Ari Levy

Chart This: NEA's Investment Return on Tableau -- 3,000%

go.bloomberg.com — For New Enterprise Associates, its investment return on Tableau Software was - fittingly - off the charts. NEA's $29.2 million stake in the digital chart provider, which made its stock market debut today, was valued at more than $925 million at mid-day, making the firm the top venture capital winner so far this year.

IBM to Offer Up ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Watson to Software Makers

bloomberg.com — International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) will offer its Watson technology, which beat humans in "Jeopardy!," as a building block for startup companies making business software. "We'll launch an ecosystem where Watson is a service and you build applications around it," Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty said in a speech at the annual meeting of the National Venture Capital Association in San Francisco.

Google Glass Woos Developers to $6 Billion Wearable Market: Tech

bloomberg.com — As Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. develop smart watches and Google Inc. (GOOG) prepares to roll out Web-enabled eyewear, an ecosystem of software developers is springing up to lend a hand and reap the profits. The wearable-computer market may swell to $6 billion by 2016, according to Wellingborough, U.K.-based IMS Research.

Holding Ourselves Accountable

bloomberg.com — As I wrote in "The Bloomberg Way," our guide for reporters and editors, "The appearance of impropriety can be as damaging to a reputation as doing something improper. Because we hold others accountable for disclosure, we expect the same of ourselves.