Sumeet WadhwaniJack Dorsey Hands Over Twitter’s Reins to Parag Agrawal, Shifts to SquareAfter facing some turbulence last year from billionaire investor Paul Singer’s Elliott Management, CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from his…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniApple Drags “Amoral 21st Century Mercenary” NSO Group to Court, Seeks DamagesTech giant Apple is reportedly suing NSO Group, the developer of the infamous Pegasus spyware. The Cupertino-based company, ranking 4th in…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniPatent Litigations: Apple Fined $300m in Optis Retrial, Google Infringes on Smart Speakers PatentsApple was directed to pay $300 million to Optis for infringing 4G LTE patents while Sonos won a preliminary patent infringement claim…Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniTwitter’s Decentralized Social Media Ambition Has a New Face: Jay GraberTwitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday shifted gears for Bluesky, a decentralized social protocol in the works since 2019. Dorsey…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniEx-Uber Exec Manik Gupta Joins Microsoft to Grow Consumer BusinessesMicrosoft is shifting its focus to consumers, at least for Teams, Skype, and GroupMe. The company on Tuesday announced it hired Manik Gupta…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
Sumeet Wadhwani$400M Facebook-Giphy Deal May Fall Through Courtesy UK’s CMAFacebook’s $400 million acquisition of Giphy last year turned a lot of heads including antitrust regulators CMA, FTC, and Australia’s ACCC…Aug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniWhat’s Going Wrong at Apple These Days?Apple’s new child safety features for upcoming iOS, iPadOS, and macOS releases raise some serious privacy concerns in the industry. The…Aug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniWhat’s Going Wrong at Apple These Days?Apple’s new child safety features for upcoming iOS, iPadOS, and macOS releases raise some serious privacy concerns in the industry. The…Aug 10, 2021Aug 10, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniCEO Pat Gelsinger Unveils a New Roadmap To Turn the Scales Back in Intel’s FavorLong-time Intel insider and current CEO Pat Gelsinger has set out to reestablish the company as THE premier global chipmaker. At the Intel…Aug 10, 2021Aug 10, 2021
Sumeet WadhwaniOusted Intel CEO Bob Swan Ready to Blaze a New Growth Path for Andreessen HorowitzFormer Intel CEO Bob Swan joins Andreessen Horowitz to do what he does best, drive growth in late-stage technology companies. The former…Aug 10, 2021Aug 10, 2021