'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Having graduated from the days when his Windows machine gave up mid-presentation, Ajay Adiseshann, managing director and founder, PayMate, has found true love in Apple iPod and iPhone.
Neo Sports on a sticky wicket as big players stay away.
The government's stated vision is that it wants to make India a manufacturing hub and that is where such a rush or confusing policies don't help, reports Shubhomoy Sikdar.
India has been able to attract 40 global smartphone makers to the country -- creating at least 50,000 jobs. But GST could hurt that, discovers Ayan Pramanik.
Loading an app required the watch to pull tremendous amounts of data from iPhones.
As much as Rs 8,000 crore worth of mobile phones in this segment - out of a total of Rs 15,000 crore - come into the country through the grey market. The government imposed the duty on these phones primarily to encourage domestic production but the strategy has failed as the bulk of high end mobile phones are currently imported.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met over 40 CEOs across broad swathes of industry, ranging from makers of mobile devices, auto components, food products to telecom networking equipment and pharmaceuticals. The agenda: To discuss how to make India an integral part of the global supply chain. The focus of the discussion would be the much touted yet not so well understood production-linked incentive scheme (PLI), the centrepiece of the government's drive to massively boost the manufacturing sector. To do so, the government has created a war chest of over Rs 197,000 crore to be paid out as incentives to over 14 industries in five years. There are three objectives to the scheme, two explicitly stated, one implied.
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The TicWatch C2 from a Chinese wearable maker Mobvoi is now officially available in India through its website and online retail partner Amazon.
'India's future: To manufacture so efficiently that we do not need protection,' says Naushad Forbes.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
Also, after years of rumours and speculation, Apple unveiled its first wearable device, Apple Watch.
John Aranha got an order from Central Mumbai District Consumer Forum that made Croma pay him Rs 26,300 for a fridge he had bought but was never delivered to him, says consumer activist Jehangir B Gai
Both firms have made several applications for patents pertaining to digital payments in the country
Google is going ahead with a policy revision mandating 30% charge on in-app purchases across all apps on Play Store. This has left developers' community worried about tighter squeeze on their earnings, says Yuvraj Malik.
It might give Apple a boost in the fast-growing Indian, Middle East and African markets but also risks cutting its average phone prices and profit margins
It is not clear whether the drop in offers is a fallout of demonetisation.
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
The past few years have seen a frenzy of phone launches.
SoftBank will pay 17 pounds in cash for each ARM share.
Finland's Nokia, once the undisputed leader in mobile phones, has been struggling to respond to the challenge from smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung.
Patent fees will likely squeeze margins, and in turn the company's valuation.
A platform that helps retailers reduce failed transactions while keeping the cost down, Innoviti is all set for India's digital payments revolution.
Nokia dominated around 40 percent of the world's mobile phone industry in 2008, but its products were eclipsed by touch-screen smartphones made by Apple and Samsung.
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Big brands are keen to tie up with IPL for advertising purposes.
Extending its new device plus data plan to more smartphones, the operator is keen to capture the youth's attention.
Industrialist Gautam Singhania has close to 8,80,000 followers on Twitter, yet he has opted for a service that 'promotes' his tweets by displaying them to a wider audience beyond his own followers.
The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
Reliance ADAG, Tech Mahindra among top recruiters at IIM-A
If the Delhi HC order stays effective, Xiaomi would lose the fastest growing smartphone market.
Apple Inc unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation.
It might give Apple a boost in the fast-growing Indian, Middle East and African markets but also risks cutting its average phone prices and profit margins
For a time it looked as if Apple would never relinquish the top spot in terms of market value.
To beat its rivals, Nokia has done what most Chinese brands did soon after they entered the Indian market. Tied up with a well-known Bollywood actor as endorser, associated with cricket and established fan engagement initiatives, reports T E Narasimhan.
Customers can link their cards to banks' app and make payments after scanning a 'quick response' code.
Blind spots of the company were two-fold - managing cash flow and investments to upgrade technology and continue research and development.
The funds, some of which have invested in the NSE for almost a decade, want the exchange to list as soon as possible so that they can exit and pay back investors in their funds
With the BBM app coming pre-installed, users can directly engage with other BBM users without having to download the app or incurring download charges.
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