo Buys Polyvore, a Site Focused on Shopping by VINDU GOEL and MIKE ISAAC By VINDU GOEL and MIKE ISAAC Yahoo has acquired Polyvore, a social shopping site that lets users pick and share clothing ensembles — and…
August 1, 2015 Daily Report: That Facebook Drone is Ready for Takeoff by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM The dream of consumer drones may be one step closer to reality, as Facebook announces that its unmanned aerial vehicle is…
August 1, 2015 Facebook Taking Open-Source Software Ethos to Drones by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Autonomous aircraft firing lasers for three months at a time? Not bad. Open-sourcing the whole project? Maybe even better. Published: July…
August 1, 2015 Microsoft Said to Invest Big Sum in Uber by MIKE ISAAC and NICK WINGFIELD By MIKE ISAAC and NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft has agreed to contribute a substantial amount of the financing in a recent round, which totals about…
July 31, 2015 Mark Zuckerberg Posts on Facebook: After Miscarriages, We’re Having a Baby by DINO GRANDONI By DINO GRANDONI The chief executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, disclosed that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a baby girl. The…