Bloomberg.com has a redesigned "breaking news" module, complete with a Tweet button. Now, the second a story breaks, you have the ability to share it with your network. It’s a given: Social media has changed the way the world gets its news. Chances are, by the time you’ve read a story on a web site or in the paper, the news has been floating around the Twittersphere for several hours. As a breaking news organization, we understand the power of sharing news as it happens, and are constantly striving to deliver important stories to you faster. That’s why we’re excited to introduce this new feature will not only help you get a jump on the news, but will put the power to broadcast it in ... Continue reading →

When Paul Betts worked as a software developer at Microsoft, he was so frustrated by the number of meetings that he created a program for himself that looked at the job titles of attendees, estimated their salaries and tallied up the amount of money being wasted sitting in the conference room. “In a typical 40-hour workweek, I’d have maybe 20 to 30 hours of meetings,” said Betts, who was tasked with squashing bugs found in Microsoft’s computer operating system. “Too many people are invited. They last too long. Too little is accomplished.” Betts left Microsoft in August for GitHub, a San Francisco-based service that makes it easy for coders to collaborate on projects. Now he works without those interruptions, Betts said. For example, GitHub’s first ... Continue reading →

Michael Moritz, the prominent Silicon Valley investor who has backed companies such as Google (GOOG), LinkedIn, PayPal, and Yahoo (YHOO), is stepping back from some of his responsibilities at his firm, Sequoia Capital, and has disclosed to the firm’s investors that he has a rare medical condition. Moritz did not specify the nature of his illness. In a letter to limited partners sent on Monday morning and provided to Bloomberg Businessweek, Moritz wrote, “I have been diagnosed with a rare medical condition which can be managed but is incurable. I’ve been told that in the next five to ten years the quality of my life is quite likely to decline. Right now I feel fitter than ever and I hope that I’ll be one of ... Continue reading →

Facebook’s IPO Wasn’t a Huge Hit on Twitter Either, Say Studies By Mark Milian | May 18, 2012 9:09 PM EDT | | 0 Comments Photograph by Frank May/dpa/CorbisFacebook's IPO was a popular topic on Twitter today, but not a runaway hit. Facebook’s stock didn’t have the first-day pop that many had predicted. Nor was the initial public offering a breakout hit in Twitter chatter, despite dominating much of the media coverage. An hour before the stock market closed, there were 104,616 messages on Twitter discussing Facebook’s IPO or ticker symbol, according to a study of the social network’s data by PeopleBrowsr. Another study by Topsy, which included a longer timeline, said there were more than 400,000 messages about Facebook going public. The stock closed ... Continue reading →