Amit Chowdhry | August 25, 2011 | 1,800 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Apple Inc., Ron Johnson, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has posted a new organization chart that showcases the Tim Cook as the new CEO and Steve Jobs as the Chairman. Apple SVP of Retail Ron Johnson is still listed, even though he will most likely be joining JCPenney as CEO. Below is Cook’s new bio:

Amit Chowdhry | August 24, 2011 | 652 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, Tim Cook

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs has resigned to become the Chairman of the board. The Apple Board of Directors has selected Apple COO Tim Cook as the new CEO effective immediately. Tim Cook had previously filled in for Jobs when he was on medical leave. In my personal opinion, I believe Jobs is leaving at a good time. The company is one of the biggest in the world and the new generation iPhone is out. Just like Bill Gates and Eric Schmidt you can still help make crucial company decisions as the Chairman, but you don’t have to work as hard as a CEO. Below is a letter from Steve Jobs:

Amit Chowdhry | August 24, 2011 | 368 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google, James Cole, US Department of Justice

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has settled with the U.S. Justice Department for $500 million to avoid prosecution on charges that they knowingly accepted millions of dollars in illegal ads from online Canadian pharmacies. Google said that they banned the advertising of prescription drugs by Canadian pharmacies in the U.S. “some time ago,” but “it’s obvious with hindsight that we shouldn’t have allowed these ads on Google in the first place,” said the company.

Amit Chowdhry | August 24, 2011 | 669 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Inc.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has hit Samsung pretty hard by having the Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, and Ace smartphones placed under a preliminary injunction that halts the sales of that device in 30 European countries. This ruling was made by a court in the Netherlands and is caused by a patent dispute between Apple and Samsung.

Amit Chowdhry | August 24, 2011 | 876 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Facebook

If you are like me, you must have “Liked” many pages on Facebook and now those Pages have taken over your News Feed, which makes you extremely annoyed. The problem is that Facebook doesn’t seem to have a separate section that shows you everything that you have Liked that would have made it easy for you to remove the pages from News Feed. Here are a few simple ways to “Unlike” many Pages at once:

Amit Chowdhry | August 23, 2011 | 483 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jason Goldman, Jon Crosby, Lift, Obvious, Obvious Corporation, Tony Stubblebine, Twitter

Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have announced a new project called Lift. Lift is expected to be a new application that will unlock the human potential, whatever that means. This project will be under the company Obvious Corporation, which was founded by Williams several years ago.

Amit Chowdhry | August 23, 2011 | 505 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Sony Corporation, Sony Tablet S

Sony has been teasing the public for a while about an upcoming tablet that they will be launching. Originally the code-name for the tablet was the Sony S1. Now rumored has it that the device will be officially called the Sony Tablet S. The specs of the Tablet S include: 9.4-inch (1280×768) screen, Android 3.1 operating system, integrated IR blaster, and dual cameras (3.0MP in the front, 5.0MP on the back). [Engadget]
Amit Chowdhry | August 23, 2011 | 645 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Sprint, Sprint Nextel

Good news for the loyal Sprint customers. Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) will start selling the new version of the iPhone in mid-October according to sources with The Wall Street Journal. The new iPhone is expected to be called the iPhone 5. This could help Sprint retain their customer base and may help AT&T win regulatory approval for the acquisition of T-Mobile.
