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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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Verizon Drops Nexus One. Is Google Pondering Being a Telco?

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Google’s strategy with its Nexus One mobile phone is in trouble as Verizon drops plans for support. Bloomberg’s Amy Thomson reports: Without a Verizon partnership, Google loses access to the carrier’s more than 90 million customers, potentially blocking the phone from gaining …

Analysis: Apple Buying ARM Makes No Sense

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Apple’s ever growing stash of cash, now up to $41.7 billion, is helping to fuel speculation about what it will do with the money. In London, there are rumors that Apple will buy ARM, the UK chip design company, for around $8 …

Why is WPP Drumming Up Fear Over Facebook Ads?

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Tim Bradshaw at FT.com reports (sub. required) that Sir Martin Sorrell, head of WPP, the world’s largest marketing and communications group, has doubts about mixing advertising with social networks, such as Facebook. Sir Martin warned on Tuesday that social media sites are …

The NYT Just Now Discovers the Gender Gap in Tech

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Judy Estrin one of our top serial entrepreneurs on why there was a gender gap. Claire Cain Miller at the NYTimes reports: Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley? Women own 40 percent of the private businesses in the United States, according …

Google’s Stock Price Falls Due to Traffic Acquisition Costs

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Google’s Q1 2010 financial results beat Wall Street estimates but failed to meet private forecasts, or the whisper numbers. Richard Waters, at FT.com reported: Google reported net revenues of $5.06bn, excluding traffic acquisition costs. Net income climbed 33 per cent to $2.18bn, …

Seesmic Desktop Evolves Into A Multi-Publishing System

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Seesmic is best known as a Twitter client but the company is moving in an interesting direction by turning its desktop software into a platform that enables users to publish to many platforms, not just Twitter, but to Facebook, LinkedIn, and more. …

The MS Kin’s Target Market: Guppies [Generation Upload]

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

I popped into the Microsoft announcement this morning of its Kin mobile phones — Verizon phones focused on social network sites with easy sharing of photos and videos. I spoke with Doug Free, a senior Microsoft representative, he said that the target …

On Oppression, Jon Doerr, and the Next Big (Closed) Thing

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

“Oppression feels really good and it’s very convenient.” – Baratunde Thurston on a recent episode of TWiT. John Doerr and fellow Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partners have published a post titled: The Next Big Thingand also announced they raised $200m for …

Predicting the Future with the Real Time Web [HP Interview]

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Computer scientists at Hewlett-Packard recently published a research study that showed that Twitter can predict the success of a movie better than any other measure, including the Hollywood Stock Exchange, considered the gold standard in the movie industry. The paper "Predicting the …

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