Steve Ballmer sent an email to Microsoft employees this week in which he acknowledged the success of Apple and what the Redmond giant needs to do in order to better compete. ... Discussion

When was the last time you bought software that came in a box, an actual CD that you put into your disc drive in order to load it onto your computer? Its probably been a while ... Discussion

Fresh off their launch of Facebook Connect at their second developer conference, the social networking company is going to launch a mobile version of the Facebook Connect this ... Discussion

Facebook kicked off their second annual developer conference in San Francisco this afternoon with a keynote by founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The overproduced keynote with ... Discussion

Facebook kicked off their second annual developer conference in San Francisco this afternoon with a keynote by founder CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The overproduced keynote with too ... Discussion

Facebook kicked off their second annual developer conference in San Francisco this afternoon with a keynote by founder CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The overproduced keynote with too ... Discussion

Now that Facebook has announced its redesign, which features a new improved news feed, what will Mark Zuckerberg, the enigmatic and somewhat shy CEO of Facebook, announce when ... Discussion

Now that Facebook has announced its redesign that features a new improved news feed, what will Mark Zuckerberg, the enigmatic and somewhat shy CEO of Facebook is going to anno ... Discussion

In the life of every company, there comes a time when it is faced with the choice of how to extend its reach: Either build a new product or service, or acquire the one thats a ... Discussion

DNS is the cornerstone of the Internet: It turns www.gigaom.com into an IP address that the routers can use to connect a browser to a web site. For this reason, its the subjec ... Discussion

Jerry Yang, Yahoos CEO, may be learning something about the hard-driving style of management it takes to go it alone after an attempted takeover, especially if he follows Oms ... Discussion

Theres already a ton of activity taking place in the cloud computing space, so much so that it can be hard to know who to watch. In many cases, its too early to pick winners. ... Discussion

Startups selling virtual goods and offering virtual experiences are raking in the venture capital these days. Perhaps its the fact that virtual gifting hit the mainstream in 2 ... Discussion

We have short memories in Silicon Valley, which is both a blessing and a curse. We forget the bad times as quickly as we forget the good times. At the turn of the century, ev ... Discussion

Summer is generally a slower time for news and this summer is no exception. But the kind folks at Microsoft, Yahoo and Carl Icahns investment firm are charitably offering up a ... Discussion

Earlier this week, Delta Airlines announced plans that will turn its boarding passes into advertising opportunities, or billboards, hawking destination-specific businesses and ... Discussion

Earlier this week, Delta Airlines announced plans that will turn its boarding passes into advertising opportunities, or billboards, hawking destination-specific businesses and ... Discussion

Earlier this week, Delta Airlines announced plans that will turn the boarding passes into advertising opportunities, or billboards, hawking destination specific businesses and ... Discussion

The battle over Yahoos search business as witnessed over the last few days seems both ridiculous and petty. And it takes the attention away from what is Yahoos true value: a m ... Discussion

Twitter has confirmed that it is buying Summize and rolling it into the San Francisco-based companys main offering. After the rumors of the deal were reported by Josh Chandler ... Discussion