By Gerry Shih BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Lenovo Group Ltd will lay off 10 percent of white-collar staff after sales of Motorola handsets fell by a third, raising doubts over the personal computer giant’s bet that a money-losing brand it bought for nearly $3 billion will help it become a global smartphone leader. Lenovo, which uses the U.S. dollar in operations rather than the recently devalued Chinese yuan, said it
Market research firm, WitsView, has reported a decline in the global shipments of LCD TVs over the last quarter, but Samsung is still top of TV manufacturers’ pile in terms of straight numbers. According to the research shipments have dropped by over 6% in the last quarter. That might not sound too bad, but considering the first quarter of the year was 24% down itself on the final quarter of
Back at the start of July we heard news of interactive watch faces coming to Android Wear. The latest version – Android Wear v1.3 – has launched today, and while the new faces are not in tow, some digging around in the back end seems to confirm that they’re on their way. Google’s companion app for Android Wear reveals further updates coming our way, which includes interactive watch faces that
Smartphone manufacturers are finally getting to terms with the fact we want bigger and better battery life as well as focusing on fast charging and wireless options – but it seems Samsung doesn’t care all that much. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ are now reportedly set to launch with a 3000mAh battery pack inside. The new phablet devices – heavily rumoured to be the subject of the
Given the nature of our connected world, a business’ website could be viewed as its lifeblood. Customers are increasingly likely to find your business online, which means it’s important that you find a dependable web hosting solution without breaking the bank. Whether you’re looking to set up a new website or switch operations over to a new host, you’re looking at a sea of potential options. Not only do you
Given the nature of our connected world, a business’ website could be viewed as its lifeblood. Customers are increasingly likely to find your business online, which means it’s important that you find a dependable web hosting solution without breaking the bank. Whether you’re looking to set up a new website or switch operations over to a new host, you’re looking at a sea of potential options. Not only do you
Samsung has been rumored to introduce a round faced smartwatch of its own for some time, however new information has surfaced suggesting it could come in three variants. Sammobile reports the Samsung Gear A may well come in three flavors named the Orbis S1, Orbis S2 and Orbis Classic. The possibility of trio of wearables could be attributed to three different internal codenames (SM-R720, SM-R730, and SM-R732) that a Samsung
GTA 5 already has its fair share of incredible mods, but the new Hulkbuster mod might be our favourite one so far. The mod recreates Iron Man’s special armour from the comic books (most recently seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron) and lets you unleash total carnage on Los Santos, chucking cars, taking down police helicopters, and just generally being a nuisance. If you want to try it for yourself,
Microsoft has celebrated getting to six million Windows Insider members by taking on the second annual ALS Ice Bucket challenge. In a video posted earlier, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella once again accepted the challenge of former NFL player Steve Gleason, who suffers from ALS, and poured a bucket of ice cold water over his head along with Terry Myerson and members of the Windows 10 team. At the same time,
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba’s shares skidded to a record low in New York on Wednesday after China’s biggest e-commerce company posted its slowest revenue growth in over three years. As well as missing revenue forecasts, Alibaba announced a $4 billion share repurchase program over two years, which it said was primarily aimed at offsetting the impact of the company’s share-based compensation programs and other factors that could
