Robert Hof

Robert Hof is editor in chief of SiliconANGLE. Email: robhof@siliconangle.com

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The top 10 coming tech trends, from five top tech investors

Designers will succeed programmers as the kings of Silicon Valley, machines will become as smart as humans, and ambient computing will supplant smartphones in the next few years.

HPE shares jump on services spinoff, better-than-expected earnings

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. distanced itself from fellow enterprise technology companies in two ways today: by announcing the spinoff of its troubled services business and by posting better-than-expected second-quarter results. In a surprise move, the company said it’s merging its enterprise services business, which accounts for more than a third of its business, with Computer Sciences Corp. to ...

Google revamps its ads and analytics for a mobile world

Google today is announcing what it calls the biggest changes to its iconic search ads since they launched 15 years ago.

Storage systems startup Datrium debuts speedier Insane Mode

Since early last year, Tesla has had an “insane mode” on its Model S P85D that turbocharges the car’s acceleration at the press of a button. Now, a startup has borrowed the concept for its storage systems. Sunnyvale-based Datrium Inc. today is introducing a similarly faster Insane Mode in the latest release of the DVX ...

Data exchange Data Republic gets $10.5 million in Series A funding

The Australian data exchange startup Data Republic Pty. Ltd. has raised $10.5 million from the venture arms of two banks and an airline, the Sydney-based company announced today.

Google will build its own new virtual reality headset after all

Google will build its own version of a new virtual reality headset after all, the company’s VR chief revealed today.

Diane Greene: Google cloud can support ‘big proportion’ of IT industry

Google is completely committed to the enterprise and cloud computing, senior VP Diane Greene insisted at the company's I/O developer conference.

Google debuts a ‘new’ mobile app platform at I/O: Firebase

Google is announcing today at its I/O developer conference a number of new ways for developers to market their apps to the most lucrative potential users and measure result, including new analytics from its mobile back-end as a service unit Firebase.

At I/O, Google promises virtual assistant, home voice hub, chat and video apps

Google aims to catapult itself ahead of the pack in mobile, virtual reality, the cloud and more at its I/O developer conference opening today.

MindMeld aims to make those frustrating commerce chatbots smarter

MindMeld, one of the pioneers behind conversational AI, will roll out a version of its bot platform today specifically for retailers and e-commerce companies.