Kara Swisher in News on April 27 at 11:05 am PT
Our long social patent fight is
not over.
Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 1:15 pm PT
In what is either the boldest gamble of its history or the most boneheaded, Yahoo has filed a massive legal attack against the powerful social networking giant for intellectual property violations.
Kara Swisher in Media on February 24 at 7:15 am PT
Comic Bill Maher is really funny, and the Silicon Valley Internet giant might want to take notes.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT
The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.
Kara Swisher in News on May 24, 2011 at 10:05 am PT
It’s time for Yahoo’s annual meeting with its investors tomorrow. On the menu: Not-so-tasty Chinese issues, with a side of stock decline.
Voices
Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 25, 2011 at 11:41 am PT
Fairchild Semiconductor, a major force in giving Silicon Valley its name, has endured an exile of sorts in Maine since 1997. Now the chip maker has returned to its home turf, with a product line that has changed dramatically.
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
PlayPhone says it will spend $10 million to promote other developers’ mobile games. In return, the San Jose, Calif.-based company is hoping to attract more game makers to its
social platform, which provides developers tools to integrate community features and virtual goods into mobile applications, similar to offerings from Ngmoco and OpenFeint. The shift to social is important for the the eight-year-old company, which historically is known for selling ringtones and other mobile content.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 24, 2011 at 1:20 pm PT
A shareholder lawsuit seeking to get Hurd’s severance money back is on hold until the latest probe is complete.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 28, 2010 at 9:45 am PT
Sprint announces 4G service for San Francisco and San Jose, while AT&T is adding Wi-Fi “hot zones” for some public spaces in San Francisco and New York, two areas where its cellphone service is most often criticized.
Voices
Pui-Wing Tam, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 20, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
The revival of Silicon Valley is on display at the juncture of San Jose’s North First Street and Highway 237, which for years was largely undeveloped. But this year, networking-technology firm Brocade Communications Systems Inc. moved into a new 525,000-square-foot corporate campus in the area as it hired 600 new employees.
