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Outlook brings Likes and @Mentions into the workplace

Microsoft wants to foster even more social interaction within the workplace by adding ‘Likes’ and ‘@Mentions’ to its Outlook email service. As part of its continued push towards more collaboration in the office, Microsoft has added the new features to workplace email in Outlook to make it easier to highlight the best ideas in the world and point them out to colleagues. Liking a message is as easy as clicking

Hewlett-Packard board approves split into two companies

(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co said its board had approved the previously announced split of the company into two separate listed entities – computers and printers, and corporate hardware and services. Hewlett-Packard said on Thursday that it expected its split into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and HP Inc to be completed on Nov. 1. A day later, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, comprising the corporate hardware and service business, will start trading on

Apple appoints former Boeing CFO to its board

(Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Thursday it appointed James Bell, Boeing Co’s former chief financial officer, to its board. Bell is on the board of several other companies, including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Dow Chemical Co . (Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza)

Toshiba may axe TV & PC workers, seek partner for nuclear operations-CEO

Toshiba Corp may lay off staff in its underperforming home appliances, TV and PC businesses and seek a partner for its nuclear operations to overhaul the company after a $1.3 billion accounting scandal, its chief executive said on Thursday. As part of its overhaul, Toshiba has launched a new management team, which won approval from shareholders on Wednesday. Muromachi said that the restructuring steps may temporarily hurt the company’s capital