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Silicon Valley

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Mark Zuckerberg Now Worth $20 Billion More: How Many Hoodies Will That Buy Him?

    This morning, Facebook CEO and hoodie aficionado Mark Zuckerberg changed the world for the second time when he rang the bell, making his multi-billion-dollar company officially public. As Mike Cassidy from the Mercury News so aptly put it: It was like "Christmas, New Year's, Diwali, Tet, Fiestas Pat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Sorry, Twitter, if You're in the Media Business, You're a Media Company

    ​Given how Silicon Valley moguls flee from the term "media company," you'd almost think it was as bad as "child-porn merchant." But whether they like it or not, companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are media companies. They don't have precisely the same business models as News Corp., Disne ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 28, 2011

    Fantasy on Film

    ​Given how Silicon Valley moguls flee from the term "media company," you'd almost think it was as bad as "child-porn merchant." But whether they like it or not, companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are media companies. They don't have precisely the same business models as News Corp., Disne ... More >>

  • Film

    November 2, 2011

    "Revenge of the Electric Car": Sleek Doc Celebrates Meeting of Profits with Greater Good

    ​Given how Silicon Valley moguls flee from the term "media company," you'd almost think it was as bad as "child-porn merchant." But whether they like it or not, companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are media companies. They don't have precisely the same business models as News Corp., Disne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    King of the Nerds Is Looking for Bay Area Geeks

    ​When television producers say they're looking for the biggest nerds out there for a new reality show, it's hard to tell whether it's one of those laughing-with-you or laughing-at-you situations.But it sounds like the people behind King of the Nerds mean no disrespect by the nerds they hope w ... More >>

  • News

    June 22, 2011

    H1-B Visa Program Creates Caste System for Silicon Valley

    ​When television producers say they're looking for the biggest nerds out there for a new reality show, it's hard to tell whether it's one of those laughing-with-you or laughing-at-you situations.But it sounds like the people behind King of the Nerds mean no disrespect by the nerds they hope w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Apple, at $153 Billion, Unseats Google as World's Most Valuable Brand

    Secret weapon​A surge in estimated valuation from sales of products such as the iPad has landed Apple at the top of a survey of the world's most valuable brands, displacing fellow Silicon Valley juggernaut Google.Financial-research company Millward Brown set the company's current brand value at $1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Obama Asks San Francisco "Are You In" for 2012?

    Are you FB friends with Obama?​After a short and public visit to Facebook in Silicon Valley, President Barack Obama headed up to San Francisco yesterday evening where he drove past the Golden Gate Bridge on his way to the Masonic Center in Nob Hill.  "One of the greatest views in the world," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    DREAM Act Leader Prerna Lal to Be Deported

    Me, scared?​While President Barack Obama voiced support for the DREAM Act today in Silicon Valley, one of the Bay Area's most vociferous leaders in the national student movement to get the bill passed is now facing deportation. If passed, the DREAM Act would pave the path of citizenship for any il ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Bay Area Capitalists Outspending Big Oil in Last Stretch of Prop. 23 Battle

    No longer so menacing​So much for the titans of the petroleum industry using their profits to bend voters and politicians to their will. It turns out the out-of-state oil companies behind the campaign to pass Proposition 23 -- the ballot initiative that would suspend California's landmark 2006 law ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    'Halo: Reach' Earns $200 Million, Shows Console Games Are Still Big Business

    Still printing money, it seems​One of the more vivid side discussions provoked by our story last week on social-gaming company Zynga's allegedly predatory business practices was about the merits of Zynga-style games. The company specializes in Facebook apps that entice users to compulsively build ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Facebook Vs. Foursquare: What You Need To Know About Today's 'Location' Announcement

    ​If you're the type who's always looking for another time-suck social-networking application to fall prey to, chances are you'll be tuned in to your Twitter account this afternoon for a much-anticipated announcement from Facebook at its Palo Alto headquarters. The technorati have been abuzz with r ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Jeff Adachi for mayor!

    ​If you're the type who's always looking for another time-suck social-networking application to fall prey to, chances are you'll be tuned in to your Twitter account this afternoon for a much-anticipated announcement from Facebook at its Palo Alto headquarters. The technorati have been abuzz with r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    51st State: A Roving Taste of American Regional Food Downtown

    51st StateThe truck parks weekdays in three downtown locations.​The 51st state: Would that be Puerto Rico? Gitmo? According to Francesca Salcido, the 51st state is a state of food. Salcido and partners Nathan Smith and Daniel Gutierrez rolled out their downtown mobile eatery two weeks ago. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Santa Clara County Allows Voter Registration Via Electronic Signatures

    ​Santa Clara County has taken a historic step by allowing residents to register to vote electronically, the San Jose Mercury News reports.The new procedure allows people to register using touch-screen devices such as iPhones and iPads, and is the result of a proposal by the Silicon Valley firm Ver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Last Night: Flux Summit at Pyramind Studios

    ​Flux Summit April 29, 2010 Pyramind Studios Better Than: The ninth season of American Idol remixed by Moby. It's a good thing that the Flux Summit's bar was situated in the same room as its music critique contest. Nervous electronic music artists needed a stiff belt before auditioning their p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    On the Wings of Love

    ​Flux Summit April 29, 2010 Pyramind Studios Better Than: The ninth season of American Idol remixed by Moby. It's a good thing that the Flux Summit's bar was situated in the same room as its music critique contest. Nervous electronic music artists needed a stiff belt before auditioning their p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Volunteers Brave Rain to Erect Tiny Parks Throughout City

    Deck the Parking Spaces With Planks of Hardwood​On Friday afternoon, six or so volunteers were putting finishing touches on the first of what the Planning Department hopes will become a city full of hardwood patios that extend out into city streets."They've got about three parking spaces filled up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Will 'Electronic Signatures' Push Pot Legalization Bill onto Ballot?

    A court battle is brewing in the cradle of tech-nerd civilization that some say could transform California's electoral politics.Democracy 1.0?​Michael Ni, who works at a Silicon Valley technology company, has submitted a petition to authorize a 2010 state ballot initiative. The substance of the pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2009

    Report On Google Shuttles In the City: You May Hate 'Em, But the Environment Doesn't

    Pipe down, Nimbys...​So maybe you've heard Mission and Noe Valley dwellers complaining about the huge shuttle buses huffing through their small residential streets to whisk 2,500 daily commuters away to their Silicon Valley cubicles. Well, turns out they're not so bad, Nimbys. Thus concluded a stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2009

    Photos: Airships Fly Again After 71 Years

    On a recent sunny afternoon, SF Weekly contributing photographer Tim Wagner headed to Silicon Valley for a tour of Airship Venture's "Eureka," the first lighter-than-air passanger ship to fly in the U.S. after more than 71 years. Tim Wagner​The 246-foot long zeppelin is larger than a Boeing 747 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Left Coast Live Kicks Off Today in San Jose

    EKAphotographyLeft Coaster: Lyrics BornDo you know the way to San Jose? If you can find your way to the heart of Silicon Valley this week, you're in for a musical treat, as the LeftCoast Live festival gets underway today and continues through May 15. This weeklong event features 30 bands in 60 ve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    All Polled: We're Totally Contented and, Like, Totally Depressed

    A recently released Gallup Poll attempts to rate the vague notion of "well-being," breaking down the rankings state by state and congressional district by Congressional district. California ranked on the happier end of the well-being index, and our neighbors in Congressional District 14 -- encompass ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Hot Documents: Here are the Receipts for Chinese Bureaucrats Who Enjoyed San Francisco 'Homosexual Show'

    "All reactionaries are paper tigers ... and those who leave documents on the train about going to San Francisco sex shows are just plain dumb." A cadre of Chinese officials who blew through around $94,000 of the Glorious Taxpayers' money on a recent junket to the United States are in hot water after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    The Clickable Clit: Halloween-Themed Cybersex with the Professor

    "All reactionaries are paper tigers ... and those who leave documents on the train about going to San Francisco sex shows are just plain dumb." A cadre of Chinese officials who blew through around $94,000 of the Glorious Taxpayers' money on a recent junket to the United States are in hot water after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Marketers, Law Enforcement Fulfill SF Weekly Prediction; Energy Beer Declared Stupid

    "All reactionaries are paper tigers ... and those who leave documents on the train about going to San Francisco sex shows are just plain dumb." A cadre of Chinese officials who blew through around $94,000 of the Glorious Taxpayers' money on a recent junket to the United States are in hot water after ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Print is dying, but Chron gets glossy new press

    "All reactionaries are paper tigers ... and those who leave documents on the train about going to San Francisco sex shows are just plain dumb." A cadre of Chinese officials who blew through around $94,000 of the Glorious Taxpayers' money on a recent junket to the United States are in hot water after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2008

    It's Time to Buy Stock in MRSA Detectors

    "All reactionaries are paper tigers ... and those who leave documents on the train about going to San Francisco sex shows are just plain dumb." A cadre of Chinese officials who blew through around $94,000 of the Glorious Taxpayers' money on a recent junket to the United States are in hot water after ... More >>

  • News

    August 30, 2006

    Quattrone 2.0

    A judge says Silicon Valley investment titan Frank Quattrone is free to go back to work. Would you trust him?

  • News

    March 3, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, March 3, 2004

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2003

    Show Time!

    AfroSolo's back in town

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2003

    And Now We Dance

    A 10-day spree of performances, parties, open studios, and classes

  • Film

    January 22, 2003

    Desert Blue

    The makers of Thirst ask, "Is water a human right, or is it a commodity?"

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2002

    Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

    A woman's unrealized potential has murderous consequences in Philip Kan Gotanda's new play

  • Film

    July 3, 2002

    Independence Day

    The good news: A major studio turned his book into a movie. The bad news: Hardly anyone will ever see it.

  • Music

    October 4, 2000

    Hear This

    "Z Program 8 (Infinity)"

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Hot Lead at 50 Paces; Have Merc-y

  • News

    September 20, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Mercury News redesign; Chronicle rumors; Gavin Newsom

  • Music

    March 15, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Street Hassles

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    Genes Without Frontiers

    The so-called gene chip could revolutionize the way we treat cancer patients. That is, if biotech firms don't keep it out of doctors' hands.

  • Film

    January 26, 2000

    Reel World

    Living in Oblivion, Wedding in Galilee, Lightning Over Water

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Silicon Valley Shakedown

    A con man feeds on fear and paranoia in the software business

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Yawn2K, Hair Today, Gone ... Or Is It?, Wishin' and Hopin'

  • Dining

    February 24, 1999

    Industry: Pheasant Fad

    Yawn2K, Hair Today, Gone ... Or Is It?, Wishin' and Hopin'

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    Telling Fortunes

    A San Francisco firm rolls the dice in the multibillion-dollar game of global finance

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    Multimedia Zilch

    The computer revolution still hasn't come to San Francisco government

  • Calendar

    August 26, 1998

    Night + Day

    The computer revolution still hasn't come to San Francisco government

  • Music

    June 4, 1997

    Night Crawler

    The computer revolution still hasn't come to San Francisco government

  • Calendar

    February 19, 1997

    Mulch

    The computer revolution still hasn't come to San Francisco government

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