David Needle

From the, “just what we need, another holiday” files. Just kidding, it’s not a holiday but a marketing gimmick by [Basex ](http://www.basex.com)to get folks to focus on the problem of information overload — and gimmick or not, that is a worthwhile cause. The half-day, [Information Overload Awareness Day](http://www.informationoverloadday.com/), August 12, is an online event featuring […]

A new study details the growing use of Facebook and social networks in general in the enterprise with many changes still to come. The “Enterprise Social Networking — End User Survey” by Wainhouse Research showed LinkedIn to be the most popular social networking site used personally by respondents at 67.3 percent. Facebook was a close […]

When it comes to Silicon Valley’s tech scene, Bill Campbell has seen it all. He was an executive vice president at Apple in 1980s where had a front row seat for the famous Steve Jobs, John Sculley schism that ended with Jobs resigning from the company he co-founded. “That didn’t work out too well,” Campbell […]

News Corp, which is trying to stem newspaper revenue declines, could charge for access to its news Web sites by the middle of next year, and might break off its relationship with Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader if it cannot get better terms. Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of the global media empire, said on Thursday that he […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The [Computer History Museum](http://www.computerhistory.org/) houses some very [old computers](http://pdp-1.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/), but that wasn’t the only out-dated technology on the mind of President Obama’s CTO in a speech here last night. [Aneesh Chopra laid out a bold technology agenda](/bus-news/article.php/3833441/Obama+CTO+Chopra+Schmoozes+Silicon+Valley.htm) before an attentive Silicon Valley crowd — a nationwide smart grid, networked schools, electronic […]

Click on the graphic for a larger view. Source: Webtrends Webtrends aims to broaden the appeal of its pioneering Web traffic analysis tool with the release on Tuesday of Webtrends Analytics version 9. The company says its more visual interface, narrative translation and RSS overlay features offer a more accessible, comprehensive view into what’s driving Web […]

Collecta CEO Gerry Campbell (L) and Hearsay Labs CEO Clara ShihPhotos: David Needle PALO ALTO, Calif. — Twitter has rocketed to the front lines of social media coverage, but it’s hardly the only game in town. Several social media upstarts debated what’s next during a panel wrapping up the AlwaysOn Summit here at Stanford University […]

The NFL season hasn’t started yet, but if you’re itching to get in the game Mountain View, Calif.-based [Watercooler ](http://www.watercooler-inc.com/index.html)might do the trick. The company just launched FanSection Fantasy Football 2009, a fantasy sports league with unique social network features. FanSection says it’s already lined up Coors Light as its official sponsor for the season; […]

The company that’s made billions of dollars on the Web is going retro in tapping some decidedly old-school media. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today is launching an aggressive billboard campaign in four major cities that will focus on the advantages of using its Google’s App suite. The billboard ads will have a simple, giant black-on-white text […]

Trinity Ventures’ Fred Wang (L) and Norm Fogelsong of Institutional Venture Partners.Photos: David Needle PALO ALTO, Calif. — What’s the next big thing to drive the Silicon Valley innovation engine? Don’t count on green tech anytime soon, at least according to two prominent investors here during a panel discussion focused on “Silicon Valley in the […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Mobile advances are coming fast and furious, judging by the lineup of presenters here at the day two wrap up of the AlwaysOn Summit. Kicking things off was Mpowerplayer, which showed off Mplayit, what it calls a social app store that aggregates content for mobile users in one Web location. Mpowerplayer […]