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Linked List: September 12, 2016

Monday, 12 September 2016

HP Agrees to Acquire Samsung Printer Business for $1.05 Billion ★

Don Clark and Eun-Young Jeong, reporting for the WSJ:

HP Inc. agreed to buy Samsung Electronics Co.’s printer business for $1.05 billion, a deal designed to bolster the Silicon Valley company’s offerings in the market for high-volume devices that handle printing and copying for office work groups.

I had no idea Samsung had a printer division worth $1 billion.

Update: HP’s visionary leadership in this acquisition brings to mind this gem from The Onion back in 2011: “New Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘I’m Thinking Printers’”.

Kottke.org, the Fall 2016 Edition ★

In addition to being a great writer and blogger, Kottke is still a great designer. He’s fearlessly redefined the visual brand numerous times since 1998 — remember lime green? That’s the canonical Kottke.org of my mind. And this new design is simpler than any of its predecessors. Websites, like apps, tend to accumulate cruft over time. Kottke.org is cleaner and simpler than ever, and better for it.