Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT
In an unusual appointment for the longtime public servant, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join Silicon Valley venture powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz as a part-time “Special Advisor.”
Summers got to know the firm with an assist from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who was a student of his when he was a professor at Harvard University.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 16, 2011 at 11:30 am PT
While cellphone cameras are handy for taking pictures, they are also increasingly being tapped as a key input mechanism, capable of recognizing everything from bar codes to objects. Researchers at MIT and Google have found a way to use the camera to transmit code, simply by pointing it at a computer screen.
Christopher M. Schroeder, Angel Investor, CEO, HealthCentral.com in News on March 21, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT
These days the word “exit” in connection with Egypt often conjures the departure of a politician or business executive caught on the wrong side of historic, popular forces. Indicative, however, of a growing new narrative in successful entrepreneurship in the country, Intel announced last week its acquisition of Cairo-based SySDSoft, a leading 4G wireless software developer.
Liz Gannes in Social on March 3, 2011 at 1:00 am PT
Some of the biggest hits and touchpoints so far at this year’s annual TED conference have come from tech start-up founders’ talks and show-stealing demos. Here are three companies you’ll likely be hearing about again.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 28, 2011 at 2:00 am PT
Smoopa, a new comparison shopping start-up with a pretty silly name, this week introduced its first app, which allows Android users to scan bar codes of electronics, movies and games, and find out whether they’re cheaper online.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 30, 2010 at 9:27 am PT
The chip interface designer known best for its epic court battles is taking a virtual who’s-who among tech companies to the International Trade Commission.
John Paczkowski in News on August 24, 2010 at 10:00 am PT
Downloads from Apple’s iTunes U program topped the 300 million mark today—a formidable feat for a virtual insitution of higher learning that’s just three years old.
Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on May 28, 2010 at 12:05 pm PT
This week, we coffee’d at Coupa Cafe on the Stanford University campus to interview Ben Zotto. He’s the mind behind Cocoa Box Design, the app company responsible for Penultimate, a sleeper hit at the iPad App Store.
Ben is developing popular software that is just a little outside of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s vision for his “magical” device. That doesn’t seem to bother Zotto though.
Drake Martinet in Social on May 8, 2010 at 3:46 pm PT
The flowers are blooming in Silicon Valley and the scoreboard shout-outs at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, are stacked up as all the fashionable little start-ups treat their staffs to a dog, beers and some baseball.
