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Robert D. Hof

Robert D. Hof

Hof is BusinessWeek's Silicon Valley bureau chief. Robert D. Hof is the Silicon Valley bureau chief at BusinessWeek, a position he assumed in 2002. Prior to this, he was a senior correspondent, responsible for covering semiconductors, telecommunications, and other technology. Hof has covered a wide range of beats since joining BusinessWeek in 1988, including tech, state politics, retailing, and environmental issues. He now covers Internet media and e-commerce as well as tech-influenced innovation across many industries. Before BusinessWeek, Hof spent five years as a business writer for the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif. Hof holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Jose State University.

Recent Articles by Robert D. Hof

November 8, 2009

Why Google Is Buying AdMob

In a move likely to give a big boost to the mobile-phone ad market, Google announced on Nov. 9 that it's buying AdMob, a provider of mobile ad technologies, for $750 ...

November 4, 2009

The Geekdom of Google

Googled:The End of the World as We Know ItBy Ken AulettaPenguin Press; 384pp.; $27.95 In just the past four years, Google (GOOG) has been profiled in no fewer than six...

October 20, 2009

Yahoo: Online Advertising Has Stabilized

While no match for the resurgent third quarter reported by Google a few days earlier, Yahoo's (YHOO) results and its forecast for current-quarter sales beat analysts' ...

October 15, 2009

Google's Great Expectations

After nearly a year of revenue slowdowns and cost-cutting, Google is gearing up to take advantage of a recovering economy. Adding to a series of positive earnings ...

October 1, 2009

Can Google Stay on Top of the Web?

High on a wall of the lobby at Google's (GOOG) sprawling headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., a projector displays a live sampling of the 2.5 billion searches made ...

September 18, 2009

Google Launches DoubleClick Ad Exchange

Google is about to launch its most potent weapon to date in the battle over the $15 billion market for display ads—the pictorial banners and videos that support most ...

September 2, 2009

YouTube Explores Renting Movies Online

The video-sharing site YouTube is hoping its attempt to woo Hollywood studios will go better this time. Sources close to the discussions with studios say that YouTube ...

August 13, 2009

Keeping the Faith in Silicon Valley

For months, Saeed Amidi has heard all the talk of doom and gloom in Silicon Valley. Layoffs are on the rise, venture capital investments are plunging, and tech ...

August 6, 2009

Betting on the Real-Time Web

John Borthwick speaks softly, but he can't hide his excitement. Co-founder and chief executive of the New York Internet media incubator betaworks, Borthwick is an ...

July 29, 2009

Yahoo Gives In to Microsoft, Gives Up on Search

Ever since Microsoft (MSFT) made its $45 billion bid for Yahoo (YHOO) in early 2008, it was clear the software giant was serious about taking on arch-rival Google ...