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Lenovo updates laptop lineup as PC sales continue surging

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 12:35 PM

Lenovo is one of the few companies launching several products this year at MWC, which used to be one of the biggest annual tech events worldwide but was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.  Read more »

Lenovo's Q4 profit grows 512 percent as pandemic drives laptop sales

Reuters
Updated as of May 27 06:34 PM

China's Lenovo Group on Thursday posted a better-than-expected rise of 512 percent in fourth-quarter profit, as more consumers working and studying from home powered demand for the world's biggest maker of personal computers. Read more »

Microsoft to test Xbox cloud gaming on PCs, Apple mobile devices

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 20 09:37 AM

Microsoft Corp's gaming division Xbox will roll out a beta version of its cloud gaming service on web browsers of Windows 10 PCs and Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads starting Tuesday. Read more »

Sirang washing machines ginawang hugasan ng kamay sa paaralan sa Sultan Kudarat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 12:22 AM

Ginamit na hugasan ng kamay ang ilang sirang washing machine sa P.C. Bayanihan Elementary School sa bayan ng Isulan. Read more »

Global PC shipments see double-digit growth in Q3 as COVID-19 keep workers, students at home

Jane Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 13 11:05 PM

The global PC market has posted back-to-back quarterly double digit growth rates as corporations and schools continue to invest in the transition to remote working and learning amid second and third waves of COVID-19 in many countries. Read more »

IBM to break up 109-year old company to focus on cloud growth

Munsif Vengattil, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 08:40 AM

International Business Machines Corp is splitting itself into two public companies, capping a years-long effort by the world's first big computing firm to diversify away from its legacy businesses to focus on high-margin cloud computing. Read more »

Johnny Depp says wife-beating claim made him 'Quasimodo'

Dmitry Zaks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 09:20 AM

Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Friday accused British tabloid newspaper The Sun of turning him from "Cinderella to Quasimodo" by claiming he beat his ex-wife Amber Heard, as he spent a fourth day under questioning in a London court. Read more »

PC sales climb, as pandemic keeps consumers at home, say data trackers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 02:38 AM

Early indicators suggest strong PC shipments for education, business, and consumer uses such as streaming entertainment. Read more »

Lenovo to boost production overseas as coronavirus crisis slows down China manufacturing

Che Pan, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 21 08:31 AM

The company's "global manufacturing footprint" including factories in Brazil, Mexico, India and the United States" will help keep Lenovo ahead of ongoing disruptions in domestic production. Read more »

HP says open to exploring bid for Xerox

Greg Roumeliotis, Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 08:22 AM

HP Inc said on Sunday it was open to exploring a bid for US printer maker Xerox Corp after rebuffing a $33.5 billion cash-and-stock acquisition offer from the latter as "significantly" undervaluing the personal computer maker.   Read more »

Steve Jobs was right: Smartphones and tablets killed the PC

Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 14 07:54 AM

Apple unveiled a new 16-inch MacBook with a revamped keyboard on Wednesday, good news for the many Apple lovers who’ve been grumbling about the company’s lackluster slate of recent Macs. Read more »

Latest PC eyes better productivity for Gen Z and millennials

HP
Posted at Nov 11 02:41 PM

HP introduces the Pavilion x360 PC, its latest flagship laptop which administers the required portable conditions that allow young start-up entrepreneurs to execute their ideas in full swing, regardless of time and place. Read more »

Esports: Behind these 2 teen gamers’ success are encouraging parents

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 03:33 PM

Sol Albar stood out among a crowd of cheering youngsters and gaming geeks as the main screen showed Tekken characters slugging it out in the final round. Read more »

Google unveils game streaming platform called Stadia

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 20 05:38 PM

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Tuesday unveiled a streaming platform called Stadia that allows video game play on any internet-connected device, eliminating the need for games consoles.   Read more »

Acer Philippines taps school demand for SE Asia-leading growth

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 11:51 AM

The 20-percent revenue growth in the Philippines outpaces the rest of Southeast Asia and will likely continue until 2019, Wong said. Penetration in the country is still low and "quite far" from 1 PC per family, he said. Read more »

Bantayan on a Ducati flown in by a Pilatus PC-12

Iñigo Roces
Updated as of Sep 20 06:17 PM

With much of the world already charted and development creeping into its farthest fringes, many would think that the call for exploration has lost its allure. It hasn't. Read more »