SoftBank was behind four of the five biggest venture capital deals last quarter
It’s raising the stakes in Silicon Valley.
Amazon has replaced Google as the company that freaks out corporate America the most
It’s the new corporate boogeyman.
Alibaba is doubling its R&D spend to $5 billion — but that’s less than a third of what Amazon spends
Alibaba plans to spend $15 billion over the next three years.
Venture capitalists are spending more money on fewer deals
New data offers some stats on what’s behind the boom.
Americans are spending more time on media thanks to multitasking
Not all media is equal.
AOL’s instant messenger service still has (had) an audience of 500,000 a month
It never really made it on mobile.
Netflix spends more than any other streaming service on content
It’s also raising its prices.