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Smart speakers are fast rising up the ladder with regards to consumer electronics in the United States. As the smart speakers' user base growing at a pretty healthy rate, it offers a lucrative market for a rather limited number of players that grace space. The usual suspects - Apple, Google and Amazon - do indeed control most of the...

India's premium smartphone market has been dominated by the three major brands - OnePlus, Samsung and Apple. With Apple's declining sales in India, it was up to OnePlus and Samsung to capture the top spot in India's premium segment of smartphones. And, according to a recent report by Counterpoint, the battle for 2018 seems to have been won by...

Now that 2018 has ended, it might be a good time to look at the evolution of India smartphone market last year. New trends were observed, while other trends died away. Some platforms profited from selling them, while others could not. A new report, titled "Smartphone Industry Trends", by PhoneCurry - recommendations, reviews and comparison site -  provides a detailed overview...

India seems to be moving up the right tables and moving down the wrong ones recently. In the yearly Truecaller special insight report for 2018, it has been revealed that India has moved down to the second place in the international spam call standings. The report shed some light on the increasing/decreasing spam calls trends by analyzing the Truecaller data....

How much time do digital consumers devote to social media each day? Is the behavioural pattern of users towards specific platforms changing with time? With such questions surfacing, one needs a comprehensive view of the key trends in Social media engagement, globally!This much-needed comprehension has been substantially put forth, to a quite relative extent, in the report recently released...

The exploded adoption of internet and smartphone has made business and individuals to rush to secure their online identity. Consequently, the number of domain name registrations worldwide has reached 342.4 million by the end of Q3 2018, clocking 3.5% YoY growth, reveals Verisign.According to the latest data released by Verisign, a global leader in domain names and internet security, an increase of...

Miriam Kramer, the popular author at one of the world's most popular news websites Mashable, gave a precious piece of advice to the world this earlier this year, urging smartphone users to delete the Facebook app from their phones.Miriam pointed out that the mindless scrolling through the random updates posted by her mom's friends and the people whom she...

The over-the-top (OTT) platforms that India has had at its disposal in the recent times has been insane. Other than the usual suspects in Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, its great to see India developing its own OTT subscription service through Hotstar, VOOT, etc. But all of these points in one direction - the flourishing scenario of OTT market...

When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) first introduced iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max little did anyone know that the most expensive iPhone, ever launched by the world's most valuable company, is going to be the most in demand. Many analysts believed that the sales of iPhone XS Max would largely be driven by the ultra-loyal fanboys of Apple in...

The number of smartphone users worldwide is expected to hit 3 billion mark by the end of 2018, which depicts that 39% of the global population will be owning a smartphone. It portrays a big window of opportunity for all smartphone manufacturers to strengthen their presence by penetrating the global market more deeply. Surprisingly, the global smartphone shipments have been declining with...

Global tablet shipments have gone down yet again in Q3 2018, due to the increasing demand for large screen flagship smartphones, a.k.a Phablets, such as Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Apple iPhone XS Max, OnePlus 6T, etc. Surprisingly, this is the 16th quarter in a row when the global tablet market witnessed a YoY decline in terms of shipments. According...

Looks like the Indian job growth trajectory is moving north! The outlook for employment for the period October 2018 – March 2019 is thriving. Opportunities are blooming with hiring, new job roles and upskilling of existing employees; all thanks to booming IT Industry and Startup ecosystem in Idia.IT hiring in India will witness growth starting this month right up...

Seems like the revenue juggernaut of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) won't be decelerating any sooner, despite the patched scandal-coat it adorns every time! With the recent forecast by eMarketer, digital video advertising in the US is quite above the mark of silver lining and is most likely to shine for a while now. And guess what? Facebook dominates the...

Xiaomi has been on an all-conquering streak for some time now. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer is doing away with competition left, right and centre, that too at an alarmingly fast rate. Early this week the report on India smartphone shipments Q3 2018 highlighted how Xiaomi claimed the numero-uno position by capturing 27% of the market. Now, another recent report...

Amid the saturation in few of the largest smartphone markets, the growth of the global smartphone industry has been slowing down for the last few quarters. All eyes are set on India considering low smartphone penetration and huge untapped market. Factoring the price-sensitive nature of buyers in India, the demand for refurbished smartphones is bound to rise. But what is...

It is the first time in India smartphone market when all top brands strengthen its quarterly performance. The India smartphone shipments in Q3 2018 grew 24% Q-o-Q and 5% Y-o-Y, indicating a sizeable number of mobile phone users in India are upgrading to smartphones.According to the latest report by Counterpoint Research, the growth of the India smartphone market in Q3...