As times change, the world demands new skills. But some of them are timeless. There’s never going to be a point where clients don’t want better products, better offers. Three essential skills give an unfair advantage in business. When workers improve at them, they achieve better results. In fact, managers can predict how they will […]
Business Acquisition
Facebook is Buying Oculus VR
The social media giant Facebook announced in a blog post that is planning to buy Oculus VR for $2 billion. The deal will include $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook stock. Oculus VR is the company that made Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, revealed his reasons […]
Hewlett-Packard May Be Getting Back Into the Acquisition Market
Hewlett-Packard, an American multinational information technology company, has not completed any business acquisitions since December of 2011 when the company bought Hiflex, a German cloud printing company. However, Meg Whitman, who became the CEO of Hewlett-Packard in October of 2011, is saying that the company could be looking into some business acquisitions in the very […]
$3.2 Billion Gets Google Into the World of Home Automation
Google’s latest acquisition of Nest, a company that creates home automation technology, indicates that the company is starting to agree with the “Apple vision,” which believes technology companies should create hardware and software solutions in addition to an online platform. Google has wanted to get into the market of “connected home”-type systems for a while, […]