Posts tagged 7b

5 O’Clock Roundup: Twitter adds built-in retweet, Facebook programmer quits iPhone app

Nov 12th

(Tonight’s roundup is foreshortened so we can go meet with attendees at i9 NewTeeVee conference.)
Twitter finally added a built-in retweet button today – Co-founder Evan Williams posted a long blog entry explaining the company’s thinking. Twitter users suffered from bugs and t
In short, they’ve built an automated retweeter that avoids the truncated text, confusing avatar/text [...]

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HP to acquire 3Com for $2.7B, to take on Cisco in networking

Nov 11th

Posted by gizmodose in Hi Tech News

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Computer giant HP said today it has agreed to acquire networking company 3Com for $2.7 billion, in a deal it says will create a “networking industry powerhouse.”
Significantly, the move brings one of the world’s largest computer companies, HP, in closer competition to Cisco, the Silicon Valley networking giant that has long dominated the business of [...]