New Delhi , Feb 21 : Samsung, Apple and HTC have emerged as the most successful mobile brands in the first decade of smartphones in India, according to the Mobile Industry Consumer Insight Report by CyberMedia Research. The report cites technological innovations, cutting-edge design and branding as key factors that helped these premium smartphone brands achieve a leadership position.
Day: February 21, 2017
Is Apple Pushing iPads Again?
Now despite the fact that Mac sales are stable, and the iPhone is growing again, the iPad has remained a drag on Apple’s numbers. Profits are surely high, but sales keep dropping, quarter after quarter, after reaching a peak in 2013.
NASA Aims to Measure Vital Snow Data From Satellites 36 minutes ago
Instrument-laden aircraft are surveying the Colorado high country this month as scientists search for better ways to measure how much water is locked up in the world’s mountain snows – water that sustains a substantial share of the global population. A NASA-led experiment called SnowEx is using five aircraft to test 10 sensors that might one day be used to monitor snow from satellites.
Aptilo and Clavister Partner to Enable Wi-Fi and IoT at the Edge
Aptilo Networks and Clavister have entered into a partnership to enable Wi-Fi and IoT services at the network edge. The Aptilo Service Management PlatformTM manages Wi-Fi services for 100+ carriers worldwide, offering advanced integration to operators’ core systems.
LG starts trial service of intelligent robots at Incheon airport
LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has launched a trial service of its two intelligent robots at the Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea. LG unveiled the new line-up of robots featuring artificial intelligence technologies and voice recognition technology from Amazon’s Alexa at the annual Consumer Electronics Show last month.
Google Campus Seoul pledges tailored support for startups
Google Campus Seoul, a co-working space for startups operated by the US internet technology giant, on Tuesday pledged to offer more tailored support to South Korean startups to help their growth and global expansion in 2017. “This year, we want to offer more tailored programs to encourage new growth, global expansion and diversity among Korean startups,” said Jeffrey Lim, head of Google Campus Seoul.
Skip the manual: Actors demo sexual harassment
Guillermo Mendez and Kit Goldman lead a session on how to spot and combat sexual harassment at Elite Business Ventures in Poway Guillermo Mendez and Kit Goldman lead a session on how to spot and combat sexual harassment at Elite Business Ventures in Poway Sexual harassment is serious business, and state law requires companies with 50 employees or more to train its supervisors and employees on do’s and don’ts. The veteran actress, who produced more than 100 shows in the Gaslamp Quarter, ditched her grease paint in 1992 and launched Live Action Edutainment, now known by the more prosaic Workplace Training Network .
Are frozen embryos real people?
Between polarising pro-life arguments and women’s rights groups lies a space that is still extremely ambiguous when it comes to rights and duties regarding embryos, particularly those that lie in cold storage. So you-or somebody you know-are planning a baby through IVF, a pretty common occurrence these days, and end up freezing the extra embryos that are not used in the procedure.
BHP First-Half Profit Soars on Price Rally to Beat Estimates
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, reported first-half profit jumped as commodity prices surged on increased demand from China, signalling growing confidence in the rally with a better-than-expected dividend and a bond buyback. Underlying profit rose to $3.24 billion in the six months through Dec. 31, Melbourne-based BHP said in a statement Tuesday.
Cyberon and Andes Collaborate on Voice Interface Solutions for IoT Devices
February 21, 2017 — Conversational assistant or chatbot, an emerging application of Internet-of-Things, comprises microphones, SoCs for processing, connectivity, and the most important part – its cloud counterpart to serve as a big database and machine learning engine for its intelligent capability. This indicates a new way of interaction between machines and human beings and makes us excited about envisioning future applications.
China’s consumption to maintain strong growth in 2017
China will maintain strong growth in consumption this year with deepening supply-side structural reform, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said Tuesday. The trend will persist between 2016 and 2020 and feature more online retail sales and consumption of more quality goods and services, he said at a news conference, citing stellar growth in these sectors.
Satya Nadella meets IT Minister Prasad
New Delhi, Feb 21 – Indian-born Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday met Union IT and Electronics Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad here. The details of the meeting and the talks were yet to emerge but Nadella, after visiting Bengaluru on Monday, was scheduled to call on the minister before heading to address Future Decoded –Microsoft’s two-day flagship technology and business conference in Mumbai that kicked off on Tuesday.
Google, Microsoft agree to crackdown on piracy sites
For the first time, global tech giants Google and Microsoft have agreed to tighten up their search engines as part of a crackdown on piracy sites illegally streaming events and films. Google and Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, have signed up to a voluntary code of practice and will ensure offending websites are demoted in their search results.
Sperm whale’s skin comes off during mass ‘scratchathon’
IT LOOKS like a plastic bag floating in the ocean, but it’s something much stranger: a transparent chunk of skin from a sperm whale . It got rubbed off during a mass “scratchathon”, a phenomenon that sees dozens of animals periodically gather, apparently to socialise and groom each other by rubbing their massive bodies together.
NICER
A new X-ray telescope that’s scheduled for launch as early as April will study the crushed corpses of once-mighty stars. NICER will attach to the International Space Station, as shown in this artist’s concept.
Prefecture in China’s Xinjiang to track cars by satellite
A prefecture in China’s far western Xinjiang region is requiring all vehicles to install satellite tracking systems as part of stepped-up measures against violent attacks. Traffic police in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture announced the regulation on Sunday, shortly after thousands of heavily armed police paraded in the Xinjiang capital and ruling Communist Party officials vowed to ramp up their campaign against separatists and Islamic militants.