Let's not be too kind: The Windows Phone team should have sufficient bandwidth to work on expanding hardware support while simultaneously improving its software feature set; a company the size of Microsoft shouldn't have to "balance" on a project as key for its future as Windows Phone.
"It's about can you draw a line to profitability without making a leap of faith".. Snapchat has many uses for the cash as it surges past 1,000 employees worldwide, scoops up more office space and expands hardware development beyond its recently unveiled Spectacles video-camera sunglasses.
Introducing that change, Tim Cook said that Ive's "design responsibilities have expanded from hardware and, more recently, software UI to the look and feel of Apple retail stores, our new campus in Cupertino, product packaging and many other parts of our company".
In the post-Jobs era, Sir Jonathan's role has expanded beyond hardware to control of the look and feel of Apple software.
This year, it expanded its hardware lineup to include a new device, just called the AirTV, which is a networked TV tuner that doesn't connect directly to a TV, but rather streams local programming via Wi-Fi.
Last year, for example, Baidu, the Beijing-based technology giant that was once seen as China's Google but has since expanded into hardware and software research in areas like natural language processing and image recognition, hired a new Chief Scientist named Andrew Ng.
As the market for city-wide wireless Internet networks rapidly expands, hardware vendor SkyPilot Networks aims to bite off a chunk for itself with the help of an upcoming $25 million round of funding.
The use of a cloud-based platform for collecting and storing measurement data, as well as Senic's plans to expand their hardware catalog to include a number of different hardware devices, including micrometers, gauges, and other tools that builders and engineers use regularly in their work.
Oculus is expanding its hardware offering, and in December Oculus will launch a dedicated Oculus Touch controller, which translates your hand gestures into the virtual environment.
