Published on October 20, 2010 by Technology Slice
Facebook has recently acknowledged that some of its more popular apps, like Farmville and Mafia Wars is in fact, selling user data to outside parties and in direct violation of Facebook privacy policies. After a report by the Wall Street Journal Sunday, October 17, 2010, about a breach of privacy on the popular social networking [...]
Tags: Apps, Breach, facebook, mafia wars, Privacy Issues, Privacy Policies, Privacy Sake, Social Networking Site, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, yahoo, Yahoo Finance
Posted in Internet
Published on August 15, 2010 by Technology Slice
Apple Manager Arrested For Kick Backs – An Apple manager with responsibilities for the company’s contract manufacturing in Asia was arrested Friday and charged with accepting kickbacks. Global supply manager Paul Shin Devine was charged with accepting $1 million in kickbacks from half a dozen Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories in a federal [...]
Tags: Andrew Ang, Apple Business, Asian Suppliers, Civil Suit, Contract Manufacturing, Favorable Terms, Federal Indictment, Global Supply, Half A Dozen, Indictment Charges, iphone, Ipod Accessories, Jin Li, Jose Mercury News, Kick Backs, Kickbacks, San Jose Mercury, San Jose Mercury News, South Korea, Wall Street Journal
Posted in General
Published on August 14, 2010 by Technology Slice
Zynga Hires MySpace CEO – Former Facebook Inc. executive and MySpace Chief Executive Owen Van Natta has been hired by Zynga Game Network Inc. as executive vice president of business operations, a Zynga spokeswoman confirmed on Friday. Zynga’s association with Van Natta, who left News Corp.’s (NWS,NWSA) MySpace in February, was previously reported by the [...]
Tags: Business Operations, Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Dow Jones, Dow Jones Newswires, Executive Vice, facebook, Game Network, mafia wars, Marketwatch, Myspace, News Corp, Nws, Nwsa, Owen Van Natta, Prominence, Social Networking Service, Spokeswoman, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Posted in Internet
Published on July 23, 2010 by Technology Slice
Nokia Profits Drop Increasing Pressure On CEO – Nokia reported a sharp drop in second-quarter profits on Thursday and forecast a weak third quarter, increasing the pressure on embattled chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. The firm, which makes every third mobile phone sold in the world, was rocked by two profit warnings and a management shake-up [...]
Tags: 1980s, Broadcaster, Chief Executive, Chief Financial Officer, Cnbc, Company Lawyer, Finnish Company, google, Industry Sources, iphone, Jorma Ollila, Launch, N95, Pekka, Profit Warnings, Quarter Profits, Reuters, Rivals, Speculation, Wall Street Journal
Posted in Money
Published on July 20, 2010 by Technology Slice
Emirates Orders New Boeings – Fast-growing Emirates Airline of Dubai will announce today it is ordering over 30 Boeing 777 jets, a month after it ordered 32 A380 superjumbo jetliners, The Wall Street Journal reported. The catalog value of the latest transaction is estimated at more than seven billion dollars, the Journal said, citing a [...]
Tags: A380 Superjumbo, Aviation Services, Billion Dollars, Boeing 777, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Rival, Boeings, Capital Aviation, Catalog Value, Emirates Airline, European Aeronautic Defense, European Aeronautic Defense And Space Co, Farnborough International Airshow, General Electric, General Electric Capital, General Electric Co, Hampshire England, Jetliners, Jim Albaugh, Wall Street Journal
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