Two weeks ago, online retail giant Amazon kicked off food delivery pilot for its employees in select localities of Bengaluru, to grab a piece of the pie in India’s food-tech market, which will soon be worth more than USD 17 billion. The popular perception is that Amazon is gearing towards becoming India’s first super app, leaving behind payment …
Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella will visit India later this month. While the company confirmed the visit of the top executive, it did not give details about the dates and cities he is likely to visit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has on several occasions stressed on the importance of leveraging emerging technologies like AI and ML …
With 5G being in constant limelight for the last couple of years, the first wave of 5G devices will appear in India and will contribute roughly 1 per cent to the overall shipment volumes in CY 2020. According to the CMR’s India Mobile Handset Market Review Report, this will be primarily driven by hyper-competitive market …
The outbreak of Coronavirus in China has started disrupting the component supply chain for smartphone companies in India. Asus India has issued an open letter for all the fans waiting to buy the ROG II smartphone. “Dear Fans, We know you’ve been excited to get your hands on the ROG Phone II. While we had …
Apple turned around its India story in 2019, by doubling its market share to 2%. At the Apple Q1 2020 earnings call for the quarter ending December 28, 2019, Apple confirmed its success story with a quarterly revenue of $ 91.8 Bn, an increase of 9% from the year ago. With respect to India, Apple …
It was August 2018 when Xiaomi officially announced Poco as its new sub-brand to cater to the growing demands of young smartphone users. The Chinese brand unveiled the Poco F1 as its first — and only — model that disrupted the market for mid-range smartphones with the then top-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC and up …
Global streaming giants – Netflix India, Amazon Prime, and Disney, which owns Hotstar, among others – all have their eyes set on India’s soon-to-be US$5 billion video-on-demand (VOD) market. So, it’s not surprising when Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, on his three-day visit to India on Thursday, said Amazon will double down on its …
As music consumption in India undergoes a gradual evolution, China-based Bytedance, which has tasted the success with its short video-making app TikTok among the youth in the country, is now ready to take on players like Spotify, Gaana, Wynk, Apple Music and others with Resso. Available in Beta and currently being tested in India and …
When it comes to switching-off their phones, Indians might just snap. Indians have some extreme feelings attached to the idea of switching-off their mobile phones, according to a study of 2,000 adults done jointly by smartphone brand Vivo and Cybermedia Research (CMR). The feelings vary from positive ones like relaxing and calm, to negative ones …
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is confident that it will be able to retain its No. 1 position in the Indian smartphone market next year too, but industry experts believe that the country may see a different winner in 2020. At the end of the first quarter of 2019, Xiaomi had a market share of 30.6%, …