Yearly Archives: 2012
A billion smartphones in use by 2016 – many of them for work.
The number of smartphones being used around the world is expected to grow to 1 billion by 2016, with about 350 million of those being used for work. Forrester Research made those projections in a study released on Monday and … Continue reading
Facebook files for $5 billion IPO!
At long last, the Holy Grail of Internet IPOs is here. Facebook filed Wednesday to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering. In 2011, Facebook earned $1 billion on sales of $3.7 billion. As of December 31, Facebook had … Continue reading
Web economy in G20 set to double by 2016, Google says.
The value of the web economy in G20 countries will nearly double by 2016, according to Boston Consulting Group. Driving the spurt from $2.3tn (£1.5tn) to $4.2tn (£2.7tn) will be the rapid rise of mobile internet access. The study, supported … Continue reading
Aaron Stern
Matt Reno, Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Salesforce, Inc. “Aaron was very good about keeping in touch over a three year period until I was finally ready to look for a new position. He was always respectful of my desire … Continue reading
Matthew Allen
Andy Chen, Director, Engineering Recruiting, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers “I have worked with many recruiters and Matthew and team easily stands out as one of the top firms. They are diligent, transparent, and honest. I would highly recommend Vertical … Continue reading
Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Exits Company!
Jerry Yang is exiting the Yahoo! Inc (YHOO). board and its management team, the latest casualty of an overhaul that led to the ouster of Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz and left the company in search of strategic options. Yang, … Continue reading
Amazon’s virtual supercomputer is one of the fastest, sort of.
Amazon’s huge cloud buildup has resulted in the Seattle company creating one of the world’s fastest supercomputers – sort of. According to Wired magazine, Amazon created a virtual supercomputer on its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), which ranked 42nd fastest in … Continue reading
