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Qualcomm announced it’s laying off employees today. The cuts are meant to “trim the fat” a bit and streamline the chipmaker’s workforce. CEO Paul Jacobs told Morning Star  about the company’s cost cutting measures today: “In fiscal 2014 we are facing some mix and demand factors which we currently expect will moderate our QCT growth. In light of this we are taking near-term actions company-wide to prioritize investments, stay focused on growth but also control expenses in order to deliver operating profit growth in excess of revenue growth.” So far the downsizing seem to be focused on management, with several cuts and demotions at the vice-president level. However the company has signaled more cuts will be coming down the line, affecting several departments. Qualcomm’s weak 4th quarter for fiscal year 2013 is thought to be the cause. The company is facing increasing competition from low-cost chipmakers. Also, phone and tablet manufacturers like Samsung and Apple are increasingly develo...

Posted in: iOS, Mobile Services, Online Services 13 hours ago by Johnny Google is on track to revamp its Search app on iOS and improve the voice search by adding Google Now-flavored recognition. The update will be available soon with no further specifics provided as to when exactly. Google Voice Search will be better at interpreting natural speech and can even give you spoken replies at times. It can check weather for you, give you cinema schedules and more. It will be a direct competitor to Siri on iOS although it won’t be able to launch apps or work with the built-in navigation in iOS 6. Also Google is bringing its Knowledge Graph outside of the US to the entire English-speaking world. Knowledge Graph combines more than 500 million people, places and things with more than 3.5 billion connections between them. It will provide users with location-specific answers to online queries, for example if you search for “chiefs” in Australia you’ll get the Aussie rugby team complete with scor...