Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr , perhaps the most celebrated venture capitalist and certainly one of the most successful, will leave the Amazon board of directors this year. Venture capitalists often try to stay on public company boards well after their investments have run their course. It's a status thing, but it also puts them in a terrific position to help their younger portfolio companies. 
Share:  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr , perhaps the most celebrated venture capitalist and certainly one of the most successful, will leave the <span class="company">Amazon</span> board of directors this year. Venture capitalists often try to stay on public company boards well after their investments have run their course. It's a status thing, but it also puts them in a terrific position to help their younger portfolio companies. Tweet this 

Google is reaching out to mobile companies for help in getting their proposed Admob acquisition cleared by the FTC. Specifically, they're asking select companies to write letters in support of the deal, which Google will then forward to the FTC. We spoke with one mobile advertising company this afternoon that received the request from Google. 
Share:  Google is reaching out to mobile companies for help in getting their proposed <span class="company">Admob</span> acquisition cleared by the FTC. Specifically, they're asking select companies to write letters in support of the deal, which Google will then forward to the FTC. We spoke with one mobile advertising company this afternoon that received the request from Google. Tweet this 

Google is reaching out to mobile companies for help in getting their proposed Admob acquisition cleared by the FTC. Specifically, they're asking select companies to write letters in support of the deal, which Google will then forward to the FTC. We spoke with one mobile advertising company this afternoon that received the request from Google. 
Share:  <span class="company">Google</span> is reaching out to mobile companies for help in getting their proposed Admob acquisition cleared by the FTC. Specifically, they're asking select companies to write letters in support of the deal, which <span class="company">Google</span> will then forward to the FTC. We spoke with one mobile advertising company this afternoon that received the request from <span class="company">Google</span>. Tweet this 

Ash Patel , a senior Yahoo exec and one of the company's longest serving employees, will shortly be stepping down. His last day will be next Monday. Patel was one of Yahoo's first sixty employees, and joined shortly before the company went public in . 
Share:  Ash Patel , a senior <span class="company">Yahoo</span> exec and one of the company's longest serving employees, will shortly be stepping down. His last day will be next Monday. Patel was one of <span class="company">Yahoo</span>'s first sixty employees, and joined shortly before the company went public in . Tweet this 

I always enjoy your article on the drama at my company – MySpace but I've never felt the urge to write until now. I guess I'm writing you because your article was ABSOLUTELY dead on. Because of that, my morale isn't really high and I really don't give much of a shit anymore. 
Share:  I always enjoy your article on the drama at my company – <span class="company">MySpace</span> but I've never felt the urge to write until now. I guess I'm writing you because your article was ABSOLUTELY dead on. Because of that, my morale isn't really high and I really don't give much of a shit anymore. Tweet this 

The problem with all of these people who are walking out the door at MySpace isn't so much the number of them, because MySpace is trying to replace them by hiring more people. It's the fact that the best people are leaving, and taking a lot of the knowledge base with them. Three star senior employees left to go to cross town startup Gravity , we reported earlier this week . 
Share:  The problem with all of these people who are walking out the door at <span class="company">MySpace</span> isn't so much the number of them, because <span class="company">MySpace</span> is trying to replace them by hiring more people. It's the fact that the best people are leaving, and taking a lot of the knowledge base with them. Three star senior employees left to go to cross town startup Gravity , we reported earlier this week . Tweet this 

TechCrunch Friday GiveAway: An Apple iPad #CRUNCH 48 Comments. Buzz it. by Michael Arrington on , 2010. 
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We were somewhat sad when Barnes & Noble sent their PR firm to accept their award for the Nook for Best Gadget of 2009 at the Crunchies in January. Traditionally only Apple blows off the awards, and we've always been able to work around that . But apparently Barnes & Noble are at least aware that they won the award. 
Share:  We were somewhat sad when <span class="company">Barnes</span> & Noble sent their PR firm to accept their award for the Nook for Best Gadget of 2009 at the Crunchies in January. Traditionally only Apple blows off the awards, and we've always been able to work around that . But apparently <span class="company">Barnes</span> & Noble are at least aware that they won the award. Tweet this 

More bad news for an already bullet riddled MySpace : three key employees have left the company to join Gravity , a cross town startup founded by former MySpace COO Amit Kapur , SVP Steve Pearman and SVP Jim Benedetto . We covered Gravity's launch in . The three MySpacer's are Chief Software Architect Chris Bissell (we previously reported Bissell's resignation), Chief Systems Architect Dan Farino and Development Manager Robbie Coleman. 
Share:  More bad news for an already bullet riddled <span class="company">MySpace</span> : three key employees have left the company to join Gravity , a cross town startup founded by former <span class="company">MySpace</span> COO Amit Kapur , SVP Steve Pearman and SVP Jim Benedetto . We covered Gravity's launch in . The three <span class="company">MySpace</span>r's are Chief Software Architect Chris Bissell (we previously reported Bissell's resignation), Chief Systems Architect Dan Farino and Development Manager Robbie Coleman. Tweet this 

Big brands like Kraft Foods and Citi (both are on board) then turn the karmas into real dollar donations to those causes. Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc are examples of the causes. The company has now donated about half of the original $500,000 donated by Kraft and Citi for the test period. 
Share:  Big brands like <span class="company">Kraft Foods</span> and Citi (both are on board) then turn the karmas into real dollar donations to those causes. Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc are examples of the causes. The company has now donated about half of the original $500,000 donated by Kraft and Citi for the test period. Tweet this