Sentences with phrase «consumer hardware company»

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The company has even started selling consumer hardware like its Pixel smartphone.

«My academic advisor said, «There's no way you can be successful building a hardware company without a ton of startup money» and «Good luck selling into the consumer market.»

Sean Flynn, managing director of Shasta Ventures — a Silicon Valley firm that makes Series A investments in enterprise software, consumer internet companies and connected hardware devices — gets excited about mobile security, especially with so many employees using their own devices at work.

For hardware companies, keeping up with these innovations in technology will be key to attracting consumers to purchase their products.

Intel, Dell and Apple are just a few of the companies competing to introduce a product that allows consumers to simply set hardware down for a charge.

So, if yours is a hardware company looking to sustain a consumer base, staying on top of the top technological advances is crucial.

In turn, consumers are expecting hardware companies to take a few tips from these products» functionality.

The company, founded in 2007, has provided for many years consumer backups (uploading your hard drive to the cloud), but had the technology built (their own self - built software and hardware to profitably create backup) that could handle large amounts of data, but also make sure the company still made money.

It hasn't been worth mining bitcoin using standard consumer computer hardware for years because of the kind of processing power involved; the overwhelming majority of ordinary members of public pools will have bought hardware from companies like KnCMiner.

Today, for hardware and software it's consumers — specifically consumer Internet companies — that are the drivers of innovation.

An analysis of Building 8's recent hires and job listings by Business Insider, as well as conversations with people close to the company, shows an ambitious effort to create and sell millions of consumer hardware units, from a supply chain outpost in Hong Kong to a planned retail push and customer call center operation.

However, notes Andrew House, president and global CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company is throwing a lot of hardware offerings at consumers this holiday season, which could ultimately impact VR sales numbers.

She should know, as she has overseen investments in more than 175 StartX companies across more than 250 rounds, from seed through Series D, in industries including enterprise, consumer, hardware and medical.

As a first step, we brought together various consumer hardware - related efforts and established a single hardware organization within the company.

The company breaks even on the hardware but actually makes a profit off of the Kindle Fire once consumers enter its ecosystem and begin buying books, music, movies and other content.

The near century - old company hit its peak in the 1990s, though sales began sliding in the mid-2000s as consumers began to seek pre-assembled hardware in favor of the chain's do - it - yourself spirit.

GoPro Inc. posted sales that exceeded analyst estimates, suggesting the struggling hardware company is still attracting consumers despite growing...

GoPro posted sales that exceeded analyst estimates, suggesting the struggling hardware company is still attracting consumers despite growing competition from cheaper alternatives.

As a result, companies developing hardware for health need to evolve quickly to keep up with increasing market / consumer demands.

For startups in verticals where M&A activity is high such as enterprise software or consumer hardware, there is a clear and viable path towards a company exit and a liquidity event for investors.

Since its launch in 2004, it has become the preferred choice for open desktop and scale - out computing, from Fortune 500 companies to hardware makers, content providers, software developers and consumers.

The difference between Shuttle and other PC makers in this genre is that this company has realized the importance of coming out with an integrated gadget that deals with the hardware as well as software aspirations or demands of the consumers.

The latest product from the company, not coincidentally announced a couple of weeks ahead of Black Friday, looks to be competing with Amazon on price, as well — a tough proposition when you're going up against the reigning champion of consumer hardware subsidies.

A mid-range Android phone like this would have been an interesting choice for consumers priced out of the premium market, and in turn, helped the company's sagging hardware division.

Barnes & Noble Inc. is to split in two, separating its unprofitable Nook digital business from its consumer bookstores, an acknowledgment of the difficulties the retailer faces in competing with bigger companies like Amazon.com Inc. in the e-book and hardware sector.

From the provision of its own Android - based hardware (before having Samsung build some) to the locked down ecosystem of the company's content stores, it just didn't add up for consumers to flock over from the Kindle.

Then, when the time comes for them to replace their device, they tend to stay with Apple rather than switching to a competitor, which is the consumer behaviour suffered by simple hardware companies when what they sell is viewed as a commodity.

The next five years are crucial to Nintendo as it launches new hardware and explores digital opportunities, including mobile, for its mascot titles; therefore it needs somebody who understands the company culture, can respond to global consumer expectations, and manage an enviable balance sheet.»

«There are many companies who have managed to earn really good revenues through Nintendo hardware sales to consumers.

The thing here is that, for a videogame company like Nintendo to leapfrog into what they considered a blue ocean, they had to make a system with a price tag attractive to the consumer they were trying to reach (not the dedicated enthusiast they no longer wanted to cater to), which naturally meant the system was bound to have weaker hardware in comparison to other systems actually being made to cater to traditional gamers.

In order to do this, the company must show off the hardware in advance, its features, it games, and its price, in order to gain traction and influence purchases from consumers.

Both companies have a huge catalogue of games and hardware (old and new) that could be very attractive to Chinese consumers.

Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward - looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales of Blizzard Entertainment's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Blizzard Entertainment's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next - generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Blizzard Entertainment's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third - party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in integrating the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated.

But this is certainly good news for Oculus and HTC, as it means the pre-existing install base to sell VR headsets into has greatly expanded in a short time; and while the high price of the systems is still a major roadblock, both companies might stand to benefit just by educating consumers that their hardware may already be capable of running high - end VR experiences.

«Locally, any consumers who experience any hardware of software issues can contact [email protected],» the company told Gearburn.

In an interview with Reuters, Sony consumer products head Kaz Hirai said that the company expects to begin making a profit on the hardware within three years.

Daniel has represented companies in various industries, including biotechnology, consumer electronics, energy, entertainment, hardware, Internet, media, semiconductor, services, software, telecommunications and wireless.

Now, having grown more confident that it understands the fickle market for consumer products, Amazon is making it clear that the Echo and other hardware powered by Alexa, the intelligent assistant behind the devices, present the company with one of its brightest opportunities.

The name Google is synonymous with online searches, but over the years the company has grown beyond search and now builds multiple consumer products, including software like Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Android, and hardware like the Pixel smartphones, Google Home, and Chromebooks.

Some might criticise the company for not keeping enough stocks in hand (as we pointed out, the quick sales of the Mi 3 were a bit of a double - edged sword, leaving many disappointed at not getting a unit), others might accuse them of dumping an old device on Indian consumers and then arbitrarily stopping its sales, still others might criticise their «flash sale» method of selling devices, but the one thing that can not be denied is the fact that Xiaomi did pretty much throw a spanner in the works of established high - end Android players by offering excellent hardware at a staggeringly low price in the Mi 3.

Though many consumers will be familiar with Microsoft through its Windows and Office products, MS is currently in the process of transitioning into a «devices and services» company, following its acquisition of Nokia's hardware business in 2014.

More details will emerge about the consumer version of the Rift in the coming weeks, the company said, including information about its hardware specifications, software and unannounced made - for - VR games and experiences.

Google has crafted processors for its data centers, but this is the first time the company has tried it for its nascent consumer hardware.

The whole Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices boom is really in full swing, with companies scrambling over themselves to produce hardware that appeals to those consumers looking to get in on the action, and of course, Apple is one of those companies.

His second company, named Essential Products Inc. will be launching the smartphone in question, along with «a suite of consumer hardware products, including ones for the mobile and smart home.»

The company hopes the optimized version of Android will deliver a more consistent experience on cheap hardware, and spur declining smartphone adoption in emerging markets where consumers are sticking to more reliable feature phones.

Technically, the newly unveiled Amazon Cloud Cam is something else entirely, but if you think about it, it's the logical next step in the company's consumer hardware evolution.

He'll be overseeing the company's Nexus devices, as well as other consumer hardware, including tablets, Chromebook laptops, OnHub, and even Google Glass.

The world's biggest tech companies are ecosystem developers, bundling hardware and services into a complete digital lifestyle for the consumer.

Hardware designers at consumer electronics companies work so hard to engineer these modern marvels, and designers I've spoken with over the years take tremendous pride in their accomplishments.