I was planning to write some article on the mobile trends on this year based on news-feed from MWC 2020 mobile event. It seems that I have to change those plans because of this news that was just published:
The GSMA, the organization behind MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, has announced that it is officially canceling the show.
“The GSMA has cancelled MWC Barcelona 2020 because the global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel concern and other circumstances, make it impossible for the GSMA to hold the event,”
Links:
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/12/gmsa-cancels-mobile-world-congress-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Coronavirus Live News Coverage
https://www.eetimes.eu/coronavirus-live-news-coverage/?utm_source=Aspencore+Network+Newsletters&utm_campaign=2181e4eff4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_10_09_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6c71af1646-2181e4eff4-383755753
MWC Cancelled (Feb. 12)
The GSMA announced on Wednesday (Feb. 12) it is officially cancelling the 2020 edition of the Mobile World Congress, scheduled later this month, due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
“With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country today, the GSMA has cancelled MWC Barcelona 2020 because the global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel concern and other circumstances, make it impossible for the GSMA to hold the event,”
Embedded World will Go Ahead As Planned, Say Organisers (Feb. 13)
Embedded World, the embedded computing industry tradeshow, will go ahead as planned on February 25-27 in Nuremberg, Germany, the organisers NürnbergMesse have said.
So far, STMicro is the only major exhibitor to pull out of Embedded World citing Coronavirus fears. Out of around 100 Chinese companies scheduled to exhibit at the event, 5% are from Hubei province and the organisers said they did not expect these companies to participate.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Myös Embedded World vaarassa peruuntua koronaviruksen takia
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/10430-myos-embedded-word-vaarassa-peruuntua-koronaviruksen-takia
GSMA-järjestö ilmoitti eilen, että telealan tärkein messutapahtuma Mobile World Congress perutaan koronaviruksen aiheuttamien riskien takia. Nyt näyttää siltä, että myös sulautetun tekniikan tärkein messu Embedded World on vaarassa peruuntua.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Coronavirus threatens to throw world’s biggest phone show into chaos
LG and ZTE step back from MWC 2020, who’s next?
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/2/5/21123846/mobile-world-congress-gsma-coronavirus-lg
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/09/as-top-exhibitors-pull-out-of-mwc-organizers-implement-stringent-safeguards/amp/
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/09/amazon-withdraws-from-mwc-over-coronavirus-related-concerns/
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/09/as-top-exhibitors-pull-out-of-mwc-organizers-implement-stringent-safeguards/
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/11/a-list-of-mwc-coronavirus-cancellations-so-far/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Coronavirus: Hubei province reports spike in new confirmed cases and deaths after change in diagnostic criteria
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3050354/coronavirus-hubei-province-reports-sharp-spike-new-confirmed
Tomi Engdahl says:
London-Based Team Begins Testing New Coronavirus Vaccine On Mice
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/london-based-team-begins-testing-new-coronavirus-vaccine-on-mice/
Tomi Engdahl says:
There’s Been A Sharp Rise In Coronavirus Cases—Here’s What’s Behind It
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/02/13/theres-been-a-sharp-rise-in-coronavirus-casesheres-whats-behind-it/
Tomi Engdahl says:
New Study Shows How Long Coronaviruses Can Live On Inanimate Objects And Surfaces
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-study-shows-how-long-coronaviruses-can-live-on-inanimate-objects-and-surfaces/
Tomi Engdahl says:
WHO:n asiantuntija lyö pöytään karun arvion: Jopa 5,2 miljardia ihmistä voi sairastua koronavirukseen – kuolleiden määrä nousisi kymmeniin miljooniin
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/who-n-asiantuntija-lyo-poytaan-karun-arvion-jopa-5-2-miljardia-ihmista-voi-sairastua-koronavirukseen-kuolleiden-maara-nousisi-kymmeniin-miljooniin/7726988#gs.wfcdao
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Coronavirus Could Infect Two-Thirds of Globe, Research Shows
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-13/coronavirus-could-infect-two-thirds-of-globe-researcher-says?srnd=premium-europe
Disease scientist bases estimate on transmissibility of virus
WHO has said China quarantines provide a ‘window’ to prepare
Quarantines may slow the spread, but the virus had the opportunity to roam in China and beyond before they went into effect, Longini said.
Longini’s modeling is based on data showing that each infected person normally transmits the disease to two to three other people. A lack of rapid tests and the relative mildness of the infection in some people also makes it difficult to track its spread, he said.
Tomi Engdahl says:
“Thus, the worst-case scenario cannot be ruled out. Massive financial collapse, bursting of the assets bubble, an exodus of foreign companies and large-scale bankruptcies all loom on the horizon if this epidemic cannot be contained soon. In short, nothing less than a major economic meltdown”
Opinion
Forget Sars, the new coronavirus threatens a meltdown in China’s economy
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3050629/forget-sars-new-coronavirus-threatens-meltdown-chinas-economy
Tomi Engdahl says:
Jo kymmenen prosenttia maapallon väestöstä on karanteenissa koronaviruksen takia – Kiina toteuttaa historiallisen suurta valvontaa ja eristämistä erikoisin menetelmin
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/jo-kymmenen-prosenttia-maapallon-vaestosta-on-karanteenissa-koronaviruksen-takia-kiina-toteuttaa-historiallisen-suurta-valvontaa-ja-eristamista-erikoisin-menetelmin/7728874#gs.x3b2m0
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/business/china-coronavirus-lockdown.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
“Thus, the worst-case scenario cannot be ruled out. Massive financial collapse, bursting of the assets bubble, an exodus of foreign companies and large-scale bankruptcies all loom on the horizon if this epidemic cannot be contained soon. In short, nothing less than a major economic meltdown”
Forget Sars, the new coronavirus threatens a meltdown in China’s economy
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3050629/forget-sars-new-coronavirus-threatens-meltdown-chinas-economy
Economically speaking, Covid-19 is far more deadly than 2003’s Sars. This time around, a worst-case scenario threatens financial collapse, foreign exodus and large-scale bankruptcy.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Yli 1 600 kuollutta, 69 000 tartuntaa, 760 miljoonaa ihmistä karanteenissa – koronaviruksen leviämiselle ei näy loppua
https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/bdb4e0b8-35bf-4a81-accc-ead28c6b6577
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-galaxy-z-flip-sure-does-look-fragile-in-this-d-1841734208/amp?__twitter_impression=true
Tomi Engdahl says:
China seeks help of national tech giants to track coronavirus with QR codes
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qr-code-idUSKBN20B10T?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook
China’s government is enlisting the help of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd to expand color-based systems for tracking individuals affected with the coronavirus nationwide.
Users in the city fill out an online form reporting their ID number, whether they have traveled outside Hangzhou recently, and any symptoms they might have that suggest an illness, such as fever or a heavy cough.
After filling out the questionnaire, users receive a color-based QR-code, a type of barcode, on their mobile phones indicating their health status.
The measures come as the Chinese government takes unprecedented measures to control the movement of people to curb the spread of the virus.
Localities are increasingly relying on neighborhood committees, often at the level of residential compounds, to track infections
Tomi Engdahl says:
Goldman says market underestimating coronavirus risk: ‘Correction is looking much more probable’
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/19/goldman-says-market-underestimating-coronavirus-risk-correction-is-looking-much-more-probable.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Beijing Auto Show postponed due to coronavirus
https://tcrn.ch/322ai8t
Tomi Engdahl says:
New Estimates Suggest Chinese Tech Shipments Are About To Crash
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/new-estimates-warn-chinese-tech-shipments-are-about-crash
Now that Apple has opened the floodgates and made it entirely clear that China’s economic collapse will slash revenue guidance on the year and lead to production woes through April, an onslaughter of earnings downgrades from other top technology companies with significant operations in China could be imminent.
Evidence grows by the day of supply chains grinding to a halt as the second-largest economy in the world falters
Tomi Engdahl says:
Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz:
Sony and Facebook say they will not attend Game Developers Conference this year due to coronavirus concerns; Facebook to make Oculus announcements online — Oculus announcements will now take place online — PlayStation and Facebook Gaming/Oculus will not be attending …
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-20-playstation-and-facebook-cancel-gdc-appearances-citing-coronavirus-concerns
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.eetimes.com/700-tech-companies-in-china-have-begun-making-masks/
Wuhan’s 9 million residents could use as many as 20 million masks a day. Companies of all types are scrambling to switch production to meet demand in a country of 1.4 billion people.
Tomi Engdahl says:
China’s Q1 Smartphone Sales Plunge Due To Coronavirus
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-smartphones/chinas-first-quarter-smartphone-sales-may-halve-due-to-coronavirus-analysts-idUSKBN2040XL
China’s smartphone sales may plunge by as much as 50% in the first quarter, as many retail shops have closed for an extended period and production has yet to fully resume due to the fast spread of a new coronavirus, according to research reports.
Tomi Engdahl says:
China car sales tumble by 92% as coronavirus weighs on industry
CPCA says ‘barely anybody’ has looked to make purchase in first half of February
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/21/china-car-sales-tumble-by-92-per-cent-as-coronavirus-takes-toll-on-industry
Tomi Engdahl says:
Fears over containing novel coronavirus grow as cases outside China spike
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/22/asia/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-update-intl-hnk/index.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Outbreak in Wuhan
https://www.eetimes.com/outbreak-in-wuhan/#
Tomi Engdahl says:
8 Ways the Medtech Industry is Responding to the Coronavirus
https://www.mddionline.com/8-ways-medtech-industry-responding-coronavirus?ADTRK=InformaMarkets&elq_mid=12277&elq_cid=876648
The 2019 n-cov has infected more than 60, 414 people worldwide and has a death toll of 1,370. Here are eight ways the industry is tackling the coronavirus.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-22/italy-races-to-contain-spread-of-virus-in-north-after-two-deaths
Tomi Engdahl says:
“Everywhere I go, shop owners are now asking if I can please help pay their rent,” Tu, a 64-year-old Chinese-American, says. “Businesses are really hurting.”
Coronavirus Fears Take Toll On Chinese Businesses Nationwide
http://on.forbes.com/61841lspn
Unfounded and largely racist fears are the culprit. An estimated 1,000 tables have been canceled at restaurants in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood since the beginning of the outbreak. Gregg Bishop, New York City commissioner for the Department of Small Business Services, told Forbes that the city’s nine Chinatowns have seen revenues drop by 40% to 60%, figures previously reported by CNBC, despite there not being any confirmed cases in New York (and only 29 in the U.S.).
New York’s Chinatowns are not the only ones being hit hard by the fallout of coronavirus. Since the outbreak began, San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood has seen foot traffic decline by an estimated 50%, according to the Chinese Merchants Association. Earlier this month, a popular Bay Area bakery was the subject of a rumor that alleged one of its workers had been infected with the virus.
Lack of transparency and widespread misinformation have only exacerbated the situation. Since the World Health Organization has declared the fast-moving coronavirus a global health emergency on December 31, China has already reported 72,000 confirmed cases with a death toll nearing 1,800. A tiny fraction of those cases are in the U.S. “The flu has killed [at least 14,000] people nationwide and you don’t see this type of fear,” Bishop says. The Lunar New Year parade in Flushing, Queens—which has twice-hosted NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and typically expects a 100,000-person turnout for the fireworks—was canceled for the first time since the celebration’s inception 25 years ago.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Coronavirus Cases Spike In Italy. Officials Are Searching For The Origin Of The Outbreak.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/02/23/coronavirus-cases-spike-in-italy-officials-are-searching-for-origin-of-outbreak/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
The number of cases in Italy now totals 132 while two people have died.
Authorities have shut down several towns, schools and businesses—mostly in the Lombardy region—as an attempt to quarantine the outbreak.
The last two days of the Venice festival and a soccer match in Italy’s top soccer league, Serie A, were canceled as a result of the lockdowns.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Global Stocks Slump As Coronavirus Cases Surge In Italy And South Korea
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/02/24/global-stocks-slump-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-in-italy-and-south-korea/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
Topline: Italy has imposed quarantine and travel restrictions on 50,000 in its northern economic heartland while investors sold shares and bought safe-haven assets over fears that the coronavirus could become a pandemic.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.tiede.fi/blogit/kaiken-takana-loinen/koronavirusepidemia-siirtyy-uuteen-vaiheeseen
Viimeisen muutaman päivän aikana maailmanlaajuisissa koronavirustapauksissa on tapahtunut selvä muutos. Asiantuntijat sanoivat jo varhain, että Singapore on merkittävä indikaattori: jos siellä SARS2-koronaviruksen leviämistä ei pystytä estämään, niin ei missään. Singaporen epidemiavalmius on hyvin korkea, siellä on tehokas sairaanhoitojärjestelmä, hallinnolla on laajat oikeudet estää tautien leviämistä ja maa on suhteellisen pieni ja tiivis.
Emme vieläkään tiedä kuinka vaarallinen tauti covid-19 on, mutta arviot liikkuvat jossain kausi-influenssan ja kertaluokkaa kausi-influenssaa vaarallisemman taudin välillä. Se ei ole siis niin vaarallinen kuin aluksi pelättiin ja suurin epävarmuus vieläkin liittyy siihen kuinka suuri osa tartunnoista on lieviä tai oireettomia.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Keskuskauppakamari: Koronavirus tilapäinen haaste Suomen matkailulle
https://kauppakamari.fi/2020/02/04/keskuskauppakamari-koronavirus-tilapainen-haaste-suomen-matkailulle/
Tomi Engdahl says:
“Tsunami-Like” Coronavirus Floods South Korea With New Cases; Europe Begins To Isolate Italy: Live Updates
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/coronavirus-panic-goes-global-skorea-warns-watershed-moment-italy-quarantines-12-towns
Tomi Engdahl says:
Coronavirus fears hit markets, bringing US shares down as tech and SaaS slip
https://tcrn.ch/38Wubk3
Fears over the potential impact of the coronavirus spreading in Europe, Asia and the Middle East have sent stocks plummeting in Monday’s open — with tech stocks among the hardest hit.
Economists expect China to release key indicators about the strength of its economy later this week and the news does not look good.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Here’s What Warren Buffett Says About The Coronavirus And His Outlook On Stocks
http://on.forbes.com/61801mH5u
Topline: Following his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders over the weekend, billionaire investor Warren Buffett told CNBC in an interview on Monday that the coronavirus is “scary stuff” for businesses and investors, but that the outbreak has “not changed” his long-term optimistic outlook on stocks.
Stocks plunged on Monday, with all three major U.S. benchmark indexes losing more than 3%, as a rising number of coronavirus cases outside of China stoked fears that the outbreak could turn into a global pandemic.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.tiede.fi/blogit/kaiken-takana-loinen/koronavirusepidemia-siirtyy-uuteen-vaiheeseen
Tomi Engdahl says:
Texas-based company has reportedly created a coronavirus vaccine
https://nypost.com/2020/02/20/texas-based-company-has-reportedly-created-a-coronavirus-vaccine/
Australian coronavirus vaccine goes into test production
https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-coronavirus-vaccine-goes-into-test-production-20200221-p5436l.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Smartphone zombies
https://www.facebook.com/670918659715391/posts/when-youre-surrounded-by-zombies/1693341254139788/
https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/19/smartphone-addiction-physically-changes-human-brain-argue-scientists-12261335/amp/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/researchers-have-created-the-first-3d-map-of-a-key-coronavirus-protein/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.iflscience.com/brain/smartphone-addiction-linked-to-changes-in-brain-structure/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The West Is About to Fail the Coronavirus Test
https://buff.ly/37RhaGV
China made huge mistakes managing the outbreak. The rest of the world may not do any better.
While the epidemiology of the virus is not fully understood and very different from Ebola, the Ebola outbreak of 2014 should have brought critical lessons—but these have not been heeded. After that devastating outbreak, the WHO strengthened its emergency response capacity, but it depends on member states to support its mandate. Unfortunately, the organization continues to operate on a budget equivalent to that of a large hospital in the United States, because member states won’t pay up—crippling its ability to truly lead any global fight against the new and emerging disease.
A review of quarantine and isolation policies from the Ebola outbreak had also concluded that any measures taken should be based on science, rather than fear.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/10470-embedded-world-aukaisi-ovensa-torsona
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/10469-huawei-naytti-miksi-sita-pelataan
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/10467-huawein-barcelona-julkistuksia-voi-seurata-livena
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/02/25/huawei-vauhdittaa-ekosysteemiaan-uusia-5g-tuotteita/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Koronavirus pudottaa palvelinkauppaa 10 prosenttia
https://www.tivi.fi/uutiset/tv/a67b4def-e0f7-4f2a-9dbb-41cd288bff6b
Palvelinten kysynnässä ei ole mitään vikaa, mutta alan suuri peluri
Kiina joutuu ajamaan alas koko tuotantonsa maailmalle levinneen
viruksen takia.. DigiTimes on raportoinut, että alle viideosa Kiinan
tehdastyöläisistä palasi töihin sikäläisten uuden vuoden lomien
jälkeen, joka loppui 25. tammikuuta. Nyt teollisuuden piirissä on
päätetty jatkaa pakkolomia kuukaudella
Tomi Engdahl says:
11 ohjetta arkeen: näin vältät koronatartunnan
https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/92d522e0-a772-4b66-b5b9-638126728f9e
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft perui, Embedded World luopui yhdestä hallista
https://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10454&via=n&datum=2020-02-20_15:03:51&mottagare=30929
Tomi Engdahl says:
Report: Chip Industry Dodges Direct Impact of Coronavirus
https://www.eetimes.com/report-chip-industry-dodges-direct-impact-of-coronavirus/
The semiconductor industry appears to have escaped the direct impact of the coronavirus crisis so far, but the market is likely to suffer the repercussions as the outbreak slows or suspends production among electronics manufacturers, according to Omdia.
Despite facing logistical, packaging and test challenges related to the Covid-19 outbreak, semiconductor fabs located in China are continuing to function normally, with high capacity rates.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Koronaviruksen vaikutukset elektroniikkaan toistaiseksi vähäisiä
https://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10447&via=n&datum=2020-02-19_15:41:48&mottagare=30929
Tomi Engdahl says:
Does Technology Help Or Hinder Epidemics Like Coronavirus?
Technology generally enables medical advances when dealing with infectious diseases, but lately things have gone awry.
https://www.designnews.com/medical/does-technology-help-or-hinder-epidemics-coronavirus/194102368362409?ADTRK=InformaMarkets&elq_mid=12375&elq_cid=876648
Tomi Engdahl says:
China Watch: Recovery in Small Doses
https://www.eetimes.com/china-watch-recovery-in-small-doses/