SFGate.com reveals that, according to a survey released Tuesday by the University of San Francisco, “[c]onfidence among local venture capitalists has plunged to its lowest level since 2004. Concern about a possible recession, weakness in the stock market and tight credit since the subprime mortgage crisis has caused venture capitalists [...]
The New York Times reveals that “Wall Street analysts have begun to search the globe for 1.7 million lost iPhones. Apple said that it has sold 3.75 million iPhones through the end of last year, but AT&T has activated a bit less than 2 million phones. There was a moment [...]
The Sidney Morning Herald writes that “China vowed on Sunday to improve the ‘grave situation’ of music piracy in the country, as it hosted the annual music industry event here to learn and exchange ideas with companies from around the world. China has been strongly criticised for its record on [...]
According to PCWorld, “[t]he charitable Give One, Get One XO laptop program [has come] under fire by participants who say they've suffered chronic delivery snafus and delays.” One example is David Ruggiero. “When [the] Seattle, Washington, resident […] heard about an opportunity to get his hands on the innovative XO [...]
On January 23, the Attali Committee, a French high-level group led by prominent economist and political advisor Jacques Attali, published its report on how to boost economic competitiveness in France. The report, which seeks to liberate the French economy from excessive regulation and administrative burdens, contains a lot of sensible [...]