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NY tech fest heralds Silicon Valley of the east

by Admin on May 18, 2012

The Big Apple may not have California's weather, but tech fans at New York Internet Week say that in every other way the city is on course to become Silicon Valley 2.0.

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Tech Titans Say Internet Piracy Law Amounts To China-style Censorship

by on December 19, 2011

Technology entrepreneurs and executives from leading Silicon Valley firms such as Google, Twitter, eBay and LinkedIn issued an open, strongly-worded letter opposing a controversial, anti-piracy bill being debated in Congress this week. The letter’s signatories say the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which aims to reduce the amount of pirated content on the Internet, goes too far, and could cost …

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Tech titans discuss internet as human rights tool

by Admin on October 26, 2011

Technology titans and political activists gathered in San Francisco to find ways to ensure that the internet is used as a tool for human rights instead of as a weapon of oppression.The overarching goal of the Silicon Valley Human…

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Tech titans discuss internet as human rights tool

by on October 26, 2011

Technology titans and political activists gathered in San Francisco to find ways to ensure that the internet is used as a tool for human rights instead of as a weapon of oppression.The overarching goal of the Silicon Valley Human…

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Beware the Mobile Tech Jobs Bubble

by Admin on October 21, 2011

It turns out that Silicon Valley’s tech jobs are short-lived, following a boom-and-bust cycle — and mobile app dev could burst next.

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High-tech boom brings sense of deja vu in San Francisco

by Admin on August 19, 2011

When Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey decided to start a new company last year, he bypassed Silicon Valley and set up shop in San Francisco.

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War for Tech Talent Hits ‘White Hot’ New York Startup Scene

by on December 14, 2010

The unemployment rate in the Big Apple may be near double digits, but hotshot programmers are in short supply. And thanks to the boom in hot New York startups, they have their choice of suitors, and don’t have to leave the big city for Silicon Valley to land choice jobs.

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On tech issues, Obama falls short of high expectations

by on November 23, 2010

WASHINGTON — He was the embodiment of the modern, high-tech president when he took office: the first to fully harness the Internet to build a political movement, the first commander in chief to carry a BlackBerry, the first to promise to instill Silicon Valley sensibilities in the federal bureaucracy.

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The tech-politics divide

by on November 15, 2010

Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to move to Silicon Valley was a call to arms for all who want Massachusetts to remain a competitive environment for entrepreneurs to build ventures that change the world.

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Tech TV smackdown

by Admin on September 4, 2010

Silicon Valley’s biggest players are battling to bring the TV set into the 21st century. This fall, tech companies, including Google, Apple, Amazon and Sony, are laser-focused on breaking into the living room, using advanced devices and services that marry the television and the Web. Just days after Apple…

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