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- News to know: Apple; Salesforce.com; CRM; Microsoft; PayPal
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable? DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PayPal, CRM, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- The brain drain from Apple to Palm
- Bloomberg reports that Palm rebuffed a request from Apple CEO Steve Jobs in August 2007 that the companies stop hiring each others employees. Then Palm CEO Ed Colligan pictured left dismissed Jobs' proposal saying: Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the others employees, regardless of...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Business Ethics, Product Development, Public Relations, Leadership, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Apple, Palm rivalry redux: Poaching examined
- Former Palm CEO Ed Colligan reportedly rebuffed Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who wanted to prevent Palm from hiring his employees. According to a Bloomberg report , Colligan rejected a proposal from Jobs to refrain from poaching each other's employees. The August 2007 missive between Jobs and Colligan...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Palm Pre, Recruitment & Selection, Smart Phones, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Palm hopes high with Rubinstein at the helm
- Palm's move to name Jon Rubinstein CEO may solidify the company's prospects and may foreshadow a series of design hits, according to analysts. On Wednesday, Palm named Rubinstein CEO as Ed Colligan stepped down. The leadership handoff is expected to be seamless. Colligan will join Elevation Partners,...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Analyst, Jon Rubinstein, Leadership Handoff, Smart Phones, Leadership, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- News to know: Palm CEO; Barry Diller; iPhone upgrade; Iomega; MS Money
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm injects Apple DNA: Colligan out as CEO; Rubinstein in Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Barry Diller: The Internet 'Absolutely'...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Iomega Corp., Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Palm injects Apple DNA: Colligan out as CEO; Rubinstein in
- Palm on Wednesday named Jon Rubinstein as chairman and CEO. Ed Colligan, Palm's chief for 16 years, is stepping down. With the move, Palm gets some Apple DNA in its executive suite. Rubinstein takes over June 12 and Colligan will join Elevation Partners, which has bankrolled Palm's...
- Tags: DNA, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Jon Rubinstein, Biotechnology, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Palm CEO: WebOS bigger than just the Pre base
- Updated: Amid weak fiscal third quarter results, Palm CEO Edward Colligan said that the company is well positioned to launch the Pre and promised a roadmap of smartphones and an application ecosystem built on the company's new WebOS. Â Bottom line: Palm envisions an entire product line built on the WebOS....
- Tags: Palm Inc., WebOS, Pre, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Marketing Research, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Scoreboard: The highest and lowest rated leaders in tech
- When I looked up technology executives on Glassdoor.com to see how they were rated by their employees, I was surprised at how they naturally divided themselves into two groups. I picked 14 leaders and they ended up dividing evenly between seven rated 62% or higher and seven rated 48% or...
- Tags: Employee, Steve Ballmer, Leader, Approval, Glassdoor, Leadership, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Palm: Demand tanks ahead of Pre launch; Pre needs to save the day
- Palm said Tuesday that its third quarter sales will be well below expectations as customers wait for the Pre to launch. Delays in Treo Pro shipments didn't help matters either. The result: Palm said its fiscal third quarter sales will be between $85 million and $90 million....
- Tags: Palm Inc., Pre, Managerial Accounting, Sales Strategy, Product Development, Smart Phones, Finance, Sales, Research & Development, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Palm kills old OS; no battle between Pre and iPhone yet
- It was a fun ride, PalmOS. Thanks for paving the way and doing your best to keep up with changing times. But it's time to move on. We've got a younger, hipper and stronger operating system warming up on the sidelines, ready to take the reins for you. (Oh yeah,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Operating System, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Palm OS, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- We have reached the end of the Palm OS
- With the announcement of the Palm WebOS in January we knew this day was coming and according to PreCentral Ed Colligan confirmed that the only Palm OS devices coming in the future may be Centro devices from other carriers. Palm ended dedicated PDA/non-phone devices a couple of years ago and...
- Tags: Operating System, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Operating Systems, Handhelds, PDAs, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Palm's Pre and OS: Home-run announcements at CES
- The odds were against a comeback by Palm as it prepared to make news at the Consumer Electronics Show. The smartphone space suddenly got crowded by the big names - iPhone, Blackberry, Android. And poor Palm - a pioneer in PDAs and smartphones - got pushed to the bottom. ...
- Tags: Operating System, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- CES 2009: Liveblogging Palm's press conference [day 3]
- Scroll down for newest info -- wireless is spotty! PALM IS ALIVE AND WELL Here's the whole press conference, from start to finish: 1:36PM EST: I'm sitting in the second row of Palm's very crowded press conference in a large ballroom...
- Tags: Card, Facebook, Phone, Palm Inc., Ed Colligan, Sheryl Sandberg, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Palm scores a $100 million lifeline to keep up the fight
- The cavalry has arrived for Palm - in the form of a $100 million injection from Elevation Partners announced today. The company, which has been burning through cash, will now be able to afford some promotion for Nova, the new Palm OS expected to be announced at CES, as well...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Cavalry, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-22
- Palm CEO: It's not too late for us; Is it a dead company walking?
- Is Palm a dead company walking or just one in a rough transition to a set of next generation products that will return the company to past glory? Palm CEO Ed Colligan clearly believes Palm is that latter. He argues Palm's next generation devices, which won't really...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Palm OS, Finance, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- Palm: On track to become a historical footnote
- Remember when Palm - maker of the Pilot and Tungsten PDAs and later the Treo smartphone - was the dominant player in the handheld device business? Today, it's a completely different landscape. Apple's iPhone has recently dominated the smartphone space. RIM is making a big push with the launch of...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Palm moves more than 1 million smartphones in quarter
- Palm moved a lot of smartphones--1,029,000 to be exact--and revenue was well ahead of expectations, but the company's turnaround is still a work in progress. The company, which has been living off the $99 Centro, is hoping to raise margins with its new Treo Pro, which currently...
- Tags: Revenue, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Palm Treo, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Ryan Block's last day as Engadget editor-in-chief ends with 1 year update on the state of Palm
- Ryan Block is ending his role as editor-in-chief at Engadget to pursue a new gadget site opportunity with long-time buddy Peter Rojas and I wish them both the best of luck and look forward to seeing what they come up with. As a fitting end to his role at Engadget,...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Engadget, Ryan Block, Smart Phones, Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Career, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- News to know: Apple; AMD; Metasploit; Yahoo; Open SUSE
- Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Wagering on WWDC 2008 TUAW: Rumor: Mac OS X 10.6 to debut at WWDC 08? News.com: Third-party iPhone applications to arrive Monday Tech Trader Daily: How Big Is The Potential Market For the Apple iPhone? ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SuSE, E-TEN, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
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