Herea4ぎa4г our roundup of the weeka4ぎa4г biggest tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Live at Verizona4ぎa4г iPhone event: iPhone 4 will be available early next month &8212' At long last, Verizon has an iPhone.
Toyota Prius Plug-In: Can it measure up to Chevrolet, Ford and Nissana4ぎa4г offerings &8212' Ford and GM have staged comebacks that hinged in part on the carmakersa4ぎa4 embrace of new electronics, launching greener cars with smartphone apps and wireless and voice-command capabilities. Toyota will soon be joining the crowd by offering all of the above.
Google already knows its search sucks (and is working to fix it) &8212' Googlea4ぎa4г core business (Web search) has come under fire recently for being the ultimate in failed tech products. Columnist Peter Yared asks: What took so long
Green car makers uses social media to hawk new models &8212' Is a Vimeo worth a thousand words for car manufacturers
Would you take $1 to run the biggest tech company in the world &8212' For the third year in a row, the chief executive of Apple turned down any kind of significant salary or stock options.
And here are five more stories we think are important, thought-provoking, fun, or all of the above:
The top trends of the Consumer Electronics Show (poll) &8212' Returning from the enormous gadget conference in Las Vegas, wea4ぎa4ёe sniffed out trends that could play out throughout 2011 as companies execute on their grand ambitions.
Will Facebook ever be rid of the Winklevoss twins &8212' Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who settled with Facebook two years ago in a dispute over the social networka4ぎa4г origins, were back in court this week trying to undo the settlement. What makes the case so interesting is the fact that Facebook hasna4ぎa4д been able to make the Winklevosses go away.
Why Verizona4ぎa4г iPhone spells the end of the golden age for carriers &8212' At Tuesdaya4ぎa4г launch event for the Verizon iPhone, Verizon Wireless displayed an inadvertently ironic slogan: a4ぎARule the air.a4ぎ What the actual news revealed was that Verizon (and other wireless carriers) can no longer make that claim.
Benchmark raises $425M fund, but top firm loses partner who made it famous &8212' Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm that belongs to a handful of elite Silicon Valley venture firms, has raised a fresh $425 million fund to invest in new companies. But following the news came the revelation that one of its star investors, Bob Kagle, is apparently stepping down.
Cisco security exec cheers on Androida4ぎa4г security flaws &8212' Cisco is rooting for Googlea4ぎa4г Android mobile operating system a4ぎa4 but probably not for the most genuine of reasons.
Previous Story: Entrepreneur Corner: Life outside of the Valley and free-sample dangers
Print Email Twitter Facebook Google Buzz LinkedIn Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Delicious Google More&8230'
Companies: Apple, Benchmark Capital, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Toyota, Verizon
People: Bob Kagle, Cameron Winklevoss, Steve Jobs, Tyler Winklevoss
Companies: Apple, Benchmark Capital, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Toyota, Verizon
People: Bob Kagle, Cameron Winklevoss, Steve Jobs, Tyler Winklevoss
Anthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.
VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters. Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Comments