Is Breaking Up The New Trend In Silicon Valley?

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October 07, 2014

A sign is posted outside of the Hewlett-Packard headquarters on May 23, 2014 in Palo Alto, California. HP announced is splitting into two different companies. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Hewlett-Packard is splitting into two, eBay is spinning off PayPal, and rumors are growing of other tech companies, including Microsoft, splitting themselves as technology races ahead of companies.

Is this the next big thing in tech?

Re/code's Kara Swisher joins Here & Now's Sacha Pfeiffer to discuss the trend.

Guest

Kara Swisher, co-founder of Re/code. She tweets @karaswisher.

This segment aired on October 7, 2014.

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