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
  • cbarrick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 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.

    • Chozo@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      The HTC One M8 is still one of the most fun phones I’ve ever used. I wish IR blasters would come back.

      • DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social
        1·
        10 months ago

        That metal body was so nice. Plus you could unlock just about every part of an HTC.

        I miss HTC and the XDA forums for those devices…