Finding a safe corner in the Twitter ecosystem
Lesson one in how to survive in the Twitter ecosystem as Twitter itself becomes more expansion-minded: be ready to adapt.
That is the message from DataSift, which has just snared $6m in financing to back a new data-driven business idea that has arisen from the ashes of its first project, TweetMeme. Read more
Venture funds: fewer, bigger
The direction in which venture capital is moving is clear: fewer funds investing ever-larger amounts in companies that are good candidates for an IPO. What this means for the industry’s long-term health is another matter. Read more
Tech news from around the web:
Google is lining up business-focused features for its Google+ social network, says Bloomberg. The features would open up a new front its fight for users and custom against Facebookâs company pages and sites such as LinkedIn. Read more
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Richard Waters has headed the FT's San Francisco bureau since 2002 and covers Google and Microsoft, among other things. A former New York bureau chief for the FT, he is intrigued by Silicon Valley's unique financial and business culture, and is looking forward to covering his second Tech Bust.
Chris Nuttall has been online and messing around with computers for more than 20 years and since 2004 has reported from the FT's San Francisco bureau on semiconductors, video games, consumer electronics and all things interwebby.
Maija Palmer has been writing about technology for the FT since 1999 and is fascinated by cybercrime, privacy and all the other issues of the information society. Based in London, she covers European tech companies and hopes that they won't all get acquired by American rivals.
Robin Kwong is the FT's technology, media and telecoms page editor in London. Formerly he was the Taipei correspondent and wrote about the companies that manufacture the vast majority of the world's computers and gadgets. He is interested in the intricacies of the technology supply chain and how China is increasingly changing the tech landscape.
Tim Bradshaw is the FT's digital media correspondent, and has just moved from London to join our team in San Francisco. He has covered start-ups such as Twitter and Spotify, as well as the online ambitions of more established media companies, such as the BBC iPlayer. He also covers the advertising, marketing and video-game industries. Tim has been writing about technology, business and finance since 2003.
