Lenovo lays off more employees from Moto’s mobile phone division

Lenovo is letting go of more people as the company works towards streamlining its mobile phone business. While the technology company claims the new round of layoffs less than two percent of its approximately 55,000 employees, it has already let go of around 3,200 employees last year. The layoffs Lenovo says is “part of the ongoing strategic integration between Lenovo and its Motorola smartphone business as the company further aligns its organization and streamlines its product portfolio to best compete in the global smartphone market.” At the same time, Lenovo says it still intends to keep the Motorola Mobility headquarters in Chicago, striking down speculation that they plan to move staff to North Carolina with Lenovo’s other offices.

Source: The Verge

Tim Hortons brings NHL players to life with trading card AR app

While augmented reality has been around for a while, it’s gotten extremely popular as of late. And so Tim Hortons gets in on the hype with its own AR app—which also coincides with the launch of Tim Hortons Collector’s Series 2016-2017 NHL Trading Cards. The Tim Hortons Augmented Reality Hockey Cards app lets you scan the cards you buy to see models of NHL stars appear on your Android or iOS device. And if you’re a collector, you can put various card combinations side by side to get hidden animations.

You can buy a three-card pack from Tim Hortons for $1 plus tax with a drink or $1.99 plus tax for just the cards. Tim Hortons partnered with NHL and NHLPA as well as exclusive licensed trading card Upper Deck.

Source: VR Focus

Rogers shuts down Netflix streaming service rival shomi

Rogers has shut down the Shomi streaming service which it hoped would compete with streaming behemoth Netflix. shomi ceases to sho anything at the end of November.

"We tried something new, and customers who used shomi loved it. It's like a great cult favourite with a fantastic core audience that unfortunately just isn't big enough to be renewed for another season," said Melani Griffith, Senior Vice President, Content, Rogers. "We will be reaching out to eligible customers in the coming days as we have a wide range of premium experiences available for people to enjoy."

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Sonos coming to Apple Retail and online stores on October 5

Sonos wireless hi-fi audio products are going to be available at Apple Retail and online stores starting on October 5. 

Sonos is by expanding their collaboration with Apple and bringing Sonos into Apple’s physical and online retail stores. Two of their popular speakers — the PLAY:1 and PLAY:5 — are immediately available at Apple.com in the US today, at 468 Apple Stores worldwide on October 5, and Apple’s online stores outside of the US starting November 2. 

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