The global smartphone landscape has witnessed a fascinating shift in 2023, with Apple reclaiming the top spot from Samsung for the first time. This shift at the top is reflective of the hypercompetitive dynamics at play in the global smartphone market – across both the premium to the value for money- end of the smartphone …
2024: The Year of Generative AI
In 2023, Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) took center stage, and the year ahead promises a sustained surge in this transformative trend. As a technology analyst focused on tracking the evolution and trajectory of emerging technological trends in India, I am optimistic about a substantial scale-up in AI adoption, a shift from the early exploratory …
OnePlus 11 Concept Phone redefines possibilities!
Here’s the new OnePlus 11 Concept phone with Active Cryoflux, unveiled at the MWC Barcelona 2023! True to its motto of ‘Never Settle’, OnePlus has brought the industry-grade cooling capability of gaming PCs into…wait… a smartphone! The OnePlus 11 Concept comes with a glass unibody, , deeply curved for thinner bezel, and a clear rear …
On the proposed ‘Right to Repair’ policy framework in India
The Department of Consumer Affairs under Government of India has set up a committee to develop a comprehensive framework for the RTR in the country. The sectors identified during the first committee meeting include Farming Equipment, Mobile Phones/ Tablets, Consumer Durables and Automobiles/Automobile Equipment. This comes a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the …
How Aegon Life dramatically reinvented itself as a digital-first life insurance company?
There are always decisive moments in history, the implications and impact of which only become clearer in hindsight. The pandemic changed the way we lived, worked and thought about things. There are two distinct trends that have emerged in the new normal: The hunt for talent. We are witnessing a shift from a temporary to …
Talking Metaverse with Hugo Swart, Qualcomm
The convergence of rapid technological advances and the pandemic years have contributed to a quantum leap in interest in, and the development of the metaverse. Extended Reality (XR), an umbrella term that encapsulates Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), represents the gateway to metaverse, and to realize tremendous breakthrough transformations in …
The new unified, comprehensive Qualcomm AI Stack for the Connected Intelligent Edge
Qualcomm’s new AI Stack enables OEMs and developers to utilize a unified, comprehensive AI software capabilities. By doing so, OEMs and developers can now develop and leverage the full AI potential of Qualcomm’s Connected Intelligent Edge products, including, smartphones, IoT, automotive, XR, Cloud and Mobile PC. At Qualcomm, AI is being strategically viewed as a …
Hands-on with the Ray-Ban Stories
The Ray-Ban Stories mark the first smart glasses that Meta has made in association with Ray-Ban. At first glance, the Ray-Ban Stories may seem like the familiar, old yet stylish Ray-Ban styles, including the Wayfarer, Round and Meteor. The first-generation Ray-Ban Stories are not AR-enabled. All the Stories glasses sport the iconic Ray-Ban design, albeit …
Samsung may regain top spot in India’s smartphone market
Samsung looks to be on track to regain its top spot in the Indian smartphone market, after a strong performance in March. The South Korean electronics maker, which once replaced Nokia atop the smartphone market in India, has ceded that spot to China’s Xiaomi since the third quarter of 2020. Growing traction in offline retail …
How Apple, Microsoft and Google are fuelling Inclusive Tech?
There are >1.3 billion reasons to make technology accessible. Disability could be permanent, temporary or situational. The legal, ethical and moral imperatives for accessible tech has been well-known and established. It took a black swan event to put accessibility at the core of businesses. With the advancements in technology, there is significant opportunity as well …