A new search engine called You.com is challenging Google’s dominance with a promise of better privacy and more elaborate results. The startup launched its service Tuesday with $20 million in funding from venture capital firms and a big name in tech, Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff. You.com, now in public beta testing, won’t sell your personal information, …
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People want to understand what makes Apple tick. Which is part of why whenever CEO Tim Cook talks, we all tend to listen. During a fireside chat at the annual Dreamforce conference for business software company Salesforce in San Francisco, Cook talked about why Apple’s been pushing on environmental issues, “Dreamers” and more. “People told us there was no way …
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has taken aim at Facebook, saying the social media giant must be held accountable for information posted on its site. Benioff was responding to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement Wednesday that he’ll be making a speech Thursday at 10 a.m. PT about his views on free expression. “Facebook is a publisher. They need to be held …
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Silicon Valley tech moguls might disagree about the best way to help the area’s homeless population, but Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff doesn’t think now is the time for debate. “There is no ultimate solution and it’s going to be a lot of things,” Benioff said at the WIRED25 conference in San Francisco on Monday. Last week, Benioff clashed with Twitter …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Scorning lesser tech souls? Kimberly White And now they turn on their own. It used to be that Silicon Valley was one vast love-in, with so many of its senior figures believing they were angels brought together to deliver the world to a better place. …
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Twitter might not be finding a buyer anytime soon. The social network has reportedly been eyed by a number suitors over the past several weeks, but Salesforce.com remained the one most likely to make a bid. However, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told the Financial Times that his company is no longer in contention. “In this case we’ve walked away. It …
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