San Jose made it into the Top 10 list for being one of the nation’s best cities to combat climate change and mitigate impacts on the environment.
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Where’s the best place to work in Silicon Valley? Is it Google or Facebook? Apple or HP? If you’re in it for the money (and who isn’t?) Google is the place to be. At $82,600, their starting salary is $17,000 more than HP’s ($55,100), $23,000 more than Facebook’s ($59,100) and $40,000 more than Apple’s ($41,100). Only Microsoft pays more, at $86,900, though Intel comes close with $80,100.
Facebook has been quietly releasing facial recognition software, which will allow users to easily identify people appearing in their photos. The technology, which is already available in the US, has now been released on other countries with a strong Facebook presence, the company announced on Tuesday.
The San Jose Giants may have lost a star in recent San Francisco send-up Brandon Crawford—the shortstop from Mountain View has been flat-out killing it since hop-scotching several levels and going straight to the majors from Single-A—but a few notable names have been seen in the local lineup in recent weeks.
Three labor unions got results from protesting in front of San Jose City Hall on Monday, coaxing city officials back into negotiating pension reform.
At his long anticipated appearance at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Steve Jobs confirmed what has been known for weeks. Apple is about to release a cloud-based music and data storage system. No longer will Apple users have to save their favorite songs on CDs or hard drives. The new iCloud will be able to sync their favorite tunes across multiple devices, sparing users the need for storage space. Jobs described it as a “post-PC world.”
It’s a simple idea, but that’s why it’s brilliant. When you go out of town, the hotel concierge is there to help you plan your night, with tips on local restaurants and clubs. When you live in that town, you become less adventurous, and tend to hang out at the same old same-olds, doing the same old things. Even in the days of the internet, you lack the benefit of a concierge, so the most daring thing most people do is try out some place that has a Groupon coupon.
Always eager to preserve language purity on the airwaves, French television and radio may no longer use the terms Facebook and Twitter on their broadcasts, except in news stories relating specifically to the sites. On the other hand, newscasters may no longer say, “Leave your comments on Facebook,” or “Follow me on Twitter,” and instead must use the more generic, “Check out our social networking sites.”
A San Jose man was killed Friday night in a double shooting that left another victim with non-life-threatening injuries. San Jose has now had 23 homicides this year.
A large garbage bag in a Sunnyvale neighborhood on Sunday morning was found with a dead body stuffed into it.
