May 2012
“A Friday Pocket-lint report cites a “trusted source” that Facebook wants to buy Opera Software — manufacturers of the Opera web browser, which claims more than 200 million users worldwide. The Facebook browser would include default menu bar plugins, further permeating Facebook into users’ general web experience, according to the report.”
—Facebook Browser Is Imminent [RUMOR]
“Whitman is going to cut 27,000 employees, or about 8 percent of HP’s global workforce of 349,600 by fall 2014. But unlike the deep cuts engineered by Mark Hurd, the CEO who preceded both Whitman and Léo Apotheker, these cuts are not primarily designed to bolster profitability. “”Over time, savings will drop to bottom line, but majority will be reinvested,” Whitman said during a call with analysts and reports. The savings, estimated at some $3 billion to $3.5 billion a year, will go to what she called the company’s strategic pillars of strategic pillars of cloud, security, and information management.”
—With no stake in the post-PC world, HP resorts to massive cuts | Technology business - InfoWorld