Google has admitted that it is lagging behind other industry players such as Apple and Microsoft in terms of the number of patents it holds.
The smartphones are priced Rs 6,399 onwards.
Online search giant Google's operating system (OS) for the mobile platform, Android, is fast gaining ground in the US. However, in India, Android trails with a single-digit market share.
As parents come to realize the limitations of their Apple ID and Google Play strategies, they are frustrated.
Google is expected to launch its much-awaited sub-$100 (around Rs 6,000) smartphones in India this month, which will further intensify competition in the booming multi-billion dollar smart devices market in India.
Shipping will start fall.
This year will be the one when GenAI becomes a part of the daily lives of people around the world.
He has been a long time Blackberry fan and user.
Google Inc on Monday launched the first smartphones powered by its Android One operating system in India, pricing them at around Rs 6,399 ($105) to capture the low-cost segment of the world's fastest growing smartphone market.
New Google CEO Sundar Pichai made ascent with low-key style and technical chops.
The city houses National Remote Sensing Centre and is also home to several companies offer geographical information system services.
These high profile companies have managed to pay next to no tax on their vast sales revenues generated in Europe.
Google's comments echo figures released recently by AT&T and O2, which carry the iPhone exclusively in the US and UK respectively.
Both firms have made several applications for patents pertaining to digital payments in the country
Post elections, the company has been making frequent visits to various ministries, including the IT ministry, commerce ministry, as well as different agencies to get the hang of things in the administration.
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Apple Inc said it had hired over 11,000 women globally in the past year - 65 per cent more than the previous year - to boost employee diversity.
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Apple had argued that the government request and the court order were a massive overreach.
Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors. That is a reach just under half of India's largest streaming app: YouTube. 'This level of consolidation does not exist even in the US.'
'Today's engineering graduates have to learn the skills to solve problems which is actually a higher order skill.'
Apple said it sold 51.2 million iPhones in its second fiscal quarter, down from 61.2 million in the same quarter a year ago but above analysts' estimates of about 50 million devices.
Indian billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra, Apple CEO Tim Cook and corporate leader Indira Nooyi were among the guests. CEOs of Google, Microsoft and Adobe -- Sunder Pichai, Satya Nadella and Shantanu Narayen -- also attended the event.
Ken Segall says marketing campaigns should be simple.
Twitter users were generally impressed with Apple TV, with some people joking that they would have to buy a TV to use the Siri remote and app store.
The Apple Watch, which will make calls via its attached iPhone, might make that a reality.
iPhone sales in India were up by 56 per cent during the period.
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Wrist bands range from leather and stainless steel to sports models in hues from pink to blue.
After downloading the app, a text message was all it took to set it up
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With both the Nexus phones touted to be the first to carry Android's Marshmallow edition, the latest offerings from Google seem tempting, but surely, gone are the days of cheap Nexus phones, says Himanshu Juneja
The finance ministry is looking at a reworked proposal from mobile device makers on how to fight the rampant and growing smuggling of very high end phones. The proposal suggests reducing the basic customs duty (BCD) on phones which have a CIF (cost, insurance and freight or price at landing in the port) value of over Rs 35,000-Rs 40,000. The retail value of these phones is upwards of Rs 70,000.
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US firms are seeking Indian engineers to work on technologies similar to their global counterparts
They are both electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies, also known as contract manufacturers. One is Taiwan's Foxconn group, the undisputed global number one in this business with revenues of $223 billion. The other is Dixon Technologies, the biggest domestic player with revenues of over Rs 10,500 crore.
Apple Inc unveiled a new TV set top box that responds to voice commands and fresh iPhones that sense the pressure of a finger tap, changes which underwhelmed many social media commenters and investors.
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The total number of such requests from global law enforcement agencies is over 12,400, Apple said in a report.
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