Neowin News Feed for: Ceo

Yahoo holding special event on Monday amid Tumblr acquisition rumours

Ben Buffone — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:31 +0100

Yahoo have announced a 'product-focused' event will take place on Monday amid rumours of a possible acquisition of Tumblr. Will the rumours prove to be true or is this unrelated? Read more...

Intel names COO Brian Krzanich to be its new CEO

John Callaham — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:22:51 +0100

Intel has announced that its current chief operating officer Brian Krzanich will be taking over as CEO of the chip maker on May 16th, succeeding Paul Otellini who announced his retirement months ago. Read more...

BlackBerry CEO predicts demise of tablets within five years

Andy Weir — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:11:55 +0100

BlackBerry's CEO thinks users will no longer want tablets within five years, claiming they "are not a good business model", adding that BlackBerry will be "the absolute leader in mobile computing." Read more...

BlackBerry CEO: Windows Phone and Android are “not mobile computing platforms”

Andy Weir — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:00:46 +0000

Following earlier comments about the iPhone's "five year old" UI, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has taken a shot at Windows Phone and Android, saying they're "not mobile computing platforms." Read more...

Samsung CEO: "Lackluster demand" for Windows devices

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:45:44 +0000

Samsung's new co-CEO, JK Shin, has complained about Windows in the market, saying there is "lackluster demand" for Windows products, and smartphones and tablets "aren't selling very well" Read more...

Lenovo CEO says that buying BlackBerry “could possibly make sense”

Andy Weir — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:39:36 +0000

For the second time this year, comments from a Lenovo executive have hinted at interest in a possible takeover of BlackBerry, with Lenovo's CEO stating that such a deal "could possibly make sense". Read more...

Sony Chairman Howard Stringer to step down in June

Ben Buffone — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:57:56 +0000

The current Sony Chairman is set to retire this June at the annual shareholder's meeting after working at Sony for over 16 years. Stringer will use the transition to "pursue new opportunities". Read more...

Steve Ballmer talks Surface, Windows 8 and the future of Microsoft

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:05:46 +0000

In an interview given to MIT's Technology Review, Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer talks about his company and their plans with the Surface Pro Tablet and the vision with Windows 8. Read more...

Nvidia CEO: Windows RT will result in a wonderful PC

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:10:37 +0000

Nvidia's CEO had some very nice words to say about Microsoft's Windows RT. According to him Microsoft's efforts in this space will end up being the right bet and resulting in wonderful PCs. Read more...

TweetDeck threatened with closure by UK government

Andy Weir — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:56:39 +0000

British government agency, Companies House, has told Twitter that its UK TweetDeck subsidiary faces the threat of dissolution, after the company missed two deadlines to file accounts. Read more...

Google's Larry Page: Facebook does a "really bad job"

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:12:48 +0000

Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page has made a bold statement against Facebook in an interview, saying they do a "really bad job on their products" without elaborating much further Read more...

RIM CEO: "I don't expect things to get much worse"

Andy Weir — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:32:44 +0000

After two years of declining market share and disastrous headlines, RIM is focusing on the future. Its CEO, Thorsten Heins, hopes that the worst is over, and has been talking up the new BlackBerry 10 OS. Read more...

“A great tablet is better than a cheap PC” says Nvidia CEO

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:11:29 +0000

The tablet market is booming and Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsung Huang has suggested that consumers are starting to realise that tablets may be the better option when purchasing a new computing device. Read more...

Marissa Mayer is Yahoo!'s new CEO

Nathan Tsui — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:09:10 +0100

Marissa Mayer, a vice president at Google, has resigned from the search engine company to helm one of its rivals. She starts as President and CEO of Yahoo! on Tuesday. Read more...

Larry Page addresses health concerns

Paul Ferson — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:51:37 +0100

Google's Larry Page was unable to attend the company's annual shareholder meeting, prompting discussion of his health. Page has since sent out an email to Google employees addressing these concerns. Read more...

Ousted Yahoo! CEO told board he had cancer

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:29:43 +0100

According to a new report, Scott Thompson, former CEO of Yahoo!, told the company's board of directors he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer before resigning. Read more...

Best Buy CEO resigns; "personal conduct" to blame

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:17:33 +0100

Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn resigned unexpectedly today and later in the day the company said it was conducting an investigation into Dunn's "personal conduct" before he stepped down. Read more...

Sony's new CEO admits it could get into "serious trouble"

John Callaham — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:12:12 +0000

Sony's newly named CEO Kazuo Hirai admits in an interview that the company could get "in some serious trouble" if things don't turn around for Sony and its operations Read more...

RIM CEOs step down, hand over the keys

Brad Sams — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:24:53 +0000

The Co-CEOs of RIM have reportedly stepped down and COO Thorsten Heins will become CEO. The news is not entirely unexpected as the company has been struggling for some time. Read more...

Kazuo Hirai rumored to become Sony president in April

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:21:33 +0000

An unconfirmed news report claims that Sony will name Kazuo Hirai as the company's new president in April, replacing Howard Stringer who would continue as Sony's CEO. Read more...