Twitter is gearing up to make some executive moves
There's a lot in motion at Twitter right now—for starters, prominent Twitter investor Chris Sacca is pushing for interim CEO Jack Dorsey to remain on as permanent chief exec. Sacca is OK with the idea of Dorsey serving as CEO both at Twitter and Square. In the scenario, Twitter global revenue head (and rumored CEO candidate) Adam Bain would become president and COO of the company, and Evan Williams would take over as executive chairman for Dorsey. At least one Wall Street analyst is interested in the same scenario, according to USA Today. Meanwhile, reports suggest that former CEO Dick Costolo will be leaving Twitter's board after a new CEO is named. And Dorsey is showing signs of faith in Twitter's future by upping his share stake in the company. — Kyle Alspach
How to turn SXSW into DC tech success
D.C.'s leaders have big aspirations for expanding the city's tech startup scene—and the Washington, DC Economic Partnership has gotten good at leveraging SXSW to do just that. As the face of the city's efforts to support and expand tech startups in the District, the organization has set out ambitious new plans for the coming year to put a spotlight on D.C.'s potential for economic growth. Learn more about the group's ambitions in our full story here.
The drama behind the DCHacks hackathon
Last weekend, DCHacks hosted its first-ever event, but it was far from an easy journey. Though the group in the end brought together more than 250 high school students and 30 tech mentors at Cvent’s headquarters for the event, lawsuits and other challenges dogged the heels of the organizers the whole way through. Find out more about the behind-the-scenes drama in Chris Bing's story here.
The history of government agency hacks
The hacking of the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system is far from the only time a government agency has been hacked. It's bad enough when private companies are hacked by criminals or foreign nations, but government agency hacks seem like especially unwelcome news. And if anything, the attacks are becoming more frequent. Check out our roundup of other high-profile hacks of government agencies here.
The FTC is flooded with sharing economy comments
The FTC has started to look at how to regulate Uber, Airbnb and other sharing economy companies, and comments are pouring in. More than 2,000 comments have come in so far, including from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) and industry groups like the Internet Association and the Consumer Electronics Association. Find out what both influential groups and hundreds of regular people think the future of the sharing economy should look like in the Hill's article here.
