Amazon
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Why is Amazon acquiring MGM for US$ 8.45Bn?

Amazon has acquired MGM for USD 8.45Bn is one of its biggest since the Whole Foods acquisition for USD 14Bn in 2017. Amazon has been building-up its content library around its Prime service, a move that makes sense in the subscription economy. So, why is Amazon interested in MGM? How will the deal help Amazon …

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Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon X65 and X62 5G M.2 reference designs to accelerate 5G beyond mobile

During the annual Qualcomm 5G Summit, Qualcomm announced the Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 and X62 5G M.2 Reference Designs for accelerating 5G adoption beyond mobile, and across industry segments. Over the past pandemic year, socially isolated, everything-from-home has been the norm. Driven by work-from-home, learn-from-home and unwind-at-home, there has been a significant and unprecedented uptick in …

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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 778G 5G Mobile Platform

During the annual Qualcomm 5G Summit, Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 778G 5G Mobile Platform, aimed at delivering powerful camera and mobile gaming experiences more accessible. Snapdragon 778G is manufactured using advanced 6nm process technology, and allows incredible performance and power efficiency. The Qualcomm Kryo 670 generates up to 40% uplift in overall CPU performance …

Audio
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Will the future be audio centric?

As a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic swept across the globe, it heralded a period of accelerated transformational change everywhere. Amidst all the uncertainty and ambiguity, in an everything-from-home context with ever-increasing blurry lines between work, learn and unwind, audio has found its moment. It is not all about listening to music only. Across my tech savvy social …

LG
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How LG lost the race in key India smartphone market

LG Electronics that was once the world’s third-largest handset maker and saw its feature phone business peaked some 10 years back, was never a serious contender in the fastest-growing India market, industry watchers reiterated on Monday. LG that has shut down its mobile business, has been striving to make a turnaround in its mobile business in …

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Reflections on LG’s exit from smartphone business

After many years of pushing the envelope with its mobile innovation capabilities with very limited market success and six consecutive years of losses, LG Electronics has finally exited the smartphone business. In the early and mid-2000s, LG was one of the top three mobile brands, just behind Nokia and Samsung. The hyper-competitive nature of the smartphone …

Pat Gelsinger
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With IDM 2.0, Intel charts a bold manufacturing gambit

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger outlined Intel’s new vision and strategy to manufacture, design and deliver leadership products and create long-term value for stakeholders. “We are the only company with the depth and breadth of software, silicon and platforms, packaging and process with at-scale manufacturing our customers depend on for their next generation innovations.”- Pat Gelsinger, …