Tim Cook and Apple made a rare appearance at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday, taking the time to berate the market for low price, poor quality tablets. Do his words debunk the theories of an 8-inch iPad? Read more
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RIM’s joint CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have stepped down; the announcement sees Thorsten Heins stepping up to the plate to try and turn things around for the ailing mobile firm.
But while the world at large lays into RIM and the BlackBerry brand, we’ve decided to take a look at what’s been going right for the company, and which of Balsillie and Lazaridis’ recent wins will see it through. Read more
Day one on the job as CEO and Tim Cook has already set the stage for his tenure leading Cupertino’s finest. In an email released this morning, he lead off by saying, “Apple is not going to change” and that “we are going to continue to make the best products in the world”. He also confirmed Steve Jobs new role as Chairman, a position which will provide guidance and inspiration for the company. While the future of Apple’s products remains in peril, addressing concerns out the gate is a great way to start.
Apple has said “no” again to shareholder demands that it publish a public succession plan for the day when Steve Jobs steps down permanently. Right now Steve Jobs is on medical leave indefinitely and Tim Cook is in the hot seat but shareholders want a clear public plan to say who’ll do that job for good…
Nokia has appointed Canadian Stephen Elop as its new president and CEO, as of September 21. Elop currently heads up Microsoft’s Business Division, and has worked for Adobe and Macromedia in the past. The WSJ reported back in July that Nokia was looking for a new CEO to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who has been at Nokia for 30 years, and leaves with a severance payment of €4.6 million, as dictated by his contract.
Talk has been circulating that Nokia are looking for a new CEO, with the WSJ at its root. Rumour has it that Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is on his way out, and Nokia are scouting around for a new CEO. Reasons given in the WSJ are that Nokia has “struggled to find traction for the company in the market for high-end smartphones”