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• SAP parts ways with Cloud sales chief in strategy shift

  SAP cloud software sales chief Shawn Price is leaving the company in the latest high-profile executive departure at the company in recent days.

• Amid staff shortage, tech leaders want more computer education in California schools

  Leaders of key technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Salesforce.com have written to the Governor of California Jerry Brown offering to partner with the state to increase computer education in kindergarten to 12th grade schools.

• SAP after Sikka: The big questions

  The abrupt departure of SAP technology chief Vishal Sikka has prompted a number of questions about the vendor's strategy, particularly in regard to the Hana in-memory computing platform, and what it could mean for customers.

• Acer chairman to leave PC maker in June, no replacement named

  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.

• SAP tech chief Sikka steps down in management shakeup

  SAP technology chief Vishal Sikka, champion of the company’s Hana in-memory computing platform, is leaving the company in a major management shakeup shortly before co-CEO Bill McDermott is expected to be named sole CEO.

• DOJ reaches settlement with eBay to end no-poach hiring deals

  The U.S. Department of Justice would prohibit eBay from entering into agreements with other tech firms to not recruit each other's employees, in a settlement announced by the agency Thursday.

• Making the CIO-CTO Connection

  Jeff Owens, CTO at Delphi, works with IT and engineers to deliver a digital lifestyle to the automobile.

• Google Plus now minus chief Vic Gundotra

  Vic Gundotra, the man behind Google Plus and one of Google's most prominent executives, announced today that he will leave the company "effective immediately."

• Vic Gundotra, who led the creation of Google+, leaves Google

  Vic Gundotra, a key executive at Google who helped to create Google+, is leaving the company, he announced on Thursday.

• Former GitHub CEO quits after harassment investigation

  Former GitHub CEO Tom Preston-Werner has resigned from the company following an investigation into claims of harassment.

• Mozilla appoints former marketing head to interim CEO

  Attempting to quickly recover from a contentious and ultimately failed CEO appointment last month, the Mozilla Corporation has appointed board member Chris Beard as interim CEO.

• Guardian, Post win Pulitzers for NSA spying coverage

  The Washington Post and the U.S. edition of the Guardian newspaper have each won a public service Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the leaks by Edward Snowden that revealed the extent of surveillance on ordinary citizens.

• Star software designer Greg Christie reportedly leaving Apple

  Veteran Apple software designer Greg Christie, who played a major role in the development of the iPhone, will be retiring later this year, according to a Wednesday report by The Wall Street Journal.

• Motorola Mobility names Osterloh COO as Lenovo acquisition looms

  Rick Osterloh has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Motorola Mobility, the Google business unit that is being acquired by Lenovo.

• Zen and the Art of Tech in the Valley

  From Steve Jobs to Marc Benioff, a few Silicon Valley tech chiefs have taken a Zen Buddhism approach to their daily lives and their businesses. And it's not just billionaire CEOs. Yoga studios are springing up everywhere and trainers are in demand.