More Data Was Transmitted Over the Internet in 2010 Than All Previous Years Combined [VIDEO]

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There was more data transmitted over the Internet in 2010 than the entire history of the Internet through 2009. Now the transfer of data over the Internet is growing faster than ever, said Vice President of Intel’s Architecture Group Kirk Skaugen during the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco Read more »

Google’s Sergey Brin: “I’m Not a Very Social Person Myself”

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin says that he’s never been able to get into social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter . “I’m not a very social person myself,” Brin told the audience at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. He explained that he’s tried other social networking sites because he feels that it’s his job, but never found any of them compelling until Google+ Read more »

Flipboard’s Mike McCue Says You Must Ignore Data to Create Soul

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Flipboard founder Mike McCue believes sometimes you need to ignore the data if you want to create a revolutionary product with a soul. “When is it important to ignore the data?” McCue asked the audience at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. His answer was simple: You need to throw out the data when you need to build something truly new Read more »

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Not Buying Yahoo: “Sometimes, You’re Lucky”

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that Microsoft dodged a bullet when it failed to acquire Yahoo in 2008. In February 2008, the technology giant famously made an unsolicited $44.6 billion acquisition offer for Yahoo. Cofounder Jerry Yang (then Yahoo’s CEO) and the Yahoo board rebuffed the offer and did what it could to kill the deal. Read more »