Tom is News Editor at GigaOM. He has written about nearly everything in the tech industry, including mobile, chips, and Web search, during a decade of work at CNET and IDG News Service. He lives and works in the Bay Area. In 2007, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers selected Tom for the award in Online Excellence, Breaking News for his role in a package of stories called "The Launch of the iPhone."
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Tumblr might become part of Yahoo as early as Sunday night, according to a report that suggests Yahoo’s board of directors is set to consider a $1.1 billion offer for the startup. Read more »
Here you’ll find all our coverage of Google I/O 2013, Google’s annual showcase of its technology prowess. Read more »
You’ll find our live coverage of paidContent Live 2013 here, as media veterans and entrepreneurs gather in New York to talk about the impact of all media becoming digital. Read more at paidContent »
Here’s a roundup of all our coverage from Google’s decision to bring its Google Fiber project to Austin, Texas. Read more »
GigaOM’s coverage of T-Mobile’s “uncarrier” event can be found here. Read more »
For better or worse, we all live in glass houses. Yet social media has made it easier and faster than ever before to throw stones, and that’s not always a good thing. Read more »
You can find all of our coverage of Structure:Data 2013 here, along with links to more info on the conference and a livestream of the action. Read more »
Check out our special retrospective on the history of Hadoop, one of the most powerful open-source data tools ever developed, in this post. Read more »
The business and technology worlds are talking about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In. After reading it, we’re weighing in here. Read more »
Here’s a roundup of all of our coverage from SXSW — both the legendary Interactive section and the relatively new education conference. Sorry, no up and coming musicians. Read more »
Facebook’s new redesign wasn’t exactly an overhaul, but focuses on some of things people most enjoy sharing on the service: photos and content. Read more »
Starting at 10am PT, we’ll be live-blogging Facebook’s News Feed announcement from Menlo Park. Stay tuned for updates on how Facebook has rethought one of its most important features. Read more »
If you can’t make it to San Francisco tonight, check out a live stream of the Crunchies here. Read more »
After five crazy years, it seems that Apple’s breakneck-growth might be settling into a more reasonable pattern. With years of strong growth still left in the mobile industry, it’s not exactly time to panic. Read more »
Keith Rabois, one of the most prominent faces behind Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s side project in mobile payments, Square, has decided to leave the company. Read more »
Looking for a new platform for blogging, and finding that existing sites aren’t sufficient? You might check out Quora’s new blogging platform, which it plans to release Wednesday, that will allow users to create posts on the site and share information. Read more at paidContent »
How did the most important public companies on GigaOM’s radar fare in the fourth quarter? Here’s our roundup of quarterly report cards. Read more »
John Oliver will be hosting the 2012 Crunchies. He will be funny. Read more »
Five finalists have been chosen in 20 different categories for the 2012 Crunchies awards, and we’re proud to release the worthy nominees today. Voting for the winners starts today, and the winners will be announced January 31st. Read more »
Pop quiz: what secrets were revealed at the Apple-Samsung trial? Who shunned Microsoft’s mobile software back when it mattered? What had folks tweeting up a storm this year? Find out below. Read more »
Research in Motion must regain the confidence of the U.S. smartphone buyer if it wants to once again thrive. CEO Thorsten Heins thinks that support from U.S. carriers is going to help in a big way, as those companies look for a third handset supplier. Read more »
Apple and HTC have agreed to settle all outstanding patent litigation between the two companies, signing a ten-year licensing deal but not disclosing financial terms. The settlement ends one of the most prominent battles over Google’s Android smartphone operating system. Read more »
Mobile technology is an invaluable tool for modern businesses and even political campaigns: at least, when it works. As Mitt Romney’s campaign found out the hard way this week, the mobile web is an afterthought to many and beta testing is a good thing. Read more »
Tickets go on sale today for the 6th annual Crunchies, which we’re proud to host along with Techcrunch and Venturebeat to salute the best the tech industry has to offer. Read more »
Government is one of the most important and outdated areas of our lives when it comes to the impact that technology design principles have had on the way cities, states, and the federal government operate. Code for America wants to change that. Read more »
Here you’ll find live coverage of GigaOM RoadMap 2012, as well as a link to the livestream of the event. Join us for what promises to be one of the most interesting and wide-ranging discussions we’ve hosted all year on design in the age of connectedness. Read more »
What should be done with Twitter prankster @ComfortablySmug? The topic sparked quite a discussion among GigaOM staffers this morning, and we decided to share it with you all, thinking you might want a glimpse into how we think about our world. Read more »
Here you’ll find our live coverage of Structure Europe 2012, as we talk to some of the best minds and brightest stars behind the cloud revolution with a special focus on how Europe is helping change the game. Read more »
Steve Jobs knew that design was the foremost element in translating computing advances born of the clunky world of engineers into something for the average human. But not all design breakthroughs need to stop the world: sometimes, thoughtful incremental improvements can be just as profound. Read more »
Is Microsoft really thinking about competing directly with its trusted Windows Phone partner Nokia? The folks who know for sure aren’t saying, but Nokia CEO Stephen Elop believes that even if Microsoft chooses that option, Nokia has contractual rights to unique technology. Read more »
You’ll find all of our Mobilize 2012 coverage here, as well as a livestream of the event. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of mobile devices, networks, and software. Read more »
Apps are old-school: on the desktop anyway. Launching a browser-based version of its popular music service could let Spotify reach more users and allow people to access its services from multiple locations. Read more at paidContent »
Oregon also knows how to throw an interesting tech and music-themed conference. Portland will host the PDX conference in early September, with GigaOM moderating one of the interesting panels on mobile trends, social tech, and digital-media milestones. Read more »
Google set its sights squarely on the cable Internet industry with the launch of Google Fiber. While it has a long way to go before truly disrupting that mammoth industry, cable executives are watching a few of Google’s idea very closely. Here’s a list. Read more »
It was a rough weekend for the internet. While Friday’s problems with Amazon Web Services and other sites could be chalked up to some wicked thunderstorms, several sites went down Saturday for periods of time thanks to problems with the “leap second.” Read more »
Samsung has been dealt another patent blow and this time it involves a product that isn’t woefully out of date. Apple has been awarded a preliminary injunction against sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus — an important product for Google’s Android strategy — in the U.S. Read more »
To live and work in the technology industry is to be obsessed with the possibilities of the future, and to not spend very much time thinking about the past. But there are some historical events that deserve reflection, and we at GigaOM are proud to present […] Read more »
Google is expected to focus much more on the Web during the second day of its Google I/O show, with news expected about a new cloud service that you first heard from GigaOM. Just like yesterday, we’ll be providing live coverage of the event here. Read more »
After a month dominated by Apple’s introduction of iOS 6 and Microsoft’s reveal of the Surface tablet, it’s Google’s turn Wednesday at Google I/O 2012 to share a vision of the future of computing, and we’ll be providing live coverage from the keynote here. Read more »
