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March 1, 2020 South Korea’s Samsung Electronics closes mobile device plant after coronavirus case confirmed – Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics shut one of its mobile device factories in South Korea after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing a company official. The factory in Gumi, close to Daegu where most of the South Korean virus cases have been confirmed, was temporarily closed last month […]
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ELECTRONICS 
December 1, 2019 LG Electronics appoints TV and mobile chief as its new CEO
Seoul: LG Electronics Inc. has said it has appointed Brian Kwon, head of the firm’s TV and mobile business, as its new chief executive officer (CEO). The board of directors at the Korean tech giant picked Kwon to replace incumbent CEO Jo Seong-jin, who took the top post in 2016. Jo, nicknamed “Legend of the Washing Machine,” has […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 1, 2019 Amazon, Flipkart festive sales: Consumer electronics, fashion catching up with mobile phones
Brands OnePlus, Samsung and Apple together clocked over Rs 750 crore in the first 36 hours (includes early Prime access) of sale. Mobile phones may still be the go-to product for millennials during the ongoing online festive season sales but consumer electronics and fashion are fast catching up. Driven by a wide selection and lucrative […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 31, 2019 Mobile phones manufacturing surges 8-folds in last 5 years; electronics goods production doubles
Mobile phones manufacturing has emerged as a flagship sector under the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ initiatives. (Bloomberg image) Production of mobile phone in India has shot up 8-folds in the last five years. India produced mobiles phones worth $ 24.3 billion in 2018-19, which was just $ 3.1 billion in 2014-15, according to […]
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COMPUTERS 
August 18, 2019 Kashmir Dispatch 8 | 100 Journalists, 4 Computers, 1 Mobile Phone and Lousy Internet: Reporting Live-Ish from Lockdown
Srinagar: One has to wait, sometimes for hours, to access the email. The conference hall at a local hotel in Srinagar is packed with journalists. Four computers in a corner are always bordered by eager reporters, flash drives at the ready. Two of these systems are mostly occupied by government information department officials. These four […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 20, 2019 Mobile phones, consumer electronics lift Reliance Retail
KOLKATA: India’s largest retailer Reliance Retail’s cellphone and consumer electronicsretailing business crossed the $5-billion revenue mark in the year to March, underscoring the breadth of its market presence. Sales in these two categories — which account for about a third of the total — through Reliance Digital and Reliance Jio stores more than doubled to Rs […]
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COMPUTERS 
October 7, 2018 Mobile apps may or may not be collecting your child’s data—but here’s why you should assume they are
This week two democratic senators are calling on federal regulators to investigate if children’s apps are tracking their data. Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter on Wednesday to the Federal Trade Commission, writing they are concerned that numerous apps are potentially violating the law. Without explicit parental consent, it […]
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COUPONS 
January 18, 2018 How Sodexo Is Moving From Coupon Booklets to Cards and Mobile Payments
HIGHLIGHTS After 20 years in India, Sodexo is going digital The paper vouchers will be discontinued from 2018 It’s offering a physical card, and mobile payments via QR codes In its 20th year in India, Sodexo has had to adopt a digital approach replacing the famous paper vouchers that the company used until now. The […]
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COUPONS 
January 11, 2018 How Sodexo Is Moving From Coupon Booklets to Cards and Mobile Payments
HIGHLIGHTS After 20 years in India, Sodexo is going digital The paper vouchers will be discontinued from 2018 It’s offering a physical card, and mobile payments via QR codes In its 20th year in India, Sodexo has had to adopt a digital approach replacing the famous paper vouchers that the company used until now. The […]
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CLOTHING 
April 17, 2017 Wearable cloud could be less expensive more powerful form of mobile computing
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are exploring the concept of a wearable personal cloud — a fully functioning, yet compact and lightweight cloud computing system embedded into clothing. Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer and information sciences in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, and Rasib Khan, Ph.D., a recent […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 11, 2017 Finally, Mobile Live Video Streaming Comes to YouTube
Six years after YouTube featured live-streaming for desktops in 2011, the company finally decided to bring the app to mobile. YouTubers around the world have been waiting for this feature since the company announced it in June of 2016. It is here, but with a caveat. You need more than 10,000 followers to use the […]
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ELECTRONICS 
February 9, 2017 Uh Oh, Apple iOS 9 May Be a Mobile Ad Killer
At its early-June Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple revealed, among other things, that the newest version of its iOS 9 operating systems will roll out this fall, free of charge. What Apple didn’t discuss, however, is the fact that its new iOS 9 mobile operating system, used in the company’s popular iPhone, may ultimately prove to […]