Diversity in Silicon Valley has become a hot topic lately. In a one-and-a-half year long investigation, CNNMoney probed 20 of the most influential technology companies in the U.S. What they found: racial minorities and women are generally underrepresented in management roles. And those roles are... Read more...
“On bad days, I look at our revenue graph.” - Travis Kalanick When Uber was forced to shut down its yellow cab hailing service in New York last week, founder Travis Kalanick threw a fit that PandoDaily’s Nathaniel Mott described as “downright adolescent… just short of [Kalanick] stamp... Read more...
Peter Thiel raised a $32 million fund to invest in startups in... New Zealand, reports the WSJ. The reports say he "set up" or "opened a fund", but this is not technically true. As we reported more than a year ago, Thiel has been actively investing in New Zealand for many years. His New Zealand ... Read more...
What are SOPA and PIPA? (No, we're not talking about Kate Middleton's sister.) Thousands of websites, including some of the most popular, are going dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill which is designed to thwart copyright infringement but that Web experts warn could threat... Read more...
At the Always On Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, Elevation Partners' Roger McNamee argues that the devices we attach to our belts are changing the fundamental architecture of the Internet. Read more...
He calls it the UnCollege movement. Nineteen-year-old Dale Stephens is urging his peers to rethink the need for college, arguing that they can get more out of pursuing real-world skills than completing homework assignments and studying for exams. "I want to change the notion that a college... Read more...
Could wiki technology find Osama bin Laden? Imagine if any Pakistani could send an anonymous text message to the authorities suggesting where to look. Each location could be plotted on a map. The dots would be scattered widely, perhaps, with promising leads indistinguishable from rubbish. Bu... Read more...