Austin, Texas, has its first $US1 million neighbourhood, according to a Trulia report published in November. The neighbourhood of Barton Creek now boasts a median real estate value of at least $US1 million. As the tech industry’s presence continues to grow in the capital city, Barton Creek will only be […]
Facebook has denied firing the executive Palmer Luckey for his right-wing views. The Wall Street Journal on Sunday linked the firing of Luckey, the founder of Oculus, to fallout from his donation of $US10,000 to a group that posted anti-Hillary Clinton memes. The Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth has strongly denied […]
A 609-acre California coastal community, Walden Monterey, serves as a respite for those needing to recharge their batteries – especially the region’s leaders in tech. The enclave’s founder, Nick Jekogian, invites potential homeowners to visit the property and stay in portable homes, called “roving rooms,” to truly experience the sustainable, […]
In her debut novel, “Sophia of Silicon Valley,” Anna Yen chronicles her own career rise through the ranks in Silicon Valley. The book is a lightly fictionalized retelling of working under Steve Jobs at Pixar and Elon Musk at Tesla. “I wrote the book based on the major lessons I […]
Over the past year, there was roughly one 911 call made from Facebook’s California headquarters every two days, about everything from medical emergencies to suspicious vehicles. Business Insider has obtained the call logs, which highlight the security and emergency issues the social-networking giant faces daily. There were multiple reports of […]
M.G. Siegler, a prominent tech investor with GV, formerly Google Ventures, wrote an interesting blog post this week about a disturbing trend he’s noticed in Silicon Valley recently. He said people in the tech industry were “losing touch with reality.” Siegler says “it may already be systemic at this point.” […]
