Just a week after Nokia’s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was replaced by Stephen Elop, LG Electronics too have announced a change in the position of the chief executive officer. LG has confirmed that Koo Bon-joon (pictured above) will replace Nam Yong after he resigned from the job due to LG’s weakening phone business. LG is […]
Nokia appoints Stephen Elop as new President and CEO
Nokia has dropped a bomb just before Nokia World by announcing a new CEO and President. Stephen Elop who currently heads Microsoft’s Business Division will take the helm from Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Inc. from September 21. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo who served Nokia for the past 30 […]
HP CEO Mark Hurd settles with contractor over sexual harassment case
The world’s largest PC maker got one of the biggest shocks in its corporate history when Mark Hurd resigned as the CEO of HP. The resignation, though seemed was due to the sexual harassment accusation from the contractor but HP says Hurd’s resignation is due to falsifying of expense reports. The HP board that […]
Sony Ericsson turned down Google’s request to build a Nexus One
Here’s an interesting fact revealed by Sony Ericsson’s CEO, Bert Nordberg recently. An interview with Swedish site Sydsvenskan, he claimed that Google initially approached them to make a Nexus One before settling with HTC. But despite seeing it as an opportunity, SE replied negatively because making phones for someone else wasn’t SE very keen […]
Google CEO resigns from Apple’s Board
Well, this was on the cards. Apple has announced that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple’s Board of Directors. The resignation comes after holding this position since August 2006 and the reason behind is unsurprisingly, conflicts of interest. This is what Steve Jobs had to say. “Eric has been an excellent […]
Google CEO uses Blackberry
I know it’s not that shocking but you don’t expect a CEO using its competitor’s product, not at least in public. Eric Schmidt was snapping some pictures from his Blackberry when AP snapped him using the device and put a snarky caption alongside it. Google’s CEO is — gasp! — using a Research In […]