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Global Platform Head Carroll Departs Yahoo for Go Daddy, While Yahoo News Head Leaves for NBC
An internationalization exec and key news exec take their skills elsewhere.
News Byte
Seagate Plans $180 Million R&D Center for Empty Solyndra Plant
The vacated Solyndra solar plant in Fremont, Calif., is getting a new tenant focused on the future of a more mature technology. Seagate Technology on Friday announced plans for a $180 million research and development complex, employing as many as 600 people, to work on next-generation disk drives. The Solyndra plant, highly energy efficient and powered in part with solar panels, is “as close as we could get if we were building a custom facility tailored to our needs,” said Steven Deason, Seagate’s facilities director.Yahoo’s Q1 Earnings: New CEO Will Get Some Satisfaction!
New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is making list and taking names.
Huawei’s John Roese on the Telecom Giant That Wants to Roar: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)
The Chinese company is the world’s second-largest maker of telecommunications and networking gear — and you’re about to hear a lot more from it going forward.
John Roese on Redefining Huawei and the Democratization of Smartphones
Today, Huawei is a $29 billion company. Ten years from now, it hopes to be at $100 billion. The head of Huawei’s North American R&D team is one of the guys charged with making that happen.
Final AsiaD Speakers: Apple’s Phil Schiller and Former VP Al Gore
AsiaD is now ready for launch, with a little taste of Apple and the Veep.
Even More AsiaD Speakers: Yahoo’s Yang, HTC’s Wang, Samsung’s Hong and More!
You want more AsiaD speakers, we got more. And there are more to come, too!
More AsiaD Speakers: Sony, Google+, Microsoft, Hollywood, Huawei and Hot SV Start-Ups!
Here’s the latest list of speakers for the upcoming AsiaD conference, which will take place October 19 to 21 in Hong Kong.
Massive Layoffs Expected at Nokia
Nokia’s decision to make Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS its primary smartphone platform is a bold move. It’s also one that presages a tough next couple of years for the Finnish company and significant layoffs.
Nokia’s Microsoft Partnership: Does the New Strategy Add Up?
Nokia has already announced the key piece of its strategy–a shift to Windows Phone for its future smartphones. Now the company is set to talk about the financial implications of that and go through the rest of its strategy, which includes a mix of Symbian and even a dash of MeeGo. Mobilized has live coverage of the event, which started at around 4 am PT, or noon here in London.