architecture

Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO

Kara Swisher in News on January 4 at 6:08 am PT

Like I said.

PayPal Loses Top Payment Exec to Google, Appoints New Head

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 26, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT

PayPal’s Osama Bedier has resigned after eight years at the eBay-owned company, and will take a job at Google.

Intel Beats Earnings Expectations Despite Slower PC Market

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 13, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT

Earnings were up a record 48 percent, while PC revenues were flat and data center sales grew.

Intel Finds Tablets Easy to Swallow

John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2010 at 11:45 am PT

Tablets and how to respond to them. That, according to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, was “the big question on everyone’s mind” yesterday during the company’s earnings call. And he did come prepared with an answer: Tablets are just another growth opportunity for Intel, one that the company plans to take good advantage of.

Exclusive: Yahoo Social Platforms Head Neal Sample Departs for eBay

Kara Swisher in News on August 27, 2010 at 7:49 pm PT

In yet another major departure from Yahoo in recent days, Yahoo VP for Social Platforms Neal Sample has left the company for eBay, where he will be the chief of the e-commerce giant’s architecture. After being contacted by me after I’d heard about his departure from several Yahoo staffers, Sample confirmed the move, as did a company spokesperson, but did not provide other details. It was less than a week ago that Yahoo Communications Products Head Jason Titus also left the company.

Full D8 Interview Video: HTC CEO Peter Chou

Kara Swisher in D8 on July 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm PT

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held in early June. Here’s Walt Mossberg’s interview with HTC CEO Peter Chou, who has transformed HTC from a contract handset manufacturer into a smartphone powerhouse. Big enough, in fact, to get in a very big legal fight with Apple.

HTC CEO Peter Chou Live at D8

John Paczkowski in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 11:54 am PT

HTC, a company which once built devices for other brands, is today a powerful brand itself. And CEO Peter Chou is largely responsible for that. Over the past few years, he has transformed HTC from a contract handset manufacturer into a smartphone powerhouse, a company that ranks behind only Nokia, Research in Motion and Apple in global smartphone shipments.

One Obvious Question for HTC CEO Peter Chou at D8: How About Them Apple (Patents)?

Kara Swisher in D8 on March 3, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Before Apple lobbed a patent infringement lawsuit at Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC yesterday, we were lucky to get its CEO, Peter Chou, to agree to appear at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference to talk about its work making smartphones for Google and others. That interview obviously got a whole lot more interesting with the epic legal action by Apple alleging that HTC infringed some 20 patents related to the iPhone’s graphical user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.

One Obvious Question for HTC CEO Peter Chou at D8: How About Them Apple (Patents)?

Kara Swisher in News on March 3, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Before Apple lobbed a patent infringement lawsuit at Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC yesterday, we were lucky to get its CEO, Peter Chou, to agree to appear at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference to talk about its work making smartphones for Google and others. That interview obviously got a whole lot more interesting with the epic legal action by Apple alleging that HTC infringed some 20 patents related to the iPhone’s graphical user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.

Apple: At My Signal, Unleash Hell …

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 2, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

And there it is. Apple has filed suit against HTC, the manufacturer of a number of smartphones running Google’s Android OS, claiming the company infringed some 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s graphical user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.