Om Malik
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For Paul and Gigaom, a new chapter
Gigaom CEO Paul Walborsky has decided that it is time for him to seek new horizons. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
Micro manufacturing, Thomas Piketty, fascism in Europe and robots — you know they are all tied together, somehow. Plus Cory Booker and Mark Zuckerberg, Nintendo and John Maeda — we got a great weekend of reading ready for you. → Read More
Is it really a tech bubble, or is it something else?
There is a lot of talk about Silicon Valley being in a bubble. It takes a lot smarter people than me to figure that out. However, if you look back to 1999, there are some glaring differences, and not all are good. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
The Americans love affair with technology, Chicago’s last tannery, marathon people, city services 2.0, hipsters & low-tech, the end of the middle class and the Ukraine crisis — here is what I think is worth reading this week. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
On the money this week: value of Sherpa’s life, sewing machines, the impact of science fiction on culture and game of thrones. Plus bubbles and a ranting Anthony Bourdain. → Read More
The Gigaom interview: Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza on how "we live in a streaming world"
Thievery Corporation is a Washington DC-based duo that defined and popularized a genre of music loosely called globetronica. They just released their latest album, Saudade. I caught up with Rob Garza (one half of the group) to talk about Internet, creativity, streaming, Pandora and Spotify. → Read More
A few accumulated thoughts on media
The future of the media business continues to be an important and oftentimes confusing discussion. Here are a few thoughts. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
New Gilded age, return of the Mad Men, David Letterman’s last great moment, Kevin Kelly, Bill Gross, fraught life of a Raiderette and beyond quantum computing — that’s what’s on the menu this weekend. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
Zebras, bucks, deer, chimpanzees and cows — it is the Animal Planet edition of what to read this weekend. And they are all thought-provoking stories. Happy reading! → Read More
Levietation: a believer's rise to the top
If you are interested in reading about Box, its horrid financials and high cost of customer acquisition, or the new reality for enterprise focused startups, then I suggest you stop reading this. Because this is really about Aaron Levie, the co-founder of Box.net and me. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
Why it sucks to be a retail worker, the Target failure and Candy-Crushed?: These are three of the top seven stories I recommend for this weekend’s reading. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
Silence as a luxury; the end of rhinos and the price we will pay; outsourcing humanity; the unkindness of aging; Tutankhamun’s blood; and a conversation with genetics giant and Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner — are on the menu this week. → Read More
7 stories to read this weekend
Suzanne Vega, Rupert Murdoch’s broken marriage, Silicon Valley’s circus of innovation, Tom Steyer, the inconvenient billionaire; South Sudan’s old enmities and Facebook’s plan to conquer the world — some of the stories on menu this weekend. → Read More
Now that Gigaom is all grown up, it’s time for the next chapter
I couldn’t be more proud of the strong company that we have built over the last seven years. It’s now time for Gigaom, and for me personally, to break new ground. → Read More
Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger: 7 (follow up) stories to read
Here are some stories and opinions from around the web about the deal that will impact how we access our broadband and how it impacts the future of the Internet. → Read More
Love in the age of Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-science/the-formation-of-love/10152064609253859 Facebook engineers and data scientists are exploring love, data and our modern times in a series of blog posts. Highly recommended, even though I wish they could infuse some passion into their writing about such a passionate topic. → Read More
7 Stories to read this weekend
This week on menu: Madame Sex, Money Ball comes to Basketball, Kiev Crisis, Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters, Mexican Drug Cartels and their supply chain is open for business, Click Fraud and of course, Endless Love. → Read More
Uber hires former Amazon/Groupon exec as chief product officer
Uber has hired Jeff Holden, until recently a vice president at Groupon, to become its chief product officer. We got to know ex-Amazonian Holden when he launched Pelago, makers of Whrrl. The app failed to get major traction because it was ahead of its time and […] → Read More
Comcast and Time Warner Cable: Forget TV, it is all about broadband
Comcast has made a daring $44 billion offer to acquire its nearest cable competitor, Time Warner Cable. While it might seem like the deal is about video, our math says it is all about broadband. And it always has been. → Read More
Exclusive: GetJar, an early app store maker has been acquired
A decade after it was started in Lithuania, GetJar, one of the earliest app stores has been acquired by a Chinese company specializing in Android apps that wants to cash in on the need for smarter app discovery. → Read More