Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2011 at 10:46 am PT
Read on about the deets of the doings at the social gaming site.
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Spencer E. Ante and Joann S. Lublin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 13, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
As International Business Machines Corp. prepares to celebrate its centennial on Thursday, the contest to become the company’s ninth chief executive is heating up.
People familiar with the thinking of Chief Executive Samuel J. Palmisano say he is seeking advice on how to handle the transition and that they expect him to designate a successor by appointing a president or operating chief in 12 to 18 months.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 11, 2011 at 4:02 am PT
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.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 5:39 pm PT
No more talk of short term “air pockets” from Cisco CEO John Chambers today. The new phrase is “a period of transition,” and it seems nowhere near over.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT
Air pockets have been transformed into “a period of transition” for CEO John Chambers.
Kara Swisher in News on January 25, 2011 at 2:10 pm PT
BoomTown was looking over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, as I blogged the conference call after Yahoo released its fourth-quarter earnings after markets closed today.
It’s pretty! But Yahoo’s revenue growth–still, not so much. Yahoo exec, though, declared the results “encouraging.”
Kara Swisher in News on December 8, 2010 at 4:10 pm PT
After BoomTown broke the news earlier today that CBS Interactive President Neil Ashe was stepping down from his job, we had a little chitchat as to why and what’s next.
Apparently, a little breathing of some fresh air.
John Paczkowski in News on December 3, 2010 at 3:04 am PT
The all-new QNX operating system that will debut on Research in Motion’s forthcoming PlayBook tablet may well rejuvinate the BlackBerry when it replaces the smartphone’s aging BlackBerry OS. And it may herald a promising new period for the company, but only after RIM has negotiated a potentially painful transition.
Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2010 at 7:51 am PT
Mike Murphy, Facebook’s VP of Global Sales, is leaving the company.
Facebook said the well-known advertising exec decided to step down in order to take some time off, which Murphy said was the case in an interview with BoomTown.
