The rumored second round of layoffs at Twitter – which in 2011 was granted by the befuddled city of San Francisco the “Twitter tax break” on employment taxes – comes at a very inopportune moment...
The world’s most valuable company is celebrating its 40th birthday on April 1. But after years of success, is it stuck in a midlife crisis? Apple is in a period of upheaval, says Jens Korte...
Want to know why “everyone” is talking about unicorns, Jack Dorsey and a tech firm called Square? No, not Foursquare. Just Square. It’s debuted at the New York Stock Exchange and rocketed. Read on. To...
Internet advertising is hot. Everyone wants a slice of it. An entire “advertising technology” subculture has sprung up in San Francisco and elsewhere. There are hundreds of these startups, algorithm-driven middlemen and personal-data-gatherers, trying to...
When we buy starbucks coffee we are familiar with the taste,aroma, temperature, state and often fairly why we are spending money. Hence buying a consumer staple company stocks you know what are you investing in....
Keyhole Inc., a venture-capital funded startup, was acquired by Google in 2004. Its product became Google Earth. Its technology filtered into Google Maps and Google Mobile. One of the venture-capital investors? The CIA. It didn’t...