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Check the link below for more details on his move
"A good part of the reason I’m going there is that there are particular folks who worked at Google before who I loved working with and who are there now and that’s very attractive," Rasmussen said.
The three amigos are part of what is becoming a growing community of ex-Googlers (sometimes referred to as Xooglers) at Facebook.
Glenn Kelman, from online real estate agent Redfin, estimates that 20 per cent of Facebook’s employees have worked at Google at some stage in their careers.
Lars Rasmussen Quits Google, Joins Facebook
Taylorism 2.0?
Microtask, a start-up company in Finland, has come up with the software that delivers such tasks. The company offers to take on “dull, repetitive work” — like digitizing paper forms or business cards — for prospective clients. As it says in a video on its Web site, “Microtask loves the work you hate.”
Microtask is in a position to love that work because not one of its 12 employees actually performs it. Its software carves a given task into microscopically small pieces, like transcribing a handwritten four-digit number in a tiny rectangle on a form. (Handwritten numbers and letters are the bane of text-recognition software.) These tasks, stripped… Continue reading: At Microtask and CloudCrowd, Assembly Lines Go Online – NYTimes.com
Check the link below for an extensive Twitter profile
Yet for all its astonishing growth, Twitter has succeeded in spite of itself — the enviable product of a great idea and lightning-in-a-bottle viral success rather than a disciplined approach to how it’s managed.
Because of that, Twitter is on the cusp of becoming the next big, independent Internet company — or the next start-up to be swallowed whole by a giant like Google or, possibly, the next start-up to run out of steam.
Now the company is trying to instill some of the rigor and sense of purpose it needs to ensure that it is, indeed, the next… Continue reading: Why Evan Williams of Twitter Demoted Himself – NYTimes.com
Have we seen every feasible lawsuit permutation in this domain yet?
The complaint is the latest development in a long-running series of disputes involving handset makers in the fiercely competitive smartphone business.
In the complaint, Apple alleges that Motorola smartphones including those in its Droid lineup violate three Apple patents. Apple is requesting that a judge award damages and attorney’s fees and that the courts stop Motorola from selling the products.
Apple Sues Motorola | Shayndi Rice | Voices | AllThingsD
Continue reading: Apple Sues Motorola | Shayndi Rice | Voices | AllThingsD
Check the full post for some insightful analysis. I’m sticking with my Sony bet; culture isn’t a problem for acquirers that relentlessly assimilate (that strategy didn’t work out so well for the Borg, but that’s another discussion…), and Apple needs a broader selection of consumer electronics goodies to sell in its (more than 300 worldwide) stores
When Steve Jobs said his company was keeping its powder dry for possible acquisitions, a new favorite tech-industry pastime of guessing who Apple will acquire next was instantly created.
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Could Apple’s Past… Continue reading: Could Apple’s Past Help Us Predict Who It Acquires Next?: Tech News « [GigaOm]
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