Huawei Consumer Business Group has announced its 2017 first half year financial results showing sales revenue for the first six months of 2017 increased by 36.2 percent year-on-year to $15.6 billion (CNY105.4 billion).
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Excessive technology use to blame for child obesity in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Nine in 10 children across UAE and KSA have access to tablets, smartphones or other handheld electronic devices with screens.1 1886
Apple bids ‘goodbye’ to iPod Nano and Shuffle
The devices have reportedly been removed from Apple’s online store and the company is slowly phasing them out from retail locations.
Lenovo selects Gemalto as its remote SIM partner
Gemalto has announced that it will be delivering flexible connectivity for Lenovo smart devices across 160 countries.
Xiaomi marks high Q2 shipments, aims for 100 M in 2018
At smartphone all-hands meeting held recently, Xiaomi has announced that the company has shipped 23.16 million smartphones in Q2 2017. …
Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs worldwide: Bloomberg
Microsoft is reportedly planning to cut thousands of jobs across the world, in a bid to re-organise its sales force.
Transformation Talk | Weekly news round-up 15.06.17
Tahawul Tech brings you Transformation Talk, a weekly roundup of the biggest news in the technology industry.
Android creator Andy Rubin unveils Essential Phone
Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, has launched a smartphone and Smart Home assistant under his new company called Essential.
Review: BlackBerry’s KEYone phone brings back the keyboard
BlackBerry’s new KEYone Android phone, complete with a real keyboard, could win back some of its enterprise customers.
Qualcomm ships more than 1M chips daily to power IoT devices
Qualcomm Technologies has announced at its Internet of Things (IoT) industry analyst workshop that the company is currently shipping more than 1 million chips per day for connected devices globally.
Microsoft previews the 2017 Surface Pro
The 5th generation version of Microsoft’s performance tablet is here. Its looks are largely unchanged, but there are substantial internal improvements.