Kara Swisher in News on May 2 at 10:59 am PT
Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.
Amir Efrati and Don Clark in News on April 29 at 8:34 pm PT
A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after the internal disclosures, a Federal Communications Commission investigation found.
Kara Swisher in D10 on March 9 at 10:40 am PT
Speakers? We got your speakers right here.
News Byte
Lauren Goode in News on January 30 at 12:11 pm PT
A half-dozen former FDA employees have
filed suit against the agency, offering evidence it secretly monitored their personal email for two years after they took their concerns about medical-device approvals to Congress. According to the Washington Post, the staffers contend the workplace monitoring was improper because the private activity was legal; the FDA may counter with allegations that confidential information was being disclosed.
Kara Swisher in News on December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT
Let’s throw a few more names on the fire!
Kara Swisher in Media on October 26, 2011 at 6:21 am PT
Leon Black decides to “
run sh*t!”
Kara Swisher in News on February 15, 2011 at 4:19 pm PT
Apparently, it’s not only in Google’s pond where Facebook fishes for talent–the social networking giant has recruited Microsoft’s global advertising head Carolyn Everson as one of its top sales execs.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the hiring, after a query by BoomTown.
The move will surely cause some tensions with the software giant, which is both a prominent partner of and investor in Facebook, especially since Everson was only hired at Microsoft last June after a long search.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT
Plastic Logic, a start-up known for showing off (but not necessarily shipping) advanced e-book readers, said that it has finalized an investment deal to build a factory in Russia.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2011 at 8:30 am PT
A site for people who love to complain about ads. That’s most of you, right? It’s created by an ad guy, of course.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
Web surfers have trained themselves to ignore the ads they see. Mobile phone users are a different story. At least according to this poll. (Guess who commissioned it?)