Google and Facebook May Actually Become Stronger from Upcoming Privacy Regulations
You’ve probably noticed quite a few more “Updated Privacy Policy” emails in your inbox than usual. Most likely from your preferred e-commerce, search engine, and social media sites, these emails ask you to review the updated terms and conditions in the privacy policy. This time, if you don’t bother to read the policy before May 25th, the […]
Companies like Spotify and Dropbox Are Changing the I.P.O. Landscape
Companies like Dropbox and Spotify are changing what initial public offerings (IPOs) mean for Silicon Valley and the U.S. economy. With Snapchat and Blue Apron hitting IPO status and seeing quickly-dropped share prices, startups who find success with private funding are no longer guaranteed the same results when it comes time for a public investment. […]
Which Mobile Apps Attract Silicon Valley Investors?
These days, everyone has an app idea, and it’s easy to see why. If you keep up with Dogtown Media News, then you know that the mobile app industry is gaining momentum, and there are a plethora of benefits to making a mobile app for your business. Also, you don’t even need to be a […]
Tech Execs Lean Left, But Can’t Stand Regulations
Over the past several months, we have written a lot about the tech industry’s disdain for right wing politics in the era of Trump. Whether its the Muslim ban, the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality protections, the exit from the Paris Accord, or the moral equivocating about the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, tech leaders have not […]
More Drama for Uber as VC Firm and Shareholder Files Lawsuit
It appears as if Uber might be closing in on a new CEO, General Electric’s CEO Jeff Immelt, but the drama that has kept Bay Area Android app developers gossiping about the company is far from over. If anything, it appears that a new chapter of chaos is beginning. The ride-hailing company’s seemingly unending run […]
Get Ready for Tech Leaders to Start Disrupting Elections
The incredible growth in technology we have witnessed over the past few decades was only a preview of what is to come in the next few years. The internet of things, AI, AR, VR, self-driving vehicles, automation in general — all of these emerging technologies are on the verge of exponential growth that would seem […]
Manifesto Heats Up the Conversation About Diversity in Tech
Like much of the rest of America, Silicon Valley has had to do some soul-searching about its values and morals over the past year or so. Stories about the vile, misogynistic work culture at Uber and the gender pay gap investigation at Google have highlighted the sexism that exists in the tech world. Many Seattle […]
MIT Uses AI to Figure Out Recipes Based on Pictures of Food
As iPhone app developers already know, the researchers and engineers at MIT are responsible for some of the most exciting advancements in tech. Since its founding, the institute has had a reputation as one of the most elite schools in the country; it’s a gathering place for geniuses. We have written in recent months about […]
Zuckerberg Listens to America (But Isn’t Running for Office)
Before he was elected president, Donald Trump was just a businessman (by many accounts, a corrupt and failed businessman) and celebrity with no real experience in the political realm. According to his supporters, what qualified him for office were his willingness to play outside Washington’s established rules and his prodigious deal-making skills — after all, […]
Is Uber’s CEO About to Go on a Forced Leave of Absence?
It does not matter that Uber is worth something like $70 billion — just about everyone in tech agrees that something has to be done to change the ride-hailing startup’s poisonous corporate culture. At this point, it’d take a whole book to recap the company’s tempestuous, controversy-laden year (and I’m sure somebody is already in […]