YouTube ends time limits
Cromwell Schubarth - 12/09/2010
YouTube has ended time limits on videos for users who obey its rules and post original content.
Once-contaminated property gets cleanup
Martin Ricard - 12/06/2010
Whenever you see a bunch of pipes sticking out of the ground on a fenced-in property on a major thoroughfare, something strange must be happening, right?
Defunct biotech company sued over hazardous dumping
Joshua Melvin - 12/03/2010
Two leaders of a now-defunct Burlingame biotech company are being sued for dumping hazardous chemicals left over when the business closed its doors in 2008.
YouTube unveils 'skippable' ads
Elizabeth Kim - 12/02/2010
YouTube launched its TrueView format that includes 'skippable' ads.
Tony's Sports Novelties loves Giants
Gideon Rubin - 11/26/2010
To spend a day in the shoes of the sports memorabilia shop's owner is like running a pawn shop, only there's no need to question the authenticity of the merchandise.
'Going to School Meant Nothing'
Gideon Rubin - 11/26/2010
To spend a day in the life of this travel agency co-owner is to work hard for the love of it and enjoy providing personal service.
YouTube, French, filmmakers reach deal
Staff - 11/25/2010
YouTube and top associations of French authors, filmmakers and other creative artists say they have struck an agreement to put more TV shows and movies online in France.
Sequoia Ski & Board Shop alert
Gideon Rubin - 11/24/2010
Renato Confortola is the owner of Sequoia Ski & Board Shop, an athletic specialty store on El Camino Real that has been open since 1966.
Cinemark launches San Bruno XD auditorium
Staff - 11/22/2010
Cinemark Holdings, Inc., a leading motion picture exhibitor, recently opened new Cinemark XD, Extreme Digital Cinema auditoriums at the Century 20 Downtown Redwood City Theatre in Redwood City the Century at Tanforan Theatre in San Bruno and the Century 14 Downtown Walnut Creek in Walnut Creek.
Friends make deli "go-to place"
Maura Hurley - 11/17/2010
They have no time for vacations or girlfriends, they miss out on family gatherings, and despite a 25-year friendship they rarely get to hang out together anymore. It may not be much of a life, but for Mike Kharsa and Miguel Mejia, it's just part of making a living as owners of Grand Leader Market and Deli on San Mateo Avenue.
YouTube tests smart 'topics' on videos
Tom Krazit - 11/09/2010
YouTube thinks it has found a better way to help its users find exactly which videos they're looking for on its site: smart tags.
Suspicious bottle was likely a prank
Martin Ricard - 11/03/2010
San Mateo Avenue was shut down for more than two hours today while police investigated a suspicious bottle found near a gutter that was later determined to be probably nothing more than a mischievous prank.
Social sharing underused by marketers
Kimberly Canedo - 11/02/2010
Responsys, Inc., a leading global provider of on-demand email and cross-channel marketing solutions, today announced the release of "SWYN, FTAF and Community Links," a new report from Responsys that shows that the adoption of share-with-your-network (SWYN) functionality still trails that of forward-to-a-friend (FTAF). Meanwhile, the practice of including community links in emails has soared to the point that the vast majority of retailers now include links to their Facebook pages, Twitter streams and other online communities.
ENXSUITE appoints Kenneth Starkey
Jennifer Kutz - 10/19/2010
ENXSUITE, creator of the world's first and most extensive energy performance management platform, today announced the appointment of senior information technology executive Kenneth Starkey to its advisory council. With more than two decades of IT leadership experience, Starkey will help steer ENXSUITE toward continued business growth.
It's Never Too Latte to achieve success
Maura Hurley - 09/21/2010
Despite a struggling economy, owner Charles Kasuma has fashioned a coffee spot that gets involved.
Numerate receiving $6.75M from Feds
Staff - 09/08/2010
San Bruno-based Numerate, a biotech company focused on changing the process of creating medical drugs, is set to announce Thursday a three-year contract with the Department of Defense through its Transformational Medical Technologies totaling $6.75 million.
SocialShield chosen by AOL
Jessica Fletcher - 09/08/2010
Underscoring the growing need for comprehensive online tools that monitor social activity and reputation, AOL has selected SocialShield to power its new AOL SafeSocial offering, a service that lets parents monitor their kids' online activities. The patent-pending SocialShield technology provides parents with a 360-degree view of what kids are doing online. AOL chose to make the technology the foundation of their SafeSocial offering after an extensive partner search.
YouTube ads soothe copyright fears
Cromwell Schubarth - 09/03/2010
YouTube is reportedly finding growing success in defusing copyright confrontations by splitting ad revenue from unauthorized uploads with content owners
YouTube headed upscale at Guggenheim
Douglas MacMillan - 08/24/2010
YouTube will fill the cylindrical atrium of New York's Guggenheim Museum with video installations that may feature anthropomorphic sneakers, avatars from virtual world Second Life and a woman turning into an animated crow.
Numerate, Intellikine end cancer drug deal
Ron Leuty - 08/11/2010
Numerate Inc., a San Bruno company that develops drugs through a combination of computer science and statistics and traditional medicinal chemistry, said it and Intellikine Inc. have ended a cancer drug research collaboration.
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