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People analytics: How Google does HR by the numbers
Google offered some insights yesterday into its innovative, data-driven HR process. “All people decisions at Google are based on data and analytics,” said Kathryn Dekas, a manager in Google’s “people...
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Feds close huge chip counterfeiting case (exclusive)
VisionTech Components sold a large amount of semiconductor chips to more than 1,100 customers from its office in Clearwater, Fla. Unfortunately, federal prosecutors allege, the chips were...
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29 electric car makers ready to rule the streets
Some crazy concept cars have emerged since the electric car frenzy hit the market in 2008. Where are they now? We caught up with 29 electric car manufacturers and developers to find out what they’re...
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Box.net founder Aaron Levie is poised on the edge of startup stardom
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013San Francisco, CAEarly Bird Tickets on SaleThe first time I met Box.net chief executive Aaron Levie, he showed me a magic trick with a deck of cards. A year later, the 26-year-old was...
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Can a single game reach a billion players?
A growing number of game visionaries are saying a single game can reach a billion people. That idea has become a cause célèbre, providing a target for an industry that is expanding beyond its old...
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Once Facebook launches Timeline, you’ll never want to leave
When Facebookers began thinking about the design for Timeline, the name for the new look and feel of Profiles, they reached for books more often than browser tabs. As a result, while the new Facebook...
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Big-name designers dissect Facebook’s timeline
Facebook’s Timeline is possibly the biggest wholesale design change the site has seen. So we called in three top designers to critique the concept and execution. Last week, we chatted with Facebook...
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iPhone 4S review: There’s something about Siri
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale The iPhone 4S is a quietly revolutionary mobile device, even though it looks exactly the same as last year’s iPhone 4. The big pull this...
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“The ugly cousin” no more: inside Android’s beautiful new design
For too long, Android has been the ugly cousin to Apple’s iOS in terms of design. But with the release of Android 4.0, a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich, all that is changing. For perhaps the first time, “The...
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In a commitment to honesty, Twitter tries to bury the hatchet with...
Ryan Sarver had just come back to work after his wedding. Notice I said “wedding” and not “honeymoon.” Sarver has for some time been Twitter’s first line of defense between the company and a...
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Google+ is not a social network, but it’s not a graveyard, either
Over the past couple of weeks, the Internet’s frothy enthusiasm over Google+ has dried into proclamations of its imminent death. Social media experts and bloggers who were one month ago hailing the...
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How Google walks the fine line between a Motorola acquisition & antitrust...
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Earlier this morning, we published statements from Google chairman Eric Schmidt in which the executive said an acquisition of Motorola...
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The mobile app is going the way of the CD-ROM: To the dustbin of history
“Forget being in love with the open web and all that touchy-feely stuff.” Jay Sullivan is Mozilla’s vice president of products, and for a spokesperson of one of the open web’s dearest darlings, he’s on...
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Cloud 101: What the heck do IaaS, PaaS and SaaS companies do?
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013San Francisco, CAEarly Bird Tickets on SaleAnyone who who follows technology trends has undoubtedly heard the term “cloud service” thrown around a few gazillion times over the past...
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The making of the Xbox: How Microsoft unleashed a video game revolution (part 1)
Update: This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle for your reading comfort. Editor’s note: This story is the first of two articles on the 10th anniversary of the launch...
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The making of the Xbox: Microsoft’s journey to the next generation (part 2)
Update: Don’t like page breaks? This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle. Editor’s note: This story is the second of two pieces on the 10th anniversary of the launch of...
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How charity:water became tech’s favorite non-profit
“I had a model girlfriend and a BMW. I wore a Rolex. But I was really miserable,” says Scott Harrison, founder of charity:water, on the period leading up to its genesis. charity:water has already...
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10 disruptive cloud companies we’re excited about
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013San Francisco, CAEarly Bird Tickets on SaleThere is so much happening right now in emerging cloud computing — the entire economy is being disrupted by the trend. With publicly-traded...
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Get the e-book of “Xbox: The Making of a Bad-Ass Machine”
To mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Xbox, VentureBeat’s lead games writer Dean Takahashi wrote an epic two-part story on the history of the video game console. The articles were a huge hit with...
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Nokia’s Lumia 800 Windows Phone matters more than you think
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale While it may not seem like it at first, Nokia’s Lumia 800 is one of the most significant smartphones on the horizon. It may lack the...
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