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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.

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Stellar Lineup For Churchill Club’s WikiLeaks Panel

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

This will be very interesting: on Wednesday Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club is hosting: WikiLeaks: Why it Matters. Why it Doesn’t? A stellar panel: – Daniel Ellsberg, Former State and Defense Dept. Official prosecuted for releasing the Pentagon Papers. – Clay Shirky, Independent …

Is Curation The Answer To Search Spam?

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Much has been written lately about the lower quality of Google’s search results. A poll by Lifehacker found that 77% agreed that Google search results had “become less useful to you lately.” If search is becoming less useful then how will we …

“Silicon Valley” Turns 40 – Do We Need it?

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

David Laws writes at the Examiner: January 11, 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the first appearance of the name Silicon Valley in print. Under the headline SILICON VALLEY USA, journalist Don C. Hoefler wrote the first of a three-part series on …

Facebook: How To Raise Money Without Raising Oversight

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

There are some similarities between Google’s IPO (Initial Public Offering) and Facebook’s attempts at an Initial Private Offering with its recent Goldman deal. The similarity is that Google didn’t want too much oversight or influence on its management by outsiders, and clearly, …

Financial Times Launches Tilt

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

The Financial Times today launched “FT Tilt” a subscription based site focused on emerging markets. Paul Murphy, editor-in-chief of FT Tilt explained the name of the new site: Recent years have seen economic power shift—or tilt—south and east. This trend is accelerating …

Facebook Valuation Shows Conditions For IPOs Are Ripe

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

The high valuation of Facebook on secondary share markets might be out of line with its revenues but it does show one thing: a large investor appetite for investing in leading Silicon Valley companies. The fact that the investors are making large …

iPad Magazine Sales Drop Steeply As iPad Sales Soar

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Laura June at Engadget reports: According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which collects magazine circulation data from companies willing to furnish numbers, all iPad magazines have seen fall offs in downloads over the past few months. Wired was averaging 31,000 downloads …

MIT Sloan MBA Students Head To Silicon Valley

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

They call themselves “Tech Treckkers” – the group of MIT Sloan MBA students making an annual trip to Silicon Valley to look for jobs and network with alumni. About 120 MIT Sloan students will arrive in Silicon Valley in the first week …

PRwatch: No More Links

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

I used to be puzzled about why PR people are so miserly about including links into their news releases and emails. Even those PR people that know that they should…often don’t. Yet links are a key Internet currency. Why don’t they understand …

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