Lee claims well-timed investing in startups in Android, casual and social gaming, social networking and more recently, e-commerce.
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Today, any company thinking of producing a new kind of digital device must seriously consider the risk that such a product's functionality can be matched by smartphone-resident apps and a potential accessory (a lesson more recently learned by mobile e-mail appliance maker Peek, which has refocused its business on software and cloud services for other handsets).
More recently, after all Motorola employees received an e-mail from CFO DaveDevonshireDave Devonshire and RuthFattoriRuth Fattori, head of human resources, announcing that there would be severely reduced--if any--bonuses for staff this year, it was Devonshire who was selected to bring the bad news of the poor first half to Wall Street.
More recently, after all Motorola employees received an e-mail from CFO Dave Devonshire and Ruth Fattori , head of human resources, announcing that there would be severely reduced--if any--bonuses for staff this year, it was Devonshire who was selected to bring the bad news of the poor first half to Wall Street.
More recently, the surge in demand for tablets, e-readers and smartphones has provided a reliable means for users to access their documents anytime and anywhere, further reducing need for printers.
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More recently, Google has ventured into mobile phones, TV software and e-books.
More recently, Amazon has taken advantage of the shift to digitization by developing and launching its Kindle e-reader.
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Kobo, which makes digital reading devices and operates an e-reading service that stocks 2.5 million books and has more than eight million users, has recently started looking at how readers as a whole engage with particular books and genres.
More recently, the firm leveraged its market leadership in selling physical books online to become the dominant vendor of e-readers, leaving potential rivals such as Sony unable to gain much traction.
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