Microsoft will reportedly lay off thousands of staff worldwide as part of major sales reorganization

Rumour has it Microsoft is getting ready to lay off thousands of its global workforce this week as the company is set to reorganize its sales division. According to a report from TechCrunch, Microsoft intends to merge its enterprise customer division with its small-and-medium-enterprise unit. The reorganization is said to be part of Microsoft’s plan to focus more on its growing Azure business, which is its cloud computing business. It isn’t clear though if these reported layoffs will be new job openings that focus on the cloud business.

Microsoft’s fiscal year ends on June 30^th so layoffs could be tied to this. Reorganization is also seen to be a result of last year’s change of leadership. Judson Althoff and Jean-Philippe Courtois now lead the company’s sales and marketing divisions after COO Kevin Turner left. And Althoff is known to be critical of previous approaches to sales and is looking to make Azure a key focus for the company. Microsoft hasn’t commented on the report yet.

Source: GeekWire

Sony tipped to be going bezel-less for the smartphone it’s launching at IFA 2017

Sony smartphones have looked almost identical since forever. We exaggerate, we know. But there is a certain truth to it. And one element Sony keeps having on its phones are thicker than usual bezels. But the latest “news” from the rumour mill is the Japanese company might be ready to shed those bezels and they’re going to do it pretty soon. A post on Weibo (via Gizmo China) claims that Sony will be launching a truly bezel-less smartphone at IFA 2017, which is happening at the start of September in Berlin, Germany.

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A live-action version of ‘The Jetsons’ is reportedly in the works

Back in the ‘90s when a live-action The Flintstones movie came out, there has been talk about The Jetsons making its own live-action debut. But that hasn’t happened—until perhaps now. TVLine reports that a live-action sitcom of the 1960s cartoon is supposedly in development at Warner Bros. with Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis as its executive producer. Its showrunner is said to Family Guy’s executive producer and writer Gary Janetti. It’s rumoured that the show is being shopped around networks. Not much is known about the new project but it’s said that it’ll take place 100 years from the present day. Warner Bros. is also said to be working on animated movie with Sausage Party director Conrad Vernon said to be in talks to direct the film.

Source: The Verge

ASUS ZenWatch 2 & 3 aren’t getting Android Wear 2.0 just yet

Earlier in the year, Google released a list of all the smartwatches that were getting Android Wear 2.0 update. Many wearables on that list got the update but the ZenWatch 2 and 3 haven’t gotten it yet. And it seems the wait could take a while. ASUS has said it’ll release the update early in Q2. But with the second quarter over, there isn’t a sign of the update yet. According to ASUS’ Germany Twitter account, Android Wear 2.0 is coming to the ZenWatch 2 in July and the ZenWatch 3 is getting the update in August. ASUS USA’s Twitter account said Android Wear 2.0 was coming to the ZenWatch 3 “in the coming weeks.” But that tweet has since been deleted. And that doesn’t bode well for the update coming soon. We are still holding out hope that ASUS keeps its word and eventually get the update in the hands (or we should say wrists) of ZenWatch owners.

Source: Ubergizmo