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Monthly archive April, 2012

Woes of the titans: Apple’s tax scheme, Google’s SpyFi

It's hard out there for Silicon Valley companies in the perpetual spotlight, because sometimes the light shines on their flaws and imperfections. For Apple and Google, developments over the weekend come on the heels of other Read More →

SolarCity files for IPO, but thanks to JOBS Act, we can’t see filing

Today, we learned that SolarCity has filed for an IPO. In the past, when this happened, companies filed at S-1 which gaves us our first Read More →

Quoted: on Stanford and innovation vs. contemplation

"The entire Bay Area is enamored with these notions of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, mega-success. It’s in the air we breathe out here. It’s an atmosphere that can be toxic to the mission of the university as a place of refuge, Read More →

Off topic: Leeches that give back, Berlin photos, Portland timelapse, jar history

Sucking information — about rare animals — from the blood of leeches. From Life, previously unpublished photos of Hitler's bunker and Berlin ruins. More than 300,000 images comprise "Finding Portland," a timelapse video. And Read More →

Gaggle of Google news: Antitrust, fight against Oracle, Samsung earnings, Drive, Kindle Fire

Here's a Friday roundup of tech goings-on, all of which are related to Google in some way: • Is a U.S. government antitrust action against Google coming soon? Although FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said the hiring of an outside, Read More →

Quoted: Is CISPA from ’1984′?

"I know it's 2012, but it feels like '1984' in this House." — Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., invoked George Orwell's classic as he argued Thursday against the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which is Read More →
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