Microsoft Corp., the largest software company, has signed an agreement that lets it take a closer look at Yahoo! Inc.’s financial information to help it consider financing a bid, a person briefed on the matter said. Yahoo’s advisers asked that bids be submitted next week, said two other people, who asked not to be identified …
Paul Adams is one of Silicon Valley’s most wanted. He’s an intellectually minded product designer with square-framed glasses, a thick Irish accent, and a cult following of passionate techies. As one of Google’s lead social researchers, he helped dream up the big idea behind the company’s new social network, Google+: those flexible circles that let …
President Obama used it to get elected. Dell will recruit new hires with it. Microsoft’s new operating system borrows from it. No question, Facebook has friends in high places. Can CEO Mark Zuckerberg make those connections pay off? (Fortune Magazine) — Facebook held no appeal for Peter Lichtenstein. The New Paltz, N.Y., resident had checked …