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Today in Tech: Netflix shares plunge 40%
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* Bloomberg reports that Apple (AAPL) may be developing a television set sporting what Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson is "the simplest user interface you could imagine." Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicts such a device could go on sale next year or in 2013. (Bloomberg)
* The "father of the iPod," MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Oct 25, 2011 10:40 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Apple, iPod, Kindle Fire, Meg Whitman, Netflix, Nokia, Steve Job, Tony Fadell, Walter Isaacson -
Good luck, Meg. You'll need it.
Meg Whitman's experience at eBay may make her seem qualified to lead HP's turnaround. But most tech turnarounds -- when they work -- take several years. And this one is likely to be very difficult.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- Most seasoned executives have their share of career ups and downs. And then there's Meg Whitman.
Whitman presided over eBay's rise from a scrappy startup to an e-commerce giant worth $75 billion MORE
Oct 13, 2011 12:40 PM ET -
Today in Tech: How much did Leo Apotheker walk away with?
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* Thanks to an 8K HP (HPQ) filed, we now know ousted CEO Leo Apotheker walked away with almost $10 million in payouts and bonuses. Meanwhile, new company head Meg Whitman will earn $1 -- yes, $1 -- a year, joining former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google execs Larry Page, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 30, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, AOL, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Léo Apotheker, Meg Whitman, Mike Arrington, Twitter -
Today in Tech: Facebook turns profiles into 'Timelines'
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* Facebook unveiled a flurry of new features at yesterday's f8 conference in San Francisco, including "Timelines," a radical re-imagining of the user profile that organizes your activity into a timeline-like format. The new profile (see above) starts rolling out September 29, but if you just can't wait, here's a slightly MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 23, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Daniel Ek, F8, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, Léo Apotheker, Meg Whitman, Silicon Valley, Spotify -
Today in Tech: The trouble with HP's CEO
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* HP's (HPQ) board is weighing its options, and one of them includes kicking out CEO Leo Apotheker after barely a year in and replacing him with former eBay boss Meg Whitman. However, Fortune contributor Eleanor Bloxham argues Whitman, who serves as HP's director and a strategic advisor for Kleiner Perkins, may not be MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 22, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, eBay, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, iPhone, Léo Apotheker, LivingSocial, Meg Whitman -
HP's big reboot: A new board for a new era
HP's five new directors will have little to do with this quarter's likely solid earnings, but they will shape the company for decades to come.
By Ram Charan, contributor
In order to reboot for 2011, Hewlett Packard announced in January that it was bringing on five new members to its board of directors, replacing four others who wouldn't stand for re-election. The move came just weeks ahead of today's earnings announcement, where MORE
Scott Olster, editor - Feb 22, 2011 5:00 AM ET -
Yahoo's Bartz's biggest mistake: playing through pain
The famously volatile Bartz defends her two-year tenure as Yahoo CEO to Fortune and says she's cut out the cuss words -- sometimes.
When Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz opens her mouth, it's likely something quote-worthy—though possibly not fit for print—is coming. Case in point: Last May, the outspoken chief executive told TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington to "f*** off" during a videotaped interview.
But on Tuesday evening, a somewhat more subdued Bartz took MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Dec 1, 2010 11:24 AM ET -
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Facebook is going full-throttle with mobile. The leading social network unveiled three new features yesterday: single sign-on for all FB-enabled apps, the ability for developers to use its location API, and a local deals platform with partners MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 4, 2010 8:29 AM ETPosted in: Alcatel-Lucent, American Eagle, Android, Apple, Carly Fiorina, Facebook, Financial, Foursquare, Gap, Google, Mark Zuckerberg, Meg Whitman, Microsoft, Mobile, Panasonic, REI, Samsung, Starbucks, Tesla, Windows -
California's electoral technophobia
Tech CEOs Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina seemed to have all the pieces in place to take advantage of the nationwide GOP surge. But with tin ears aimed at voters, they couldn't even win their companies' headquarters counties.
By Chadwick Matlin, contributor
Carly! Meg! What happened? You were both so promising. A dream team of former Silicon Valley CEOs—female CEOs at that; Republican challengers in an election favoring Republican challengers; women who MORE
Nov 3, 2010 11:22 AM ET
