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Foxconn Technology Group, a key Apple supplier, is reportedly offering higher wages to workers involved in the production of

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Foxconn workers make more money making Huawei phones than iPhones

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They stated that Foxconn aims to double its employment, foreign direct investment (FDI), and overall business.

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Apple's Leading Manufacturer Foxconn To Double Its Workforce And Investment In India

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Phone-maker Apple's supplier Foxconn has committed to doubling employment, investments and business size in India by next year, underlining its smooth and rapid growth in the country, according to a social media post by a company executive.

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Foxconn ‘s big plans for India

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Foxconn Technology Group, a partner of Apple Inc., plans to double its investment and employment in India as it looks to shift manufacturing away from China due to tensions between Washington and Beijing.

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iPhone maker Foxconn to double India investment, add more jobs

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MOBILE COMPONENTS Foxconn has signed a deal on Monday with southern state of Tamil Nadu to invest 16 billion rupees ($194 million) in a new electronic components manufacturing facility that will create 6,

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Apple supplier Foxconn aims to double its workforce and investment in India by next year, a company executive said on Sunday.

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Foxconn aims to double jobs, investment in India over next 12 months

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It is worth noting that the NPI of the new iPhone this year is a little different from previous years, mainly because the gap between the mass production time

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Apple Inc partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), known internationally as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), plans to double its investment and employment in India, highlighting an accelerating manufacturing shift away from China as tensions grow between Washington and Beijing.

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China banned the use of iPhones among government officials, signaling a move to limit Apple Inc.’s presence and elevating worry among investors. Soon after the announcement, shares of Apple plummeted 6.

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In March, Tim Cook was among the first batch of foreign executives to land in Beijing to court high-level officials after the lifting of pandemic-era restrictions, with Apple’s chief lauding how the company and China had grown together in a “symbiotic relationship.”

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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. provides technology solutions in Japan, Ireland, the United States, Singapore, China, Taiwan, and internationally. The company manufactures, sells, and services connectors, cases, thermal modules, wired/wireless communication products, optical products, power supply modules, and assemblies for use in the information technology, communications, automotive equipment, precision molding, automobile, and consumer electronics industries. It also manufactures and sells computer terminal monitors and related components, as well as data storage and processing equipment; offers solutions for autonomous driving systems, new energy power, and IoV systems; and provides services of planning, advisory, and business operation and management, logistics, export processing, construction, leasing, and information/software services. In addition, the company manufactures and sells application modules and network cables assemblies; develops educational technology; holds patent applications; manufactures and trades in portable cameras; and retails office machinery and equipment, and electronic appliances. Further, it is involved in the reinvestment in the businesses relating to robots, automatic equipment, molds, parts, and accessories and corresponding services; and software development, repair and after-sale, and rental services of robots. Additionally, the company manufactures and sells computer and data processing equipment, WIFI cards and modules, CFTVs, DVRs, Bluetooth modules, set-top boxes, and optical network terminals. It is also involved in the provision of data storage services; manufacturing of wire or wireless communication; installation of computer and satellite TV channels; and provision of mobile phone services, as well as telecom-related business. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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And so, the saga of continues.. Will They, Won't They Say what you will of Elon Musk, the world's richest man sure knows how to keep the internet entertained, especially when it concerns his rivals. The eccentric billionaire, who doesn't necessarily have the best track record with keeping his promises ( ), recently said he wants to live stream his possible against __ __CEO Mark Zuckerberg on X, formerly known as Twitter. just ask Twitter cage match Meta Nevermind the fact that it's not even whether the cage match will happen, Zuckerberg didn’t pass up the chance to make a few quips against his fellow billionaire. Responding on Threads (the Twitter/X/Everything™ that's to make a splash), Zuck questioned X's ability to monetize content (which must hurt given how the platform is doing in terms of revenue). confirmed clone failed badly Zuck further went on to say that he was ready to get into that cage fight, but didn't think it would actually happen. A part of me thinks that this internet feud looks like a twisted way of getting people to actually open up Threads just to read the back and forth between Musk and Zuck. Lord knows that's probably the only way to get people to give a damn about the Twitter clone, especially considering that Threads has already more than half of the users that joined the platform since its launch. The irony of launching a barebones Twitter/X/Everything™ clone hasn't been lost to Zuck, who is now promising 'search' functionality and a web version of Threads in the next few weeks as a way to keep users " " . lost hooked No word on hashtags though.. Meta ranked #14 on HackerNoon's this week. Twitter was four spots below, ranking #18. Tech Company Rankings It Happens Only in India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 A slew of tech stories from the world's largest democracy this past week indicates how the country of 1.4 billion is pushing for an "India First" or "Make in India" policy, though this shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone following geopolitics in the region. Take for example a new licensing requirement that the country just imposed for importing laptops, tablets, and personal computers. According to Reuters, the move could the likes of Apple, and and force them to boost local manufacturing. hit hard Dell Samsung The regulation means an end to the free import of the said electronics currently in place, but follows a similar mandate that was imposed on inbound TV shipments in 2020. Meanwhile, Taiwan's Foxconn said it will invest $600 million in two projects in India's Karnataka to make casing components for iPhones and chip-making equipment, Reuters . reported This one has a bit more to do with China; Foxconn wants to reduce its reliance on China, whose relationship with India is cold at best, and India wants less and less products coming in from its rival neighbor over security concerns (think Huawei's ban in the U.S. during the Trump era). 👋 You’re reading of HackerNoon's Tech Company News Brief, a weekly collection of tech goodness that combines HackerNoon's proprietary data with internet trends to determine which companies are rising and falling in the public consciousness. went live yesterday. Prefer reading the whole thing a day early AND in one go? No problemo! Just subscribe to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday. part 2 Part 1 here complete In Other News.. 📰 Tesla rival Xpeng’s head of autonomous driving quits, rumored to join Nvidia — via . TechCrunch A new AI-Driven cyberattack can steal your data just by listening to you type — via . Gizmodo Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn steps down — via . CNBC Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts — via . CNN In game demo, AI generates dialogue on the fly — via . Axios And that's a wrap! Don't forget to share this newsletter with your family and friends! See y'all next week. PEACE! ☮️ — Sheharyar Khan, Editor, Business Tech @ HackerNoon

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There are plenty of articles and reviews of companies that talk about companies where everyone would like to work. But giving so much attention to the companies that have the best reputations, the best employee benefits, and the most positive reviews, I thought maybe companies on the other end of this specter also deserve some of your attention. After all, there are companies you want to join and there are ones you , right? would prefer not to So today I am going to talk about tech companies that are most famous for being hated by many people and having a bad reputation. Most hated tech giants Seems like you can’t avoid talking about the American tech giants no matter if it’s an article about the best employers in tech or about the worst ones. As you may know, many people tend to hate or dislike the American tech behemoths, each member of the Big Five list, which is Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft (with Netflix lately often being considered as a new member of this club). So it should come as no surprise that each member of the ‘Big Five’ would have made it to the top of tech companies with the worst reputations. The only question that is left is: who would be the winner? If I had to make a top 5 list of the most hated American tech giants, here is how I would place them. No 5 - Microsoft Let’s be honest, the software giant never had such a spotless reputation. For years and decades, Microsoft is hated by many people around the world for various reasons: launching low-quality, unfinished, and just plain defective products to the market , acquiring and slowly murdering previously great products , willingness to collaborate with authoritarian regimes (Microsoft’s research branch in China on three A.I. research papers for the military. The research topics included facial recognition, which could help the Chinese government monitor and oppress its citizens), and loads of other things. (hi, Windows Vista) (hi, Skype) had worked But, being objective here, I have to say that in recent years Microsoft’s reputation has been more on the improving side. As Mark Hurst, tech journalist and author, , lately Microsoft makes a lot of effort to present itself as “the kinder, friendlier, Big Tech giant.” It’s not like they manage to fool anybody, but among other tech behemoths, these days Microsoft probably is the least hated one. Good job, software giant! said No 4 - Amazon Today Amazon is an undisputed leader in North America’s online retail, but the company is also doing business in resale, meal delivery, cloud computing, video streaming, and a number of other niches all around retail and tech. So it should come as no surprise that in the U.S., Amazon can easily compete for the crown of the most hated tech giant. Jeff Bezos’s company is widely criticized for its ‘last mile’ shipping operations, leading to multiple burnouts, among its employees, who are mostly working for a minimum wage. Not only that, Amazon is also heavily criticized for paying to the U.S. federal budget and looking for even more tax breaks when conducting a very public search for a second headquarters. But since Amazon is hated mostly just in North America, 4th place only. injuries, and deaths little to no income taxes No 3 - Facebook Facebook, on the other hand, in recent years has been actively gaining weight, so to speak, as one of the most hated tech giants globally. Mostly Facebook is being criticized for how it handles user data, as well as fake news, hate speech, and all kinds of political content. All kinds of data breaches and privacy scandals have also affected Mark Zuckerberg’s reputation. In the public consciousness, the founder of Facebook has turned from a charming robot-like nerd who accidentally created the world’s most popular social network while trying to get laid in college into just another tech billionaire, whose main concern is profits above anything else. This puts Facebook in the 3d spot in our little top. No 2 - Google/Alphabet The ultimate Internet giant, Google its famous ‘Don’t Be Evil’ slogan in 2015, and they did it for a good reason. From an innovative company trying to make the world a little bit better, Google became just another giant corporation, fighting for market dominance and focused on increasing revenue at any cost. eloquently dropped In recent years Google/Alphabet went through a number of scandals, from its employees Google working on Pentagon’s drone AI program and , to internal dissent and discussion at its famous TGIF all-company meeting. protesting against censoring Chinese search engine shutting down No 1 - Apple But when it comes to the most hated tech company in the world, Apple is definitely the champion. The American consumer electronics maker is hated (as well as loved, let’s acknowledge that) all around the world for a long time and passionately, especially since the beginning of the iPhone era. There are so many reasons to hate Apple that describing everything would take the whole article, maybe not even one. Here are just a few major reasons I decided to give Apple the top spot: leveraging cheap labor in China and relying on third-party Chinese contractors with the worst reputations, such as Foxconn (this company has a whole devoted to the epidemic of suicides among its employees exclusively), very active “ ”, consistently decreasing quality of their products, overinflated end-product prices, and, of course, all American tech giants’ favorite gig: to spy on its citizens. Money definitely doesn't stink for companies like Apple. Wikipedia page patent bullying helping authoritarian governments Other tech companies with the worst reputation There are more than enough well-hated tech companies with questionable reputations besides the Big Five, of course. They can be infamous for numerous reasons, such as toxic corporate culture, controversial business models, active political participation, abusing employees, and other nasty stuff. Having so many different criteria to judge upon makes it almost impossible to make a more or less objective rating, so here’s just a number of companies that in our opinion deserve to make it to such a list. Oracle Oracle, current Java’s happy parent (Oracle in 2010), gets quite a lot of criticism over its copyright policies and employee treatment. The biggest reputation-crashing scandal for Oracle is the copyright battle against Google when for infringing copyright in the Java API. According to Cory Doctorow, a famous tech journalist, “Oracle’s mission to copyright APIs is a terrifying example of the worst kind of tech issue: something totally boring and esoteric and simultaneously incredibly important.” Well-said. acquired Java Oracle sued Google Right now Oracle is going through its biggest round of layoffs in over ten years, which is another major factor damaging this company’s reputation. “Oracle is now a next-gen cloud company and everyone in sales who is not cloud savvy will no longer have a job,” according to the . reports Salesforce Salesforce is mostly being chastised for its extremely demanding and harsh corporate culture. Here’s one anonymous employee review of the company: “Working here is like being in a cult. You are expected to dedicate your life to the cause 24-7, on weekends and vacations. People swear and shout all the time because of stress and frustration. Age discrimination abounds with seasoned professionals being passed over for promotions in favor of younger millennials.” IBM IBM is a company that should definitely get a spot in any list of the worst tech businesses in the world just for infamously supplying punch card technology to nazis and enthusiastically helping them to . A lot of time passed since then, but IBM didn’t get any better. Awful treatment of employees, users' private data, , and significant strategic focus on tax evasion: IBM is a deeply toxic company that seems to be getting even worse. organize and facilitate the Holocaust secretly stealing constant layoffs Uber The world’s largest taxi-hailing app is also not without sin, to say the least. Over its rather brief history (the company was founded in 2009) Uber has been accused of lots of things: secretly and breaching privacy rules, toxic , creating an extremely unfair business model where Uber , and a number of other things. stealing personal data corporate bro-culture treats non-employee workers like customers “It’s hard to think of a company that has shown more disdain for governmental authority, or for the safety and welfare of its drivers, riders, and employees,”  said Lindsey Barrett, a professor from Georgetown University Law Center. Tencent / Baidu And for the final one, I probably should mention Tencent and Baidu as two giants of the Chinese Internet. Baidu, the biggest in China search engine, works basically as a censorship tool directly in line with the Communist Party of China’s policies. Tencent is the owner of WeChat, China’s most popular messaging app (has more than ), and it does pretty much the same thing: censoring its content and fully collaborating with the communist government of China in terms of sharing its user’s data. 1.25 billion monthly users Also published here .

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The concept of artificial intelligence as a non-human intelligence , but no one then could have imagined what success AI would achieve in the 2020s. In just 70 years, we have had bots that can learn, solve complex computational problems, write related texts, generate images and music, and analyze tons of information in seconds. originated in the 1950s Now artificial intelligence is on everyone's lips, and it is used almost everywhere — creativity, education, medicine, business, and finance. Why is AI such a popular topic, and why is it worth paying special attention to projects that introduce AI into their development? Growing Popularity At the end of January 2023, the global Google Trends ranking for "AI" was . The ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI attracted the same attention from users. 94 out of 100 According to , a third of organizations are using AI across industries, and 83% of companies are considering adopting AI a priority for business development. The AI technology market is expected to reach $500 billion in 2023. About 100 million people will work in the field of artificial intelligence by 2025. tidio.com AI is no longer a futuristic dream and has become commonplace for many people. These technologies are gaining special popularity. Not long ago published their investigation, which shows the most trending AI directions in 2023. Alumni Ventures - Due to the high scalability of artificial intelligence, this technology can simplify the processes of working with clients, analyzing images and records, and compiling options for solving problems of any complexity. Enterprise - AI can enhance other AI technologies and help create and train new tools. Designing and editing applications are becoming easier and faster in every industry. AI Development - Medicine has always been and will be a topical area of development and investment. The use of AI technologies will improve diagnosis, treatment selection, and equipment setup. At the end of December 2022, scientists from the Curie Institute and Ibex Medical Analytics a study on the use of an AI algorithm for the accurate diagnosis of breast cancer. AI was trained to distinguish between benign and malignant tumors, analyze the state of cells and clarify the diagnosis. This could save thousands of lives in the future. Medicine and Therapeutics published - Neural networks generate images, texts, and music, edit videos, and often at the request of users. In this capacity, AI can become a good marketing tool. Content Creation - AI can work with large amounts of data and their processing. The operation of the blockchain can become faster and more regular thanks to such technologies. Web3 & Data Science speed up - The more developed the Internet, the more dangers it poses to the privacy and security of users. AI can prevent hacker attacks, analyze threats, and apply protection tools. Programs such as and have developed well in this area. Security ThreatKey Pixm I’ll also add on my own that AI is making serious changes to the . Imagine the recruitment process for the largest companies with several thousand employees. Need to choose the right application from hundreds of submissions? Manually, this process can take weeks. Some employers are trying to implement AI for recruitment. HR system Chatbots scan resumes much faster and are better at weeding out unsuitable candidates, dispassionately testing prospective hires, and can often make the training process for interns easier. This saves time and money, and it is not surprising that AI for HR is now on everyone's lips. A Tidbit for Investors At the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, AI has become one of the most attractive areas for investment. According to statistics, in the first 3 months of 2023 alone, $48.05 million was invested in five AI projects. cryptorank.io Many large companies have also sent significant funds to the development of AI technologies. Let's take a look at the at the beginning of 2023. Softbank and its limited partners Microsoft, Apple, and Foxconn have announced a second $108 billion vision fund. most noteworthy numbers The news about in OpenAI has become sensational. The company contributed $1 billion to develop the ChatGPT chatbot and improve the user experience. This investment will benefit Azure Cloud Credits and shared AI infrastructure. Microsoft's investment Notably, Volkswagen has invested $2.6 billion in a self-driving startup, specifically Argo AI technology. This project is doing phenomenal work in the field of autonomous mobility. Ford already invested in Argo AI in the past. Thus, AI is a real goldmine for startups and investors. But why do modern businesses seek to integrate AI and why do investors give it high preference? Perhaps successful AI cases will help to better understand this. Those who have Succeeded Thanks to AI In my opinion, projects that implement artificial intelligence are ahead of their time and occupy a leading position. There are already many examples of companies that are succeeding thanks to AI. Google’s parent company is working on search improvement and advertising. The company develops AI machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision. Thanks to this, Google's search capabilities dominant among users around the world. Alphabet remain For several years now, has been using AI technologies in . Amazon.com several directions Personalized product recommendations with the function of predicting potential purchases. Voice shopping with Alexa. Improved relevant search. Optimization of work in warehouses. A "just walk out" way of shopping where you pick up an item from the Amazon store and just leave. The app debits the payment from your account so you don't have to stand in line. Thanks to AI, medicine is also rapidly developing. for accurate diagnosis for over 5 years. Matthias Reumann from IBM Research explains exactly how the algorithm works, saying that by using cognitive computing, we are building a list of hypotheses which we then present to the doctors, including their sources, for the ultimate data-driven diagnosis. If one lab result is slightly out of the normal range, Watson can find it for further investigation.” IBM Watson has been using AI Of course, the latest digital technologies are also improving thanks to AI. , namely , provide optimization for working with data in the blockchain and improving system security. As for blockchain games, , which was named in UAE, has made significant progress in the use of AI, including the development of AI to improve the quality of images, animations, and lip-syncing, with the help of Cascadeur and NVIDIA systems. Several crypto projects SingularityNET, DeepBrain Chain, Nervos Network, and Ocean Protocol SIDUS Heroes №1 Gaming Metaverse So, the most advanced projects today use AI in different areas of their work. This helps them reach a large market and attract users. Wrapping Up AI is a relentless trend in early 2023, and as technology evolves and new tools emerge, AI will be one of the leading trends for a long time to come. For now, AI is mostly used in digital technologies, medicine, HR, marketing, and security systems. The most advanced areas of human activity are increasingly being enhanced with AI tools. Several billion dollars were invested in projects with AI technologies at the beginning of 2023 alone. Anything that improves user experience, marketing, navigation, and purchases attracts the attention of top investors. Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, as well as Web3 and game projects, are increasingly turning their attention to AI. What is this, if not the future of almost every area of our lives?

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Nokia, once the undisputed king of the mobile phone market, has struggled to maintain its position in recent years. The Finnish company's fortunes began to decline with the emergence of Apple's iPhone and the Google Android operating system, which quickly gained a foothold in the mobile market. Today, it’s rebranding into something totally different. The company has been around for over 150 years, and in those years, it has changed its logo about five times. Nokia's first logo was created in 1866, an image of a fish. Founded in 1865,  it wasn’t always a telecommunications company; it started out as a forestry endeavor. Over the years, Nokia has diversified into various industries, including rubber, cable, electronics, and telecommunications. However, it wasn't until the 1990s that the brand became a household name with its mobile phones. In this discourse, we will look at Nokia's ascent to fame, its hegemony in the mobile phone market, its eventual decline, and how it is currently pivoting its brand image. Nokia's Early Years Nokia's early years were focused on the pulp and paper industry, but as of the 1980s, the company had already begun to explore the telecommunications industry, which would eventually become its primary focus. The company made significant contributions to history and accomplished many feats during its ascent. In the history of the mobile phone business, Nokia was among the pioneering companies. it introduced the Nordic Mobile Telephone Network, the first global cellular system that connected the four Nordic nations of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. Though mobile phones were originally incorporated into the company’s product lineup in the it had already been engaged in communications since the . In 1987, Nokia launched the world’s first handheld NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) device, the Mobira Cityman. The device was a large, brick-shaped device that weighed about 2 pounds and Although expensive, it was an upscale instrument and a status symbol and was mostly sold to affluent metropolitan professionals. 1980s, 1960s cost over $4,000. considered The Mobira Cityman, which is known as the , gained notoriety and earned the moniker "The Gorba," after Mikhail Gorbachev, the president of the Soviet Union at the time, used it to call Moscow from Helsinki during a press conference in 1987. A few years prior, Nokia introduced the first car phone—the Mobira Senator—released in 1982, and in 1984, it launched what is known as the first portable automobile phone in history, the Mobira Talkman. world’s first lithium-ion phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kny732TX3sA&embedable=true Rise to Prominence with Mobile Nokia's ascent to fame can be attributed to its decision to concentrate on mobile phones in the early 1990s. The Guardian that in 1998, Nokia rose to the top of the global mobile phone market. From 1996 to 2001, Nokia's revenue increased from €6.5 billion to €31 billion, nearly five times. The company's staff expanded by during the same period. As of 1999, it was already the mobile phone maker. reported 150% to 27,353 world's biggest The that Harri Holkeri, the prime minister of Finland, used a Nokia device to place the first "global system for mobile communications" call in history. The call, which lasted just over three minutes, was between him and Deputy Mayor of Tampere Kaarina Suonio on July 1, 1991. company claimed The 2100 series, launched in 1994, was the first phone to feature the Nokia Tune ringtone, and despite Nokia's aim being 400,000 phones, the series went on to sell 20 million phones globally. Nokia released the 7110 series, a phone with basic web-based features, including email, five years later. Colloquially dubbed the “Matrix phone,” the 7110 model connects to the internet using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and the Orange network. It was described as “the precursor to all phones up until the advent of touchscreen technology.” by . In the same year, Nokia briefly became the most valuable company in Europe. Microsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy-vQ2i56Y&embedable=true Remember the snake game? The first mobile device to ship with the game pre-installed was the Nokia 6110. After the series’s 1998 release, the business surpassed Motorola to take the top ranking among cellular phone manufacturers in the globe. The company sold nearly 41 million cellular phones in the same year. After introducing its first phone with a built-in camera, the Nokia 7650, in the year 2001. The Nokia 3650, which was the company's first video capture phone, and the Nokia 6650, its first 3G phone, were both released in 2002. The capabilities offered by the second generation were improved by 3G technology, which provided more sophisticated functions. It made it feasible to use a mobile phone to do things like browse the web, download music, and watch TV on the go, in addition to many more functions. Decline and Revival In 2004, , despite dominating the market, it was losing ground to rivals because its new line of devices was lagging behind. In contrast to its aim of 40%, the company's market share was 35%. Three years earlier, it also , attributing it to a downturn in the mobile industry, and announced intentions to lay off 1,000 employees. Nevertheless, towards the end of the year, things start to improve. According to from the research firm Gartner, Nokia's market share reached a peak of about 50% in 2007. Nokia issued a warning that issued a profit warning data But things were about to take a sharp turn. In January 2007, Steve Jobs introduced a device that will change the world forever, the iPhone. The same year, just a few months after the iPhone was made available in the United States, Nokia, was forced to issue what was then referred to as one of the biggest product recalls ever after admitting that 46 million of its phones may have defective batteries. have it that the disclosure caused the company's stock price to drop by more than half a billion pounds. Analysts did estimate that the recall may cost as much as €500 million (£340 million). Reports In the following years, Nokia's market share decreased rapidly. In contrast to an increase of 327.5% in Apple iPhone sales, Nokia smartphone sales decreased by 3.1% during the quarter. The following year, as the recession affects sales of mobile phones, Nokia announces intentions to reduce 1,700 employees globally. As of 2008, Nokia reported a 30% fall in third-quarter profits. A Wall Street Journal article that Nokia engineers said that they thoroughly investigated the iPhone when it first came out and found that it did not pose an imminent danger. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the CEO of Nokia at the time, stated that there was nothing to be concerned about; rather, he addressed it as a welcomed , reported development “I don’t think that what we have seen so far (from Apple) is something that would any way necessitate us changing our thinking when it comes to openness, our software, and business approach. But the fact that Apple is entering the market, in general, I think will stimulate this market, it’s very clear. I think it will be good for the industry and I very much welcome that.” However, Nokia will eventually acknowledge that it was slow to respond to the emergence of new gadgets like the iPhone. “We made wrong decisions in the American market,” says Kai Oistamo, who was Executive Vice President for devices at Nokia. At this point, Nokia's future was beginning to face a severe threat from rivals like the iPhone and Android-based handsets. In 2010, Nokia continued its job cuts despite a rise in profits. While it appointed a new CEO, Stephen Elop, it laid off a further 1,800 jobs. The next year, Elop sounded a warning. In an sent to employees, he said, internal memo “I have learned that we are standing on a burning platform. And, we have more than one explosion - we have multiple points of scorching heat that are fuelling a blazing fire around us…Nokia, our platform is burning.” He further expatiated on how much Nokia has been hurt by the competition, “While competitors poured flames on our market share, what happened at Nokia? We fell behind, we missed big trends, and we lost time. At that time, we thought we were making the right decisions; but, with the benefit of hindsight, we now find ourselves years behind.” Yet, it was far too late; Apple was already beginning to dominate the mobile industry. Elop noted that since the release of the original iPhone in 2007, Nokia has not developed anything that came close to its experience. And Android, which entered the market in 2008, has overtaken them as the market leader for smartphones. Days later after the warning, Elop a strategic partnership with Microsoft in a bid to compete with Apple and Google's Android platforms. This also came with a further 4,000 job cuts. had it afterward that Microsoft wanted to acquire Nokia, but the company Microsoft acquisition rumor is 'completely baseless'." announced Rumor dismissed , Samsung Electronics Co. formally overtook the Finnish company as the world's largest vendor of mobile phones, ending Nokia's 14-year reign as the industry's leading producer. The next year, Microsoft bought Nokia's mobile business for €5.44bn (£4.6bn). Meanwhile, in 2016, Microsoft sold the brand to two companies, HMD and Foxconn. By the close of the first quarter of 2012 Nokia Present Evolution Today, Nokia is revamping its brand. In an interview with Bloomberg, the incumbent CEO Pekka Lundmark said: “In most people’s minds, we are still a successful mobile phone brand, but this is not what Nokia is about. We want to launch a new brand that is focusing very much on the networks and industrial digitalization, which is a completely different thing from the legacy mobile phones.” With regards to that, the company has now changed its 60year old logo. Even though Nokia-branded phones are still sold by HMD Global, Nokia no longer associates itself with the reputation it once had as a mobile phone maker. The logo redesign represents a complete shift in strategy. Pekka said in a press release, “Today we share our updated company and technology strategy with a focus on unleashing the exponential potential of networks – pioneering a future where networks meet cloud. To signal this ambition we are refreshing our brand to reflect who we are today – a B2B technology innovation leader. This is Nokia, but not as the world has seen us before.” Nokia abandoned the phone manufacturing industry ten years ago in order to transition into a " ," concentrating on telecommunications infrastructure and technology, including 5G networks, cloud-based services, and software-defined networking. The business also owns a portfolio of patents in the fields of telecommunications and mobile technology, and it generates revenue by licensing these patents to other businesses for use in their offerings. business technology corporation Since 2016, HMD Global has owned the real mobile phone sector of Nokia, and it has the exclusive right to use the Nokia name and logo on its own smartphones. It remains to be known if HMD will continue using the previous logo.  The , however, received a response from HMD confirming that its own use of the original logo is unaffected by Nokia's redesign. Verge Nokia's was $26.92 billion as of March 2023. The company is now the 656th most valuable company in the world according to market cap. Q4 2022 Earnings report showed that Nokia had a 6% growth in 2022. Nokia’s CEO said in a statement with Reuters, market cap "We are taking market share now," And speaking of the company’s outlook for the year, he also added, “Looking forward to 2023, while we are mindful of the uncertain economic outlook, demand remains robust.” The company predicted net sales for the entire year of 2023 to range between 24.9 billion and 26.5 billion euros, representing 2% to 8% growth in constant currency. Image Sources: | | Purple Design Quartz Nokia

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In a year dominated by pandemic, there was also a lot of notable technology news and analysis. Take a stroll back through a year that felt like a century with my compendium of the best tech reporting, writing, and commentary of 2020: January Sonos said what every smaller tech company was thinking: working with big tech sucks , Dieter Bohn The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/8/21056198/sonos-google-statement-lawsuit-ces-reaction-big-tech We’re fighting fake news AI bots by using more AI. That’s a mistake. , Samuel Woolley MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/01/08/130983/were-fighting-fake-news-ai-bots-by-using-more-ai-thats-a-mistake/ YouTube moderators are being forced to sign a statement acknowledging the job can give them PTSD , Casey Newton The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/24/21075830/youtube-moderators-ptsd-accenture-statement-lawsuits-mental-health February Why Facebook’s data-sharing project ballooned into a 2-year debacle , Issie Lapowsky Protocol https://www.protocol.com/facebook-data-sharing-researchers Here’s the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping on Me, and Probably on You Too , Anna Merlan Motherboard/VICE https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dmkyq/heres-the-file-clearview-ai-has-been-keeping-on-me-and-probably-on-you-too Big Tech’s Takeovers Finally Get Scrutiny , Kara Swisher The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/opinion/ftc-investigation-google-facebook.html Why Your State Has Terrible Internet Access , Karl Bode Motherboard/VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/v74pda/why-your-state-has-terrible-internet-access March Pixar’s computer graphics pioneers have won the $1 million Turing Award , Charlotte Jee MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/03/18/905239/pixars-computer-graphics-pioneers-have-won-the-1-million-turing-award/ Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising? , Gilad Edelman Wired https://www.wired.com/story/why-dont-we-just-ban-targeted-advertising/ April How a nonprofit you’ve never heard of made the web safer for everyone , Glenn Fleishman Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90467660/how-a-nonprofit-youve-never-heard-of-made-the-web-safer-for-everyone You Can Now Check If Your ISP Uses Basic Security Measures , Lily Hay Newman Wired https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-bgp-routing-safe-yet/ Another pandemic woe: Zoom fatigue , Scott Rosenberg Axios https://www.axios.com/zoom-fatigue-coronavirus-teleconferencing-f5c0ce17-483f-4c71-9a7d-f023d7e7a45b.html May Poynter Institute launches WhatsApp chatbot to debunk coronavirus-related hoaxes , Manish Singh TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/poynter-institutes-international-fact-checking-network-launches-chatbot-on-whatsapp-to-debunk-thousands-of-coronavirus-related-hoaxes/ Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job , Casey Newton The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-health Chrome will start blocking resource-heavy ads in August , Emil Protalinski VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/14/chrome-will-start-blocking-resource-heavy-ads-in-august/ Microsoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change , Liam Tung ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-we-were-wrong-about-open-source-but-luckily-you-can-change/ June DOD's third attempt to implement IPv6 isn't going well , Catalin Cimpanu ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/dods-third-attempt-to-implement-ipv6-isnt-going-well/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job , ogle-cloud-job/ Todd Bishop GeekWire https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-sues-former-aws-marketing-vp-brian-hall-accepts-go IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology , Jay Peters The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21284683/ibm-no-longer-general-purpose-facial-recognition-analysis-software AWS said it mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever , Catalin Cimpanu ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-said-it-mitigated-a-2-3-tbps-ddos-attack-the-largest-ever/ The FBI said it used Instagram, Etsy, and LinkedIn to track down a protester in Philadelphia accused of setting a police car on fire , Lisa Eadicicco Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-uses-instagram-etsy-linkedin-to-find-george-floyd-protester-2020-6 Why tech didn’t save us from covid-19 David Rotman, MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/17/1003312/why-tech-didnt-save-us-from-covid-19/ July China’s Software Stalked Uighurs Earlier and More Widely, Researchers Learn and , Paul Mozur Nicole Perlroth The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/technology/china-uighurs-hackers-malware-hackers-smartphones.html Inside Facebook’s exclusive clubs for its top advertisers , Hannah Murphy Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/89a89532-2be4-47a0-b79a-841421532c0e Facebook gets in a Twitter tangle , Casey Newton The Interface https://www.getrevue.co/profile/caseynewton/issues/facebook-gets-in-a-twitter-tangle-265375 The Work-From-Home Shift Shocked Companies—Now They’re Learning Its Lessons , Christopher Mims The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-work-from-home-shift-shocked-companiesnow-theyre-learning-its-lessons-11595649628 Microsoft Said to Be in Talks to Buy TikTok, as Trump Weighs Curtailing App , , and Mike Isaac Ana Swanson Alan Rappeport, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/technology/tiktok-microsoft.html Nvidia in talks to buy Arm from SoftBank for more than $32bn , , and , Arash Massoudi Tim Bradshaw James Fontanella-Khan Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/4ed67726-1a56-4ce2-9d62-a5ec2a8f35b5 August The Pandemic Workday Is 48 Minutes Longer and Has More Meetings , Jeff Green Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-03/the-pandemic-workday-is-48-minutes-longer-and-has-more-meetings TikTok Ban? Creators and Fans Are Big Mad , Taylor Lorenz The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/style/tiktok-ban-threat-trump.html Insecure satellite Internet is threatening ship and plane safety , Dan Goodin Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/insecure-satellite-internet-is-threatening-ship-and-plane-safety/ Why quantum computing matters , Bryan Walsh Axios https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-44b480f7-05cf-4c98-8ae4-871f04f1cec2.html September Wirecard and me: Dan McCrum on exposing a criminal enterprise , Dan McCrum Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/745e34a1-0ca7-432c-b062-950c20e41f03 Unlimited Information Is Transforming Society and , Naomi Oreskes Erik M. Conway Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unlimited-information-is-transforming-society/ Apple v. Epic — a briefing on the antitrust arguments and interesting facts , Dean Takahashi VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/11/the-deanbeat-apple-v-epic-a-briefing-on-the-antitrust-arguments-and-interesting-facts/ "I Have Blood On My Hands": A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation , , and , Craig Silverman Ryan Mac Pranav Dixit BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo Ransomware attack at German hospital leads to death of patient , Lawrence Abrams BleepingComputer https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-attack-at-german-hospital-leads-to-death-of-patient/#.X2ORHzTKn58.twitter Can Big Tech save the planet? Maybe not, but it won't be for lack of trying , Jerry Bowles Diginomica https://diginomica.com/can-big-tech-save-planet-maybe-not-it-wont-be-lack-trying Amazon details its low-bandwidth Sidewalk neighborhood network, coming to Echo and Tile devices soon , Frederic Lardinois TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/21/amazon-details-its-low-bandwidth-sidewalk-neighborhood-network-coming-to-echo-and-tile-devices-soon/ How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole , Anne Helen Petersen Wired https://www.wired.com/story/how-work-became-an-inescapable-hellhole/ October The Eighth Wonder of the World , Josh Dzieza The Verge https://www.theverge.com/21507966/foxconn-empty-factories-wisconsin-jobs-loophole-trump Artificial intelligence and the antitrust case against Google , Khari Johnson VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/21/artificial-intelligence-and-the-antitrust-case-against-google/ Governments are using the pandemic as an excuse to restrict internet freedom , Charlotte Jee MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/14/1010361/governments-are-using-the-pandemic-as-an-excuse-to-restrict-internet-freedom/ 25 moments in tech that defined the past 25 years Fast Company Staff, Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90565059/25-moments-in-tech-that-defined-the-past-25-years The Justice Dept.’s Lawsuit Against Google: Too Little, Too Late , Kara Swisher The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/opinion/google-justice-lawsuit.html Quibi Is Shutting Down Barely Six Months After Going Live , , and , Benjamin Mullin Joe Flint Maureen Farrell The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/quibi-weighs-shutting-down-as-problems-mount-11603301946 Taking Back Our Privacy , Anna Wiener The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/26/taking-back-our-privacy November Someone has transferred ~$1 billion from a bitcoin wallet quiet since 2015 , Dan Goodin Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/11/someone-has-withdrawn-1-billion-from-a-bitcoin-wallet-dormant-since-2015/ Marissa Mayer wants to clean up your contacts, and that’s just for starters Harry McCracken, Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90576544/marissa-mayer-enrique-munoz-torres-sunshine-lumi-labs CVS becomes first national retailer to offer support for PayPal and Venmo QR codes at checkout , Sarah Perez TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/16/cvs-becomes-first-national-retailer-to-offer-support-for-paypal-and-venmo-qr-codes-at-checkout/ Trump Fires Security Chief Christopher Krebs , y Brian Krebs Krebs on Securit https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/11/trump-fires-security-chief-christopher-krebs/ Amazon Works to Avoid Google’s Fate With EU Antitrust Regulators , Aoife White Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-01/amazon-amzn-works-to-avoid-eu-antitrust-fines-placed-on-google-googl Apple to pay $113M settlement over its iPhone 'batterygate' slowdowns , Ian Sherr CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-to-pay-113-million-settlement-over-its-iphone-batterygate-slowdowns/ London A.I. Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery , Cade Metz The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/technology/deepmind-ai-protein-folding.html December Google AI ethics co-lead Timnit Gebru says she was fired over an email , Khari Johnson VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/03/google-ai-ethics-co-lead-timnit-gebru-says-she-was-fired-over-an-email/ Here’s the NLRB Complaint Alleging Google Illegally Fired and Surveilled Workers , Lauren Kaori Gurley Motherboard/VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzg8n/heres-the-nlrb-complaint-alleging-google-illegally-fired-and-surveilled-workers In 2020, Disinformation Broke the US , Jane Lytvynenko BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/disinformation-broke-us Armed police raid home of Florida scientist fired over Covid-19 data , Ed Pilkington The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/07/florida-police-raid-data-scientist-coronavirus Huawei tested AI software that could recognize Uighur minorities and alert police, report says and , Drew Harwell Eva Dou The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/08/huawei-tested-ai-software-that-could-recognize-uighur-minorities-alert-police-report-says/ Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

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The Lightning Deal timer is ticking away. You're frantically scraping through hundreds of discounts. Finally, after a barrage of Prime deals and discounts, you find the one: a deeply discounted, 30% off Amazon Echo. In seconds, Amazon gives you access to millions of products, each with their own set of environmental issues. As the Lightning Deal timer goads you on, shoppers rarely look up from their search to ask, “Do I even need this [insert random tech gadget here]”, let alone “How will this purchase damage the environment?". As a shopper, you continue on. After cross-examining just a few more options, you finally check out and ride that post-purchase high. You’ve won, but have you really? Today’s the one day where an absurd number of Amazon products are so irresistibly cheap, that we have the sudden urge to purchase everything and anything from an Amazon Echo to a Roomba. — all the ‘exclusive’ deals sound pretty sweet. Last year, Prime members bought more than . Features like Amazon’s ordering make it so easy. However, cheap deals and Prime shipping come at a huge hidden environmental cost that don’t show up on the checkout page. We can’t fault you 175 million items on Prime Day 1-click As you and the hundreds of millions of Prime shoppers scroll through Amazon, the environmental impact begins to add up. Just last year, with , Prime Day shoppers ordered 600 items being purchased every second Over 100,000 lunchboxes, 100,000 laptops, 200,000 TVs, 300,000 headphones, 350,000 luxury beauty products, 400,000 pet products, 650,000 household cleaning supplies, 1 million toys Millions of smart home devices And much more Here’s a closer look into why this all matters, especially today, on Prime Day. Tracing your Echo’s Footprint For example, let’s take a look at how our environment is paying for your purchase of an Amazon Echo — the most popular item on Prime Day. Materials The demand generated for your Echo and many other electronics fuel the metal extraction industry–the irreversible excavation to obtain non-renewable materials such as coal, copper, and silver. These materials take significant energy to extract and the processes are incredibly damaging and practically irreversible to the environment. Your Echo earns its first strike before it’s even in the factory. Manufacturing The production of the Echo’s components from the silicon chips to the circuit boards requires extreme precision, making the manufacturing stage the most energy intensive portion. Even worse, the final stage of manufacturing comes at a human cost — workers at FoxConn, one of Amazon’s suppliers and manufacturers of Echos, are underpaid and forced to work in harsh conditions. Distribution/Transportation Current delivery systems are not built to efficiently consolidate and deliver packages to shoppers’ doorsteps within two days, according to , from the Institute for Transportation Studies at the University of California Davis. With the rush of Prime shipping, Prime Day and other mass shopping holidays are contributing more congestion to our cities, pollutants to our air, and packaging waste to our landfills. Miguel Jaller Usage The energy usage of an Amazon Echo is quite low. In contrast to the permanent damage of mining the raw materials for the Echo, most users hold onto theirs for a few years before disposing of it. Destruction Majority of the cost of recycling this cheap Echo lands on , most of them already overburdened with e-waste. , when our electronic waste often ends up in landfills, they have the potential to leak toxic materials like lead and mercury into the air, water, and soil, posing serious environmental and health risks. local municipalities With our broken recycling system All things considered, is this Echo really worth it? We don’t think so. This might sound too good to be true but the best we can do right now is be more mindful —as renowned climate activist Ayana Johnson urges, we must “Refuse. Reuse. Repurpose. Repair. Reduce.” So what can we do as consumers to mitigate this huge environmental impact? We have a right to demand better products, policies, and environmental protection. After spending months researching carbon footprint data, we at Neutral know how difficult it is to trace the environmental footprint of your products. After all, most of the data is hidden behind corporate doors or licenses with price tags of upwards of $1,000. Stirred by our own collective anxieties and uncertainties, we built Neutral to bring transparency to the environmental impact of our consumption habits. is a free browser extension that unveils the environmental impact of your Amazon purchases and allows you to offset your emissions right from your shopping cart. Neutral We calculate the carbon footprint of your product by accounting for of your product, factoring in all material and energy inputs, transportation, storage, and waste outputs generated throughout the life of a good. The data required for these calculations are sourced from CleanMetrics' CarbonScopeData database, one of the largest and most comprehensive LCI databases in North America. entire lifecycle All offsets are directed to various projects provided by , an organization established by WWF and other international NGOs. The projects we donate to range from reforestation to regenerative agriculture efforts to sequester carbon. The most recent offset project we've been contributing to is the , a reforestation initiative for the Nicaragua Forest. The Neutral community is growing in both size and impact — to date, we've offset over 54,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide as a community. Gold Standard Nicaforest High Impact Reforestation Program To learn more about the tools we’re building to help everyday people fight the climate crisis, check out our . There’s a lot of work that still needs to be done, but we hope with Neutral, we provide you with the transparency you need to shop in a way that reflects your values. website If you have any other questions or feedback, reach us at hello@shopneutral.io.

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I am Michael Dementii, CEO at , the leading developer of VR gaming products. I offer to take a look at the VR domain though the prism of coronavirus and analyze the effect the pandemic will have on the industry. ARVI The idea of doom and a deadly pandemic coming to life through the movies of Ingmar Bergman, Terry Gilliam or Steven Soderbergh has always stirred our imagination. Yet it’s been distant, somewhat surreal and attractive to writers at all times. Visualize, they said, and your wildest thoughts may come true. And, for over the last three months, the reality has indeed been nothing but scary. Our horror movie we are a part of is called ‘Covid-19’. The virus outbreak paralyzes the world, spreads like fire, eats up countries and takes lives. The human race responds to contamination with isolation and lockdown. Businesses with physical branches, offices, requiring public gatherings and interaction, shut their doors. Huge events, conferences, and film festivals are postponed indefinitely. Schools and teachers are quarantined. Streets are empty. When the real world shuts down people still have their safe haven — virtual dimension. Can’t help but wonder how the pandemic will change things for VR. I invite you to reflect upon that. The toll on global business Covid-19 hit the overall business sentiment globally, and so it did with consumer behavioral patterns. It all began in China. The genesis of the virus happened to be in the country known as the world’s greatest exporter. The pandemic ruthlessly suspended the Chinese manufacturing en masse, thus, no huge and well-established business was spared. Basically, the supply chains have been disrupted, and this has a domino effect on the entire performance of the companies. So, who suffers the most? Due to quarantine, around 50% of the businesses in entertainment industry had to reduce their staff or even close down, and there is no way of knowing for how long. Apparently, travel and HoReCa businesses have been severely affected. Hilton and Marriott chains have closed their hotel properties in China and beyond, expecting between $25-50 million losses by the end of this year. Here, we can also add cruise lines and airlines to the mix. The shares of the most prominent market players are down to around 80%. Investors are now to receive quarterly revenues $200-300 million lower than expected before the outbreak. Due to the fact that the travel industry is a key contributor to the global economy, we have stepped into the next financial crisis. prepared Because of economic ties, China has dragged down the entire Asia Pacific region — Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The US services sector, the world’s largest consumer market was hit in the stomach. Oil prices reached the absolute record since 2001 — they haven’t been that low in 19 years. Stock prices are down in major markets, bond yields are lower. All in all, the magnitude of the disaster is obvious, as businesses and workers put it — . Panic and despair aside, let’s approach the situation pragmatically. “It has all gone to hell” Technologies have been considered the magic wand for the business world for years. They’ve been the locomotive of change, digital transformation, which has, in turn, given birth to new meanings, and experiences. To figure out whether tech can save the day now, we should probably analyze what mess coronavirus has made in IT. What happens in the tech Again, the supply chain is the area of major concern for the technology industry as well. Since Chinese factories and plants ended up with partial and then complete closure, this has led to global giants closing their stores. Apple is experiencing a significant iPhone supply shortage because of Foxconn, its China-based manufacturing company, closed its production. In view of this, global smartphone production 10% in Q1 this year. As a logical consequence, the shortage leads to decreased shipments. will go down Other than that, the virus caused the cancellation of the world’s most crucial technology events. Conferences such as Mobile World Congress or Global Marketing Summit have traditionally gathered the brightest minds of the industry, the most important companies. These events are the meccas for innovation, and now these happenings, which are vital for the tech domain, are postponed until better times. Because of this, the industry may miss out on valuable partnerships and prospects. However, the dwellers of the tech world are survivors, and crisis usually points to where the opportunities are. The circumstances have formulated certain trends, such as the high demand in a new tier of communication, new interactive experiences. In this context, the 5G technology will be decisive for providing a seamless and high-speed connection. The need for transformation and working in remote mode highlights virtual reality and vast opportunities it bears within. The virtue of VR: it can be anything Where the real gets shaken, the virtual environment comes to the fore. A dimension that Covid-19 cannot shatter. VR is a powerful resource that can take many forms, can be well-translated into various industries, lots of processes and operations. Apart from being pure fun, today it is literally a lifeboat. The power of VR was known long before the pandemic came along. In 2018, the global VR headset market at $5.02 billion. Statistics reflect one important fact: the majority of business owners and entrepreneurs are already using VR or plan to use it in their enterprises any time soon. was estimated Over twenty industries all over the world are reaping the benefits of VR. More specifically, in the automotive industry engineers unleash their imagination and are free to experiment with vehicle design. Dwellers of retail sectors take online shopping to a new level via VR department stores. In real estate, you can browse property offers without leaving your households and comfy couches. Sports, entertainment, gaming — those areas have been familiar with VR for years. 360 market is expected to grow exponentially, blurring the line between real and surreal. Today, the world finds itself in circumstances where virtual reality is much more than a pleasant addition — it’s an avatar for the business or even an entire domain. Let’s take the travel industry, one that has been affected. If the work can be done remotely, then traveling can be done virtually. Virtual tourism gives a quarantined person a chance to walk the ancient Maya city far and wide, see the key historical monuments, national parks, and a 360-degree video gives this immersiveness and makes you believe you are really there. The education industry has been using VR mostly for training purposes. Med students, as well as engineers, mechanics and aerospace trainees, have been harnessing the advantages of VR for learning and upgrading. As far as secondary education is concerned, virtual reality inserts gamification into studying and stimulates creative thinking: everything you cannot do in real life is possible in VR. Moreover, virtual reality platforms have been elaborated for kids with special needs, mental issues or other disabilities. Healthcare specialists can explore human anatomy and gain valuable insights through VR sessions. Interestingly enough, virtual reality is used as for burns. pain relief People suffering from mental illnesses, depression, PTSD or anxiety see VR as a for them, and successful practices are quite common. Doctors in Dubai VR glasses as part of smart ambulance framework to monitor their patients while transporting them in an ambulance. gamechanger are applying Telehealth support groups on the basis of VR are gaining popularity, and these therapeutic applications for people with different conditions can be helpful today probably more than ever. During this social isolation period, enterprises can apply VR for virtual meetings, virtual offices for remote teams, interactive product presentations, experiential training, and whatnot. It’s quite obvious — VR is not going to die. It’s been alive and kicking for years, and sadly, the corona ignition is the milestone for VR, opening an array of opportunities. Since we are in trouble these days, and there’s no aspect of our lives that hasn’t suffered, we should use the untouchable resource that we have — virtual reality. Both businesses and their clientele have a chance to stay connected and survive this crisis, because, this too shall pass.

How The Coronavirus Tested The Resilience of The Virtual Reality Industry

As per the current statistical records, over 124,000 novel coronavirus cases have been reported across 122 countries and territories, globally. Source This has given a setback to the economy and the organizations are now looking for feasible options to handle their operations amidst the pandemic. Here, we enlist the organizations who have taken precautionary measure to ensure safety of their employees: - Reportedly closed its Seattle office until March 9, with employees being encouraged to work from home at least until March 31. Facebook - CEO Tim Cook has given most of his company's global workforce permission to work from home. The company has also reportedly restricted travel to Italy, China and South Korea, and is deep cleaning offices and stores. Apple - Told employees with immediate family members returning from China to work from home for at least 14 days. Google - Announced it's "recommending" all Seattle, Puget Sound area and San Francisco Bay Area employees who are "in a job that can be done from home should do so through March 25. Microsoft - Instructed all employees to start working from home. Will continue to pay hourly workers who can't do their jobs remotely. Twitter - Told Seattle area employees to work from home if possible until the end of March. Amazon - Dell has reportedly told attendees of its 2020 tech conference that it's been moved to "a virtual setting" due to coronavirus concerns. Dell - In early February told its employees not to come back to work at its offices in Shenzhen, China, until further notice. Foxconn - Will allow guests to cancel reservations without penalty if they've booked in China through April 1. Airbnb - Strongly recommended employees to work from home in several countries where the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing, including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe and South Korea. The recommendation extends through April 6. Uber Source How Corona Outbreak is affecting big businesses? The larger scale of the organization, the larger the risk. Big companies are closing their operations or moving towards isolation in the wake of the need of the hour. Microsoft, Google, Slack, and Zoom are trying to keep up with the demand for their now free work-from-home software Source Apple warned investors that the supply of iPhones — the company’s marquee product, which accounts for the bulk of its revenue every quarter — would be hampered by the spread of the coronavirus. Source Microsoft depends on customers who install its Windows software on laptops and Surface tablets, and both of those hardware products are also being hammered by closings and slowdowns in China. Source Expedia, the travel aggregator, declined to provide a full-year financial outlook because of the coronavirus’s disruption of travel. Source Currently, there is no solution to the fear generated among the public. Only educating the general public is the solution. However, closing the business operations is not the apt solution to it as it can cause huge economic damages to your business. Going remote is the only solution you have. Tools Required to run the show: Real-time communication is the only challenge while working from home as it is asynchronous at times. When people are remote, you can’t expect them to reply as soon as possible. Flexibility and patience are the two major requirements to work from home in such times. In this article, we try to help you articulate your work from home policies for your employees to adapt to the immediate transformation without losing control & pace. : It is a project management tool started by a , they have a bunch of the tools which can allow you to get daily status updates, tasks, progress on projects, delivery timelines, and group chat with team members. Basecamp remote team : If you sync Basecamp with Everhour, this will help you to plan your team capacity. Everhour logs hours no matter which project management tool you use. This is one of the best and effective ways to get reporting. They charge $7/user/month. Everhour : Desktime captures screenshots, productive hours tracked on allowed tools. It is very simple and easy to use. The charges are also very low compared to other such products available in the market. Desktime : Zoom meetings help a lot when you want to conduct meetings in real-time. As written communication is more susceptible to wrong interpretation from people, zoom meetings is the one solution where people can communicate face to face via videos, in real time. Zoom Meeting : Slack is an instant messaging platform that can be of great utility in such times. With the ease to connect to every team member, it facilitates real-time and quick communication. Slack Why hiring a remote team through a professional agency is better than directly hiring a remote employee? Professional work culture. management including  hiring and firing Efficient Remote team Easy infrastructure, internet, tools management You can scale faster and focus on your work proficiently.

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