Mark Hatch - TechShop CEO: Sharing The Top Tools Of The Industrial Age
Why have a gym membership that you don't use when you can get a membership to a local TechShop, and share access to the top tools of our industrial world, plus a community of creators and innovators.By...
View ArticleGiant WPP And Others - Shopping For Digital Marketing Startups In Silicon Valley
WPP, the world's largest advertising and marketing group, is on a buying spree, reports the Financial Times. WPP - can't stop shopping - FT.comWho says there is no M&A any more? WPP made no fewer...
View ArticleGE Software: A Massive Startup In The Bay Area
One of the largest startups in and around Silicon Valley is GE Global Software in San Ramon, California, a brand new division of giant General Electric, built from scratch into an organization of 400...
View ArticleThere's Gold In Techno-Pessimism
Andrew Keen is probably one of the best known techno-pessimists and his services as a speaker are in high demand. [I used to work with Mr Keen at Podtech where I was helping develop a range of...
View ArticleEric Berlow: 'Big Data Is Controlled By Big Business' - Making Data Vibrant...
Eric Berlow, an ecologist and network scientist, sketches a flowchart to illustrate what happens in the lifecycle of publicly shared data.By Intel Free PressEcologist turned network scientist Eric...
View Article'Seeking Silicon Valley' - Ambitious ZERO1 Arts Festival Starts Today
ZERO1 Executive Director Joel Slayton and Jaime Austin - Curator and Director of Programs for ZERO1The ZERO1 Biennial, a three month long festival of art and technology begins today in San Jose with...
View ArticleMaking Healthcare The Next 'Space Race'
Building out new infrastructure, tools and services for a 21 century healthcare system is the modern day equivalent of last century's space race, according to Eric Dishman, GM of health strategy and...
View ArticleThe Future Of Tech Journalism In A Post-Technology World
Tech journalists swarmed into Yerba Buena in San Francisco earlier this week to cover the much anticipated Apple iPhone 5 launch. Some news organizations sent multiple reporters, Fortune sent...
View ArticleAre Insults Without Pageviews Insulting?
The global protests against the anti-Muslim Innocence of Muslims Youtube clip raises the issue that anyone could post a video insulting to a religion or nation. A small number of extremists on both...
View ArticleTech Trailblazers: Awards For Enterprise Tech Startups
Friday is the deadline for entries to Tech Trailblazers, which will award prizes to startups in nine enterprise tech categories: big data, cloud, infosecurity, mobile, networking, storage, sustainable...
View ArticleIntel's Sean Maloney To Retire
I was sorry to see that Sean Maloney, Intel executive vice president and chairman of Intel China announced that he will retire in January 2013.
View ArticleA New Type Of PC: Perceptual Computers - Moving Beyond Touch Interfaces
By Intel Free PressHumans can typically understand spoken words, hand gestures and facial expressions at an early age. Yet computers, even after decades of evolution, still struggle to interpret them....
View ArticleFrench Telco Orange Brings Bloggers To Silicon Valley
Earlier this week I met with some International bloggers in San Francisco who are part of a group organized by French telco Orange, visiting Silicon Valley companies.
View ArticleIntel's Battle With ARM Is About Making Its Future Fabs Viable
Many Intel watchers are concerned that the world's largest semiconductor company hasn't been able to break into the smart phone and tablet markets, which will lead to serious consequences.Intel barely...
View ArticleSumOfUs Petitions Google To Quit Shadowy Trade Group
On Monday, SumOfUs.org, an advocacy group, will deliver a petition of more than 270,000 signatures of Google users to Google's headquarters in Mountain View, requesting that it, and other large tech...
View ArticleDon't Trash Your Old Smartphone - 13 Reuse Ideas
Every time you upgrade your old smartphone it can become a new smartphone for someone else, or you can find some dedicated uses for it around the home. Here are a few ideas from Intel:- Child's toy...
View ArticleBrazil's IT Giant Sets Up Silicon Valley Lab
TOTVS said it has established TOTVS Labs, A Silicon Valley based research and development facility that will be used to create new software and spearhead an expansion into North American markets. TOTVS...
View ArticleOut&About: Taploid & Blipboard; GAFFTA Arts Fundraiser And UP Festival
Thursday evening was busy there were so many events, I could only make it to some of them. I popped into Taploid and Blipboard launch parties at the Phoenix Hotel. I had an interesting chat with Mike...
View ArticleLittle Bird Launches - Find Expert Influencers
I caught up with Marshall Kirkpatrick earlier this week, and the launch of his venture Little Bird. The former lead reporter for ReadWriteWeb, and his team of four, have developed an interesting...
View ArticleFinancial Times: Every Company Will Have To Become A Media Company
Financial Times Media Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson wrote an interesting article:PR and news boundaries are being redrawn - FT.comHis report concludes that... search and social media trends suggest...
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