Gerald M. Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who oversaw the AOL merger, widely considered the worst corporate merger in US history, died on March 13 at age 84
but wow. He's dead! Cut a little slack! — www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/o... X: Steve Case / @stevecase : Jerry Levin was a pioneer and visionary. More than two decades ago, Jerry...
Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA's 46.1%, NYC's 47.6%, and Austin's 62.7%
Bloomberg : Tweets: @carnage4life , @stevecase , @emrosenberg , @romyvarghese , and @jordannovet Tweets: @carnage4life : San Francisco faces a $728M budget shortfall as layoffs an...
In 2020, the Seattle region was the top US market for large office space leased by tech companies, due in part to a deep talent pool and undeveloped land
Julie Weed / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimestech , @nytimes , and @stevecase Tweets: @nytimestech : .@Julie_Weed notes that among the 100 largest technology leases, 14 were in t...
In 2019, the number of foreign-born entrepreneurs in the US declined by 4,400, the only yearly drop since 2000, thanks to US' convoluted immigration policies
America's convoluted and highly politicized immigration system puts roadblocks in the way of foreign-born founders. Tweets: @paulg , @gnovak_ , @paulg , @balajis , @alexisohanian ,...
Google is experimenting with post-pandemic designs in 10% of its global work spaces, including inflatable balloon walls, hybrid meeting rooms, open-air tents
although I have to say, this looks like one of the most uncomfortable meeting spaces on earth https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @joshsternberg : If you're a $1.5 ...
Some Black startup founders are finding it easier to attract investors in 2020, as investors are accessible on Zoom and creating diversity-focused funds
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @mims , @mims , @mims , @ebekiel , @mims , @mims , @stevecase , and @mims Tweets: Christopher Mims / @mims : While the Ubers and t...
Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests
except that everyone from customers to hosts to employees and others will be invited. https://news.airbnb.com/... @bchesky: “I think this is where the world is going.” https://twit...
Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests
Ahead of plans to go public, home-sharing platform emphasizes serving ‘stakeholders’ that include hosts, guests, investors, employees
A look at the biggest tech trends of 2019, a year marked by antitrust investigations, consumer protests against big companies, and tough IPOs for startups
A year-end look back at the tech trends that ended the decade. — It's been a year of shattered expectations in tech.
A look at the biggest tech trends of 2019, a year marked by antitrust investigations, consumer protests against big companies, and tough IPOs for startups
that time right before the holidays when I try to sum up the year in tech in charts. https://www.vox.com/... Andy Cotgreave / @acotgreave : Not only do these trends feel like real ...
Analysis shows five cities, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston, gained the lion's share of “innovation industry” US jobs from 2005 to 2017
Five coastal cities—San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston—gained the lion's share of lucrative “innovation industry” jobs from 2005 to 2017.
Language learning app Duolingo raises $30M Series F from Alphabet's CapitalG at a $1.5B valuation, more than double the valuation from its 2017 Series E
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
AOL founder Steve Case launches second $150M Rise of the Rest fund with backing from Jeff Bezos and others to invest in entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley
it's not just for the coasts anymore! @BatteryVentures' @ChelsStoner discusses our firm's embrace of tech in the U.S. heartland with @Forbes' @alexrkonrad: https://www.forbes.com/....
Overview of startup exits outside Silicon Valley from the past ten years, not including Asian companies: Sweden edges out UK, Boston remains big, more
There's never been a better time to build a company outside the Bay Area — The Bay Area has been the best place to build a startup for the last two decades. Tweets: @niklas_a and...
SEC charges Theranos, CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and former president Ramesh Balwani with defrauding investors for $700M+; Theranos and Holmes have settled
but there are more companies like Theranos out there Fortune : Theranos, Kudlow, Unilever: CEO Daily for March 15, 2018 Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Theranos CEO charged with...
A deep look at the evolution of visual surveillance technology, where it is headed, and what its continuing rise will mean for security, transparency, privacy
Economists worry that the tax incentive competition solicited by Amazon for HQ2 will divert taxpayer funds from education, infrastructure, and other priorities
AI advances are now making automated analysis of live surveillance video possible, presaging useful applications while raising serious questions about privacy
What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match? — We usually think of surveillance cameras as digital eyes …
AI advances are now making automated analysis of live surveillance video possible, presaging useful applications while raising serious questions about privacy
What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match? — We usually think of surveillance cameras as digital eyes …
A deep look at the evolution of visual surveillance technology, where it is headed, and what its continuing rise will mean for security, transparency, privacy
and Everything Else on the Planet http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ ... “If the police wanted to know what was in your head in the 1800s, they would have to torture you. Now they ...