By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley is taking itself a tad too seriously, and a few of its shriller residents have taken note. Recent weeks have seen the birth of a few new blogs poking fun at America's crucible of technolo... [Full Article]
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani military officials say 30 soldiers and nearly 100 militants have been killed in four days of fierce fighting in a remote valley in the northwest. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple has acquired a Silicon Valley startup, WiFiSlam, which makes mapping applications for smart phones. Apple confirmed the acquisition, but declined to give details. The news was earlier reported by The Wall Street Journal, wh... [Full Article]
First off, it should be made clear that the term "hate-watch," never very likable to begin with, has become overused and has mostly ceased to mean anything. Really, after a certain point you're just watch-watching something, aren'... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The firing of Citigroup stock analyst Mark Mahaney on Friday in the regulatory fallout from Facebook Inc's initial public offering was greeted with shock and dismay in Silicon Valley, where Mahaney was a well-known and ... [Full Article]
Silicon Valley, it turns out, doesn't revolve around the stock prices of Facebook and its playful sidekick, Zynga. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social media companies, once hailed by their Silicon Valley boosters as world-changing businesses with limitless potential, are instead proving a sobering reminder of how investors can be seduced by Internet hype. With few e... [Full Article]
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - Barry Diller, the consummate Hollywood dealmaker who revamped the TV business in the eighties, is back in the media spotlight after a New York judge threw out an injunction against Aereo, the online TV service he backs. ... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama, his Blackberry always close at hand, was the darling of the technology world and it rewarded him with generous donations to his 2008 campaign. Although he is still raising far more m... [Full Article]
Following Facebook's IPO disappointment and subsequent stock market fizzle, the rest of Silicon Valley has started to feel the after-shocks, furthering our suspicions that this is a very selfish social media bubble. While Facebook's early i... [Full Article]