The inaugural TechCrunch40 was held this week in San Francisco.

Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis organised the schedule.

140 startups were offered an opportunity to showcase their wares.

The format is simple: Forty of the hottest new startups from around the world will announce and demo their products over a two day period at TechCrunch40. And they […]

Silicon Valley innovation continues to outperform prior years.

Legendary angel investor Ron Conway has been a key enabler.

Kara Swisher spoke with Ron about the current state of Silicon Valley.

One of Rons second wave investments rewriting the rulebook is Facebook.

Poster boy for the first wave was entrepreneur Marc Andreessen.

His overview and analysis of the new Facebook Platform […]

AlwaysOn OnHollywood 2007 was held at the Roosevelt Hotel this week.

OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the video, […]

One of Silicon Valleys key events on the TMT calendar was held this week.

In its third year Web 2.0 Conference was renamed Web 2.0 Summit.

Past themes were the Web as a Platform in 2004 and Revving the Web in 2005.

This years theme was disruption and opportunity.

The Web 2.0 Summit focuses on emerging business and […]

On Monday Google announced the acquisition of YouTube for $1.65bn.

The acquisition combines one of the largest and fastest growing online video entertainment communities with Google’s expertise in organizing information and creating new models for advertising on the Internet. The combined companies will focus on providing a better, more comprehensive experience for users interested in uploading, […]