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STEVE JOBS WE LOVE YOU!

You gave us the Apple and the Ipod and the Iphone and Pixar and your brain and your strength and your vision and you help make our world brighter every day. Thank you! Reports: Apple CEO Steve Jobs had liver transplant By CANDICE CHOI, AP Business Writer - Sun Jun 21, 2009...

Laying off grandma, after 23 years of dedication at Spansion

A short story of how a grandmother who was dedicated to a Silcon Valley company, Spansion, gets laid off after 23 years. The new CEO, John Kispert, talks of making tough decisions to bring costs "in line" with...

Google Logo Celebrates Very Hungry Caterpillar's 40th Anniversary

Spring has sprung on the interwebs and Google's gotten into the fun with temporary re-design of its logo that incorporates an image of the titular character from Eric Carle's much-loved classic children's book The...

Gmail Lets You Undo Sent Messages, Drunk Emailers Rejoice!

Although not the sole domain of inebriated emailers who fire off wish-I'd-never-said-that missives to massive lists of contacts at all hours of the night and morning, Gmail's latest feature will undoubtedly be...

Twitter's Faux Premium Accounts Dupe Users, But Get Them Thinking

As Twitter hasn't exactly stepped forward with a business model, others are stepping in to do it for them. In a cleverly-worded post on Thursday, BBspot offered up a legitimately interesting (if slightly mocking and...

SXSW 2009: 'Free for All' with Chris Anderson and Guy Kawasaki

Chris Anderson, he of Wired fame and current purveyor of 'free', sat down to be interviewed by Alltop founder and self-marketing professional guru and Silicon Valley VC Guy Kawasaki on Tuesday to discuss the future...

Spansion restores executive pay after 3,000 layoffs w/o severance

"Spansion restores executive pay as it lays off 3,000" Pay raises for executives as it lays off employees??? ""Spansion’s board of directors last week restored the 10 percent cut in pay given to its executive...

Startups, Progressive Governance and Managing Growth

Startups and startup executives all over Silicon Valley intensely debate around how, when and how much governance startups should apply to their operations when considering the challenges facing them at the moment and the challenges that lie ahead.  These sometimes...

Behnam Behrouzi of LeapFish Interviewed on NBC News

Scott McGrew host of Press:Here and Reporter for NBC Bay Area News & TechNow discusses LeapFish.com

Startups & Progressive Governance

Startups and startup executives all over Silicon Valley intensely debate around how, when and how much governance startups should apply to their operations when considering the challenges facing them at...

Judge dismisses Google lawsuit

Google has won a case brought against the company for publishing a street view image of a Pennsylvania home located on a private road.  A couple from Pittsburgh said they were concerned about the intrusion on...

Google Axing Jaiku, Dodgeball, Notebook, and More

Search giant Google is consolidating its projects, eliminating some in order to re-allocate resources to those it considers more popular or more scalable. Amongst those getting the ax are Jaiku, Dodgeball, Notebook,...

Google Lays Off Contractors amid Recession

The dismal economic climate has forced search giant Google to lay off an undisclosed number of contractors, as well as cutting back on some of the perks that had become famous throughout the tech industry. Web...

Microsoft 'mulling thousands of redundancies'

Microsoft are examining the prospect of making thousands of employees redundant due to the economic downturn. Up to 17% of Microsoft's global workforce could face the axe. As a US company experts warn that...

Possible Appointees for Obama's Chief Technology Officer

Is this a necessary position for the future of Web 2.0 or is it just another "Bi-Partisan Seat Warmer"? The list of possible appointees reads like the "Who's Who of Silicon Valley". (Sources included in post)

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