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Eric Newcomer
Apple
Google
New iOS Apps Take Page from Android Playbook
By
Eric Newcomer
· Nov. 20, 2014 7:01 AM PST
For years, Android has been the home of mobile feature customization, while Apple has tightly controlled iOS. But in iOS 8, Apple has loosened its restraints, giving developers more opportunities build apps that let people input information from the home screen, send elaborate communications from their keyboard or track their favorite articles...
For years, Android has been the home of mobile feature customization, while Apple has tightly...
Q&A
Uber/Lyft
Media/Telecom
Hiring the Leader Tech Startups Live or Die By
By
Eric Newcomer
· Nov. 12, 2014 11:23 AM PST ·
1 comment
Startup founders may get the most public adulation, but a company’s head of engineering can play an equally pivotal role in shaping top technology companies. It can be the most highly paid position at a company, CEO included. When startups like Uber, Dropbox and Twitter needed a vice president of engineering, they tapped Riviera Partners,...
Startup founders may get the most public adulation, but a company’s head of engineering can...
Subscriber Survey
Apple
Facebook
The Information Subscribers Say…
By
Eric Newcomer
and
Sam Lessin
· Nov. 11, 2014 10:35 AM PST ·
1 comment
The Information subscribers are nine times more optimistic about the tech sector than they are about the overall economy, according to The Information’s first monthly Subscriber Viewpoint survey.And they’re increasingly optimistic about the long-term prospects of Apple, Alibaba and Airbnb. They’re far less bullish on Square and...
The Information subscribers are nine times more optimistic about the tech sector than they are...
Crowdfunding Gets Crowded
By
Eric Newcomer
· Nov. 4, 2014 1:01 PM PST ·
3 comments
Crowdfunding Gets Crowded
By
Eric Newcomer
· Nov. 4, 2014 1:01 PM PST ·
3 comments
When “Life Itself,” the documentary about deceased film critic Roger Ebert, aired at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, it marked a big win for Indiegogo. The online crowdfunding site helped its producers find 1,657 backers who gave more than $150,000 to finish the film, partly in exchange for the chance to watch a live...
When “Life Itself,” the documentary about deceased film critic Roger Ebert, aired at...
Facebook
Google
Facebook Gaining Edge Over YouTube for Some Video Ads
By
Tom Dotan
and
Eric Newcomer
· Oct. 30, 2014 7:00 AM PDT
As Facebook continues to ramp up the presence of video in its News Feed, executives at ad agencies and brands have begun noticing a surprising trend: The first views for a new video tend to happen on Facebook rather than YouTube. The shift was strong enough for one media planning agency to rethink its client’s Super Bowl advertising...
As Facebook continues to ramp up the presence of video in its News Feed, executives at ad...
Banks Freeze Out Bitcoin
By
Eric Newcomer
· Oct. 20, 2014 7:01 AM PDT ·
1 comment
With $40 million in investments, you’d think the bitcoin company Xapo would have an easy time finding a bank to hold all that money. But twice in the last year, banks have sent Xapo to the curb. “Here’s a cashiers check for all your cash, thank you for your business,” Xapo CEO Wences Casares recalls a U.S. bank telling...
With $40 million in investments, you’d think the bitcoin company Xapo would have an easy...
The Information’s Essentials
Apple
Facebook
The Engineers Successful Tech Companies Can’t Do Without
By
Eric Newcomer
· Oct. 13, 2014 10:48 AM PDT
Great software engineers are the backbone of any promising technology company—and they’re in rare supply. Big tech companies do everything they can to land talent, going so far as buying companies to acquire accomplished software engineers. In San Francisco, the median software engineer makes $100,000, according to the job site...
Great software engineers are the backbone of any promising technology company—and...
AngelList Founder: ‘Frothy’ Market Puts Burden on Investors
By
Eric Newcomer
· Oct. 9, 2014 7:01 AM PDT
Q&A
Venture Capital
AngelList Founder: ‘Frothy’ Market Puts Burden on Investors
By
Eric Newcomer
· Oct. 9, 2014 7:01 AM PDT
Naval Ravikant, a serial founder and investor, once sued Benchmark and August Capital for misleading employees about the value of Epinions, a company he co-founded. Since then he’s been poking venture capital firms in the eye another way: He’s making it easier for investors outside the typical VC orbit to invest in Silicon Valley...
Naval Ravikant, a serial founder and investor, once sued Benchmark and August Capital for...
Facebook
Google
Wary of Facebook, Publishers Wait on Atlas
By
Tom Dotan
and
Eric Newcomer
· Oct. 7, 2014 7:01 AM PDT
As Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, took the stage last Monday to unveil the revamped version of its ad-buying platform Atlas, she announced what is widely considered the first credible threat to Google’s display ad dominance. But something was missing: major publishers that Facebook ultimately wants to list...
As Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, took the stage last Monday to...
Apple
Facebook
For Developers, Headaches from Apple’s New Location Warnings
By
Eric Newcomer
· Oct. 2, 2014 7:01 AM PDT
Before Apple pushed out its iOS 8 update, developers at fitness app RunKeeper faced a tough choice. Unless they changed their app, people would be asked if the app could track their location even when they weren't using it—which could prompt them to opt out. “It sounds like a confusing and almost nefarious thing,” says Max...
Before Apple pushed out its iOS 8 update, developers at fitness app RunKeeper faced a tough...
Uber/Lyft
Tech Industry, Meet California Regulation
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 29, 2014 10:30 AM PDT
A few months ago, a little-remarked on privacy bill easily passed the California Senate. The law, proposed by California State Senator Mark DeSaulnier, would have heavily restricted online marketing and data brokers. The industry kicked into gear. Lobbyists flooded the State Assembly which was set to vote next on the bill. Its legislators...
A few months ago, a little-remarked on privacy bill easily passed the California Senate....
A Media Business Model Built by Geeks
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 24, 2014 11:39 AM PDT
Q&A
A Media Business Model Built by Geeks
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 24, 2014 11:39 AM PDT
There are media companies, technology companies and media companies that want investors to think they are technology companies. Then there’s Priceonomics, a Y Combinator-backed San Francisco-based company that raised $1.5 million in seed funding way back in 2012. While Priceonomics came barreling out of YC eager to build a big technology...
There are media companies, technology companies and media companies that want investors to think...
Uber/Lyft
Apple
State Attorneys General Wield Soft Power on Tech
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 19, 2014 10:43 AM PDT
With a gridlocked Congress, the business of regulating technology companies is increasingly falling to state attorneys general, who are playing a high-profile role in checking the power of Uber, Airbnb, Google, Facebook and others. New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has been pressuring sharing economy companies like Airbnb and Uber to...
With a gridlocked Congress, the business of regulating technology companies is increasingly...
Q&A
Asia
Tech Giants Find Expression in Architecture
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 17, 2014 2:20 PM PDT
Technology giants are molding the way billions of people live and think, but their reach isn’t limited to cyberspace. They’re increasingly looking for real-world opportunities to project their brands and shape the environment, and one of the biggest opportunities lies in the the physical design of their massive headquarters. A host of huge...
Technology giants are molding the way billions of people live and think, but their reach isn’t...
Microsoft
Enterprise
China’s Tencent Shows a Model for Microsoft & Minecraft
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 16, 2014 7:47 AM PDT
Tencent Holdings CEO Pony Ma might have cracked an approving smile when he heard the news that Microsoft was shelling out $2.5 billion to buy Mojang AB, the Swedish developer of the smash hit Minecraft. Mr. Ma’s company has made a fortune by using video games as a lever to assert Tencent’s dominance in the online world—mobile...
Tencent Holdings CEO Pony Ma might have cracked an approving smile when he heard the news that...
Investors’ Growing Taste for Food Delivery
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 12, 2014 12:12 PM PDT
Investors’ Growing Taste for Food Delivery
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 12, 2014 12:12 PM PDT
It’s not delivery, it’s lots of delivery. One of the hottest spaces for venture capital is food, as investors bet that improvements in logistics can cut the high costs normally incurred by food delivery services. Major funding rounds in the last few months include DoorDash’s $17.3 million Series A, Blue Apron’s $50...
It’s not delivery, it’s lots of delivery. One of the hottest spaces for venture...
Venture Capital
Venture Firms Fret as Y Combinator Soars
By
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 8, 2014 7:58 AM PDT ·
5 comments
For even the most distinguished of venture capital firms, it’s now obvious that Y Combinator and other startup “accelerators” pose an existential threat. And recent moves by Y Combinator and its new boss, Sam Altman, are bound to further aggravate tensions with VCs even if the red-hot accelerater chooses not to become a direct...
For even the most distinguished of venture capital firms, it’s now obvious that Y...
Uber/Lyft
Court Ruling on Contractors a Red Flag for On-Demand Services
By
Eric Newcomer
and
Tom Dotan
· Sept. 4, 2014 12:34 PM PDT
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week called a spade a spade: If you’re driving a FedEx-branded truck, wearing a FedEx uniform, and doing what FedEx tells you to do, then you’re a Fedex employee, not an independent contractor. The implications of the ruling for companies such as Uber, Lyft, Google,...
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week called a spade a spade: If...
Q&A
Google
Amazon
Building the ‘Comcast of Gaming’ at Amazon
By
Amir Efrati
and
Eric Newcomer
· Sept. 3, 2014 6:22 PM PDT ·
1 comment
Last week, 31-year-old Emmett Shear joined an exclusive club of tech startup founder/CEOs who agreed to sell their company for about $1 billion or more. While his startup, the online video-game broadcaster Twitch, is just three years old, it had spun out of a different live-video site he helped launch in 2007. Twitch quickly became the...
Last week, 31-year-old Emmett Shear joined an exclusive club of tech startup founder/CEOs who ...
Tech Workers of the World, Unite?
By
Eric Newcomer
· Aug. 27, 2014 8:04 AM PDT ·
15 comments
Essay
Uber/Lyft
Apple
Tech Workers of the World, Unite?
By
Eric Newcomer
· Aug. 27, 2014 8:04 AM PDT ·
15 comments
The Silicon Valley technology worker doesn’t quite fit the profile of the exploited proletarian: The average high-tech salary in San Francisco is $156,518, according to one estimate. Compared with a fast-food worker, let alone a child laborer in Asia, the high-tech coder-laborer class—typified by the well-educated, male software...
The Silicon Valley technology worker doesn’t quite fit the profile of the exploited...
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