Only just over half of Microsoft employees have confidence in Steve Ballmer’s performance as CEO, according to a Glassdoor.com survey. While Ballmer has always had his naysayers after taking over from golden boy Bill Gates, now it seems a chunk of these people might be his own employees.
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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”
Apple confirmed it has Steve Jobs succession plans at the company’s annual shareholders meeting yesterday in case the currently absent CEO is unable to return to work. Details after the jump!
There’s no denying the BlackBerry Storm had a buggy introduction. It suffered crashes, freezes and all manner of strange volume issues. But far from apologising for its shonky software, the man in charge of BlackBerry just claimed crumbly smartphone software is part of a “new reality”.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health disclosures and recent step down have triggered a wave of support on the internet, but now it seems investors unhappy with how Apple has handled the announcements could sue.
Steve Jobs has announced he will step down as Apple CEO until the end of June, citing “more complex” health issues as the reason behind his leave of absence. He’s leaving Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, in charge while he’s gone. So who is he?
Read on, and find out everything there is to know about Cook, the man now tasked with filling the biggest shoes in the tech industry.