Cloud-Based Phone Software Start-Up Twilio Taps Former Jive Exec as Its CMO

Not clear on what Twilio is all about? Then someone has her job cut out for her.
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Stanford Professors Launch Coursera With $16M From Kleiner Perkins and NEA

There seems to be something in the water at Stanford University that’s making faculty members leave their more-than-perfectly-good jobs and go online.
Coursera co-founders Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller

Amazon SVP of Worldwide Digital Media Steven Kessel Taking Time Off

Amazon has confirmed to All Things D that Steven Kessel, a 13-year veteran responsible for the company’s Kindle business, is taking time off.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the new Kindle Touch in New York

Mike Bloomberg Sings! With Help From Nick Jonas. (Video)

At least one of these guys will grace the D10 stage in a couple months.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Labs Head Raghavan Departing to Google

Yahoo’s loss of a big brain is Google’s gain.
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End of an Era: Google’s Very First Employee, Craig Silverstein — Technically, No. 3 — Leaving

Craig Silverstein was at Google when Google wasn’t Google (or evil, either).
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Columbia J-School and Stanford Eng Nab $30M Joint Gift for Media Innovation From Helen Gurley Brown

Legendary former Cosmo Editor hands over a huge gift to spur new media on both coasts.
1984 Helen and David Brown

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Talks About Giving 2.0

There’s a lot to like about Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen. She’s a philanthropist, a Stanford lecturer, the author of “Giving 2.0″ — and she has a trophy husband!
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Voices

Steve Jobs Memorial Held

Hundreds of Silicon Valley’s elite streamed into Stanford University’s Memorial Church on Sunday evening for a service commemorating Apple Inc.’s late co-founder Steve Jobs.

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Steve Jobs Memorial Service to Be Held Sunday

Apple Inc. has invited some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names to a memorial service for Steve Jobs Sunday, Oct. 16, according to a copy of the invitation and several invitees.

Now What?  The Post-Jobs Era in Tech.

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