5 posts and columns on fellow

Welcome to ATD: The Very Social Mike Isaac

in Social on April 16 at 8:23 am PT

A new reporter to cover social, while a current one looks hard at what it takes to innovate and more.
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Nokia, Silicon Valley Giant?

in Mobile on December 17, 2010 at 5:20 am PT

When one thinks of Silicon Valley tech companies, Nokia is hardly a name that comes to mind. But the company has amassed a decent presence in the Valley, with about 500 people working on everything from research to inking deals with Web giants to building the features that the company hopes will someday soon return it to the forefront of the smartphone market.

Welcome to NetworkEffect!

in Social on November 8, 2010 at 12:06 am PT

Hi there, I’m Liz Gannes. My beat at All Things D is All Things Social, and you’ll be able to find my stories under the heading NetworkEffect, named after the idea that a community of users makes a service valuable for everyone who joins.

A Couple of Google Geeks Sitting Around Talking About Search: Video Interviews With Gundotra and Singhal!

in News on December 8, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Here’s the video interview BoomTown did with the two Google execs most responsible for the rollout of the company’s real-time search and other new mobile search features announced yesterday. That would be VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra and Google Fellow Amit Singhal, who is known as the master of ranking algorithm and search quality. The smooth-talking Gundotra and the jumping-bean Singhal make an interesting pair of nerdish bookends, but are essentially pushing the same idea that Google is as innovative as ever.
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A New Location for an Iconic Conference–and Here Come the TED Fellows

in News on February 2, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

The well-known Technology, Entertainment, Design conference–better known to its techie fans as TED–will make its move from Monterey to Long Beach starting tomorrow night and will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. TED2009 is called “The Great Unveiling,” with its eclectic speaker roster including: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, neurological anthropologist Oliver Sacks, writer Elizabeth Gilbert, tree researcher Nalani Nadkarni and Web political phenom Nate Silver. But I am perhaps even more intrigued by the introduction this year of the TED Fellows program, whose participants have been picked because of the “world-changing potential of their work.”