Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has become the youngest company on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2019, ranking 468, with a revenue of $26,443.50 million (roughly Rs. 1,80,000 crores) and a net profit of $2,049.10 million (roughly Rs. 14,100 crores) in the previous fiscal. The Beijing-based global technology firm on Monday announced that the company has,
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For Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, Apple is his role model in a scenario where the Chinese government requests the company to unlock its devices which might go against the users’ interests. In an interview with the Financial Times, Zhengfei stressed that his company will not provide users’ data to the Chinese government at any cost,
Photo Credit: YouTube/ Village Global Late Steve Jobs who co-founded Apple was a master at “casting spells” to keep employees motivated and working long hours, according to Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates. Despite that, said Gates, Jobs was an example of “don’t do this at home” in his style of leadership, reports CNBC. “I was like
Popular laptop manufacturer, HP, has added a new model to its commercial laptop lineup in India. Called the ProBook 445 G6, the laptop features a choice of AMD Ryzen quad-core CPUs, a promise of long battery life, and HP’s Endpoint Security Stack for physical, identity and data theft prevention. The laptop is now available in
Photo Credit: 9to6Mac iCloud users will soon get a convenient sign-in option Apple is testing a new sign-in process on iOS 13, iPadOS, and macOS Catalina for iCloud on the Web. Users on the latest beta versions are able to see a new pop-up when they head to beta.icloud.com. The pop-up enables them to sign
Memory chip spot prices have risen for the first time this year, indicating grim warnings of “never seen before” spikes and a supply disruption could come to pass as a dispute between South Korea and Japan drags on. The 15 percent spike in DRAM chip prices over a week – in a sector dogged by oversupply
Samsung will reportedly unveil its next-generation flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S6, alongside the Galaxy Note 10 smartphones, on August 7 next month. The new upcoming tablet has now leaked in all its glory revealing the device from all angles in some official-looking press renders. As the name denotes, Samsung will indeed skip the “Galaxy
Building your own PC is one of the most satisfying things you can do if you’re a technology enthusiast. Not only can you save a huge amount of money, but you can also get features and capabilities that big-box manufacturers simply do not offer. The market for desktop PCs is tiny compared to demand for
The iPad has become synonymous with tablet computers in general, and a lot of people mistakenly call any tablet an iPad. While Apple’s iPads are definitely the most popular tablets around, it isn’t the only company making them — a handful of manufacturers still produce Android tablets. The company that started it all was Samsung,
Huawei’s Android alternative has been in development for quite some time Soon after the US government put Huawei on a trade blacklist, the Chinese company filed to trademark its in-house Hongmeng mobile OS and even started testing it in China. Now, Huawei’s founder has said in an interview that Hongmeng OS is ‘very likely’ faster
Microsoft is testing a passwordless future for Windows 10 PCs. The company has released a new build for Fast Ring insiders that adds a new option that enables passwordless sign-ins for Microsoft Accounts. Choosing this option will make Microsoft passwords useless on Windows 10 PCs and you will have to opt for PIN, facial recognition,
Microsoft will open its first European retail store in London on Thursday, showcasing technology ranging from Xbox games and Surface tablets to augmented reality and LinkedIn masterclasses. Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela said the US software group had secured a prime position in Oxford Circus, central London, where its three-floor flagship could be seen by about
Asus recently launched a refreshed series of VivoBook laptops called the VivoBook 14 and VivoBook 15 in India. Of the two, the 14-inch version claims to be the world’s smallest, most colourful 14-inch Ultrabook. This is a rather odd and awfully specific title to stake claim to, but it is what it is. The new
After witnessing two-quarters of decline, the global PC market grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, showed a preliminary report released by Gartner on Friday. IDC in its preliminary results, on the other hand, claims a growth of 4.7 percent year-over-year. Lenovo retained the top spot in Q2 2019 with the fastest
Going up against a competitor as big and well known as Intel must be hugely daunting, but AMD has pulled off a surprising series of victories after starting from scratch with its first-generation Zen architecture in 2017. The company has slowly begun regaining trust and market share across desktop PCs, laptops, workstations, and servers, though
Flipkart’s Big Shopping Days sale has kicked off for Flipkart’s Plus members. The sale will open for everyone else at 12pm (noon) today. Flipkart is looking to take on Amazon’s Prime Day 2019 sale with its four-day sale. The Big Shopping Days sale includes deals and offers on popular mobile phones, laptops, electronics, TVs, and
Western Digital has launched a new portable USB SSD, the WD My Passport Go. The device boasts of a rubber coating and is designed to be shock resistant as well as drop resistant up to 2m. Combined with the use of solid-state flash memory with no moving parts, Western Digital is aiming this device at
Honor launched a pair of new tablets – the Honor Pad 5 (8-inch) and Honor Pad 5 (10.1-inch) – in India last month. Both the tablets are now on sale from Flipkart. The Honor Pad 5’s 8-inch and 10.1-inch variants come in two storage configurations with 32GB and 64GB inbuilt storage ticking alongside 3GB and
A figure of a roaring lion, about the size of a loaf of bread, is the latest step in the fight to preserve culture from conflict. The sculpture is a replica of a colossal 3,000-year-old statue from the Temple of Ishtar in Nimrud, in what’s now Iraq. The stone statue was one of many artifacts
Android creator Andy Rubin, who was paid $90 million by Google as a severance package after being accused of sexual harassment, concealed the payments from his estranged wife for years, a lawsuit alleges, as per media reports. In a civil complaint filed in San Mateo, California, Rubin’s estranged wife Rie Hirabaru Rubin alleged that he
Just in time to steal some of AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 series GPU launch thunder, Nvidia has announced a nearly top-to-bottom refresh of its own GeForce RTX 20 series. From the demos that AMD has shown publicly so far, we know that it’s expecting to compete with Nvidia’s mid-range offerings, while the top-end GeForce RTX
US chip gear maker Applied Materials on Monday agreed to buy Japanese peer Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion from KKR & Co, as it bets on rising demand for memory chips used in data centres, 5G phones and AI-powered devices. The acquisition comes against the backdrop of a glut in the memory chip market due to a
In a “very small number” of 2018 MacBook Air units, Apple has identified a logic board issue and is offering a free replacement of the component to the owners of the affected computers. The iPhone maker circulated the information via an internal document that was distributed to Apple Stores as well as Apple Authorised Service
Huawei MediaPad T5 will be offered in two storage variants Huawei MediaPad T5 is making its way to India. The Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei’s India arm on Monday announced the launch of MediaPad T5. According to the company, the new tablet comes with features like 10.1-inch screen, octa-core processor, dual speakers, and dated Android 8.0
Advanced Micro Devices or AMD, the American multinational semiconductor company, has dismissed reports that it had improperly transferred critical microprocessor technology to Chinese partners, the media reported. In a strongly-worded statement, the Santa Clara-based semiconductor firm said that it did “everything correctly and transparently” and did not violate the US law, the Gizmodo reported on
The EU’s powerful antitrust authority on Thursday cleared the buyout by IBM of open source software company Red Hat, one of the biggest tech mergers in history which the computing giant said would enhance its cloud offerings. “The European Commission has approved unconditionally … the proposed acquisition of Red Hat by IBM, both information technology
After working at Apple for 24 years, Sabih Khan has been named as the Senior Vice President of Operations at the Cupertino-based company. In his new role, Khan would be in charge of Apple’s global supply chain, ensuring product quality and overseeing planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and product fulfilment functions, the iPhone maker said on
The Spectre line of laptops is HP’s premium range of sleek and highly portable computing devices. The company refreshed its convertible models recently, and today, we’ll be testing the new Spectre x360 2-in-1. It’s available in both 15-inch and 13-inch versions, and we’ll be checking out the smaller one, which is currently on sale in India.
With over 3 billion downloads since launch, VLC is quite likely the most popular media player. And for good reason. It’s open source and available free of cost. Moreover, VLC has apps for a variety of platforms and devices, including Windows, Mac, iOS, Apple TV, Android, Android TV, Xbox One, and Chrome OS among others.
Lenovo has announced that its ThinkPad series laptops will now be available “made to order” in India, which means that buyers can fully customise multiple specifications rather than only choosing from a few pre-existing configurations. Lenovo has stated that its other brands, which include IdeaPad consumer devices, premium Yoga models, and the Legion series for