| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Acer Co-Founder, Chairman Shih To Leave PC Maker In June
| | | IDG News Service - After six months as Acer's chairman, company co-founder Stan Shih plans to step down on June 18, saying he is satisfied with the PC maker's new direction. (Computerworld)
Why This Is Important: Acer will appoint a new board in June, which will then appoint a new CEO. The company has continued to struggle as the PC market declines, but it hopes to go forward with new software and services.
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| | #2 | iPhone 6 Rivals Have Wasted Their Chance To Cut Apple Off At The Knees
| | | Let me present you with a business scenario: you know what your biggest rival and industry leader is going to do. In fact you've had a good idea for the last few years. (Forbes)
Why This Is Important: Now would be the time for Samsung and LG to introduce something groundbreaking into the market, rather than low-cost copies of their existing products.
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| | #3 | Target CEO Steps Down After Data Breach
| | | Target is replacing CEO Gregg Steinhafel with CFO John Mulligan, following last year's massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 70 million customers. (Mashable)
Why This Is Important: Target was criticized for waiting almost a month before notifying its customers after the issue became public. Consumers showed their displeasure through sales, with Target reporting loses in February.
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"[Last week's] ruling reinforces what courts around the world have already found: that Samsung willfully stole our ideas and copied our products. We are fighting to defend the hard work that goes into beloved products like the iPhone, which our employees devote their lives to designing and delivering for our customers." -- Apple statement
| | | Blog Post of The Day | Devices That Know How We Really Feel
By Nick Bilton
Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook. We all get riled by technology once in a while, with all those feeble batteries, endless updates and spinning wheels of death. But what if our devices could see it coming? What if they could pick up the tics and tells of our brewing anger — or, for that matter, any other emotion — and respond accordingly? More » |
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