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Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been known throughout the world as being a one-trick pony, drawing 97% of its revenue from online-advertising. A Barron's article today discusses a new book on Google from Ken Auletta which makes a bullish case for the behemoth near-term, but raises some questions about ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- nGenera Corporation(TM), a provider of collaboration software solutions and services, today announced that Tammy Erickson, Managing Director of nGenera Collaboration Services and one of the world's Top 50 business thinkers, will deliver the opening keynote address at Enterprise 2.0 on November 3 in San Francisco. Ms. Erickson's session, titled What Business Executives Really Think About E2.0, looks at the technology-enabled transformation underway within major corporations. Leveraging 2.0 effectively represents a significant challenge for organizations with strongly ingrained traditional practices. In ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Unity Technologies, the leading provider of the multi-platform game development platform for Web, PC, Mac, Wii and iPhone, today announced that it has secured Series A financing of $5.5 million. The investment round was led by Sequoia Capital, the venture investors behind well-known technology brands such as Apple, Electronic Arts, Google and NVIDIA. The financing round also included David Gardner, the CEO of Atari, and Diane Greene, founder and former CEO of VMware. Roelof Botha, partner at Sequoia Capital, and Greene will be joining the board of directors. Unity is a professional solution that combines a full development platform with a 3D game engine in an integrated software package that enables high performance 3D interactive content including console quality browser games, iPhone and Nintendo Wii games. The Unity platform is currently used in world class games such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online by Electronic ...

SAUSALITO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/21/09 -- While approval ratings are commonplace for most politicians, it's also becoming an important measure for CEOs courtesy of Glassdoor.com, a career website that supports greater workplace transparency where employees and jobseekers can review and rate companies, CEOs, job interviews, and disclose their salaries and total compensation packages. While the majority of CEOs on the highest rated list have better approval ratings than President Obama's current 50% in the latest Gallup poll (as of 10/20/09), 20 out of the total 25 CEOs had their respective approval ratings decline since last quarter. Coming out in the top spot for the third consecutive quarter is General Mills' Ken Powell (96%), followed by Edward Zore of Northwestern Mutual (90%), Steve Jobs of Apple (90%), Eric Schmidt of Google (87%), and A.G. Lafley at Procter & Gamble (87%). "Employees present a valuable barometer on the inner workings of companies, particularly in times like these. Glassdoor provides a constructive outlet to share ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Levick Strategic Communications, a global leader in high-stakes crisis and litigation communications, announced today that President and CEO Richard Levick, Esq. was named to the 2009 "Directorship 100," the prestigious list of "The Most Influential People in the Boardroom" as determined by The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Directorship magazine. Each year, The Directorship 100 identifies those leaders who ...