Technology - 2020-07-14
Google offers data pledge in bid to win EU okay for Fitbit buy

Google offers data pledge in bid to win EU okay for Fitbit buy

  • The bid, announced in November last year, would help Google take on market leader Apple and Samsung in the fitness-tracking and smart-watch market.
  • With just 3% of the global wearables market as of the first quarter of 2020, Fitbit is far behind Apple's 29.3% share and also trails Xiaomi, Samsung and Huawei.
Published 14 Jul, 2020 05:20pm
U.K. ban looms over Huawei as revenue growth lags amid U.S. pressure

U.K. ban looms over Huawei as revenue growth lags amid U.S. pressure

  • The world’s biggest telecoms equipment vendor and No.2 smartphone maker said revenue rose a relatively modest 13.1% in the first half of the year, after more than a year of pressure from the U.S. and months of disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic.
Published 14 Jul, 2020 11:29am