134 posts and columns on Sergey Brin

End of an Era: Google’s Very First Employee, Craig Silverstein — Technically, No. 3 — Leaving

in News on February 9 at 7:01 am PT

Craig Silverstein was at Google when Google wasn’t Google (or evil, either).
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Wikipedia’s Pledge Drive Ends — So Do Those Jarring Testimonials!

in Media on January 2 at 4:35 pm PT

The Wikimedia Foundation’s annual fundraiser ended today after the nonprofit raised $20 million from one million donors worldwide.
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News Byte

More Internet Heavy Hitters Speak Out in SOPA Saga

in News on December 15, 2011 at 8:53 am PT

In an open letter to Congress this morning, a group of prominent Internet engineers has spoken out against the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which are under consideration in the House and Senate. The group argues that censorship of Internet infrastructure will cause network errors and security problems, and points to China and Iran as examples. The letter comes on the heels of yesterday’s opposition in an Open Letter to Washington from other tech heavyweights, including Sergey Brin, Jerry Yang, Reid Hoffman and Jack Dorsey.

Top 10 Reasons Google’s Founders Want to Restore That Airship Hangar (Comic)

in Voices on December 12, 2011 at 12:04 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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News Byte

Google’s Top Brass Willing to Pay Up to Save NASA’s Hangar One

in News on December 11, 2011 at 9:13 am PT

Google’s top three executives want to save Hangar One, NASA’s iconic Moffett Field airship house. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt are willing to pay the $33 million price tag in full, as long as they can park their eight private jets there once the revamp is done. NASA is said to be weighing the offer, according to the Mercury News.

Wikipedia Gets $500K from Brin and Wojcicki — But What It Really Wants Is Small Donors

in News on November 18, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Google co-founder Sergey Brin and 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki’s Brin Wojcicki Foundation just gave $500,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation as part of its annual fundraising drive.
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Tech Leaders Make Forbes’ Most Powerful People List

in Enterprise on November 5, 2011 at 11:21 am PT

Forbes has compiled a list of the 70 most powerful individuals, and along with some of the world’s leading politicians and religious leaders, tech leaders made a strong showing.
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Zuckerberg Tops Fortune’s 40 Under 40 List

in News on October 20, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranks first on the 2011 Fortune 40 under 40 list, moving up a spot to displace last year’s top pick, his mentor Marc Andreessen, who no longer qualifies.
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Google+ Will Allow Pseudonyms, Support Google Apps Users, Launch Platform. When? Soon.

in Social on October 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm PT

Google+ will soon accommodate pseudonyms, said Google+ head Vic Gundotra, acknowledging one of the loudest criticisms of the new social network.
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Now What?  The Post-Jobs Era in Tech.

in News on October 6, 2011 at 6:17 am PT

Can anyone in Silicon Valley fill the outsized shoes of Steve Jobs? Not likely.
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Tech and Media Titans Pay Tribute to Steve Jobs

in News, October 5, 2011 at 6:08 pm PT

Portrait of the Billionaire as a Young Man

Zuckerberg Tops Vanity Fair’s “New Establishment” List Again (And Look Who’s No. 40)

in Media, August 31, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Exclusive: Max Levchin to Leave Google as Slide Is Shut Down

in Social, August 25, 2011 at 5:35 pm PT

Larry Page Might Be Bill Gates+, But He Wants to Be Steve Jobs

in Mobile, August 16, 2011 at 10:12 am PT

What Is The Eric Schmidt Google Era? (Video)

in D9, May 31, 2011 at 10:07 pm PT

Windows Use at Google Evidently One of Those 20 Percent Things

in News, May 11, 2011 at 3:27 pm PT

Google Execs Talk Chrome, Chromebooks

in News, May 11, 2011 at 11:14 am PT

Last Time Larry Was CEO: Google Parties in 1999 (Video)

in Social, April 27, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Seven Questions for Rajen Sheth, Who Wants To Put Chrome OS on Your Desktop

in Enterprise, April 25, 2011 at 6:50 am PT

How Google Killed GDrive and Spiked Its Skype Acquisition

in Social, April 25, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Google Updates Its Management Page…By Taking Almost Everybody Off It

in Social, April 22, 2011 at 6:41 am PT

Where's the Other Twin, Sergey Brin, Been During GoogQuake?

in News, April 8, 2011 at 5:55 pm PT

PageYank: As New SVPs Are Born at Google in CEO Reorg, What Happens to the Old Ones?

in News, April 8, 2011 at 12:15 am PT

Google Jazzes Up Kansas City's Broadband

in Enterprise, March 30, 2011 at 11:43 am PT