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Facebook provides free tool for translating sites
News Translations for Facebook Connect allows Web developers to tap technology that has been used to translate the social network itself into 65 languages.
Tags: Web 2.0, Site, Web Site, single sign-on, authentication, Google OpenSocial, Lee, Web 2.0, board, Facebook
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
New Palm brand design chief hails from Apple
News Jeff Zwerner becomes Palm's fourth executive with experience at its rival smartphone maker.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Apple iPhone, brand, public relations, Smart phones, director
Willcox leaves Telstra board early
News Telstra director Peter Willcox has stood down from the Telstra board three months early due to his involvement in the James Hardie asbestos law suit.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Telstra Corp., chairman, audit, telecommunications company, secretary, director, board, Business development/management
Netscape, Ning founder joins HP board
News Founder of Netscape, Ning and the Andreessen Horowitz VC firm was appointed to Hewlett-Packard's board of directors, effective immediately.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Hewlett-Packard Co., Marc Andreessen, social networking, Mark Hurd, entrepreneurial, Netscape Communications Corp., board
Microsoft gives shareholders 'say on pay'
News Company's board agrees to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation every three years.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., Compensation, Brad Smith, general counsel, shareholder, analyst, board of directors, board
Report: Apple board to discuss Schmidt replacement next week
News Directors will meet next week to talk about who can fill the role recently vacated by the Google CEO, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., chairman, CEO, Eric Schmidt, desktop operating system, Steve Jobs, board
Google ups director compensation awards
News Google directors who are not employees of the company will get a one-time stock grant, as well as yearly payments in cash and stock.
Tags: Leadership, Financial, Apple Inc., Paul Otellini, Compensation, Stock, Eric Schmidt, BusinessWeek, board of directors, Financial
Google CEO resigns from Apple board
News Eric Schmidt, who has been on Apple's board of directors since 2006, is stepping down because of a growing number of conflicts of interest.
Tags: Mac OS, Web browsers, Leadership, Apple Inc., Google Inc., FTC, Apple Safari, CEO, Apple OS, Eric Schmidt
Former Joost CEO ousted as chairman
News Mike Volpi has been removed from the board by a shareholder vote and Joost is investigating his actions during his time as chairman and CEO, according to the company.
Tags: Leadership, Video, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., intellectual property, chairman, board of directors, Video, board, Leadership
Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
News Apparent purchase of PlaceBase may explain why Apple required Google Latitude to be a Web-based app and not a native iPhone app.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Google Inc., Apple Inc., mobile, PlaceBase, Google Latitude Episode, Business Strategies & Functions, Dell Latitude, Web Browser, Eric Schmidt
Nortel CEO steps down
News Bankrupt Canadian networking company is now without a chief executive, as Mike Zafirovski and most of board of directors have departed.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business Strategies & Functions, Nortel Networks Corp., Bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Avaya Inc., CEO, networking company, network, asset
On2 shareholders unhappy with Google offer
News Lawsuit challenges the acquisition of the video-compression software company on grounds that it undervalues the company.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Web browsers, Video, Stock, Class Action, New York Post, Delaware Chancery Court, shareholder, Web browsers
Report: HP mulls merging printer, PC units
News Tech giant is reportedly considering reuniting the units, which were combined and then separated in 2005 under two different chief executives.
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Wall Street Journal, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach each other's workers
News The two companies are said to have had an agreement not to actively recruit each other's employees--at least that is before Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Worker, Eric Schmidt, antitrust, hiring, Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., board, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
