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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

In December 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, and Germany declares war on the United States. Now I knew that it began in the early days of World War II as a crash program to reduce the losses of bombers to the German air defense network. What Does WWII Have to Do with Silicon Valley? Just a quick history refresher.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. Facebook’s acquisition of Face.com will enable the social network to embed face recognition software into its photo app.

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