Twitter Shares Up 21% on Possible Deal
Shares in Twitter soared 21.42% on Friday after news of a potential buyout deal was reported by CNBC....
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Ripple Rounds Up $55 Million Series B
SAN FRANCISCO — Ripple, a global provider of financial settlement solutions, has completed a $55 million Series B financing. The...
Efficient Drivetrains Raises Series C Funding
MILPITAS, CA — Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. (EDI), a global leader in advanced, high-efficiency Hybrid and Electric drivetrain solutions, announced...
ABC News to Team With Facebook at Debates
ABC News and Facebook are teaming up for live coverage of the 2016 general election debates, expanding the...
Zuckerberg, Wife to Fund Bay Area Biohub
Stanford will be one of three Bay Area universities – along with the University of California, San Francisco...
Google Releases Allo Messaging App
Google has released Allo, a new smart messaging app for Android and iOS that helps you say more...
ShotSpotter Launches New App to Monitor Gunfire Alerts
NEWARK, CA — SST, Inc., the global leader in acoustic gunfire detection, has introduced a new mobile app designed...
MacOS Sierra Now Available as Free Update
CUPERTINO — Apple has released macOS Sierra, the latest major release for the Mac desktop operating system, is...
Spectrum 28 Venture Fund Launches With $170 Million
MENLO PARK — Spectrum 28, a venture capital firm investing in companies disrupting long-standing industries, announced the close of its...
Tobira Stock Soars 720% on Allergan Acquisition
DUBLIN and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Allergan, the Irish-pharmaceutical giant, is acquiring Tobira Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBRA), a clinical-stage...
OmniVision Debuts Industry’s First 1.7-Megapixel Automotive Image Sensors
SANTA CLARA — OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, has introduced the OV10650, a new...
City Center Realty Buys 220 Post St. in SF Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO — City Center Realty Partners, LLC (CCRP), a San Francisco-based real estate investor and developer, in a partnership...
GlobalFoundries to Make 7NM Chips
SANTA CLARA – GlobalFoundries announced plans to deliver a new leading-edge 7nm FinFET semiconductor technology that will offer the...
Apple Launches Swift Playgrounds App
CUPERTINO — Swift Playgrounds, a new iPad app from Apple that makes learning to code easy and fun...
Extreme Networks Buys Wireless LAN From Zebra Technologies
SAN JOSE and LINCOLNSHIRE, IL — Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) and Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) announced that Extreme Networks has agreed...
Philz Coffee Raises $45 Million
SAN FRANCISCO — Philz Coffee announced it has raised $45 million led by TPG Growth. The company has...
Google Holding Doodle Contest for Students
Google announced the launch of the 2016 Doodle 4 Google contest, where art-loving K-12 students from across the...
Paramount to Acquire One Front St. in SF
Paramount Group, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has entered into an agreement to acquire One Front Street,...
Uber Launches Driverless Cars in Pittsburgh
A year and a half ago, Uber set up an Advanced Technologies Center (ATC) in Pittsburgh. Its mission: to...
Chrono Therapeutics Scores $47.6 Million Series B
HAYWARD, CA -– Chrono Therapeutics, a developer of digital drug therapy to stop smoking, has closed a $47.6...
Cisco, Ericsson Lead $6 Million Funding of PubNub
SAN FRANCISCO — PubNub, operator of a Data Stream Network, has announced a strategic investment of $6 million from Cisco...
Google to Buy Apigee for $625 Million
SAN JOSE — Apigee has agreed to be bought by Google for $17.40 per share in cash or a total...
HP Acquires Samsung Printer Business for $1.05 Billion
PALO ALTO and SUWON, South Korea — HP Inc., the world leader in printing, said it will acquire Samsung Electronics’...
Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club Announces 2016 Honorees
SAN JOSE –– Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier independent forum for innovation and economic growth, has announced the guests of...