August 11, 2015 Daily Report: How to Play the Valuation Gap Between Start-Ups and Public Tech Companies by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Investors who have neither the capital nor connections to directly invest in up-and-coming technology start-ups are getting creative in order to…
August 11, 2015 Sundar Pichai Will Lead Google With Users in Mind by DAVID STREITFELD and MIKE ISAAC By DAVID STREITFELD and MIKE ISAAC The newly appointed chief executive owes his new job to his success in making Google products easier to…
August 11, 2015 Alphabet Wordplay, a Hooli ‘Easter Egg’ and More On Google’s Name Change by ASHWIN SESHAGIRI By ASHWIN SESHAGIRI With wordplay and references to the Google parody from the HBO series “Silicon Valley,” the company formerly known as Google Inc….
August 11, 2015 Giving Google Room to Dream Big Beyond Search by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO From Google’s start, Larry Page has been afflicted with a desire for two competing corporate virtues: focus and expansiveness. Published: August…
August 10, 2015 Google Is Restructuring Under a New Company Called Alphabet by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Larry Page said he would run the parent company along with Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, and that Google would be…
August 10, 2015 Jack Dorsey and Other Twitter Insiders Make Show of Support by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The interim chief executive is among a group of executives making stock purchases during one of the company’s most difficult times….
August 10, 2015 Vainglory Breaks Through in E-Sports on a Tablet by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD While most e-sports game are played on PCs, the device favored by most e-sports athletes because of the precision of keyboards…
August 10, 2015 Investors Find Ways to Indirectly Profit From Valuable Start-Ups by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Companies without deep pockets and connections are coming up with roundabout ways to get a piece of the action. Published: August…
August 10, 2015 Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide Use by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Almost 200 million people worldwide now regularly use ad-blocking software. About 45 million of them are in the United States and…
August 10, 2015 After Nokia Layoffs, Tech Workers in Finland Regroup and Refocus by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Thousands of laid-off workers have started their own businesses or have been recruited by other tech companies lured to Finland by…