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Editor’s note: WRALTechWire publishes today the second in a new series: In-depth interviews with Triangle entrepreneurs, each of which will include multiple parts. Our second package focuses on Eric Boggs, founder and former CEO of Argyle Social who recently launched RevBoss. WRALTechWire Insider columnist and entrepreneur Joe Procopio will be having candid conversations over a beer with our profile subjects throughout 2014. Also included with each package will be a Q&A that goes beyond standard business and video interviews with WRALTechWire Editor Rick Smith.The Q&A and video interviews will be published later today. DURHAM, N.C. –  Here’s the concept....

From the smallest and newest of ventures to Triangle tech giants, executives and entrepreneurs as well as corporations shared spotlight at WRALTechWire’s second Full Steam Ahead awards.   A crowd representing the best and brightest of the Triangle’s technology and life science communities assembled at Full Steam Brewery in Durham on Thursday to see which individuals and companies would take home top honors. A sizable group of entrepreneurs also attended from Wilmington.   With two exceptions – life-time service and special achievement – all winners were determined by WRALTechWire subscribers. The voting was much heavier and much closer than...

Tumblr Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Karp, a 26-year-old who started the company in 2007, signed a note announcing Yahoo! Inc.’s $1.1 billion acquisition with the salutation, “F— yeah.” Beyond just expressing elation, Karp was making a statement that the New York-based company will retain its distinctive and irreverent character under a new owner. The phrase is common parlance at the social-media upstart, used in the titles of some of its most popular blogs. In its own statement on the deal, Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) echoed the idea of giving Karp and Tumblr a wide berth, saying it “promises not...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can’t afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday in New York, Microsoft unveiled a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. If it flops, the failure will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon as its stranglehold on personal computers becomes less relevant in an era of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. If Ballmer is right, Windows 8 will prove that the world’s largest software maker still has the technological chops and marketing muscle to shape the future of computing. “This is going to...

Note: The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of WRAL Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com. DURHAM, N.C. – Fittingly enough, the latest batch of startups opened their new offices in the Bull City on Monday for the start of the second “Durham Startup Stampede.” On the heels of these entrepreneurs running the Bull City streets, so to speak, two other events on Wednesday and Thursday also are spotlighting entrepreneurship. Can there be any doubt that Durham is now strengthening its grip as the real hub for startups in the Triangle? The Council for...

Note: The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of WRAL Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com. DURHAM, N.C. – The American Tobacco Historic District and ad agency McKinney will share some of the media spotlight with Cree when President Obama and members of his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness gather in the Triangle on Monday. Obama will tour Cree, talk with workers and meet with Cree Chief Executive Officer Chuck Swoboda, who has become almost a familiar face to the president through a campaign stop at Cree and other meetings. Obama is pushing more...

SAN FRANCISCO — Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) co-founder Larry Page is known for his vision, passion and intelligence. Yet there is a fair amount of concern that Page’s other known traits — his aloofness, rebellious streak and affinity for pursuing wacky ideas — might lead the company astray. Page takes over as CEO on April 4 as fast-rising rivals and tougher regulators threaten Google’s growth. Investors used to Google Inc.’s consistency in exceeding financial targets worry that new leadership will bring more emphasis on long-term projects that take years to pay off. And many people still aren’t sure he has...