Silicon Valley

The problem is, that next big thing is often an inconsequential variation on a previous big thing. An Instagram for video. A social network for people who enjoy outdoor karaoke. A Friendster for hamsters — called Hamsterster. Social networks for the... Full Article at The New York Times

But is the long-term viability and success of Facebook a slam dunk? You’d think so, considering 900 million people on the planet use the social network now valued at nearly $105 billion. Not everybody thinks so. The Telegraph’s Michael Deacon says he... Full Article at PC World

VentureBeat's Jolie O'Dell has the list of Silicon Valley venture capitalists that screwed the proverbial pooch on this one, including Menlo Ventures' Shervin Pishevar (with a closing price prediction of $63), First Round's Josh Kopelman ($57), and... Full Article at PC Magazine

Most hiring experts will say the key lies in networking. We find new tech tools that can aid the search for a new career. New tech tools can help in your search for a new career. New tech tools can help in your search for a new career. Depending on... Full Article at USA Today

But it’s also a very international business, too, with 900 million users spread all around the world. So how will it manage? To understand Facebook’s approach to international growth, it’s worth looking back at the way the company became so global... Full Article at paidContent.org

Wireless carriers have begun to realize that when you offer flat-rate, all-you-can-eat deals, it tends to bring out the pig in people. Whether it's food or beer or cellular data, customers will gorge themselves on it, and the buffet arrangement can... Full Article at TechNewsWorld

“It’s surprising. I would have thought it would have traded higher,” Mr. Falvey said. “Still, this is a better outcome for Facebook than if the stock doubled on the first day.” Despite a modest first day, the debut is a pivotal moment for Silicon Valley. Full Article at The New York Times

Many in New York and Silicon Valley had called Facebook’s stock sale on the Nasdaq the initial public offering of the year. The size was enormous at $16 billion, the third largest in U.S. history. And the images of newly minted billionaires Zuckerberg... Full Article at The Washington Post

Russian language news outlet Izvestia reported on Friday that Skolkovo representatives are looking to bring industry heavyweights Apple, Google, Facebook, Symantec and others to the technology park in hopes of creating a high-tech research community... Full Article at AppleInsider

These are the early employees, star engineers and little-discussed sales people, who typically own 15 percent of a company, pre-I.P.O. When the company goes public, they walk away with $2 million, $5 million, $10 million. That sounds like, and is, a... Full Article at The New York Times

TechCrunch TV saw that first-hand this morning at NASDAQ’s Marketsite in New York City’s Times Square. We were on hand there for the ringing of the NASDAQ opening bell, but as expected, Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took advantage of the... Full Article at TechCrunch

It was an interesting week, covering everything from the Facebook IPO ( read the latest from the Post’s Hayley Tsukayama ), Hollywood's impending doom , JPMorgan’s missing billions , a misplaced bias against humanities students in Silicon Valley , the... Full Article at The Washington Post

"We are a lean and nimble enterprise, able to move at the speed of culture and opportunity. We are uniquely poised at the site of invention for entertainment and digital content. Hollywood, Silicon Valley. California." Let There Be Dragons is a... Full Article at PR Newswire

Almost immediately, directors began getting calls from some of Yahoo’s top employees and managers. Saying one’s major was computer science rather than just accounting might seem a minor discrepancy to some people, but not in Silicon Valley where Yahoo... Full Article at The New York Times

He told us the day you see your company stock symbol moving across the ticker is one you never forget. "Facebook going public will have a profound impact on Silicon Valley and sprout an entire new crop of startups as a result of this newfound capital,"... Full Article at Top Tech News

Valley is once again flush with nouveau riche after a wave of tech IPOs that will be eclipsed by Facebook's. LinkedIn, Zynga and Yelp -- a few of the local start-ups to go public in the past year -- raised a combined $1.5 billion in IPOs. But that's... Full Article at Top Tech News

And, then, the market will speak when Facebook shares start trading around 11 Eastern time. The I.P.O will inject a lot of cash into the hands of Facebook employees, but the prevailing Silicon Valley ethic is against conspicuous consumption , Somini... Full Article at The New York Times

Money, as one scholar of the Valley described it, is treated as a measuring stick, gauging the power of the companies that entrepreneurs have built, rather than a thing to display. “They use it as a way of keeping score — how disruptive can you be in... Full Article at The New York Times

And sellers of such bikes are among the many kinds of enterprises here that are cashing in on Silicon Valley’s gilded age. Matt Berger, a bike aficionado and lawyer who represents several tech companies including Facebook, described it as part of the... Full Article at The New York Times