Daily Archives: April 10, 2016
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COMPUTERS 
April 10, 2016 Huawei MateBook First Look
Huawei at MWC 2016 entered the hybrid tablet market with the MateBook. The 2-in-1 convertible laptop runs Windows 10 Pro. The retail price of the MateBook starts at $699 (roughly Rs. 48,000). We got to spend some time with the 2-in-1 at the trade show, and you can check out our initial impressions in the […]
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NEWS 
April 10, 2016 Red Faces, Raised Voices Over Late Hitch in Foxconn’s Sharp Deal
A late hitch to Foxconn’s takeover of Japan’s struggling Sharp Corp brought simmering distrust between the two close to boiling point, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The two companies have eyed each other warily since Foxconn founder and billionaire Terry Gou pulled out of a planned capital tie-up and strategic partnership with […]
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NEWS 
April 10, 2016 Micromax, Once a Rising Star, Struggles
A year ago, Micromax vaulted past Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to become India’s leading smartphone brand. Today, its market share has nearly halved, several top executives have resigned, and the company is looking for growth outside India. In Micromax’s slide to second place is a tale of the promise and peril of India’s booming but […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 10, 2016 Nexus 5, iPhone 6s, MacBook, Surface Pro 3, and Other Deals of the Week
This week we have the iPhone 6s, MacBooks, Kindle Paperwhite and a lot more going at a discount. 1. Apple iPhone 6s 128GB Paytm is offering a cashback of Rs. 10,000 on the iPhone 6s 128GB (all colors). This brings down the effective price of the iPhone 6s 128GB to Rs. 54,783 (space grey variant) […]
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NEWS 
April 10, 2016 Apple’s 9.7-Inch iPad Pro vs 12.9-Inch iPad Pro vs iPad Air 2
Apple realises that many people, if not most, prefer the 9.7-inch form factor when picking a tablet. Which is why the Cupertino-based company on Monday unveiled the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, the successor to its 2014’s iPad Air 2. The latest addition to the company’s iPad family offers mostly the same innards as the 12.9-inch iPad […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 10, 2016 Apple’s New iPhone and iPad Say: Small Is Beautiful Too
As it struggles to match the success of its big-screen iPhones, Apple is now contending that small can be beautiful, too. The giant tech company showed off downsized versions of its signature iPhone and iPad Pro tablet on Monday, hoping they’ll appeal to first-time buyers and those who have shied away from the bigger-screen models […]
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NEWS 
April 10, 2016 Apple’s 9.7-Inch iPad Pro: Portable, Powerful, and a Little Puzzling
I had the privilege of spending some time with Apple’s new 9.7-inch iPad Pro on Monday at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. And, I admit, there isn’t too much that’s new to say. If you’ve used the larger, 12.9-inch iPad Pro, you’re in for pretty much the same software experience here – at least, […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 10, 2016 Tablets Are Finding New Life Among Professionals
Tablets may never again be the consumer sensation they once were, but they are finding new life among professionals. Apple took aim at that market in announcing a second iPad Pro model this week. Samsung started selling the Windows-based Galaxy TabPro S last week, while Microsoft doubled down on its Surface tablet business last fall […]
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NEWS 
April 10, 2016 Why Apple and Google Are Struggling to Design Simple Software
Right now, millions of consumers are facing a simple problem. Or rather, they’re facing a problem with simplicity, as both the number of smart products and the functions of those products multiply. I was recently reminded of this when I tried to quickly snap a picture at Apple’s launch event. I tried to double-click the […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 10, 2016 Foxconn’s Takeover of Sharp Reveals Intense Pressures in Global Electronics
The global electronics industry has shifted massively in the past decade, and it will not stand still for long. Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturing behemoth whose massive scale and cheap costs have helped make the iPhone affordable for hundreds of millions of people worldwide, announced Wednesday that it would acquire Japanese consumer electronics company Sharp for […]
