(Reuters) – Google Inc’s Motorola Mobility unit will cut 1,200 jobs or 10 percent of its workforce as the smartphone maker tries to return to profitability, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a company email.

The layoffs come on top of 4,000 jobs Google eliminated at Motorola Mobility in August as the Internet search giant seeks to make more smartphones and fewer simple handsets.

It really is terrible news for families and communities that will be impacted. Lets hope we see great handsets as a result and those that lose their jobs find alternative work.