Arturo Hilario/El Observador As we approach the summer months I am reminded of barbecues, river rafting, hating the sun for brief moments, and the yearly visual stimulation and excitement that can be found at the AC-extravaganza that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which is operated by Electronic Software Association...

BPT We’re sitting too much and it’s dangerous. The average American spends more than seven hours sitting every day, and the more time you sit, the higher your risk of serious, potentially life-threatening health problems such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. So, what can you do...

Shelly Palmer  Generally speaking, there are two kinds of companies in the world: data rich and data poor. The richest of the data rich are easy to name: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple. But you don’t need to be at the top of this list to use data to create...

San Jose/ CALIFORNIA As part of National Small Business Week celebrations, the City of San José will hold the Fifth Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Summit on May 6 with workshops and panel discussions to help startups and established companies grow and thrive in San José. Sessions will be offered from...

By Josefina López When I saw an interview with Dan Price, founder and CEO of Gravity Payments, explaining why he raised the company’s minimum salary to $70,000 a year I was moved to tears. He said he had gone hiking with a fellow employee and when he heard that...

Por Josefina López Cuando vi una entrevista con Dan Price—el fundador y CEO de Gravity Payments—donde explica por qué había aumentado el salario mínimo de la empresa a $70 mil al año, me conmoví mucho. Dijo que había ido a caminar en la montaña con una compañera y que...

    Sam Liccardo/Mayor of San Jose Facebook’s recent announcement of the development of “Terragraph” — launching a project in San Jose to distribute free, publicly-accessible, gigabit-speed outdoor wireless internet access — captured the attention of national media. To us in San Jose, though, it’s about more than a...

Shelly Palmer How soon will TV transform from wall-mounted 4K flat-screens to a 99-cent app in a VR/AR App Store? That’s a question few will ponder this week as the National Association of Broadcasters gathers in Las Vegas for the NAB Show 2016. TV has both defined and enlarged...

Shelly Palmer  Elon Musk recently announced the Tesla Model 3, a sub-$40k, 5-seat plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) with a ~200-mile range that is well positioned to change the world. It should be available sometime in late 2017. Don’t count on the ship date; Tesla has never shipped any product...