| Report: Google hires Apple exec to work on 'secret project' Feb 6th 2012, 11:44  Google appears to have scored another coup in its ongoing rivalry with Apple, having reportedly lured one of the company's senior directors to its Mountain View headquarters. Simon Prakash, pictured above, has worked at Apple for more than eight years, most recently serving as the firm's senior director of product integrity. According to VentureBeat, however, that tenure has come to a close, now that Google has hired Prakesh to work on a "secret project." The report speculates that this project could be helmed by co-founder Sergey Brin, and that it may be mobile-related, though declarative statements were few and far between. Prior to arriving at Apple, Prakash served as director of engineering design validation at Cielo Communications, and held managerial positions at 3Com. VentureBeat claims he'll be starting work at Google today, though the company has yet to issue any statement on the matter. Once finalized, though, the hiring could help dispel some of those " no poach" accusations flying around federal courts. Report: Google hires Apple exec to work on 'secret project' originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  SlashGear |  Venture Beat | Email this | Comments | | Nokia confirms white Lumia 800, shipping without pigment this month Feb 6th 2012, 11:11 Nokia does love teasing us with its albino-hued special editions, and so it did with the white Lumia 800 back in December. Now that phone is following the color-free road to retail later this month. Other than the eye-pleasing lack of color the phone looks to be identical to its rather more chromatic predecessors, with a 3.7-inch AMOLED display up front and a 1.4GHz processor inside. It looks good, but it just leaves us with one question: how long will we have to wait for a white Lumia 900? Update: According to Nokia's Conversations blog, the phone will launch first in these countries: UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Finland, Poland and Switzerland. Continue reading Nokia confirms white Lumia 800, shipping without pigment this month Nokia confirms white Lumia 800, shipping without pigment this month originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Conversations by Nokia | Email this | Comments | |
