Max Levchin Makes A Case For Social Applications

A hands-on expert in social software, Max Levchin was interviewed to a full house at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month. Following his appearance on the cover of Portfolio magazine, Levchin, the CEO of Slide.com, talked about the emerging social application economy.  Starting with his own … [Read more...]

Silicon Valley Looks Like Jurassic Park To Carl Icahn

Fresh off his success in taking BEA down for Oracle, predatory investor Carl Icahn, in his letter to Yahoo today, charged that the company “botched” its negotiations with Microsoft. Icahn is more than a clumsy communicator. The most appropriate metaphor for Icahn might be T-Rex, with an … [Read more...]