Neowin News Feed for: Co-founder

Never settle: OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei leaves company after seven years

Usama Jawad — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 03:32:02 +0000

OnePlus co-founder and the face most closely associated with the company, Carl Pei, has apparently left OnePlus to start his independent venture. OnePlus has not officially confirmed this as of yet. Read more...

Instagram gains a new head in the form of Adam Mosseri

Sharath Ravishankar — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:44:01 +0000

Instagram's now-former vice president of product, Adam Mosseri, will take over as head of the company from co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, who had resigned only recently. Read more...

The Pirate Bay rises from its digital ashes -again

Usama Jawad — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:09:31 +0000

The Pirate Bay is back online with a few changes; the site's logo is changed as well as the staff. The site is not fully functional yet but will probably be restored to its original form soon. Read more...

Pirate Bay co-founder hopes the site stays closed forever

Usama Jawad — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:18:01 +0000

"I've not been a fan of what TPB has become...", these are the words of the site's co-founder Peter Sunde as he expressed his thoughts about why he hopes the site stays closed forever. Read more...

Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde released from prison

Usama Jawad — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:10:01 +0000

The Pirate Bay co-founder, Peter Sunde, was freed from prison this morning after five months of time served; he plans to return to building a few different products he started previously Read more...

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested after two years on the run

Andy Weir — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 07:34:46 +0000

Peter Sunde, co-founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has been arrested in Sweden following almost two years on the run, after being sentenced to prison for copyright violations. Read more...

Broadcom Co-Founder Faces Conspiracy and Drug Charges

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:57:23 +0000

Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III was indicted Thursday on fraud, conspiracy and drug charges -- including allegations he spiked the drinks of technology executives and customer representatives with ecstasy and maintained a warehouse... Read more...

In Memory of Dave Morse, Amiga Co-Founder, 1943-2007

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:18:30 +0000

David Morse, Amiga Computer's co-founder passed away last week. I will remember him always. Dave's obituary can be found here. Dave, was always an inspiration to me... not only from back in the old Amiga... Read more...

Skype Co-founder Zennstrom Bows Out

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:44:48 +0000

Niklas Zennstrom, one of the driving forces behind the growth of peer-to-peer file sharing on the Internet, has stepped down as CEO of Skype, according to parent company eBay. The early departure of Skype co-founder... Read more...

Wikipedia co-founder wants open-source search engine

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:59:19 +0000

Does the world need open-source search tools? The people at Wikipedia think so. The folks behind the public encyclopedia have launched Wikia, a project to develop a search engine, crawlers and other... Read more...

Interview with Geoffrey Arone, Flock Browser co-founder

Julio Franco — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:22:05 +0000

Constantly trying out new software is one of the fun benefits of owning a computer. Don't like the way a program functions? Go try another. It was with much surprise to me last week when... Read more...

Yahoo Co-Founder Tells Google to Enjoy It

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 04:00:15 +0000

Speaking during the Web 2.0 conference, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang said he told Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to relish their success. While his company and Google are in an escalating war to... Read more...

Google co-founder promises Safari compatibility with GMail

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:27:45 +0000

When Internet search engine giant Google launched its free 1GB email service, Gmail on April 1, 2004, they did so without support for Apple Computer Inc.'s Safari Web browser. The browser requirement page on the... Read more...

Google Co-Founder Sees New Web Search Competition

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:36:52 +0000

Google Inc., the No. 1 Web search provider, is in the cross-hairs of media services company Yahoo Inc. and software giant Microsoft Corp. -- a fact not lost on Google co-founder Sergey Brin. "There's a... Read more...

Sun Microsystems' Co-Founder to Resign

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 16:14:12 +0000

Bill Joy, a Sun Microsystems Inc. co-founder who most recently served as the computer hardware and software maker's chief scientist, is leaving the company. Joy joined Sun in 1982. "For 21 years, I've enjoyed the... Read more...