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Markets fall: What will happen to Silicon Valley recovery?
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Social media is not corporate media
There’s a gold rush going on as legions of self-proclaimed experts are working with corporations to help them monetise the potential riches in exploiting…
Google’s Larry Page wants to change the world
Steven Levy, a senior editor at Wired, spent a lot of time at Google researching his new book, “In the Plex”. He also spent…
The Tamagotchi nature of social networks
A significant part of my day is spent maintaining my profiles on my social networks: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and now Google+. Some of my…
Forget the bubble, the rise in VC investment is unsustainable
The latest MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the US-based National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters: Q2…
Nevermind information overload, we live in an age of conversation overload
I can deal with information overload — if I didn’t get to read that special article everyone is sharing then no big deal. But…
On aggregating and rewriting: It’s all a steal!
Gabe Rivera, founder of the excellent TechMeme is irked that the term “aggregator” is being misapplied especially within the context of the HuffPost event…
Rupert Murdoch, News of The World, and the SoDOMM effect of social media
The sudden demise of The News of the World newspaper was both shocking and exhilarating: That a 168-year old Sunday paper with more than…
IBM @100 years – Global innovation is about Silicon Valley not IBM
Congratulations to IBM and its 100 years in business — from making cheese graters to supercomputers, and much, much more. IBM is seen as…
Silicon Valley: There’s no bubble but there could be a bust…
Are we in a bubble? This is the common question as I chat with people at various events around Silicon Valley. The concern that…
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