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Tom Foremski

Tom Foremski is a former Financial Times journalist. He has been covering Silicon Valley since his arrival from London in 1984. In May 2004 he became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper to make a living as a journalist blogger, publishing Silicon Valley Watcher - reporting on the business and culture of innovation.

Tom’s understanding of diverse technologies and his access to global business leaders, make him one of the most prominent media influencers in the technology world.

Latest from Tom Foremski

Coming To A Web Site Near You: Apple’s iPay Future

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

There has been much written lately about Apple’s rules for apps, that they must provide an in-app purchase function. For example, Jason Kincaid wrote: Why Are You People Defending Apple?, MG Siegler wrote: Apple’s Big Subscription Bet: Brilliant, Brazen, Or Batsh*t Crazy? …

Knight and Mozilla Foundations Join to Spur Media Innovation

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

The Knight Foundation and Mozilla foundation have joined forces to promote “quality journalism and media innovation.” Jose Zamora, writing on the KnightBlog: Years ago, foundations helped place journalism professors in newsrooms and journalists in universities to bridge the education-profession gap and we …

AOL and HuffPo – Media’s Race to the Bottom?

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Dan Lyons over at The Daily Beast nails it in his look at the AOL acquisition of The Huffington Post for $315 million. The big problem that everyone in online media faces is that advertising rates keep falling. … One response to …

IBM And Silicon Valley

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

As IBM celebrates its centennial this year it is interesting to look at its association with the Silicon Valley area. Although IBM is considered an East Coast computer company it has a long history with this region, long before there was a …

IBM 100 Years: From Cheese Slicers to Supercomputers

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

IBM CEO Sam Palmisano kicked off the company’s celebration of 100 years in business with a speech to students at his alma mater, John Hopkins University. He spoke about how IBM started,”Making clocks, scales and cheese slicers, in addition to the punched …

MIT MBAs Take 9 Lessons Home From Silicon Valley Tour

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Guest post by Anagha Ramanujam One hundred and nine students pursuing the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at the MIT Sloan School of Management began their New Year in the Silicon Valley on the school’s annual, Silicon Valley Study Tour. The school firmly …

The Three Forms of Search, And The Rise of Curation Spam

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

There seems to be three forms of search emerging as Internet users try to deal with the tsunami of information and the increasingly effective techniques of spammers. The first form of search is Google, and this will continue to be important, as …

Law Firm Merger Creates Silicon Valley M&A King

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

DLA Piper is merging with Australian partner DLA Phillips, which adds 600 lawyers and creates the world’s largest law firm, which will total more than 4,000 lawyers. The merger strengthens the formidable Silicon Valley presence of DLA Piper with a focus on …

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