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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

Were the Google Hackers Really Elite Chinese Commandos?

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

When Google discovered it had been hacked it quickly pointed the finger at sophisticated hackers acting on behalf of the Chinese government and vowed to hit back by stopping censoring its search results in China. But was Google really the victim of …

Farmville Valued $1 Billion Higher than Twitter

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Facebook, Twitter, Zynga are hot companies and one day they will make hot IPOs. But what’s their value? It’s often difficult to put a value on private companies because their financial data is private. But you can get some sense of their …

Big Blue Working on Cure to Writer’s Block

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI16 YEARS AGO

Many bloggers complain about not being able to come up with relevant topics to write about (my problem is I have too many ideas). IBM was one of the first companies to encourage blogging by its employees. However, only 3 percent of …

Google Could Run for the Border, Again [Italy vs. Google]

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI17 YEARS AGO

Following an Italian court ruling earlier this week, Google is facing the prospect of having to check Italian sourced videos before they are posted, to make sure they don’t violate Italian privacy laws. That’s a daunting task. One potential way around this …

Google is a Media Company [Italy v. Google]

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI17 YEARS AGO

It seems that the New York Times agrees with my view that the Italian court ruling on Google hosting a video of a disabled boy being bullied, [Italian Decision Could Help Traditional Media Orgs], potentially benefits Italian prime minister and media magnate …

Is Microsoft Attempting to Escalate a Hot War with Google?

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI17 YEARS AGO

Google today said that it had received a notice from the European Commission that it had received complaints from three European companies about its business practices. Julia Holtz, Senior Competition Counsel at Google, wrote: Google Public Policy Blog: Committed to competing fairly …

1938media Names 100 Companies In TechCrunch ‘Payola’

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI17 YEARS AGO

Loren Feldman, the publisher of 1938Media, a New York city based web site, has published the names of the companies that were the subject of 100 posts written by former TechCrunch writer Daniel Brusilovsky. [Unpaid Techcrunch Reporter Sacked For Bribe Attempt] Michael …

Companies’ Irrational Fear of Social Media

NEWS By TOM FOREMSKI17 YEARS AGO

Irving Wladawsky-Berger has put together a good review of several studies and reports concerning business use of social networks: Why are so many companies reluctant to embrace social networking?  One of the articles in The Economist special report focused on this question …

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