Gay billionaire Thiel's historic speech downplays social issues as he backs Trump

The PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member gave an enthusiastic endorsement of making Donald Trump president despite differences he may have with the GOP's stance on gay issues.

SurveyMonkey hires former HomeAway COO Tom Hale as president

He joins CEO Zander Lurie, who was hired in January.

Workday buys Silicon Valley Big Data startup that raised $95M

No price was disclosed in the acquisition of the San Mateo company that was backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures and Tenaya Capital, among others.

Salesforce scoops up startup run by Facebook data center veteran

The company was run by Amir Michael, who previously helped Facebook design and deploy its custom servers and co-founded Facebook's Open Compute project.

'The system is broken': Why this Twitter vet jumped ship for Tanium

Data breaches can spell disaster for companies, yet there's widespread ignorance of cybersecurity threats. That was an irresistible challenge for Rachel Delphin, a Twitter veteran who jumped to Tanium to help fix a 'broken system' in cybersecurity.

Why this SF-based business messenger isn't scared of Facebook

There's a glut of messengers out there – but S.F.-based Intercom has hit a sweet spot with businesses. The company rolled out a new version of its popular software, and is seeing its revenues explode as it carves out a niche beneath giants like Facebook.

Private equity investor pumps money into Santa Cruz fitness drink maker

The startup sells its beverages at more than 7,000 domestic outlets and in more than 22 countries.

Twitter has made a big change that’s good for small-business owners

Amazon gets into the student loan business in deal with Wells Fargo

Internet-of-things technology is moving quickly; policy, not so much

Why investors aren't impressed by Intel Q2

Shares of AMD rise after stronger Q2 earnings