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Curtain Raised On The First Edition Of India Mobile Congress

The countdown to the eagerly-awaited India Mobile Congress 2017 has finally begun.

Samsung To Invest Rs 4,915 Crore In India

Electronics major Samsung has announced an investment of Rs 4,915 crore in India to add fresh capacity at its Noida plant, where it manufactures smartphones, refrigerators and flat panel televisions.

Videocon Telecom Looks To Deliver A Consolidated Topline Revenue Of Rs 1,658 Crore During 2017-18

Videocon Telecom is all set to deliver a consolidated topline revenue of Rs 1,658 crore in the current financial year i.e. 2017-18 from its existing, newly-setup and upcoming business lines.

Samsung Galaxy S8+ (6GB RAM, 128GB ROM)

Infinitely powerful

Tunable Subpixels To Triple Display Resolutions

In a big breakthrough, scientists have developed a new tunable colour-changing surface that may triple the resolution of televisions, smartphones and virtual reality devices.

Nokia - Can This Phoenix Rise Again?

RIDING ON THE SADDLE OF UNPRECEDENTED NOSTALGIA AND BRAND EQUITY, NOKIA HAS AN ENVIABLE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE GOOD OF ITS SECOND INNING. NONETHELESS, HOW IT NAVIGATES THE CHANGED COURSE AND RESPONDS TO NEW REALITIES AND CHALLENGES WILL LARGELY DETERMINE ITS SUCCESS.

The Games Of Fortune

Revenue from games could surpass the USD 100 billion milestone sooner than previously thought!

“We See Hello As A Spiritual Successor To Orkut”

Remember Orkut.com, the first streamlined social networking platform, even before we had Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Such was its craze that Orkut went on to become one of the most visited websites in India and Brazil in 2008. The erstwhile trendsetter website took hold in the country like a boss. However, having lost its sheen to rivals, Orkut shut down its services in 2014. Now, its creator Orkut Buyukkokten, a former Google employee, is back with a bang with yet another platform, hello network, which is built particularly for the new mobile generation. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store, hello brings people together around their interests to create positive, meaningful, authentic connections and sustained social engagement. In a conversation with Ramesh Kumar Raja, Buyukkokten spoke at length about his new social venture, which holds a great significance, especially in wake of Facebook data breach. Excerpts:

Tecno Will Have Products Across Price Points Under Camon Series In The Segment 7K To 15K

Transsion Holdings have an array of smartphone brands present in India, one among them is TECNO, which is promoting itself as an offline brand, has brought a sub-brand called Camon to India, targeting the Selfie-driven audiences. Gaurav Tikoo, Senior Vice President Marketing, Transsion India, spoke with Haider Ali Khan about the TECNO’s market strategies and Transsion Holdings as a whole. Excerpts:

Indian Smartphone Market - A Promising Start

India smartphone market witnessed its strongest ever first quarter shipments but import duty hikes on key components remain a key pain point for domestic manufacturers

India Premium Smartphone Segment Q1, 2018

Samsung regains the top spot, Apple struggles while OnePlus 5T was the bestselling model in a downhill market.

Oppo A83 (2018)

Nothing new to offer apart from enhanced RAM and ROM.

Panasonic P95

Panasonic P95

Nokia 7 Plus

No Frills, Hard to Beat Smartphone in its Class

Quad Cameras

More the merrier!

Bezel-Less Display

Bigger is better!

Virtual Assistants

The new men fridays!

Android 8.0 and iOS 11

One-upmanship continues and it’s rather good for the mobile world.

Mobile Ad Spend Zooms

As mobile becomes even more ubiquitous, mobile centric ad spend is taking a sharp northward climb.

Zoook Beatbox Pro Speaker

Looks like a luggage trolley with a digital display

Thomson Smart TVs

Taking price war to a new level

Panasonic Lumix G7 & G85 Cameras

Equipped with 4K video recording and editing capabilities

Acer Avengers Special Edition Notebooks

Super heroes are here to give you the company

ASUS Gaming Laptop - GL503 & GX501

Comes loaded with 8th gen Intel core processor & NVIDIA GTX 10 series graphic cards for unmatched performance

'Trainman Provides Upto 92 Per Cent Accurate Predictions About PNR Status'

Trainman is an online platform, founded in 2014, which provides a user-friendly interface to the complex Indian Railways rules and systems and can be accessed via mobile applications across Android, iOS and Windows devices. The platform assists Indian Railways travelers with various train related information like checking PNR status, seat availability, train schedule etc. The company claims to have 92% correct predictions of PNR status and recently introduced Virtual Reality Tour Guild to give a 3D experience to the travelers. To know more about the company’s vision and future plans Pahi Mehra had an interaction with Vineet Chirania, Director and CEO, Trainman.

Move Over Pop-up Selfie Camera, Punch Hole Has Arrived!

With the rising love for attractive smartphone designs, the market players are compelled to keep on refreshing new designs in short intervals. From bezel-less device to top notch and now from pop-up selfie camera to punch-hole camera, the technologies are evolving quite fast. However, it will be interesting to know how far the change in designs has been a successful affair for the players. The latest trend in the smartphone design is pop-up selfie camera. And the Chinese smartphone maker Vivo became the talk of the town after it highlighted Vivo NEX as the world’s first smartphone with a pop-up selfie camera. Therefore, we present to you some of these interesting smartphones.

Youths Driving OTT Video Content Market In India

Top 5 Indian metros account for more than half of the OTT video content platform user base, says a survey

We Are Committed to Evolving Into a Leader in the Smart Devices Space

It made headlines with a high-profile rebranding exercise and ad campaign earlier this year. But recent times have seen micromax enter a relatively quieter phase, and even move into other product segments, Anuj Bhatia met Shubhajit Ssen, chief marketing officer, micromax informatics, to find out more about what the company has been working on.

Has The Wearables Revolution Run Out Of Steam?

Wearable technology was seen as having a great future until. From Huawei to apple to Lenovo, there was a long brigade of manufacturers that showed confidence in the wearable market. But has the wearable revolution lost momentum or fizzled out of late. Anuj Bhatia takes a closer look.

There is a TV in everybody's hand

It arrived with a lot of fanfare in 2015, promising a whole new world of streaming video content on mobile devices. But the period since has seen hooq choose a lower profile as it works on its plans for the indian market and the challenges it poses. Anuj Bhatia and Nimish Dubey met Salil Kapoor, managing director, hooq india, to find out more about what the company has been up to.