Today in Tech: Will Sony lay off thousands of employees?

April 9, 2012: 3:30 AM ET
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* Just who exactly is new Research in Motion (RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins, and how does he intend to turn around the struggling smartphone company? An inside look. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
* Sony (SNE) reportedly plans to eliminate 10,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, as early as December reports Nikkei. (Nikkei via Reuters)
* IBM's (IBM) four prior CEOs were offered memberships with the Augusta National Golf Club, so why shouldn't Virginia Rometty gain entrance? Why the all-male golf club has become the center of a gender debate. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Despite officially launching on Easter Sunday, a day when many AT&T stores were closed for the holiday, Nokia's Lumia 900 phone may have sold well thanks at least in part to healthy sales on Amazon (AMZN). (The New York Times)
* Square COO Keith Rabois explains how the popular company will move beyond payments. (Business Insider)
* Randi Zuckerberg, sibling of Mark, is co-producing a tech-focused reality show for Bravo dubbed "Silicon Valley." Already, the show has come under fire for a cast that doesn't include well-known Valley figures. (TechCrunch)
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JP Mangalindan
JP Mangalindan
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With a background in consumer products and pop culture trends, JP Mangalindan has brought his ability to spot the next big things to his coverage of the tech industry for Fortune.com, writing on topics as diverse as the evolution of net neutrality and the influence of social media. A graduate of Fordham University, Mangalindan has written for GQ, Popular Science, Entertainment Weekly, and nymag.com. He lives in San Francisco.

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