A roundup of the coronavirus outbreak's impact on the tech sector, from closures of offices, stores, and factories in China to affecting MWC attendance
The outbreak shows that what impacts China impacts everything — The tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus …
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Discussion
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@matthewhughes
Matthew Hughes
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Nvidia is the latest firm to pull out of MWC. At this point, I'm doubting whether the event will actually take place. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@cate_long
Cate Long
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“Foxconn's delayed return to work will be a warning sign to other electronics suppliers, as the Taiwanese manufacturing giant has been taking aggressive steps to prevent the spread of the virus.” Major supplier of 🍎will remain shut due to #coronavirus. https://asia.nikkei.com/...
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@colgo
Paul Colgan
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Foxconn not going back to work. “Violation of epidemic prevention and control could potentially face the death penalty,” [an] internal meeting memo seen by the Nikkei Asian Review said. https://asia.nikkei.com/...
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@andyboxall
Andy Boxall
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The latest #MWC2020 dropout is Nvidia, which has sent out a statement saying it will not send any employees to the show, stating, “public health risks around the #coronavirus,” as the reason. Nvidia is a sponsor of the show. https://blogs.nvidia.com/...
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@onlyyoontv
Eunice Yoon
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“The operation schedules for our facilities in China follow the recommendations of the local governments.” - latest statement by @Apple supplier #Foxconn on when its factories would reopen in #China amid the #CoronavirusOutbreak. https://asia.nikkei.com/... https://twitter.com/..…
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@superglaze
David Meyer
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After Ericsson and LG withdrew from MWC Barcelona (and the latter from a big Amsterdam trade show too), the WHO told Fortune it was “not currently requesting that large gatherings are cancelled”. https://fortune.com/... #Coronavirus
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@iikkakorhonen
Iikka Korhonen
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Big. “...coastal Shenzhen serves as its Chinese headquarters and the majority of the tens of thousands employed there are out-of-towners. The company also assembles a small portion of iPhones there.” https://twitter.com/...
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@qtrresearch
@qtrresearch
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Foxconn in Shenzhen closed “until further notice” https://twitter.com/...
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@jmulvenon
James Mulvenon
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“China Mobile [sent] text messages to Beijing residents telling them they can check where they have been over the past 30 days.” Reuters: Coronavirus brings China's surveillance state out of the shadows https://www.reuters.com/...
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@jchengwsj
Jonathan Cheng
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Sign of the times: Foxconn, the giant manufacturer of iPhones, is pivoting to making surgical facemasks. https://www.bbc.com/...
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@mattrosoff
Matt Rosoff
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The coronavirus shutdown in China won't just affect manufacturing production now — it could create cascading delays that affect the holiday season, as @@kifleswing explains here, and some analysts expect the impact to hit Apple's next iPhones. https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@caro_milanesi
Carolina Milanesi
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Some people are suggesting to postpone #MWC but I struggle to believe that is an option considering the financial investment it would entail canceling and rebooking travel, venues...
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@psb_dc
Theo
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Nvidia becomes the fourth exhibitor to partially or fully drop out of MWC 2020, following Ericsson, LG, and ZTE. #MWC2020 https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge
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@frankie_tech
Frankie Herrera
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Wow first LG, then Ericsson and now Nvidia. How many more companies are going to pull out of this show before it's all said and done? #MWC20 https://twitter.com/...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Nvidia is out of MWC. It was one of the shows big sponsors around AI https://www.theverge.com/...
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@javierblas
Javier Blas
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Further evidence that China isn't returning to work on Feb 10. Top iPhone maker Foxconn told by Beijing to keep close its huge factories — or else | #CoronaVirus #OOTT #commodities via @NAR https://asia.nikkei.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@aparanjape
Amit Paranjape
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“The (global) tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus, with companies closing offices, stores, and factories in China as well as restricting employees from nonessential travels to the country.” https://www.theverge.com/...
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@rdrv3
David Ruddock
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IMO the only thing that could get MWC cancelled at this point is protests in the city of Barcelona related to coronavirus. No sign of any public unrest at this time, and WHO is reporting a decline in case growth in China. I think it's gonna be fine, Ericsson et al or not.
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@gsma
@gsma
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GSMA Update Information on Coronavirus http://r.socialstudio.radian6.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@andyboxall
Andy Boxall
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#MWC20 is still going ahead, but Ericsson will be missed, says GSMA. Like it or not, #coronavirus will be a main topic of conversation there. Which makes me wonder what the Spanish government is thinking? Stricter arrival controls will add more problems. https://www.gsma.com/...
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@uploadvr
@uploadvr
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Facebook stopped accepting new orders for Oculus Quest this week, and expects an impact by the Coronavirus on production of the standalone headset. https://uploadvr.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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New: Apple extending store closures in China due to coronavirus. This could last until Feb 15 at some stores. Corporate offices still opening week of Feb. 10. “Our first priority is the well-being of our teams, supplier partners and customers,” Apple says. https://www.bloomberg.c…