Senator John McCain will be visiting Silicon Valley on Mar. 22, but before he comes, he will be needing a lesson in outsourcing.
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While the revolution sweeping the Middle East might not have been possible without social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, those sites have avoided joining Google, Apple, and Microsoft in the Global Network Initiative to ensure free speech and privacy online.
RvB talks about his best bets for today, including the rough cut panel discussion of ‘Cheap Fun’ by Zach Sutherland, Shorts Program 6 and 8, and ‘Marrow’ by Matt Wilkins.
Protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church failed to show up at Gunderson High’s performance of “The Laramie Project” on Friday, but at least 500 counter-protesters were outside to greet them. Inside, the show went on as planned before a sold-out audience.
By the end of the year, San Jose will be getting a new area code, 669, in addition to 408. The question is whether the split will be geographical, as it was in 1998, or whether there will be an overlay, so that two adjacent homes could have two separate area codes. The California Public Utilities Commission will be holding public hearings this month before deciding which strategy to adopt.
Unemployment in Silicon Valley rose 0.2 percent in January, from 10.6 percent to 10.8 percent, but there were also 40,000 job ads in January, 10,000 more than January 2010. New jobs range across industries, from high tech to retail, and from Apple to Safeway. .
RvB talks about his best bets for today, including ‘Troublemaker,’ ‘Tomorrow Will Be Better’ and ‘22nd of May.’ Plus the Smith Brothers with Vijay Rajan, director of the short film ‘Base Emotions.’
RvB talks about his best bets for today, including ‘3 Backyards’ and Part 2 of the ‘Biz of Art’ forums. Plus the Smith Brothers with Frank Door, director of the short film ‘Five Proof.’
Richard von Busack provides his best bets and the Smith Brothers talk with filmmakers, writers and directors in our daily video guide to what’s hot today at Cinequest.
RvB talks about his best bets for today, including ‘Dreaming Nicaragua’ and ‘Desert Rain.’ Plus the Smith Brothers with Edward James Olmos, Lymari Nadal and Sonia Fritz of the film ‘America.’
