The global coronavirus outbreak that originated in China has had a major impact on the global stage. Over 100,000 people have been infected, and more than 3,400 have died. Many major tech trade shows and other events have been canceled or scaled back, and a growing number of companies are advising employees to work from […]
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Google I/O 2020 is canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
Over the last few weeks, tech-related trade shows and conferences have been dropping like flies. Less than a month after the GSMA canceled this year’s Mobile World Congress show, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, and Google have all canceled events, while NVIDIA and others have moved events online. Now Google has announced it’s canceling its annual Google […]
MWC 2020 is cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak
Mobile World Congress is typically one of the biggest trade shows of the year for smartphone makers and wireless carriers. But this year the show has been cancelled, just a few weeks before it was set to begin. The GSMA, which organizes the annual show, has made a last-minute decision to take a year off. […]
Mobile World Congress 2020 could be cancelled (update: yep)
The biggest smartphone trade show of the year may not happen in 2020. Update: Several Spanish news outlets are reporting that MWC *will* take place this year, after convening a meeting of 26 major telecommunications companies. But the organization behind the conference says it will monitor the development of the coronavirus outbreak closely to see […]