SunPower stumbles after fourth quarter earnings but promises 2013 efficiencies
Mixed first quarter guidance and flat revenue projections for 2013 sent shares of SunPower Corp. tumbling in trading Friday.
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With three of nation’s top four digital toys, LeapFrog reports strong sales
Thanks to the popularity of its educational products like the LeapPad 2 and Leapster GS, LeapFrog Enterprises (NYSE: LF) reported robust fourth quarter and year-end sales.
Silicon Valley shouldn’t fear China, Atlantic Monthly writer says
Speaking at the State of the Valley Conference in San Jose, James Fallows said Chinese don’t enjoy the unique culture fueling Silicon Valley’s impressive success.
Valley’s top tech women say we haven’t reached the potential of mobile technology
Kim Polese, Kara Swisher and Susan Wojcicki discuss the emerging trends in technology, saying “The desktops are done. Laptops are getting done. But tablets are the future.”
Bay Area should model itself after city-states Hong Kong and Singapore, futurist says
Paul Saffo, managing director of foresight at Discern Analytics, says it was time for the Bay Area to rethink its relations with counties, states, and even the rest of the world.
Silicon Valley’s ‘oracle’ advocates public-private collaborative innovation
At Friday’s Joint Venture Silicon Valley Conference, Tim O’Reilly explains how business leaders and governments could better work together in the online information and big-data age.
Social business software maker Jive — Earnings up but stock down
Jive, a Palo Alto business software company, which went public a year ago, posted better than expected fourth quarter and year-end earnings on Tuesday.
Quirks of the Bay — goats and dead houses — on the Peninsula Report (PODCAST)
Peninsula Press reporters take us into Palo Alto’s communal homes and then out into the weeds with hired landscaping goats. Writer Rachel Swarns tells us the genealogy of the First Lady.
Santa Clara-based touch screen technology maker Synaptics benefits from growth in mobile
Synaptics, Inc. reported its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 outperforming expectations thanks to a thriving mobile market.