Venture capitalists are moving beyond clean tech and social networks.
The challenge is to go out and do something different; not one more 'application' to download, not one more 'Angry Birds', a YouTube sensation. Something is changing yet again in the innovation hub that is still the Silicon Valley. B S Prakash on whether it is reinventing itself perpetually?
The Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina state has been ranked as America's top technology hub: it offers affordable housing and plenty of jobs and good quality of life.
Indian entrepreneurs settled in the US-based Silicon Valley are keen on power generation in Orissa using alternate energy sources. To start with, this group of potential investors is looking at a green power capacity of 500 MW.
The UK government announced on Monday that it has facilitated London-based banking major HSBC to buy the embattled UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank for 1 pound, securing the deposits of more than 3,000 customers worth around 6.7 billion pounds. Santa Clara, California-based Silicon Valley Bank - which specialised in lending to technology companies - was shut down by US regulators on Friday in what was the largest failure of a US bank since 2008. According to experts, although the UK arm of SVB was small with only around 3,000 business customers, its collapse would have presented a risk for the tech sector which is seen as crucial to Britain's economic growth.
The flight connecting the Silicon Valley and the Silicon City is expected to benefit software professionals traveling to the Silicon Valley.
What makes it one of the most innovative places in the world? Ellen Petry Leanse, former Apple employee, leadership mentor and coach tells us.
Technology world is witnessing massive changes, and it is mostly youngsters who are driving these changes.
On Sunday, August 9, over 400 California-based community leaders from various organisations and inter-faith groups gathered under the Indo-American Community of West Coast USA banner, some of whom were the first to sign up for the event.
He will visit the campuses of iconic Tesla, Facebook and Google
Conversation between the investors will be based on technology and innovation.
This event attended by a large number of Indian IT professionals in the Silicon valley was inaugurated by Ash Kalra, San Jose City Council Member.
Sriram V Iyer, founder of United Mobile Apps had the good fortune of visiting Facebook and here is a leaf from his diary...
Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
About half the jobs that are being outsourced by Silicon Valley companies are going to India, according to a survey released in the US.
On the Digital India initiative, Pichai said India was undergoing its own revolution
This was the first Indian-American fundraiser for Clinton not only in Silicon Valley, but on the entire West Coast of the USA.
'Silicon Valley is the best model for driving growth and innovation. Meeting the right people who care about India is a fantastic step. India today stands out as the large potential global economy for growth.'
"AAP has done a fabulous job highlighting corruption and governance issues and have a good platform for that, but their economic platform is very scary," Venktesh Shukla, president, The Indus Entrepreneurs Silicon Valley, the largest TiE chapter, told Rediff.com. "Valley investors are watching India minutely; the next few months are very crucial for Silicon Valley investors."
Chen Chunxian, who set up China's first private technology development company and founded the communist nation's 'Silicon Valley' in Zhongguancun, has died, media reports said on Tuesday.
During his two-day stay in Silicon Valley, he would begin and conclude his engagements with the Indian-American community, the last one being an address to a crowd of over 18,500 Indian-Americans at the SAP Centre in San Jose.
Silicon Valley has the highest concentration of high-tech workers of any metropolitan area.
The indictment alleges that Patwardhan falsely represented to the government that 19 non-immigrant applicants had high technology job offers with an American employer, when in reality he knew that he did not have jobs for the applicants
Here's how American media outlets covered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Silicon Valley
Software engineers are one of the most highly paid employees.
The Nasdaq-listed company, which develops and markets bandwidth management solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide, shot into fame during the earlier technology bubble with market capitalisation at one point of time touching as high as $18 billion.
His 7-day long trip to the United States starts on June 17.
The assessed value of property owned by International Business Machines Corp. in California's Silicon Valley fell $282 million last year, making the computer services giant the hardest-hit landlord in a collapsing real-estate market
'If such is the ambition to effect change, India is a platform where an innovation can be tested on a scale unavailable in most places. To take the simplest example, where else are hundreds of millions in one country waiting for Internet access, for better broadband, for 4G roll out -- millions of them in each of these categories -- of the ascending scale?'
Unprecedented pay and perks like free healthcare for in-laws helping the likes of Flipkart, Snapdeal tap talent
Menlo Park Mayor Catherine Carlton is leading a 3-member team to Kerala.
Reflecting the mood of the Silicon Valley, prominent media outlets from California have come out openly in support of the H-1B work visas and opposed increasing the "hire Americans" call in the United States.
IT firms in the US are struggling to find quality and right number of professionals
The report profiled the four largest immigrant communities -- Indians, Mexicans, Chinese and Vietnamese. It found that although three-quarters of the Indian population was born abroad, they own the most valuable home of about median home price of $860,000 (about Rs 3.4 crore), compared with the county's price of $743,000 (about Rs 2.9 crore).
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