Google completes its $1.1B deal to buy a chunk of HTC's smartphone division | TechCrunch
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Google has announced the completion of its $1.1 billion deal to buy a large slice of HTC's hardware business. The acquisition was announced back in
  • @cbarrickEnglish
    8•11 months ago

    Buying new hardware engineers in Taiwan, after laying off hardware engineers in the US a couple weeks ago.

    Sounds like offshoring to me.

    EDIT: This is not recent news. Nevermind. Move along.

    • HumaniusEnglish
      8•11 months ago

      This is an article from 2018.
      Not sure why OP posted this

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        7•11 months ago

        It happened 6 years ago day-to-day, just guessed it could remind some people about their HTC memories

        • HumaniusEnglish
          4•11 months ago

          That’s fair. I do miss the good ol’ HTC days.
          I’m on the Google Nexus/Pixel train now though

          Thanks for updating the title so people don’t misinterpret it as happening recently

          • @[email protected]OPEnglish
            2•11 months ago

            No worries, I should have done it when I posted, but I thought the 6 years ago was a part of the title.

      • @cbarrickEnglish
        2•11 months ago

        Ah, fuck. I got caught in the trap