Groupon backer Marc Andreessen, the Netscape co-founder who took part in a recent round of funding, waves off fears of an emerging tech bubble, citing historically low PE ratios... more
George Osborne envisages a "Britain carried aloft by the march of the maker." And to that end he's shrunk corporation tax, raised research and development tax credits, cut red tape for small businesses, thrown start-up investors an income tax break and offered entrepreneurs relief on capital gains of up to £10 million... more
Analysis: Silicon Valley experienced a major set earthquakes when three tech giants, Apple, Google and Hewlett-Packard, announced big shake-ups in their leadership... more
In Silicon Valley: Politicians have been trumpeting the debuts of their various Silicon Glens, Fens, Polders, Bogs and Gulches for years - none has yet come close to matching the original... more
Parts of the East End technology centre dubbed Britain’s Silicon Valley are brought to a standstill by vandals who went underground to damage phone lines... more
Silicon Valley is the leading place in the world for hi-tech growth and innovation; the place where companies head if they want to break the mould... more
David Cameron bows to business pressure over the Government's immigration cap as he announces grand plans to turn the East End into Britain's Silicon Valley... more
Two entrepreneurs have set up in a run-down part of town to offers desk space, advice and networking facilities for people to create their own dotcom firms.... more
Facebook's shareholders have tightened their grip over the social networking site in a move which is seen as paving the way for a public offering... more
It is a pleasant surprise to meet anyone who is optimistic at the moment. So I have liked spending time with people involved in London technology start-ups in the past week ... more
If a tree falls in the forest and no one tweets about it, did it happen? Or, at the very least, was it something about which any of us should care?... more
Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and his business partner Ben Horowitz have just finished raising a new $300 million (£183 million) early-stage venture fund, further evidence that investors here are still willing to make bets on promising Valley start-ups... more
The Bay Area’s Maker culture, which I wrote about a few months back, had its fourth big annual outing last weekend when some 80,000 people attended the two-day Maker Faire in San Mateo, at the Valley’s northern edge ... more
Much soul-searching here this week after a 17-year-old student at Palo Alto’s Gunn High School was killed by a commuter train. All the evidence points to suicide and many are asking how much the Valley’s intensely competitive culture was to blame ... more
The greatest fortunes in California’s first gold rush were made by the likes of Leland Stanford and Collis P Huntington, shopkeepers who sold the miners their shovels. The pair of Sacramento outfitters went on to become two of the Big Four investors in the Central Pacific Railroad, America’s first transcontinental railroad, and respectively built the best university and the finest library in the state
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Tech cheerleader and prolific tweeter Robert Scoble suggests in a recent blog that Silicon Valley, if not the entire state of California, might soon see a huge brain drain. Could he be right?... more
"How poor are you?" That's what formerly rich guys ranging from hedge-fund kings and tech pioneers to bankers and trust-fund heirs are now asking each other at dinners around town. ... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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