science

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

Kara Swisher in News on May 13 at 8:59 am PT

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.

All Things Hired: Bonnie Cha Is Our Latest ATD Reviewer

Kara Swisher in News on April 23 at 1:01 pm PT

ATD adds another staffer to the team.

L.A. Stories: Mike Jones and Peter Pham Talk About the Science of Tech Studios (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on April 4 at 1:27 pm PT

Down in SoCal, there is some serious start-up experimentation going on.

Another Science Start-Up, Wittlebee, Gets $2.5 Million in Funding for Kids’ Clothes Club

Kara Swisher in Commerce on April 4 at 9:00 am PT

It’s kind of like a never-ending online Gap.

News Byte

Yahoo Prominent Brainiac Drain Continues: Goodbye to Broder, Mao

Kara Swisher in News on March 27 at 10:34 am PT

The departures from Yahoo’s research units — which is the once-vaunted computer science arm of the Silicon Valley Internet giant that is facing big cost cuts — continues. This time, said sources, it’s Andrei Broder, VP of computational advertising and chief scientist of the Advertising Product Group, as well as Jianchang (JC) Mao, who heads advertising sciences. It is not clear where either is going. But this research talent drain comes as no surprise after Yahoo Labs head Prabhakar Raghavan left for Google. He was followed by others, such as Raghu Ramakrishnan, who went to Microsoft.

Voices

Facebook’s IPO Marks the End of the Web 2.0 Era: The Social Web Is the New King

Michael Jones, CEO, Science in Voices on February 3 at 10:47 am PT

I recently spent the weekend at a unique event that brought founders, entrepreneurs and investors together. I was fortunate enough to spend time with the original pioneer of social networking.

L.A. Gets Another Start-Up Accelerator, This One With Strong Entertainment Ties

Liz Gannes in News on December 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Until very recently, Los Angeles had what some people said was a stunning lack of early stage start-up accelerator programs. It doesn’t have that problem anymore.

Voices

Physicists Close In on Universal Puzzle

Gautam Naik, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 13, 2011 at 3:10 pm PT

Scientists are making tantalizing progress in the hunt for the elusive Higgs boson, a theoretical particle that could explain how the universe is built, though their data aren’t robust enough yet to claim a conclusive discovery.