What do you do if your pet enterprise fails? If you're a brave (or perhaps foolhardy) entrepreneur, you build something even more ambitious. Such is the case with Nick Oba. When his contributor-driven online magazine failed back in 2010, he came up with a bigger idea: take on Facebook, but make the members into shareholders. And thus Zurker was born.
Welcome to the Denver Business Journal's Tech Watch, our roundup of the weekend's tech news from around the nation, featuring reports on Facebook, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Qwest, Microsoft, Micron Tech, NASA, Cisco Systems, ChemoCentryx, Yelp, Marriott, Zillow and more.
Facebook revs up political funding ahead of IPO
Winklevoss twins to gain $300M from Facebook IPO?
Apple rumors: New iPad in March, iPhone in June
CEO Meg Whitman got $16.5M HP pay package
Micron Tech CEO killed in airplane accident in Idaho
SEC agrees to settlement deal with last ex-Qwest civil defendants
Microsoft teams with NASA chief to talk about science education
ChemoCentryx IPO expected this week
Cisco earnings eyed for more improvement
Yelp shows wider 2011 loss on new IPO filing
30-month sentence for Marriott computer hacker
Nearly 100 million in the U...
When trying to rank well on Google, you want to get as many factors working for you as possible. If you can use a few effective techniques your competitors overlook, so much the better. Keep reading for some ideas.
Conventions and trade shows impact the Puget Sound area economy to the tune of millions of dollars — and they attract millions of enthusiastic attendees from the region, nation and the world.
Some of the more colorful events include the Northwest Flower & Garden Show and two conventions that welcome legions of costume-clad comics fans: Emerald City ComiCon and Sakura-Con. Other exhibitions cater to prospective college students, motorcycle lovers, and engaged couples planning weddings.
The Puget Sound Business Journal has compiled a list of the top 24 regional conventions and trade shows staged at the Washington State Convention Center in 2011...
Printer Quad/Graphics announced on Feb. 1 that it acquired Williamson Printing Corporation, a 128-year-old printer that specializes in short- to medium-run catalogs, books, direct mail and promotional products.
