5 posts and columns on math

Start-Up Slader Looks to Solve the Math Homework Problem

in Commerce on December 4, 2011 at 3:36 pm PT

Slader, a quiet New York-based education start-up, is picking away at what the school-attending population would probably list as the biggest pain point in their young lives: Homework.
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President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

in News on September 26, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!
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Josh James Kills the Name of the Company He Just Bought (Video)

in News on June 28, 2011 at 12:37 pm PT

Former Omniture CEO Josh James has a new start-up based on technology from a company he just bought. The new outfit still doesn’t have a name, or at least not one he’s ready to announce just yet. The old name has to die first.
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Doing the Math: Who Won in the Yahoo-Icahn Truce?

in News on July 21, 2008 at 6:31 pm PT

A source close to Yahoo’s thinking emailed and declared that BoomTown was misinformed and ignorant of the insider mechanics of high-level corporate wrangling when I suggested in a post earlier today that the settlement between Yahoo and Carl Icahn was perhaps not the time to break out the bubbly. You know, because Yahoo’s stock is still moribund, morale is still low, Microsoft is still looming and the economy is still tanking. Other than that, Yahoo sources wanted to let me know the Icahn truce was a win. And that is absolutely true, technically speaking.