Former eBay CEO Whitman eyes governor’s office
Meg Whitman, former chief executive of ecommerce giant eBay, has taken her first step in a run for the California governor’s office. Whitman announced on her new campaign website today the formation of an “exploratory committee” to seek the Republican nomination.
Despite never having held elected office, Whitman has already enlisted backing from prominent Republicans — most notably former Governor Pete Wilson, who is chairing her campaign. Whitman doesn’t have a full platform up yet, but… Continue Reading
Roundup: EBay’s Whitman to retire, Facebook-Nokia, Yahoo’s layoffs, more
1. EBay CEO Meg Whitman prepare to retire
2. Open Source revolution continues, with Intel
3. Microsoft purchases virtualization co., Calista
4. Cleverset, software recommendation co., sold
5. Yahoo has some small layoffs coming
6. Facebook-branded Nokia handsets?
7. LifeLock, anti-credit fraud co., gets $25M
8. Online ad co., Spotrunner, draws buzz
9. Jobs snubs both Amazon and Google
10. Coventi Pages gives up the ghost
11. Singapore opens search engine contest
EBay chief exec Meg Whitman is preparing to retire — Whitman, the most visible female… Continue Reading
Roundup: EA goes to China, Google-Salesforce, 13-year-old CEO continued, and more
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Our post about the 13-year-old CEO founder and chief executive of Elementeo, Anshul Samar, attracted an impressive number of outside links, briefly crashing VentureBeat’s site. Take a look at the additional video after the jump below to see him articulate his idea on stage under questioning. He says he is from Silicon Valley, and doesn’t want the adults to have all the fun.
Electronic Arts, the Redwood City video game publisher said… Continue Reading
China Wars: Zhou fights back, says Alibaba’s Ma is desperate
Zhou Hongyi, chairman of Chinese search engine start-up Qihoo, defended himself Sunday against allegations that he may have embezzled from or defrauded Yahoo China before leaving that company last year.
In a phone interview, Zhou (pictured here) responded to VentureBeat’s article on Friday that reported Yahoo China is about to file a lawsuit against him. That article was based on an interview with a source close to Yahoo China familiar with the suit preparations.
Zhou dismissed news… Continue Reading