Jon Rubinstein Joins Board of Qualcomm, as Mobile Chipmaker Ups Its Silicon Valley Cred

The longtime mobile exec is a high-profile appointment.
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It’s Time to Kick Ass and Chew Bubblegum … And I’m All Out of Gum

The tradition I remember was that at 5:59 pm all was quiet around the office, and then at 6 pm all hell broke loose in most of the cubicles as we worked our way through Wolfenstein 3D and then DOOM and Duke Nukem.

– Joel Jewitt of Palm, describing early company culture to Hunter Walk

Veteran Developer-Relations Exec Richard Kerris Leaving Nokia

After a career pitching developers on a particular platform, the former Apple and Palm executive plans to help startups and entertainers plot their own mobile strategies.
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What LG Will Do With webOS

First TVs. Then refrigerators and signage.
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webOS Finds New Life Yet Again, This Time in LG Televisions

LG plans to use the software in its smart TVs, but apparently has no interest in using it for phones or tablets.
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WhaleShark Media Hires CFO With Public Company Experience

Douglas Jeffries has held similar financial roles at Taleo, Palm and eBay.
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As BlackBerry 10 Launches, a Look at the Big Tech Shifts That Made It (And Those That Didn’t)

Apple has managed to shift its underlying technology several times, including moves to a Unix core and to Intel chips. But others, such as Palm, have seen reinvention efforts fail.
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Nice Company You’ve Got There. Shame If Something Happened to It.

I’m sure you realize the asymmetry in the financial resources of our respective companies.

In a 2007 email, Steve Jobs asks former Palm CEO Ed Colligan to stop recruiting Apple employees

Elevation Partners’ Roger McNamee Slams Android, Microsoft and Yahoo in One Fell Scoop

Digging specifically at Android, McNamee said that it is akin to “having a motor scooter at the Indianapolis 500.”
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HP Exec Alan Kessler Leaves for CEO Role at Vormetric

A 3Com veteran leaves to run a company that specializes in encryption.
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Is RIM the Next Palm?