The Social Media Ripple Effect on OldTeeVee

Daisy Whitney | August 16th

Does online buzz for a TV show equate to better ratings for that show? Not always, but it often translates into more engagement with the show and with the commercials in it - and engagement is a key...»

Hey Google: Where is Poets and Quants? [Spam Watch]

Tom Foremski | August 16th

Has Google lost the battle against the companies that game its system of ranking search results? It certainly seems that way from my anecdotal usage.

John Byrne, the former BusinessWeek editor seems to feel the

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Dell to Buy 3Par for $1.5 Billion, Optimizing Data Storage for the Enterprise

Kristen Nicole | August 16th

Dell has announced its plans to acquire data-storage company 3Par for about $1.5 billion in cash. The deal is expected to boost Dell’s enterprise offerings for corporate technology entities. 3Par, founded in 1999, builds high-end...»

Confirmed: Hurd Paid Off Fisher To Avoid Sexual Harrassment

John Furrier | August 15th

Wall Street journal is confirming via a source involved in the HP board dealings that Mark Hurd settled the sexual harassment claim with Jodie Fisher on August 4th to block HP from investigating the sex claim. ...»

The Real Real Reason HP Dumped Hurd – A Revolt and Bad Judgement – More Hurd Women Might Come Forward

John Furrier | August 15th

The New York Times writer Joe Nocera wrote an article called "The Real Reason for Ousting H.P.'s Chief. I have been covering HP for many years and recently here on SiliconANGLE.  I have spoken to dozens of...»

Confirmed: Google-Jambool Acquisition, Ready to Make Real Gold.

Kristen Nicole | August 13th

It’s official: Google is acquiring social collaboration platform Jambool. The company behind Social Gold, a virtual currency platform, was rumored to have been snapped up by the search engine giant earlier this week. A...»

Ousted MySpace Executive Owen Van Natta Settles in at Zynga

Kristen Nicole | August 13th

Owen Van Natta is settling into a new gig, this time at Zynga. The former chief executive of MySpace and chief operating officer of Facebook has spent the past few months in advisory...»

Mobile Computing in Secure Environments, Part 2: Wireless Networks

Bert Latamore | August 13th

Editor's Note: This is a continuation of a two-part piece on mobile computing security measures. See here for Bert's first article, Mobile Computing in Secure Environments, Part 1: What's Reasonable and Possible. ...»

Magpie Selling Twitter Ad Network. Not for What You’d Think.

Kristen Nicole | August 13th

Magpie, one of the first ad bidding networks built entirely around Twitter, is now up for sale. Turns out, the team has decided to move onto bigger and better things. Two years...»

Oracle Google Java Android Lawsuit – Google Innovation or Oracle Extortion – Is The Patent System Relevant?

John Furrier | August 13th

SiliconANGLE was the first to have the detailed accurate analysis on the Oracle Google Java lawsuit that was filed today by Oracle.  I think that Oracle has a case in that Google clearly knew it was infringing...»