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[[wikipedia:Lenovo|'''Lenovo''']] is a Chinese PC manufacturer founded originally as a state-founded branch of a research institute called Legend in 1984.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2004.00349.x</ref> In 2005 they officially rebranded as Lenovo and bought the IBM computer division alongside the [[Thinkpad]] brand.<ref>https://www.strategy-business.com/article/00274</ref> Today Lenovo has more than 77,000 employees and holds about a quarter of the Worldwide PC Shipments market.<ref>https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/about/</ref><ref>https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/lenovo/annual/2024/esr.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/01-10-2024-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-increased-zero-point-three-percent-in-fourth-quarter-of-2023-but-declined-fourteen-point-eight-percent-for-the-year</ref> | [[wikipedia:Lenovo|'''Lenovo''']] is a Chinese PC manufacturer founded originally as a state-founded branch of a research institute called Legend in 1984.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2004.00349.x</ref> In 2005, they officially rebranded as Lenovo and bought the IBM computer division alongside the [[Thinkpad]] brand.<ref>https://www.strategy-business.com/article/00274</ref> Today, Lenovo has more than 77,000 employees and holds about a quarter of the Worldwide PC Shipments market.<ref>https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/about/</ref><ref>https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/lenovo/annual/2024/esr.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/01-10-2024-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-increased-zero-point-three-percent-in-fourth-quarter-of-2023-but-declined-fourteen-point-eight-percent-for-the-year</ref> | ||
In 2014 the company bought [[Motorola]] Mobility from Google for around US$2.91 billion.<ref>https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/</ref> | In 2014, the company bought [[Motorola]] Mobility from Google for around US$2.91 billion.<ref>https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/</ref> | ||
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