Xiaomi to look beyond China with its low-price smartphone business
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, which has built up an enthusiastic following in its home market by undercutting rivals’ prices and while only selling online, plans to try exporting its disruptive business model to other Asian markets by the end of this year. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said the company had its sights on markets neighboring mainland China, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, for its first forays outside the country....
Formlabs FORM 1 high-resolution 3D printer spotted in the wild, we go eyes on (video)
By James Trew posted Oct 19th 2012 3:00PM Last time we checked in with the 3D printing upstarts over at Formlabs, their Kickstarter was doing splendidly, having over doubled its initial funding target. Well, less than a month later, and with the money still rolling in, the current total stands (at time of writing) at a somewhat impressive $2,182,031 — over 20 times its initial goal. When we heard that the team behind it, along...
Wall Street Beat: Earnings point to tough quarter for tech
Some of the biggest names in tech reported quarterly earnings this week, and the resulting picture is not pretty. The main culprit for the weak earnings reported this week is a slump in the PC market, but uncertainty about the global economy is weighing down almost all sectors of IT. Disappointing, or at best mixed, quarterly results were turned in this week by Microsoft, Google, Advanced Micro Devices, Intel and IBM. Share prices of...
Evernote for Android gets new offline notebooks, widgets and more
By Donald Melanson posted Oct 19th 2012 3:31PM Evernote has already revamped a few of its offerings this month, and it’s now brought some changes to its Android app as well. That includes new offline notebooks for premium subscribers that’ll let you download multiple notebooks in one shot, a pared down note editor toolbar, retooled Action Bars for Android tablets and a new resizable Grid Widget for your homescreen. Not...
Apps Now Key to Small-Business Savings
Small businesses are using technology to help them operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in an increasingly competitive environment. Each Monday, USA TODAY looks at new ways companies are gaining an innovative edge in a tough economy. Photos by Maxine Park,, USA TODAY Real estate brokerage owner: Krisstina Wise likes the app DocuSign, which enables digital signatures: “It’s rare that we need an ink signature...
