News Byte
Mike Isaac in News on May 17 at 4:30 am PT
Consumer companies may be hot among investors, but big data and networking start-ups are hotter still to Valley engineering talent, according to a recent LinkedIn report. The study claims that analytics firms and networking start-ups like Cloudera and Arista Networks are garnering the most engineering mindshare. The study took into account the LinkedIn activity of more than 240,000 Bay Area engineers from January through March.
Liz Gannes in Social on February 13 at 6:00 am PT
The rational response to the question, “Do you worry about your privacy online?” is “Yes.”
Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 23, 2011 at 6:10 am PT
What does a “personal learning assistant” do? Click in to find out.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 11, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Forget about calling it “Cyber Monday,” the big digital shopping day of the holiday season might be more appropriately called “Mobile Monday.”
Tricia Duryee in Social on October 11, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
In fact, other platforms are slated to represent much larger opportunities than Facebook, according to a recent study.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 22, 2011 at 12:01 am PT
A new study being released today is challenging the notion that all gamers on Facebook are housewives in their mid-40s. And, while that’s still true, there’s a growing segment of hardcore users.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 26, 2011 at 12:09 pm PT
A new study concludes that, increasingly, men and women alike are squeezing a few minutes of game play into their daily lives, leading to more social interactions.
Kara Swisher in News on April 17, 2011 at 11:29 pm PT
Tonight, Demand Media–in reaction to a new study showing that its flagship eHow site had now gotten much more negatively impacted by Google’s rejiggering of its search algorithm than previously–released a statement and blog post about the tempest.
The content maker’s unsurprising verdict on itself: We’re okay, thanks for asking!
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 15, 2011 at 4:45 am PT
President Obama’s proposal to auction wireless spectrum currently held by TV broadcasters could bring in much more than the $28 billion he said it would, a study by the wireless industry has found.
