San Jose-based Acer readied the launch of its CloudMobile smartphone to the Chinese market, but when journalists showed up for the press event, a spokesperson said the launch had been cancelled, according to Reuters. A unit of Alibaba, which took part in the project, released a statement explaining that Acer had faced pressure from Google and pulled the plug.

According to the San Francisco Gate, numerous Bay Area tech companies have helped the Romney campaign with their digital campaign strategy. SFGate cites Facebook, Twitter, Google, Eventbrite, Rally and Square as some of the tech companies the Romeny camp has reached out to. "These companies allow us to be so much more successful because they bring their expertise to bear and allow us to be able to better glue together the best minds," Romney digital campaign manager Zac Moffatt said during an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt.

Drawbridge, a mobile advertising start-up based in San Mateo, has added Eric Rosenblum as VP of product, according to AllThingsD. Rosenblum moves from Google to Drawbridge, a two-year-old company that has 21 employees.

The National Association of Women Business Owners SF Bay Area, which has been around for 21 years, is still helping businesswomen in the area succeed.

The author of The Thick of It has written a pilot episode about the world of social media for an American television company that focuses on the new centre of power: Silicon Valley.