The Exodus 1 didn’t make its global debut on stage at TechCrunch Shenzhen. That was the plan, but stuff, as the saying goes, happens. It simply didn’t make its way from Hong Kong to China in time. I won’t lie, I was a bit suspicious of this latest turn of events. After month of teasing […]
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HTC opens up early access to its blockchain phone
After months of talk, HTC’s blockchain phone is finally arriving — albeit in limited quantities. The hardware maker announced today at a crypto conference in Berlin that it’s opening up access to an early version the Exodus 1 handset to “cryptographers and developers from all over the world” through its official site. Of course, “early […]
View More HTC opens up early access to its blockchain phoneHTC’s blockchain phone is here, and it has a special way of keeping your cryptocoins safe
It’s an important day for HTC.
The company’s Android smartphones, once touted as among the best around (they’re still pretty good), haven’t been selling very well in recent years. But HTC is reinventing itself with a new device, that fully jump…
Chinese investment into computer vision technology and AR surges as U.S. funding dries up
Tim Merel Contributor Tim Merel is managing director of Digi-Capital. More posts by this contributor The Reality Ecosystem: What AR/VR/XR needs to go big China could beat America in AR/VR long-term Last year 30 leading venture investors told us about a fundamental shift from early stage North American VR investment to later stage Chinese computer vision/AR […]
View More Chinese investment into computer vision technology and AR surges as U.S. funding dries upHappy anniversary, Android
It’s been 10 years since Google took the wraps off the G1, the first Android phone. Since that time the OS has grown from buggy, nerdy iPhone alternative to arguably the most popular (or at least populous) computing platform in the world. But it sure as heck didn’t get there without hitting a few bumps […]
View More Happy anniversary, AndroidThe Pixel and the iPhone had a baby, and it’s called the HTC U12 Life
Copying a smartphone from a different manufacturer is so last year. The latest trend, it appears, is copying two different smartphones and rolling that design into one.
Ahead of the IFA trade show in Berlin this week, HTC launched the U12 Life,…
HTC announces a wireless adapter for the Vive headset
HTC continues to bet big on VR, today announcing the launch of pre-orders for the Vive Wireless Adapter. The adapter allows Vive and Vive Pro owners to cut the cord, so to speak, and allow users to tether wirelessly to their PC. The Base Adapter works with both the Vive and Vive Pro, though the […]
View More HTC announces a wireless adapter for the Vive headsetHTC’s blockchain phone Exodus will come with CryptoKitties in three months tops
HTC would like us to know that it’s not kidding about that blockchain phone.
Originally announced in May without a price, date or specs, the Exodus phone sounded a bit like a desperate last effort to make HTC, which laid off 22 percent of its w…
HTC’s blockchain phone is real, and it’s arriving later this year
HTC isn’t gone just yet. Granted, it’s closer than it’s ever been before, with a headcount of fewer than 5,000 employees worldwide — that’s down from 19,000 in 2013. But in spite of those “market competition, product mix, pricing, and recognized inventory write-downs,” the company’s still trucking on. And while its claim to being “the leading innovator […]
View More HTC’s blockchain phone is real, and it’s arriving later this yearHTC lays off nearly a quarter of its entire workforce
Smartphone maker HTC is laying off 22 percent of its entire workforce.
The company has seen a string of terrible quarterly results as the business has been battling poor sales and undergoing reorganization efforts in an attempt to return to profitability.
According to Reuters, around 1,500 workers from HTC’s Taiwan manufacturing division will lose their jobs. These layoffs are in addition to to earlier layoffs at the company’s U.S. offices as part of part of a restructuring that combined its smartphone and VR divisions. Also, earlier this year, separate from the layoffs, HTC sold its smartphone design team to Google for $1.1 billion. The smartphone manufacturer employed 6,450 people as of June. Read more…
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View More HTC lays off nearly a quarter of its entire workforceHTC is gone
Gather around, campers, and hear a tale as old as time. Remember the HTC Dream? The Evo 4G? The Google Nexus One? What about the Touch Diamond? All amazing devices. The HTC of 2018 is not the HTC that made these industry-leading devices. That company is gone. It seems HTC is getting ready to lay […]
View More HTC is goneHTC is firing 25% of its staff to cut costs once again
Struggling smartphone maker HTC continues to struggle. After offloading 2,000 engineers to Google as part of a $1.1 billion deal with the search giant, HTC is now laying off 1,500 staff, or nearly one-quarter of its total headcount, to cut more costs. That’s according to a report from Reuters which claims that the cuts are […]
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