Monthly archive July, 2010

• Shares of Geron are rising sharply this morning after the FDA said the Menlo Park biopharmaceutical company can proceed with the first test of embryonic stem-cell therapy for humans. In August 2009, the FDA put Read More →

Today we're reading into the importance of words at Microsoft and at Goldman Sachs. • The YouTube-inclined might know there are viral videos of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's memorable speeches. One of his more passionate speeches has been nicknamed "dance monkey Read More →

"The burden of being public has never been greater. Zuckerberg doesn’t have to put his name at the bottom of four 10-Q statements every year and attest that everything in there is true or else he’s responsible. The minute it’s Read More →

A current-events quiz from the folks at Pew. A blog about those poor, abused apostrophe's. And in case you haven't seen it yet, this video shows alligator cooperation amid what's supposed to be a Read More →

The saga surrounding the iPhone continues: Apple is investigating complaints that its iOS 4 updates are causing headaches for iPhone 3G users, the Wall Street Journal says. Symptoms of those headaches include slowdowns, battery drain and overheating. Some are Read More →

Zynga is going global. The San Francisco-based social-gaming company behind FarmVille has reaped a $150 million investment from Japan's Softbank and will form Zynga Japan. Zynga, whose Facebook games inspire either intense loyalty or hate, reportedly Read More →