Also known as "how HP spent its summer vacation." Since August 18th, the company has swapped CEOs, killed webOS' hardware, open sourced the platform, and developed an on-again / off-again relationship with its PC division (current status: together). Along the way the company also lost a few key executives — here's how it all went down!
- Apr 1, 2014, 8:24 AM UTC
WebOS betrayal costs HP $57 million in class action settlement
The reverberations of a takeover gone terribly wrong
By Vlad Savov
- Jan 2, 2014, 5:28 PM UTC
The lost secrets of webOS
LG is about to unveil the future of webOS — but there's a past we never saw
By Dieter Bohn
- Jun 6, 2013, 4:20 PM UTC
Update or die: HP issuing mandatory patch to save webOS device services
By Dieter Bohn
- Apr 8, 2013, 3:47 PM UTC
HP launches 'Project Moonshot' low-power server to try and save itself
Will a small server for social networks and cloud services make a difference?
- Oct 3, 2012, 6:58 PM UTC
HP CEO: company will struggle to be profitable in 2013, stocks near a nine-year low
Embattled CEO Meg Whitman blames high executive turnover for the slow recovery
- Sep 14, 2012, 1:12 PM UTC
HP CEO Meg Whitman says 'we have to ultimately offer a smartphone'
While nothing has been announced just yet, HP CEO Meg Whitman says the company needs to get into the smartphone market.
- Aug 17, 2012, 3:29 PM UTC
Exclusive: HP creates Mobility division to focus on consumer tablets, hires Nokia's ex-MeeGo boss Alberto Torres to run it
HP has hired former Nokia executive Alberto Torres to run a newly-created Mobility division to focus on tablets.
- Jun 1, 2012, 11:38 PM UTC
Former HP CEO Leo Apotheker ends up at French IT company Steria
Leo Apotheker, HP's former CEO that was replaced by Meg Whitman after less than a year at the post, has recently been elected to the supervisory board of French IT company Steria.
By Bryan Bishop
- May 30, 2012, 3:08 PM UTC
HP appoints Bill Veghte, former head of software, as new Chief Operating Officer
HP's transitional phase continues — less than six months after being named as HP's chief strategy officer, Bill Veghte has been appointed to the newly-created Chief Operating Officer role.
- May 25, 2012, 10:04 PM UTC
Remaining Enyo team says it's 'redoubling' development efforts
On its official blog, the Enyo project team says that the majority of engineering and leadership staff remain and that it's "redoubling" development efforts.
- May 23, 2012, 8:16 PM UTC
HP will shed 27,000 employees as part of $3B restructuring plan
HP announced today that it would be shedding about 27,000 jobs as part of a multi-year restructuring plan within the company.
By David Pierce
- May 23, 2012, 8:08 PM UTC
HP's Q2 2012 financial results: $1.6b earnings on $30.7b revenue
HP announced earnings for the second quarter of 2012 today.
- May 17, 2012, 5:50 PM UTC
HP reportedly considering 25,000 job cuts, will begin restructuring in earnest on May 23rd (update 2)
It sounds like the tough times may be continuing for HP — according to Bloomberg, the company is considering laying off approximately 25,000 employees due to declining demand for its computers and services.
- Apr 5, 2012, 12:01 AM UTC
HP Labs head Prith Banerjee becomes latest exec to depart the company
A leaked memo from HP CEO Meg Whitman says that HP Labs head Prith Banerjee is leaving the company on April 15th.
- Mar 21, 2012, 1:08 PM UTC
HP confirms reorganization, melds printer and PC divisions
HP has just confirmed its rumored reorganization, and will merge its Imaging and Printing Group with its Personal Systems Group (PSG) to make — wait for it — the Printing and Personal Systems Group.
By T.C. Sottek
- Mar 20, 2012, 5:41 PM UTC
HP folding printer group into PC division: AllThingsD
AllThingsD reports that HP will merge its printer and PC groups into a single division.
- Feb 28, 2012, 11:17 PM UTC
HP lays off 275 employees from webOS division
HP trims its webOS team significantly
- Feb 6, 2012, 6:34 PM UTC
HP to give CEO Meg Whitman $16.5m pay package, if she performs
AP reports that HP has awarded its new CEO Meg Whitman a $16.5 million pay package, but to reap the full amount she'll have to resurrect the company's stock price over the next two years.
By T.C. Sottek
- Jan 31, 2012, 2:18 AM UTC
Brian Hernacki, webOS chief architect, leaves HP
HP's Brian Hernacki — chief architect for webOS — has left the company, The Verge has learned.
