November 23, 2011
Apple stalks execs in the cloud On The Register, the site’s authors write about Apple’s recruitment practices. “Its targeting of senior execs after the fact might suggest Apple’s still not sure it got its iCloud launch right. Or alternatively, it indicates that its ambitions for the cloud extend even further than it has yet revealed,” they report. What’s your opinion?
Facebook phone? Been there, done that, and nobody cared On ZDNet, James Kendrick reports on the rumours surrounding the phone’s development. “If Facebook is really developing Buffy, or whatever it will eventually call the real Facebook phone, it is likely to receive the same reception as the “nobody owns one” Chacha. The fact is Facebook is too late to bring such a phone to market successfully, as every single Facebook user already has decent access to the service on their present phone. It doesn’t matter what phone they use, Facebook is already front and center for those who consider that important,” he writes. What’s your opinion?
HP quarterly earnings: A reality check On The VAR Guy, the author analyzes the company’s recent financial reports. “The PC market is fiercely competitive with razor-thin margins. But the figures above look reasonably darn good, considering HP caused customer and partner confusion when it debated the potential spin-off or sale of its PC business,” he writes. What’s your opinion?