India has become the top manufacturer of smartphones shipped to the United States, overtaking China for the first time. According to new data from Canalys, the share of smartphones assembled by Apple in China for the US market dropped from 61% in the second quarter of last year to 25% …
Read More »India’s Gibbon Ancestor
A new genus and species of small-bodied fossil ape that lived during the Middle Miocene epoch has been identified from a fossilized tooth found in Ramnagar, India. The discovery fills temporal, morphological, and biogeographic gaps in hominoid evolution and provides new evidence about when the ancestors of modern gibbons migrated to …
Read More »Social Shorts & TikTok’s Future
Social Shorts: TikTok’s future, Quora lead-gen ads, Facebook’s India plans TikTok and LinkedIn under one roof? “Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions, as President Trump said on Friday that he was considering taking steps that would …
Read More »Xiaomi puts the focus on India with plans to open 100 retail stores
Xiaomi is increasing its office retail presence in China as bids to gain ground stolen by rivals in its homeland, and now it is making that very same push in its second largest market, India. The Chinese company, which is valued at $45 billion, suffered a tough time last year as sales …
Read More »Google Areo is a new app for ordering food or home services in India
Google is getting into the restaurant delivery and home services businesses – nope, not in the U.S., but rather in parts of India. The company has quietly launched a new app called Areo which currently only works in Bangalore and Mumbai, India, allowing users to order meals from nearby restaurants or schedule …
Read More »India sets world record with 104 satellites in a single rocket launch
Gravity is a good thing when it keeps you firmly planted on Earth’s surface, but it’s quite a nuisance when you’re trying to launch things into space. The economics of space launches are harsh; every ounce sent up has an astronomical cost attached, but the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) …
Read More »Seven New Species of Night Frogs Discovered in India
Seven new species of the genus Nyctibatrachus (Night frogs) have been discovered in the Western Ghats global biodiversity hotspot in India. Seven new species of night frogs from the Western Ghats, India. Image credit: SD Biju. The genus Nyctibatrachus (family Nyctibatrachidae) is endemic to the Western Ghats and represents an …
Read More »Microsoft’s plan to use machine learning to improve eyecare in India
Competition that results in better care for people suffering from visual impairments is the right kind of competition. Following a path similar to that of Google’s DeepMind, Microsoft India announced this morning that it’s launching a new research group, the Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare, to bring data-driven eyecare services to India. …
Read More »Uber introduces web-based car bookings for all of its users in India
Uber has launched a web-based booking option for all of its customers in India. The U.S. firm first introduced ‘Dial an Uber’ — a web app located at dial.uber.com — in August in a handful of cities as a trial, and now it is available in the 29 cities that Uber currently serves in …
Read More »Samsung Gear S3 To Launch In India In January
It looks like Samsung is continuing its global roll out of its new Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch, the device recently launched in the US, Canada, South Korea and the UK and now it is headed to India. Samsung have yet to confirm the official launch date for their Gear S3 …
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