Apple CEO Tim Cook fell sharply in Glassdoor's tech CEO rankings this year, while Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg catapulted to No. 1.
Android's first (and only) boss at Google is stepping down.
As usual, Google's co-founders received no bonus for 2012, but their colleagues received nice checks. Chairman Eric Schmidt scored $6 million for his efforts, and three other executives received about $3 million each.
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is out at the daily deals site he co-founded.
It is said that reputations take years to make, yet can be unmade in an instant. Even so, it seems it will take more than a business moment to put a serious dent in Apple's image, at least in the eyes of its admiring corporate peers.