CNETAnalysis: Google has confirmed plans to lay off another 1,200 Motorola staff as it desperately seeks a return to profitability for its multi-billion dollar mobile acquisition. The cutbacks, which will affect staff in the United States, China and India, are in addition to the 4,000 job losses the Silicon Valley giant announced last summer. Google paid $12.5bn (UK£8.3, AUD$12.1) for the hardware manufacturer in a deal rubber-stamped last May, partly to boost its Android operating system, but also to acquire Moto’s vast locker of 17,000 patents. In an internal email leaked to the Wall Street Journal, Motorola told staff: “Our costs are too high, we’re operating in markets where we’re not competitive and we’re losing money.” Positive hopes Google is currently working through the cycle of products Motorola already had in motion at the time of purchase and announced an operating loss of $152m for Q4 of 2012, back in January. The company said it has “lots of positive hopes” for many of the new smartphones and tablets in the pipeline and assured that it “was not in the business of losing money” with Motorola. That will be no consolation for the workers who won’t be part of this transition. The number of job losses now surpasses 5,000, which is around a quarter of all employees on the books before the buyout. “These cuts are a continuation of the reductions we announced last summer,” confirmed Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick. “It’s obviously very hard for the employees concerned, and we are committed to helping them through this difficult transition.” Related Stories MWC 2013: Asus Fonepad is basically a ‘phablet’ but a lot cheaper than the Padfone Asus Padfone 2 UK release date finally announced In Depth: Best weather app: 10 we recommend MWC 2013: HTC One beats Xperia Tablet Z to Best in Show at MWC 2013 Tutorial: How t! o make Android child friendly Posted by: Maryum
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi