Ev Wiliams is stepping down from Twitter’s board of directors effective at the end of the month, according to documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
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Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime retires (and Bowser claims the castle)
Reggie Fils-Aime is retiring after more than a decade spent as president of Nintendo of America. His career spanned many console generations, starting with the troubled Gamecube and ending with the fabulously successful Switch. Reggie will be succeeded by Doug Bowser, who has worked under him for the last four years.
View More Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime retires (and Bowser claims the castle)IFTTT co-founder Linden Tibbets steps down as CEO, replaced by turnaround specialist Chris Kibarian
After raising $24 million in funding led by Salesforce in April 2018, the startup IFTTT — which provides an API platform so that people can create short scripts for apps to work together — has announced that its co-founder Linden Tibbets has stepped down as CEO after 10 years leading the company. Chris Kibarian, who […]
View More IFTTT co-founder Linden Tibbets steps down as CEO, replaced by turnaround specialist Chris KibarianWilliam Barr confirmed to lead the Justice Department
On Thursday, the Senate voted to confirm Trump nominee William Barr as the next head of the Justice Department. Barr was nominated to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions who fell out of favor with the Trump administration and resigned last year. Barr will step in for acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, who controversially stepped […]
View More William Barr confirmed to lead the Justice DepartmentLyft brings on Uber’s former global head of internal audit
The battle between Uber and Lyft, which are both expected to go public this year, continues. Today, Lyft announced the hire of Michelle DeBella, formerly Uber’s global head of internal audit, as its own VP of finance strategy. DeBella will be responsible for ensuring Lyft meets its objectives around scaling. She’ll systematically review Lyft’s operations, […]
View More Lyft brings on Uber’s former global head of internal auditGoogle takes Hire, its G Suite recruitment platform, to its first global markets, UK and Canada
The recruitment market is big business — worth some $554 billion annually according to the most recent report from the World Employment Confederation. In the tech world, that translates into a big opportunity to build tools to make a recruiter’s work easier, faster and more likely of success in finding the right people for the […]
View More Google takes Hire, its G Suite recruitment platform, to its first global markets, UK and CanadaItem tracking startup Adero is laying off 45% of staff, just weeks after it pivoted
Pivots can be the making of a startup, helping teams refocus on a good idea when previous things haven’t worked. But sometimes, they are just one more step on a difficult track. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Adero — an Amazon-backed maker of Bluetooth-enabled tracking tags that until last December was known as TrackR — is laying […]
View More Item tracking startup Adero is laying off 45% of staff, just weeks after it pivotedFacebook’s head of comms hits the road after 8 years at the company
Facebook head of communications Caryn Marooney is leaving for greener pastures, she announced today, on Facebook of course. She joins the growing number of executives and high-level employees departing the company during and after what may be its toughest year.
View More Facebook’s head of comms hits the road after 8 years at the companySonos CFO Michael Giannetto will retire later this year
At the tail end of its shareholder letter for Q1 2019, Sonos disclosed that the company’s chief financial officer, Mike Giannetto, will be retiring “later this year.” Giannetto has been with Sonos for seven years, helping to guide the company through its IPO back in August of 2018. As for who will take over the […]
View More Sonos CFO Michael Giannetto will retire later this yearNYC launches partnership network, “The Grid”, to help grow urban tech ecosystem
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and CIV:LAB – a nonprofit dedicated to connecting urban tech leaders – have announced the launch of The Grid, a member-based partnership network for New York’s urban tech community. The goal of the network is to link organizations, academia and local tech leaders, in order to promote collaboration […]
View More NYC launches partnership network, “The Grid”, to help grow urban tech ecosystemLittleBits lays off employees as it shifts focus toward education
New York City open-source maker startup LittleBits began to lay off staff last month, TechCrunch has learned. The loss of jobs comes as the company looks to shift more focus toward the K-12 market. Education-specific offerings have been lucrative for the company in its eight-year existence, but recent products have found the company embracing licensed […]
View More LittleBits lays off employees as it shifts focus toward educationVice Media will lay off 10 percent of its staff
Vice Media plans to cut 250 jobs — about 10 percent of its total workforce. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news. When contacted by TechCrunch, a Vice spokesperson confirmed the story but declined to comment further. This comes after a brutal couple of weeks in the media business, as companies began the year with major […]
View More Vice Media will lay off 10 percent of its staff