Google execs: We’re doing everything we can to stop piracy

According to Google, it’s doing everything it can to combat content piracy, and Hollywood needs to step up and help.

In response to Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel’s claim that Google is failing to police content theft, Susan Wojcicki, a senior …

‘Do Not Track’ option for consumers within reach by 2013, FTC chief says

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz said he’s hopeful that the majority of big companies online will begin offering a “Do Not Track” option to consumers before the end of 2012.

Leibowitz, who spoke about consumer privacy at the D10 …

Silicon Valley, you’re going to be seeing a lot more of this Hollywood “nightmare”

Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel has a temper. The tech industry better get used to it, because he’s looking north toward Silicon Valley.

Emanuel has built a respected and feared reputation as one of the leading power brokers in Hollywood. The …

Patent investor Nathan Myhrvold is okay with being unpopular, damn it

Intellectual Ventures founder and chief executive Nathan Myhrvold doesn’t need you to like him.

“I’m okay with not being popular. I never was a popular kid in my class, and I’m not a popular kid in this class,” he said, …

Want an example of Zynga’s innovation? How about an Instagram feature for FarmVille?

Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus insists his company is innovative. They hold hackathons, have reinvented the company several times, and are always trying to invent news ways to keep you amused.

But the company is often accused of being a …

Tim Cook: What I learned from Steve Jobs

Apple chief executive Tim Cook turned serious and emotional when he talked about his late mentor and boss, Steve Jobs, at the All Things D conference today.

It was clear that Jobs, who died in 2011 after an extended battle …

Apple chief executive Tim Cook on his new job: “I’ve been loving every minute of it”

The chief executive of the world’s largest company took the stage today at the tenth annual All Things Digital conference, also known as D10, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

“I’ve been loving every minute of it, and I think everyone …