Silicon Alley Insider:
Inspired by the automated machine that is Google (GOOG), the technophiles of Silicon Valley already believe their algorithms can target advertisements -- with demographics, the content on the page, and even how the users looking at a Web page behave elsewhere on the Internet -- better and faster than the mere humans on Madi (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
pimg src="/~~/f?id=4857a9de796c7a80007c378cmaxX=214maxY=214" border="0" alt="goldmansachs.jpg" title="goldmansachs.jpg" width="214" height="214" /Wall Street investment firm Goldman Sachs (GS) will probably post a $2 billion loss this quarter, due in part to the tumult of world markets./ppIn order to seek more stability, th (Read More)
New York Times:
The plan, the brainchild of the former Silicon Valley software executive Shai Agassi, is an attempt to overcome the major hurdles to electric cars. . (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
I'm very pleased to announce that Bernard Lunn has joined ReadWriteWeb full-time as our Chief Operating Officer. Starting today, Bernard will assume responsibility for most of the non-editorial functions of our business - sales, business development and other operational matters. This allows me to re-focus on leading our ed (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
When Yahoo's stock hit $12, we said it was ridiculously cheap. Now it's below $9. Given that no one else seems to want to buy and fix this once-great and still amazingly valuable company, we're now offering to do it ourselves.We have the privilege of being a co-host of Yahoo's "TechTicker" financial show. So that makes this (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Read up on what everyone is saying about who should or inevitibly will be Yahoo's next CEO. Then go vote for your choice or write-in a name in the comments. Writes BoomTown's Kara Swisher: "Obviously, the dream CEO for Yahoo is News Corp. President and COO Peter Chernin. Chernin has the right resume: Experienced at running (Read More)
: It would have been Steve Ballmer had Yahoo's previous CEO had not been a dolt by rejecting such a massive offer by MSFT. Well maybe not but he was still not good for the stock holders out there.
Silicon Alley Insider:
We're pleased to be a media sponsor of the Crunchies, TechCrunch's start-up Oscars show in San Francisco in January. We watched jealously from the other coast last year as everyone walked the red carpet. This year, happily, we'll be a part of it.We'll have more on this in the next few weeks, but for now here's the official (Read More)