When you think of handbags and fashion, you don’t typically think of technology, but that’s exactly what Uri Minkoff, CEO of Rebecca Minkoff, thinks about. Originally the founder of a software company, Uri thinks of ways he can utilize technology…
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The chief executive of London’s Heathrow will stand down from the job later this year, the airport announced Tuesday. No immediate reason was given for the departure of Colin Matthews from the post, which he has held since April 2008. Matthews said…
The Microsoft executive shakeup continues today as the company has officially appointed Phil Spencer as the Head of Xbox, picking up where former Xbox Leader Don Mattrick left off. Don Mattrick notably left the position to become CEO of Zynga not too…
“The focus is going to be very keyboard centric,” BlackBerry CEO John Chen told Reuters in a new interview published today. For over a year now, BlackBerry has been trying to push consumers smartphones that have looked and felt more like an Apple…
A new post on ZDNet reports that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to make a big announcement regarding the company’s software on iPad at 10 a.m. Pacific tomorrow. Conventional wisdom points to the debut of the long-awaited touch-optimized version…
Mere days after a private beta build of an upcoming version of the upcoming BlackBerry 10.3 update leaked onto the web, BlackBerry CEO John Chen has posted a rather angry blog post on the official BlackBerry blog swearing revenge on individuals who…
I recently sat down with Michael Chasen, former co-founder/CEO of BlackBoard, at SXSW to discuss his brand new app called SocialRadar. As may have guessed by the name of the app, SocialRadar is a social discovery app, but instead of using location…
Early this morning, Mt. Gox officially filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo, Japan, confirming reports that the company had lost 750,000 bitcoins—with a current estimated value of roughly $477 million—were lost. According to CEO Mark Karpeles…
After yesterday’s news of the shutdown of Mt. Gox—formerly one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the world, and certainly still the most famous (or infamous)—people have been watching and waiting for any signs of life at the Tokyo-based company…
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and most notable virtual currency, is experiencing a major crisis as Mt. Gox, once one of its biggest exchanges, has gone dark, its CEO having disappeared. As a result, Bitcoin owners the world over may have lost a sizeable…
Today, Google announced a partnership with San Mateo, California-based vision processor firm Movidius to enable the next generation of apps to better see and comprehend the world. The team-up is part of Google’s Project Tango, the tech giant’s effort…
Ghanaian Rapper C-Real surprised his mum with a car gift on Valentine’s Day. . The Rapper, who is also the…
Originally published on Planetsave. President Obama meets with Kenguru CEO Stacy Zoern (photo: kenguru.com). More than three million Americans can celebrate when they hear this story. Made in the USA but in demand worldwide, the Kenguru—a driver-only…
A post on the Verge today reports that the talks between tech giants Apple and Samsung to try and resolve their patent disputes out of the courtroom have failed. Citing a few different news sources out of Korea, it seems that Samsung’s co-CEO JK Shin…
Been under a rock this past week? We’re here to get you up to speed. Watch our Wrap-up video or scroll down to read about the biggest stories from the past week in tech. Microsoft Names Satya Nadella as its New CEO Microsoft has led a very public…
Just like Nollywood screen diva Genevieve Nnaji who was caught smoking by Charles Novia few months back, another star actress…
Were you out of the loop this past week? Quite a bit happened in the tech space — fortunately, you live in a world where the Weekend Wrap-up exists. Watch the video and read the text. Absorb the past week in tech news. Become one with it. Lenovo Buys…
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg West Editor-At-Large Cory Johnson discusses reports that Microsoft will promote enterprise and cloud chief Satya Nadella to CEO on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube…
The long search for a new CEO—begun when current Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer announced his impending retirement back in August—may soon be coming to an end. A post on Re/code today cites “numerous sources close to Microsoft” as confirming that…
We’ve covered the continuing efforts of emerging economies to provide key medicines for their populations at affordable prices. To do that, they often invoke their right to use compulsory licensing to bring down costs. For understandable reasons, the…