Sentences with phrase «as smartphone companies»

As smartphone companies work to separate their models from the competition, facial recognition is a feature that's also seen increasing interest from developers.

-- BlackBerry plans to forge stronger partnerships with others in the tech industry and build better relationships with longtime business customers as the smartphone company attempts to turn around flagging operations, chief executive John Chen says.

Not exact matches

Reflective of Far Eastern companies facing roadblocks in reaching the U.S. market, Chinese mobile maker Huawei has faced troubles in the U.S. recently as a deal for it to sell its Mate 10 Pro smartphone collapsed.

Hearing - aid companies themselves are innovating, adding smartphone apps that let people use their phone as an extra microphone in a noisy place.

There are a number of issues the company would like the media and the financial community to better understand, such as that the BlackBerry is still the bestselling smartphone in Latin America, and that it recently became the No. 1 device in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

Speaking of Google, two months ago the company announced its bid to get in on the car - as - rolling - smartphone race, saying it aims to complete its Android - vehicle integration system by the close of 2014.

You need to take your smartphone policy as seriously as any other policy; otherwise, employees will violate it and put your company at risk.

But as the overall consumer smartphone market declines, Apple sees business customers — long the domain of companies like Microsoft and Dell Technologies — as a new area of growth.

The company's performance in China is particularly impressive as overall smartphone sales were down in Q1, according to analysts at Canalys.

Semiconductor companies such as Nvidia are benefiting from super trends including Bitcoin, self - driving cars, smartphones and more.

It took a move to India to find out that Hungama was trying to pitch his company's technology to high - end smartphone users, who plainly didn't have as much need for it.

That was chief executive Thorsten Heins's message at the annual shareholders meeting in Ontario today, as he tried to defend the company's trajectory after sales of the new BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones fell well below analyst expectations.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal (first reported on by ZDNet), Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun spoke about the company's foray into the US, saying that the first smartphones might arrive as early as the end of this year, or in early 2019 at worst.

I read the funniest thing the other day courtesy of The Wall Street Journal: «Google Inc. is developing a video game console and wrist watch powered by its Android operating system, according to people familiar with the matter, as the internet company seeks to spread the software beyond smartphones and tablets.»

While BlackBerry's earnings fall and its market share evaporates, the company's portfolio of patents could be what's most valuable to a potential buyer as litigation among smartphone makers heats up.

Just as smartphones forever changed our lives, 57 percent of consumers say that they believe the Internet of Things will be revolutionary, with another 47 percent saying that companies that aren't trying to connect their products to the Internet are missing a big opportunity, according to a study conducted by marketing tech company Affinnova which was recently acquired by consumer and media insights compmany Nielsen.

Its $ 495 price tag includes a two - year data plan with AT&T, which means it does not rely on a smartphone for connectivity, as do most smartwatches, the companies said in a press release on Monday.

Celestica was a bright spot on the stock market, up just over six per cent to $ 10.40 after the electronics manufacturing company beat expectations, despite losing smartphone maker BlackBerry as a customer.

One board member at an energy company carries around a wooden phone — as a joke mocking his colleagues» smartphone dependency.

Google (goog), like other big tech companies including Apple (aapl) and Microsoft (msft), has been pushing its digital assistant as a new way for people to interact with their smartphones and other devices like the company's web - connected Google Home speaker.

BlackBerry Ltd. said on Tuesday it will stop making its Classic model, raising further doubts about the future of the smartphone pioneer's money - losing handset business as the company shifts its focus to software.

For a tech play that's less likely to upset their stomachs, many investors like semiconductor companies such as Nvidia (nvda), whose chips are used in Tesla and other autonomous driving systems, smartphones, and more.

Dell's special committee has warned that the stock might drop to anywhere between $ 8.67 and $ 5.85 if shareholders reject the buyout, leaving them with a company in decline as consumers continue to snub desktop and laptop computers in favor of tablets and smartphones.

He came to CNBC from Fortune magazine, where as a senior writer he covered both large technology companies — such as Cisco, Hewlett - Packard, and Microsoft — and trends, including cloud computing and the smartphone revolution.

French police raided Uber's Paris office, seizing smartphones and other items as part of an investigation into the company's carpooling service.

Even when RIM's products dominated the smartphone market, the company ranked relatively low in so - called enterprise factors, such as corporate citizenship.

The company's future is an open question, given its lack of presence or traction in key markets that matter, such as smartphones and tablets.

BlackBerry, as a hardware company, saw BBM as a way to sell smartphones.

To see which company is in better position to take over as the clear - cut No. 1 smartphone maker, we asked the next generation of smartphone users which they prefer: the Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy phones.

Nest currently operates as a standalone company under the Alphabet umbrella, but there's a significant amount of overlap between Nest's business — smart thermostats, home security systems, doorbell cameras, and smoke detectors — and Google's hardware division, which includes the Google Home smart speaker and the Pixel smartphone.

As part of a broader tie - in with Marvel's summer blockbuster, Endgadget reports, the South Korean electronics company is releasing a special edition Iron - Man themed version of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6 Edge.

Both run the company's new BlackBerry 7.0 operating system, and at 10.5 mm thick, are advertised as RIM's thinnest smartphones.

BlackBerry's lawsuit comes as the company moves to protect its keyboard, one of the key differentiators between its smartphone and most other competitors on the market.

«Our ambition as a company is to do what Microsoft Office did for the PC era, we would like to do for the era of smartphones and tablets,» he tells me.

As networks improve (many companies are now upgrading from 3G networks to higher - capacity 4G or LTE networks), more people will use data - sucking smartphones, and profits should rise accordingly.

The appearance came almost a week after Cook took the stage for Apple's latest special event, in San Francisco, where the company unveiled a host of new and updated products such as the iPad Pro and Apple TV as well as two new smartphones — the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus — that went on sale for pre-order over the weekend.

It may come as a surprise to some, but there's more to Canada's technology sector than a certain smartphone company based in Waterloo, Ont.

Shares in Japan's Nintendo Co. surged on Friday as consumers flocked to try out its new Pokemon GO smartphone game, raising hopes that the company's long - awaited shift into mobile gaming will pay off.

It seems to be the new norm for OnePlus phone releases, as the company made a similar move in 2016 by releasing its OnePlus 3T smartphone just six months after it released the OnePlus 3 in 2016.

Despite repeated doubts — when Facebook missed the shift to smartphones, when it was thought to have botched its IPO, when it was seen as losing its luster with young people — Zuckerberg has remained the company's chief product visionary and business strategist.

Buying Motorola will enable Lenovo to join Apple Inc. as the only major technology companies with global product lines in PCs, smartphones and tablets, putting Lenovo in a better position to become a one - stop shop for companies to buy all their devices from the same vendor, said Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett.

Although it commands just 15 per cent of the smartphone market, compared to more than 80 per cent for devices running Google's Android software, the company is responsible for more than half the profits earned by smartphone manufacturers worldwide (some estimates now put the number as high as 93 %).

China's Xiaomi Inc [XTC.UL], one of the world's fastest - growing smartphone makers, has raised $ 1.1 billion in a round of funding that cements its status as one of the world's most valuable private technology companies at a valuation of $ 45 billion.

His optimism stems from a few things, beyond the potential for BlackBerry 10: RIM continues to add subscribers, the BlackBerry remains the most popular smartphone in a number of big countries, such as Indonesia, and the company is still rolling out new BlackBerry 7 handsets across the globe.

The mobile - friendly redesign of News Feed underscores the company's intensifying focus on smartphones and tablet computers as more of its users rely on those devices to interact on the social network.

Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, co-founders of the company now known as BlackBerry, are considering a bid that could save the embattled smartphone maker.

Lazaridis and Fregin collaborated to found the company formerly known as Research In Motion in 1984, which became Canada's leading high technology company through its pioneering efforts in smartphones.

RIM as we've known it in the past — the company cranking out world - changing technology, making cutting - edge smartphones and leading the industry — is already gone.

And so, as I do my research and shop around for my next smartphone, I can't help but prematurely miss a few of the iPhone's most helpful features, which I believe are yet to be paralleled by anything the other major companies are doing.

Even as it pivots to focus more on software and services, the company that gained fame for its smartphones is not giving up on its handset business — yet.