Palo Alto

Incubator LaunchBox Digital unveils its first group of startups

LaunchBox Digital, an incubator/investment firm based in Washington, D.C., just announced the lineup of its first “class” of startups. After working with LaunchBox for three months, the companies are giving their East Coast demos today, and will be at the Palo Alto, Calif. offices of Cooley Goodard Kronish tomorrow. LaunchBox was cofounded by former AOL chief [...]

Japanese Society of Radiological Technologists Visits Stanford

By Mike Moseley, PhD From July 21-25, Stanford Radiology held its third annual Japanese Technologist Summer Training Program. We have developed this joint educational program in partnership with the Japanese Society of Radiological Technologists (JSRT). As in previous years, we had 24 JSRT participants visit for the week, with technical lectures in the morning; tours and workshops in the afternoon; and social activities such as Giants baseball, jazz concerts, shopping, and tennis in the evening...

US auto sales slump to 16-year low in July

U.S. auto sales slumped to a 16-year low in July as automakers failed to keep up with consumers' growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. While production changes may help that problem, trouble in the credit and auto leasing markets will continue to take a toll on sales. In this April 20, 2008 file photo, unsold 2008 Ram pickup trucks sit at a Dodge dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. Chrysler LLC said Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, its July U.S. vehicle sales tumbl...

Silicon Valley Palo Alto Trash Talking - Sara Carey's Deleted Post

This post will no doubt be of interest to people in and outside Silicon Valley .

FTC: Kids target of $1.6 billion in food ads

Imagine Superman promoting fresh fruits and vegetables instead of a cereal. Max Robinson, 5, prepares to eat an Oreo cookie, which is made by Kraft Foods, in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 28, 2008. Kraft Foods Inc. reported growth in the second quarter Monday, as consumers, undeterred by price increases, abandon restaurants for less costly meals at home and the company benefits from its restructuring plan. The nation's largest food and beverage maker is also benefiting from price increases, sa...

Yelp Mantra: Silicon Valley Elite Squad is Awesome

On July 17th, Silicon Valley yelpers and their guests gathered in Downtown Palo Alto for an intimate Elite Mantra Experience! Throughout the evening, guests sampled hors d'oeuvres that paired California freshness with bold but not overpowering flavors and spices of...

Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto?

The New York Times reports on software development for mobile devices in emerging markets, through a nice feature on what is currently happening in that area in Kenya: “While engineers in the United States lavish attention on expensive phones that boast laptoplike features, in Kenya there are 10 million low-end phones. Millions more are used elsewhere [...]

BlogHer '08: Ditch the legalese, says Kelly Phillips Erb

Stacey Merrick, LexBlog's Director of Client Services, is in San Francisco today and through the weekend attending BlogHer 2008, the annual conference for women who blog. This morning, Stacey checked in and attended her first event - "What We Do: Taking Care of Business," which was hosted by lawyers Kelly Phillips Erb & Linsey Krolik and Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons. After the panel, which focused on the business side of blogging and what that could mean for you as a blogger, Stacey ha...

Palo Alto To Get Wicked Fast Fiber Network -- If AT&T Doesn't Block It

The City of Palo Alto approved a nifty little deal under which it will get a blazingly fast fiber network -- with speeds of 100 megabits per second -- and it won't have to pay a dime to get it...

Weekend Watching: Open innovation and Nokia Philosophy by Dr. Bob Iannucci

Bob Iannucci has been in the IT industry for the last three decades. Bob joined Nokia in 2004 as Head of Nokia Research Center's Computing Architectures Laboratory. Before joining Nokia, he held a variety of research and development management positions at Cosine Communications, Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Exa Corporation, and IBM. Since Jan. 1, he is the new chief technology officer of Nokia. He is also the first member of the board who is not based in Finland, remaining in Pal...