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Posted Jan 28th 2008 8:28PM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: Cellphones
Sky Dayton, founder and chairman of the phantasmagorical Helio, has announced that he’s stepping down as CEO to become president of the last-man-standing MVNO. Dayton will be replacing Jinwoo So, president of global business at SK Telecom (which shares ownership of the company with Earthlink), and Dayton himself will be replaced by Wonhee Sull, formerly the company’s president and COO. “Helio has reached a point in its development where I feel the timing is right for this change… As we have for the past three years, the two of us will continue to define Helio’s direction and future,” said Dayton. It’s possible that with the recent influx of cash (and increased ownership) from SK Telecom, and the dwindling marketshare of MVNOs, Sky’s taking the opportunity to get a little more control of his baby… and who can blame him?

Posted Jan 28th 2008 3:41PM by Donald Melanson
Filed under: Announcements

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Dress up your iPod earbuds with Budclicks, add-on decorations for your buds with a very high cuteness factor. Choose among several variants – my favorites happen to be the Red Retro Starburst ($10), Yellow Hibiscus ($10), and Pink Daisy with Rhinestones ($15). Guaranteed to increase your cuteness factor too.

Via Chip Chick.