Month: February 2020
Samsung Galaxy M31 set to launch in India on February 25
For 2020, Samsung is looking to continue the facelift on its mid-rangers that it started early last year. The first of the lot of the Galaxy M31, which retains its big battery and display. Back in January of 2019, Samsung restructured its convoluted budget smartphone lineup into the M series…
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Google’s head of human resources is stepping down
Google’s head of human resources is resigning, the company announced today. Google said Eileen Naughton, who joined Google in 2006 and became its vice president of people operations four years ago, will move to a different role at the company, but did not say when the transition will occur. In…
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Intel joins Sony and Amazon withdrawals from Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus risk
Intel and NTT Docomo are joining Sony, Amazon, and others who have cancelled their presence at Mobile World Congress 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. LG, ZTE, Nvidia, and Ericsson have already cancelled various events that were set to take place at MWC in Barcelona, which is the biggest mobile…
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A/O PropTech offers giant sandbox for startups disrupting real estate
The firm’s portfolio companies span 14 countries and serve 200K units Steve O’Hear @sohear / 9 hours A/O PropTech is a European VC that officially launched last week after raising €250 million in what it describes as “permanent capital” to invest in companies disrupting the €230 trillion real estate industry.…
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Amazon’s PR chief gets combative on Twitter over media criticism
Amazon PR chief Jay Carney spent his Monday evening engaging in series of escalating and increasingly combative arguments with members of the news media on Twitter. It marks a rare case of one of the e-commerce giant’s more notable representatives taking a less measured approach to public relations. As of…
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The person in charge of Google’s fractured culture is stepping down
Google human resources chief Eileen Naughton is stepping down later this year, the company confirms to The Verge (via Fortune). Her title was VP of People Operations; according to Google, the team’s goal is to be “the champions of Google’s culture.” Perhaps needless to say, Google’s culture hasn’t been in…
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