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| Sharp Retires Early Retirement Plan Early | | John Paczkowski | | Nov 20, 2012 03:05 pm | | | Sharp's early retirement plan was supposed to run from November 1 to November 14. But the struggling Japanese company was forced to cut it short when it was overwhelmed by volunteers. Sharp said Tuesday it curtailed its early retirement program a week into its two-week run after receiving nearly 3,000 applications -- 1,000 more than it had expected. The company will book a $311 million one-time charge this quarter to eliminate those jobs. read more » |
| Philips' Hue "iLighting" System Won't Ship for Three to Four Months | | Lauren Goode | | Nov 20, 2012 02:03 pm | | | There goes that holiday gift idea. Hue, the new Wi-Fi-controlled, multi-colored lighting system from Philips that's available exclusively through Apple, won't ship for three to four months to consumers who order the kit through Apple.com. Philips said in a statement that there has been "an unprecedented global demand for Philips Hue" and that the company has had to increase production capacity. Kits are available at local Apple stores -- while they're still in stock. read more » |
| Microsoft Announces New VP of International Research | | Mike Isaac | | Nov 20, 2012 01:07 pm | | | Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the company has hired Jeannette Wing to lead Microsoft Research International, the company's applied computing research arm, spanning 13 offices globally with more than 850 PhD researchers in the organization. Previously, Wing did a four-year stint as the assistant director of research for the National Science Foundation, and headed the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University. Wing will join Microsoft at the beginning of the year, heading up oversight for the company's labs in southeast Asia and England. read more » |
| Storify Gets a Face-Lift | | Mike Isaac | | Nov 20, 2012 10:05 am | | | Social media aggregation site Storify debuted a major aesthetic refresh to its Web site on Tuesday morning, revamping the main homepage and tweaking the site's search tools to better surface the most relevant media among the items from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others that are published to users' story streams. The new look comes almost exactly one year after the site last refreshed its user interface. Storify is backed by $2 million in series A funding from Khosla Ventures, with additional angel investments from Henri Lastenouse and Mark Tobias. read more » |
| Loyalty Start-Up Hires Chris Luo of Facebook for Marketing Role | | Tricia Duryee | | Nov 20, 2012 08:15 am | | | FiveStars, a loyalty program that is trying to eliminate the need for punch cards at local merchants, has named Chris Luo as VP of marketing. Luo was formerly Facebook's global head of small and medium business marketing. Before joining Facebook, Luo led acquisition marketing at Google for their AdWords product across all of Asia-Pacific. In August, FiveStars raised $14 million in capital to continue expanding into new markets. read more » |
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