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With the recent reports of the OLPC foundation looking for a CEO to replace Nicholas Negroponte, it seems they were only partially true. While they are indeed looking for a CEO, Negroponte has stated that not only is he not the current CEO, but they also have NO current CEO.

“Replacement is not the right word. We have no CEO. I have never held that title nor used it. I will continue to do what I do, no real change.”

So while the search for the CEO continues, it seems he will continue to act in his current role, which sounds like it will not have any changes based on a new CEO coming in.

Via [Gizmodo]

Nicholas Negroponte has announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of the OLPC organization. The announcement comes via a recent interview with Business Week and he has all but admitted things did not go fully as planned, stating that “management, administration, and details” are a weaknesses of his.

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Helio recently had SK Telecom take the controlling stake of ownership, which put Earthlink into a secondary position. Now CEO Sky Dayton who was also the founder of Earthlink has announced he will be stepping down from his current position, he will however remain on as a chairman. Dayton is being replaced by Helio’s current COO Wonhee Sull, who is also a former executive from SK Telecom. 

“Helio has succeeded where other post-paid MVNOs have not, because of our differentiated message, products and services,” said Sull. “We look forward to continuing our growth through the stream of innovation that has defined our place in the wireless market.”

Hopefully with the changes Helio will continue to offer the same quality of handsets along with the fair monthly plans and continue to success where other MVNO’s have failed.

Via [TechCrunch]

Guess who’s “in bed” with whom?  Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has been officially elected to sit on Apple’s board of directors.  I bet you didn’t see that coming (we didn’t either).  Schmidt has had quite a bit of experience between his former job at Novell and current job at Google.  Before Novell, he was even the CTO at Sun.  Impressive resume, wouldn’t you say?  In a statement, Schmidt noted his praise for Apple.

“Apple is one of the companies in the world that I most admire,” said Eric Schmidt. “I’m really looking forward to working with Steve and Apple’s board to help with all of the amazing things Apple is doing.”

I can’t tell if this is a conflict of interest or not.  Although Apple and Google are in completely different niches of the technology industry, they’re still both in the same industry.  I guess this means there’s no GooglePC after all, huh?

Read [Apple]