engineering

Facebook Engineering Director Josh Wiseman Departs for EIR Gig

Mike Isaac in Social on May 8 at 1:33 pm PT

Wiseman played a key role in launching some of Facebook’s pivotal products over the past six years.

Twitter’s Glass App Spotted in the Wild (And, Yes, It’s Probably Real)

Mike Isaac in Social on April 29 at 5:35 pm PT

Blink, and you’ll have missed it.

Facebook Wants to Bring Its Home to the World

Mike Isaac in Dive Into Mobile on April 16 at 10:51 am PT

Facebook’s mobile overlay for Android will get its international release Tuesday.

Elissa Murphy, One of Yahoo’s High-Profile Tech Execs, Heads to Go Daddy as CTO (Memo Time!)

Kara Swisher in News on April 2 at 10:24 am PT

It’s the second talent raid by former Yahoo product head Blake Irving, who is now CEO at the domain giant.

Twitter Untangles Its Overgrown Org Chart

Mike Isaac in News on March 20 at 1:05 pm PT

A look at Twitter’s new and improved organizational structure, including the company’s problematic history between departments.

Exclusive: In Yet Another Internal Hire, Yahoo’s Mayer Makes Mann Search Head

Kara Swisher in News on February 19 at 12:27 am PT

The search apparently did not go far from home.

PayPal Hires Three Tech VPs From Box, Microsoft and DreamWorks

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 15 at 9:00 am PT

The vice presidents are tasked with helping the company change the way consumers pay for things online, on their phone and at the register.

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More Yahoo Ad Reorg Details

Kara Swisher in Media on January 7 at 12:41 pm PT

I just got some more deets of the Yahoo advertising reorganization by COO Henrique De Castro, which started taking place last week. As I previously reported, it’s a major shift of sales staff to a “category” model rather than one that is regional and tiered. Sources say that Mark Ellis, who has been VP of North American sales and global partnerships, still has a similar title, but now has a job with more responsibility and influence. Interestingly, Peter Foster, who has headed audience advertising, is now in charge of new sales enablement group, which includes sales engineering and training, as well as the mid-market segment. Both will apparently report up to another exec, who is still to be determined.

GoldieBlox: A Construction Toy With a Story Line Builds Girls’ Interest in Engineering

Lauren Wilson in News on December 19, 2012 at 4:49 am PT

The toy, which began as a Kickstarter project of Stanford University engineer Debbie Sterling, features a spunky inventor heroine.

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Twitter Debunks Rumors of Security Vulnerability

Mike Isaac in Social on December 5, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Twitter engineering manager and security chief Moxie Marlinspike denied reports that U.S. Twitter account holders are susceptible to an SMS-reliant hack where outsiders could post tweets to user accounts. After stories of the hack surfaced early in the week, Marlinspike pointed out that the vulnerability is only relevant to non-U.S. Twitter users, and was addressed in 2007.