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Jawbone lawsuit accuses Fitbit of trade secret theft

Jawbone accuses Fitbit of stealing valuable trade secrets. Competition in the fitness tracker business was already intense. Now, it just got nasty. In a strongly worded lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco, activity tracker Jawbone accused its larger rival Fitbit of strategically luring away its employees in a deliberate attempt to steal vital Jawbone business …

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Homeland Security Department to open Silicon Valley office

Tech companies will soon be competing for talent with a new player in Silicon Valley: the Department of Homeland Security. During a speech today at the security-focused RSA Conference in San Francisco, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that his department is opening a cybersecurity office in Silicon Valley. And Johnson wasn’t coy about why: he wants to tap …

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