Learn about Silicon Valley’s Innovations and Environment
Skybox Imaging co-founders Dan Berkenstock and Julian Mann share their start-up story. The pair and two other founders started a satellite company after a class assignment at Stanford.
In his State of the City Speech at Tesla Motors, Greg Scharff, Palo Alto’s new mayor, suggested that Palo Alto needs to invest in fiber in order to become the “Leading Digital City of the Future.”
Synaptics’ new building purchase in San Jose mirrors growing trend in Silicon Valley: big tech companies investing in new headquarters.
Challenges of cost and scale make businesses less likely to jump on board California’s push for solar energy.
Entrepreneurs and established Silicon Valley businesses are cautiously hopeful about the benefits of a new U.S. Patent Office, scheduled to open here this spring. View the Video.
New socially-oriented restaurant applications, like OpenTable’s Places I’ve Eaten, have opened up a whole new dimension to dining out, and it could be a game-changer for restaurants and users alike.
Palo Alto’s environmentalists are locked in debate with one another over plans to construct a compost-to-energy facility. Residents are divided over whether the city should use the land to convert organic waste into clean energy.
A San Jose proposal to build townhomes in a residential neighborhood is being challenged by environmental advocates who say that its location in a floodplain and its proximity to creek wildlife could pose problems for residents and animals.
Stanford professor and creativity guru Tina Seelig led teams through workshops that motivated them to think creatively at Stanford E-Week.