Facebook (FB) names VP of engineering and 5-year vet Mike Schroepfer its new CTO. Schroepfer's predecessor, Bret Taylor, left last June to found a startup. [View news story]
The Apple-Samsung war entered full circus mode today as witnesses took the stand. An "accounting expert" argued Samsung (SSNLF.PK) should pay just $27K (no typo) for use of Apple's (AAPL) patents (previous), since that's what he thinks it would cost Samsung to design around them. Later, a frustrated Judge Koh told an Apple attorney he should know better than to ask for a long list of witnesses "unless you are smoking crack." The attorney denied doing any such thing. Closing arguments are due on Tuesday. [View news story]
Who cares about a couple hundred mill? Think of the children!
Facebook (FB) names VP of engineering and 5-year vet Mike Schroepfer its new CTO. Schroepfer's predecessor, Bret Taylor, left last June to found a startup. [View news story]
The Apple-Samsung war entered full circus mode today as witnesses took the stand. An "accounting expert" argued Samsung (SSNLF.PK) should pay just $27K (no typo) for use of Apple's (AAPL) patents (previous), since that's what he thinks it would cost Samsung to design around them. Later, a frustrated Judge Koh told an Apple attorney he should know better than to ask for a long list of witnesses "unless you are smoking crack." The attorney denied doing any such thing. Closing arguments are due on Tuesday. [View news story]
Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AME, APD, BIIB, BTU, CNC, COL, DD, DLPH, EMC, GNTX, ITW, LMT, LXK, MO, NXPI, PCAR, RAI, RF, SAP, SNV, SPG, T, UA, UPS, VMED, WHR, WU [View news story]