Quoted: on teens starting companies
“If I mess up, I go home and go to college. The worst that can happen is minimal.” — Ryan Orbuch, 18, co-founder of Volley, a mobile-learning startup. He’s one of the teenagers featured in a California...
View ArticleHomejoy shuts down amid lawsuits over worker misclassification
Even in the midst of a tech boom, there is the occasional bust. Homejoy, the on-demand cleaning service, is shutting down at the end of the month, the company said Friday. The San Francisco company was...
View ArticleYahoo’s San Francisco billboard: “It’s good to be back”
Remember Yahoo’s flashy purple billboard that for a dozen years lit up eastbound Interstate 80 through San Francisco? It’s back. “As part of our 20th anniversary, I’m excited to share that Yahoo has...
View ArticleTwitter plunges ahead of possible decision to tap Jack Dorsey as CEO
San Francisco-based Twitter plunged on Thursday ahead of the company making it official that co-founder Jack Dorsey will be the tech company’s permanent CEO, according to a report Wednesday. Dorsey,...
View ArticleAirbnb takes down campaign ads in SF for “wrong tone”
Airbnb is in a war in San Francisco, its hometown, over Proposition F, which will restrict the number of nights a person can rent out a home. It would also fine firms like Airbnb if it lists properties...
View ArticleAnother bro for the doghouse, over comments on S.F. homeless
Infamous startup bro Martin Shkreli, he of the outlandishly exaggerated AIDS-drug pricing, now has company in the doghouse of public opinion. The latest enfant terrible of the startup world is a local...
View ArticleGoogle’s computer-brain art draws noisy crowd
Anti-gentrification activists bewail the exodus of artists and their art from an increasingly pricey San Francisco overrun with big-data jockeys and software engineers. Now Google may have hit on a...
View ArticleApple does the unthinkable: It’s opening an office in San Francisco
Flexibility isn’t a word commonly associated with Apple, particularly when it comes to where Apple employees work. The iPhone maker has long insisted that its workers get themselves to its Cupertino...
View ArticleSilicon Valley’s ‘undertaker’ is busier these days
The dry IPO period we are in has resulted in more business for Martin Pichinson, co-president and co-founder of Sherwood Partners, a financial consulting firm with offices in Mountain View. Sherwood is...
View ArticleSan Francisco supes using encrypted messaging app favored by ISIS: reports
Forget Apple and the FBI for a moment — maybe the public needs a back door into San Francisco officials’ cell phones. Several of the city’s elected leaders have just been outed for using a messaging...
View ArticleSanta Clara County, San Francisco fall from ranks of hottest U.S. job markets
The economies of Santa Clara County and the San Francisco-San Mateo region no longer are the hottest in the nation. Instead, fast-growing metro areas in Florida and Texas have jumped into the lead in...
View ArticleTech shuttle buses hit a roadblock in San Francisco
It’s the latest chapter of the ongoing struggle in this tech-obsessed, income-gapped city over good and evil, with the evil represented in the eyes of many by the big black buses that carry Googlers...
View ArticleTwitter earnings: Growth concerns are in the spotlight
For Twitter, growth is the big question on the minds of many tech watchers and Wall Street power brokers. Issues related to the growth — or lack thereof — for Twitter’s core user base will likely be...
View ArticleTwitter shares hit all-time low as slide continues
Twitter shares plunged to an all-time low on Tuesday, an indication that Wall Street remains queasy about the microblogging site’s struggling performance and gloomy prospects. The social network’s...
View ArticleCar ventures prompt Apple, Google to scout for big Bay Area spaces
Self-driving vehicle ventures have fueled a push by big technology companies such as Apple and Google to scout Silicon Valley and the Bay Area for sites that would suit these advanced car projects,...
View ArticleDriver in fatal San Francisco crash was valet for city startup Luxe
The man at the wheel of a Jeep SUV involved in a horrific fatal San Francisco crash last month was a driver for the city’s on-demand valet parking startup Luxe, it has emerged. The accident on The...
View ArticleSan Jose rated best city for a job: Glassdoor survey
Santa Clara County is the nation’s best place to find a job, and San Francisco is ranked No. 2, according to a new survey by Glassdoor.com. The San Jose metro area, which consists of Santa Clara County...
View ArticleSalesforce.com to buy Demandware in $2.8 billion deal
Salesforce on Wednesday announced a $2.8 billion deal to buy Demandware, which provides cloud-based software that is used by companies to run their e-commerce websites and manage store operations. San...
View ArticleRecharge raises $2.3 million to book hotel rooms by the minute
If paying for a hotel room by the minute makes you think of a scandalous rendezvous in a cheap motel, you’re not alone. But one San Francisco startup swears professionals need those short stays for...
View ArticleTwitter buys Magic Pony to help with its efforts in live and video tweets
Twitter has bought an artificial intelligence startup to bolster its quest to improve live tweets and video technology on the social network site, the company said on its blog Monday. San...
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