Tech News update Saudi VC Firm Hires Google Exec To Grow Tech Unicorns Feb 10, 2020 Saudi Arabia’s STV, one of the country’s largest venture capital firms, has enlisted the help of a Google employee, Ivan Jakovljevic, with the hope…
Advertising Adobe Advertising Cloud Exec Who Brokered the TubeMogul Deal Is Leaving the Company Dec 8, 2018 Adobe Advertising Cloud vp Brett Wilson will exit the company next month just two years after he brokered a $540 million deal to acquire ad-tech…
Social Media Facebook PH exec says online messaging ‘critical’ in business promotion Dec 7, 2018 MANILA,Philippines — Facebook Philippines Country Director John Rubio on Friday said online messaging is “critical” for businesses, noting its role…
Computing Crypto Custody? State Street Is Waiting on a Client Shift, Exec Says Dec 3, 2018 State Street, one the largest institutional custodians on the planet, said there is no sense of urgency – at the moment, at least – from clients for…
Computing European Central Bank Exec Calls Bitcoin the ‘Evil Spawn of the Financial Crisis’ | Crypto Nov 16, 2018 Executive Board member of the European Central Bank (ECB) Benoit Coeure considers Bitcoin (BTC) to be the “evil spawn of the financial crisis,”…
Tech and Gadget Pinterest taps former Athleta exec as first CMO | Industry Nov 6, 2018 Andréa Mallard, the former chief marketing officer of the Gap -owned line of athleisure clothing Athleta, has joined Pinterest as its first-ever…
Computing Point72 Exec Leaves the Firm to Launch Crypto Hedge Fund in October | Crypto Sep 23, 2018 Former equities portfolio manager Travis Kling has left billionaire Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management to launch his own digital assets fund,…
Social Media Misuse of digital media dividing nation, says gov’t info exec | Social Media Sep 21, 2018 Irresponsiblesocial media users have been known to spread lies . . .Harold ClaviteDirector General,Philippine Information AgencyBAGUIO CITY — The…
Computing Ripple Could Launch xRapid Solution ‘In the Next Month or So,’ Says Exec | Crypto Sep 19, 2018 Ripple could launch a commercial version of its payment platform xRapid “in the next month or so,” CNBC reported September 17. Head of regulatory…
Social Media Former Uber exec alleges ex-PR chief ‘destroyed his reputation’ | Social Sep 14, 2018 A nasty legal battle is set to play out between two former Uber executives. Eric Alexander, the ride-hailing company’s former president of business…