News Byte
Liz Gannes in Social on June 30, 2011 at 9:29 am PT
U.S. President Barack Obama, whose re-election campaign recently announced that he’ll start personally tweeting from
his Twitter account every once in a while, is going to take questions from Twitter users. A live-streamed
Obama town hall will be held July 6 at the White House on the topics of the economy and jobs. And maybe what he ate for breakfast.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 26, 2011 at 5:35 am PT
Safra Catz’s re-appointment as Oracle’s finance chief kicks off a new round of corporate Kremlinology over who will ultimately take over for Larry Ellison as CEO.
Kara Swisher in News on March 22, 2011 at 4:28 pm PT
Sources close to Groupon, the social buying site, said its president and COO, former Yahoo exec Rob Solomon, is stepping down from his job.
It’s not clear what the reasons for Solomon’s departure are, but the move seems to be sudden. It is also unusual given the fast-track trajectory of Groupon, which is currently considering an IPO at gigantic
badillion-dollar valuations.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 17, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT
It took two years and $350 million, but America now has a detailed map showing where all its broadband Internet connections are and where they are not.
John Paczkowski in News on February 11, 2011 at 10:35 am PT
Looks like Nokia’s search for a new North American chief to succeed President Mark Louison has turned up a willing replacement: Former Microsoft executive Chris Weber.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 11, 2011 at 4:19 am PT
The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers makes a short case for the National Wireless Initiative.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 26, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Technology references were numerous in the president’s speech to Congress last night. His call for for a national wireless broadband network will reignite a long-simmering debate over spectrum allocation, pitting TV broadcasters against the FCC.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 28, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT
Shareholders suing HP want to make public the letter that cost Hurd his job as CEO. He disagrees, and has asked a judge to let him become a party to the lawsuit.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 20, 2010 at 10:36 am PT
JibJab went for a bit of a narrower focus on American politics in its annual original music video recap of the year, constructing a regretful duet between U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
