Water Cooler Talking Point: “If hackers want to break into my account and see that I’ve ordered Domino’s every Sunday for the last three years and haven’t worked out in 6 months, more power to them. I’m not really sure why I’m even tracking that in the first place.”
Microsoft announced a giant restructuring of the company.
The tech giant will have two main engineering teams: one focusing on experience and devices, and another on cloud and AI platforms. Maybe they are more than just Word docs and Pivot Tables, after all.The restructuring was a calculated measure as “the cloud” business has been booming. Last year, Bill Gates’ baby announced approximately 3k layoffs as part of a strategy to refocus on Azure, Microsoft’s cloud product.
One casualty worth mentioning is Terry Myerson, a 21-year vet, and head of the Windows group. Get a job in software dev, they said. It will have job security, they said.
Water Cooler Talking Point: “If you’re going to get forced out of somewhere, it might as well be Microsoft. I’d take that severance package and open a fancy grilled cheese truck on the beach any day.”
Two weeks ago Match sued Bumble for patent infringement and stealing trade secrets. Now Bumble is countersuing and seeking $400M in damages, claiming that Match was simply butthurt by their competitor rejecting multiple buyout offers. You don’t have to be Dr. Phil to label this a toxic relationship.
The cherry on top here is that Tinder recently announced a brand new idea where women will make the first move in-app. Coincidentally this is the entire premise of Bumble’s platform. In response, Bumble took out full-page ads that read like a Queen Bey music video. Who runs the world? (Spoiler: Girls).
Water Cooler Talking Point: “Bumble is that very respectable female who finally left her douche-bag boyfriend and now all he does is talk sh*t about her to his friends to make her look bad. Good for her for sticking up for herself.”
