Neowin News Feed for: Executives

Top executive team leaves Twitter as company struggles

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:28:01 +0000

A top team of executives is leaving Twitter as soon as today. The company is losing its VPs of media, engineering and product development, while hiring a new head for its PR division. Read more...

Three key executives of AMD depart as the company struggles to keep up with Intel

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:20:01 +0000

Following recent layoffs, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices has now announced the departure of three key executives as part of an ongoing plan for reorganization within the company. Read more...

Samsung accuses LG executives of "deliberately destroying" its washing machines

Andy Weir — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:23:09 +0000

Samsung has accused LG executives of vandalising its washing machines in retail stores shortly before the IFA trade show in Berlin, but LG says the quality of parts in Samsung's machines was "weak". Read more...

Former HTC executives launch new smartphone brand, Kazam

Andy Weir — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:13:57 +0000

Two of the many executives to have recently left HTC have launched Kazam, a new smartphone brand promising a range of devices with "stunning design, robust hardware and outstanding customer service." Read more...

Microsoft out second parody video featuring executives

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:55:35 +0000

Similar to the previous "Gmail Man" video parody, Microsoft have made another video parody showing the "normal" lives of four senior Microsoft executives as they carpool to work Read more...

Apple's obsession with secrecy

Sam Symons — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:21:30 +0000

Remember that iPhone 3G ad that Apple ran when the phone was first announced? It turns out that it might not be so far from the truth after all. Apple seems to be a company... Read more...

Three MySpace executives leave to start new company

Sam Symons — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:14:03 +0000

TechCrunch is reporting drama in the world of MySpace; three of the executives from popular social networking website MySpace are leaving the company, in order to start a new one. This new company will be... Read more...

SEC Charges 4 More Former Nortel Executives

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:19:17 +0000

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged four more former Nortel Networks Corp. executives with accounting fraud, alleging they manipulated reserves to change Nortel's earnings statements on the orders of more senior officers of... Read more...

Top Executives of Thai Samsung Electronics Arrested

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:58:36 +0000

Park Kwang-kee, managing director of Thai Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a Samsung subsidiary in Thailand, and Kim Chung-jun, the company's general manager, were arrested in Bangkok and turned over to the police's economic and cyber... Read more...

Former Adelphia Executives Report to Prison

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:20:58 +0000

After fighting one of the US's largest corporate fraud cases, Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas and his son Tim Rigas, the company's former chief financial officer, reported to federal prison in North Carolina today; the... Read more...

Former CNet Executives Subpoenaed in Stock Options Probe

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:32:55 +0000

CNet Networks, a San Francisco based media conglomerate which provides online technology news and reviews, has just disclosed today that several former executives were subpoenaed in May 2007 as part of an ongoing investigation by... Read more...

Microsoft shuffles more executives

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:11:51 +0000

Microsoft on Wednesday shuffled around several more executives as part of its ongoing restructuring of the company. In the most significant of the shifts, senior vice president Orlando Ayala will move from his role overseeing... Read more...

Top Apple Executives Make Graceful Exits

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:17:06 +0000

News Analysis: Apple Computer will look to a rising new generation of managers to ensure that the recent departure of two of the company's three most prominent managers won't spell the end to Apple's vibrant... Read more...

Infineon Executives Guilty of DRAM Price-Fixing

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:34:52 +0000

Four executives at German memory vendor Infineon Technologies AG and its U.S. subsidiary have pled guilty to charges of illegally setting prices for PC memory chips, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The sales... Read more...