Motorola debuts new Moto Mod that comes with a 360-degree camera

Seemingly stealing the thunder from Andy Rubin’s Essential smartphone and its upcoming 360-degree camera, Motorola just unveiled its own 360-degree camera Moto Mod in Ghana. Evan Blass (@evleaks) shared a high-resolution photo of the Moto Mod. It shows the camera placed on top off a plastic back plate that’s usually used to attach these Mods to the back of Moto Z devices. Aside from the image though, not much is known about the Mod and whether it’ll make its way out of Ghana. It’ll be a wasted opportunity we say if it doesn’t, though.

Source: The Verge

Microsoft confirms reorganization of sales and marketing divisions

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Earlier today we reported that Microsoft was tipped to lay off thousands of its global employees as part of the reorganization of its sales and marketing units so that they can focus more on its cloud services. There seems to be some truth to that. Microsoft has confirmed that it plans to reorganize the two divisions in a memo to its employees. But there wasn’t any mention of layoffs. The restructuring will affect those under Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela, Executive Vice Presidents Judson Althoff and Jean-Philippe Courtois. Their teams have been briefed about how the reorganization will work.

Source: VentureBeat

Samsung unveils refurbished Galaxy Note7, names it Galaxy Note Fan Edition

Samsung takes all the useable and non-“explode-y” parts of the Galaxy Note7 and puts it in a new refurbished device the company is calling the Galaxy Note Fan Edition. The phablet was just launched in South Korea and will be coming to its stores on July 7^th. The Note Fan Edition basically carries the same specs of the Note7 except for some key differences including a smaller 3,200mAh battery, which they claim passed through the new rigorous battery testing system they have in place. It also gets support for Samsung’s Bixby assistant. There will only be 400,000 units released and the device is coming to Korea first with other markets being “decided after.” Samsung Canada has previously announced that they have no plans to carry the refurbished device. Although with the Galaxy Note8 rumoured to be coming in August, we’re not sure why Samsung even decided to release this version. If given an opportunity to buy one though, would you?

Source: The Verge

Elon Musk: Tesla to start production of Model 3 this week

After passing all regulatory requirements for its production, the Tesla Model 3 will enter production by July 7^th, Friday, according to CEO Elon Musk. The first 30 customers will be getting their new Teslas during a handover party on July 28^th. Afterwards production of the most affordable Tesla to date will ramp up from 100 cars in August, to over 1,500 in September, and then to 20,000 per month by the end of the year. Tesla is also expected to dramatically increase production next year as it aims to produce 500,000 units annually. The Model 3 has over 400,000 pre-orders already so there are a lot of vehicles that need to be done. The clamor for it is understandable with the Model 3’s starting price at US$35,000 (around CA$45,000), which puts it a good $70,000 or so off the other Tesla models.

Source: The Verge