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24 January 2012Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation Launch Mobile App Development Program for High School StudentsRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – JANUARY 24, 2012: Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation (NAF) today launched an innovative program to teach mobile app development to high school students across the United States. Five schools from NAF’s network of career academies are piloting the program as part of Lenovo’s initiative to encourage greater student interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects and to strengthen 21st century skills. This innovative curriculum will also strengthen NAF’s mission to prepare students for college and career success.  N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue and members of Lenovo and NAF’s executive leadership team made the announcement today at Apex High School’s Academy of Information Technology in Apex, N.C., one of the participating schools. |
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19 January 2012Lenovo and Polycom to Deliver RealPresence Video Software and Voice Communications to PCs and Mobile DevicesRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., and PLEASANTON, Calif. – January 19, 2012 – Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced an agreement to deliver Polycom® RealPresence™ HD video and HD Voice™ solutions on Lenovo laptops and tablets. The two companies will develop innovative solutions that optimize and embed Polycom RealPresence video collaboration solutions on Lenovo laptops and tablets to deliver high-quality collaboration experiences to end-users from any location. Polycom and Lenovo are ensuring a number of devices – including select laptops in the ThinkPad T, X, L, and W Series – are Polycom-ready, providing certification and assurance that the device will perform optimally with Polycom solutions. |
17 January 2012YouTube Space Lab Announces 60 Finalists in Competition to Send Students’ Experiments into SpaceSan Bruno, California (January 17, 2012) – YouTube, Lenovo, and Space Adventures in cooperation with space agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), today announced the sixty finalists of YouTube Space Lab (youtube.com/spacelab), the global science competition that challenges 14-18 year-olds to design a science experiment that can be performed in space. YouTube Space Lab received thousands of video submissions from more than 80 countries, a remarkable number given the uniquechallenge of designing an experiment that could actually be carried out in space - something that has traditionally been the mission of qualified astronauts and scientists. Entrants not only described their science experiment ideas via video, but demonstrated and animated the procedures they were submitting. |
13 January 2012Lenovo Receives Top Industry Awards at 2012 International Consumer Electronics ShowCES 2012, Las Vegas – January 13, 2012: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that it has received 22 awards and honors highlighting innovation, design and versatility in the PC industry. Most notably, the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga won 11 awards from prominent industry publications including PCMag.com, Popular Mechanics, LAPTOP and Tom’s Guide all highlighting its groundbreaking hybrid functionality, distinctive design and innovative engineering. Lenovo’s other featured product at CES this year, the Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 All-In-One won PCWorld’s Best Desktop award for its advanced ergonomics and stylish design. |
11 January 2012Lenovo Adds Smarter Classmate+ Laptop & Convertible to Education RosterRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – January 11, 2012: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced today its second generation Classmate+ laptops – in both traditional clamshell and convertible laptop form factors - based on the Intel Learning Series. These new laptops offer students, teachers and IT administrators more ruggedness with new durability features like greater spill resistance, affordability, battery life up to 10 hours and enhanced usability with Intel Learning Series software suite for using the e-reader, web camera and digital writing features. |
