Lee In - jong, who left Samsung's
mobile division last December, is reportedly now working at Google on, among other things, the very market segment Samsung wants Bixby to be in.
Not exact matches
Vodafone, the world's second - biggest
mobile operator, said on Thursday that the rate of growth in its international business
division had slowed, echoing a similar warning given by British rival BT
last week.
The team at Wander, which launched its social journaling app just
last May, will become part of Yahoo's
mobile and emerging products
division.
However, its
mobile division has taken a beating with revenue going down nine percent during the
last quarter.
Last month, Texas Instruments announced that it was looking to sell its
mobile chip
division because of falling revenues.
The company ousted its chief executive
last month, replacing him with a founding family member, and named new heads for its
mobile phone and TV
division last week in a sweeping reshuffle to shore up core operation.
There's still plenty of room for improvement and growth, but Nintendo's
mobile division pulled in ¥ 39.3 billion
last year, or around $ 358 million.
A
mobile app that provides nutrition services to millions of people by allowing them to track their exercise routines, diet and calorie intake, MyFitnessPal became a part of Under Armour's connected fitness
division, expanding the company's athletic apparel and raised 1.8 % of the mother company's $ 5 billion annual revenue
last year.
With
last week's news that HTC is selling part of its
mobile division to Google, many HTC fans — including myself — were worried about what will come next from the Taiwanese manufacturer.
Samsung's
mobile division head Koh Dong - jin announced
last year that the company is hoping to launch its foldable phone in 2018.
The South Korean company has been heavily overshadowed by its local rival Samsung in terms of market share and overall popularity, and its entire
mobile division has only shown quarterly profits twice within the
last two calendar years.
Sony revealed this week that its
mobile division made money during its
last fiscal year, compared to the previous year, mostly through cost cutting.
While LG's overall business is presently growing, its
mobile division is still bleeding money and has lost over a billion dollars in the
last three years alone, according to the firm's consolidated financial reports.