Former eBay CEO Whitman eyes governor’s office

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… Continue Reading

Roundup: EBay’s Whitman to retire, Facebook-Nokia, Yahoo’s layoffs, more

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
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Roundup: EA goes to China, Google-Salesforce, 13-year-old CEO continued, and more

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… Continue Reading

China Wars: Zhou fights back, says Alibaba’s Ma is desperate

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… Continue Reading