Facebook canceled Thursday’s annual F8 developer conference, scheduled for May 5 and 6 in San Jose, California, for fear of the coronavirus outbreak. The developer conference, similar to the one held every year around this time by other technology giants like Google or Apple, brings together thousands of people from all over the world at the San José Convention Center. “F8 is a tremendously important event for Facebook and one of our favorite ways to celebrate all of our developers across the globe. »Neither Apple nor Google have suspended their respective developer conferences.
On Wednesday, Microsoft warned that it would not meet the revenue expectations it previously announced for this quarter, due to the effect that covid-19 had on its suppliers in China.
Microsoft lowered revenue expectations for its more personal computing segment, which includes, in addition to the Windows operating system, the Xbox game console and Surface touch computers.
Previously, Apple also indicated that the coronavirus will have a negative impact on its accounts.
