Articles by Dice Staff
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Accounting Software Maker Xero Hiring in S.F.
Online accounting software company Xero has moved its U.S. headquarters in San Francisco to a new facility in the city’s Jackson Square neighborhood. The San Francisco Business Times reports that… -
GE Hires; Cisco, Broadcom Face Layoffs
Our weekly snapshot of who’s hiring and who’s firing across the IT landscape. Hiring Six tech companies have formed a nanotechnology hub in upstate New York, which will create 1,000 high-tech job… -
LivingSocial May Lose D.C. Tax Incentives Over Headcount
A year after the District of Columbia approved up to $32.5 million in tax breaks for LivingSocial, the deals site still doesn’t have the headcount required to cash in on any of the incentives, re… -
Cisco to Lay Off 1,022 Workers in San Jose
Cisco Systems is poised to lay off 1,022 workers at its San Jose, Calif., campus on Friday, according to a filing with the State of California. The cuts are part of Cisco's previously announced p… -
Worst Idea a Whole Industry Ever Had: WiFi in The Car
[caption id="attachment_13205" align="aligncenter" width="500"] If driving while texting is risky, how much worse is browsing?[/caption] It must have seemed like a good idea to put WiFi access po… -
Akamai Report Shows iOS Users Prefer WiFi to Cell Nets
[caption id="attachment_13198" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Internet speeds, number of attacks continue to rise[/caption] The Internet is getting faster, a lot bigger and a lot more mobile, b… -
Intel Closing Development Office in Washington State
Intel plans to close its DuPont, Wash. office, resulting in more than half of the 700 workers there being offered jobs at other locations, the company said. A small number may face layoffs. The a… -
Tech Leaders Focus Recruiting on BlackBerry’s Workforce
In Waterloo, Ontario, where struggling BlackBerry is still referred to as a “tech giant” by newspapers, the outlook for 4,500 laid-off workers may not be as grim as outsiders believe. The likes o… -
People Moves: Hulu’s New CEO; Twitter Hires a Female Exec
A quick look at some of the movement among IT people this week. Hulu named 21st Century Fox Head of Distribution Mike Hopkins Chief Executive Officer. He takes over for acting CEO Andy Forssell,… -
VMware Gives Up Building Virtual PC Cloud; Buys Desktone Instead
[caption id="attachment_13148" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Desktone gives VMware an existing DaaS ability and reseller network.[/caption] Virtualization-software leader VMware has acquired a…