Anirban Ghoshal

Note ban chokes handset, electronics business

Handset and electronics business, one of the sectors worst hit by demonetisation, are looking at the government for relief.

Govt to launch new TV channel named DigiShala, website named Cashless India

The ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has sent out media invitations saying that the new TV Channel will be launched by Union Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and PP Chaudhary, MoS, Electronics & IT at around 3 PM.

Business not as usual: Auto, IT firms fear disruptions over Jaya death

Much of the credit for building up the state as a manufacturing hub with foreign investments goes to the late politician.

How smart is my phone? Not much, say feature phone loving Indians

Companies are also looking to tap the pool of the ‘digitally underprivileged’ to grow their cash base, especially in the wake of the government’s demonetisation drive.

Facebook starts testing Express Wifi for rural India

Mark Zuckerberg-founded Facebook has started live testing its Express Wifi programme, which aims to connect the next billion users. According to its website, the feature has gone live after months of testing in rural parts of the country.

Online sale of bank notes gains currency

While websites, including eBay and OLX, are listing notes of varied denominations for sale, a simple Google search throws up an aggregator website, for-sale-in, which gives information about all deals available online on the sale of currency notes.

Pixel vs iPhone: Hardware maths equals as well

Microsoft’s answer to Google Pixel, iPhone 7 to be launched in Feb

Technology giant Microsoft may have sold Nokia’s branding rights to HMD Global and Foxconn for $350 million after it failed to make a mark in the handset business, but you can’t write it off just yet.

Post victory speech, IT firms hope Trump will build bridges

In his speech, Trump did not speak specifically about any country. Trump said, “I mean that very sincerely. Now it is time for America to bind the wounds of division, have to get together. To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.”

No dinner, no way to get to work: The day after currency ban

Sudden switch in currency notes led to a harrowing experience, writes Anirban Ghoshal.

Back to basics? BlackBerry looks at enterprise tie-ups to sell phones

Experts claim that BlackBerry will not find it easy to sell phones under huge pressure from Chinese brands like Xiaomi and Lenovo along with players such as Samsung, Apple and Reliance LYF

Sales of air purifiers, masks grow with rising pollution levels

Delhi has experienced the worst smog in 17 years in the last two days where PM2.5 levels went upto 836.1 micrograms per cubic meter on Monday and was 645.2 micrograms per cubic meter on Tuesday while the permissible levels of PM2.5 levels in India is 60 micrograms per cubic meters.

Pollution effect: Air purifiers, masks see uptick in sales

Delhi has experienced the worst smog in 17 years in the last two days where PM2.5 levels went upto 836.1 micrograms per cubic meter on Monday and was 645.2 micrograms per cubic meter on Tuesday while the permissible levels of PM2.5 levels in India is 60 micrograms per cubic meters.

Exits continue as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wants more ad revenue from India

The exits in Twitter’s senior management who helped build the India business over years, signal the company’s co-founder and new CEO, Jack Dorsey’s, inclination to make significant changes in the way the domestic business is handled.

Twitter India head quits, more exits to follow in major shake-up

Rishi Jaitly’s resignation was not surprising for most Twitter India employees, who knew that the domestic market will be impacted by the micro-blogging site’s global restructuring programme, as the company failed to get new users and generate higher advertising revenue, giving way to Facebook, Google and Snapchat.

MacBook launch: Will the new PCs cure Apple’s Achilles heel in India?

Apple shipped 4.4 million PCs worldwide in the second quarter of 2016, compared to 4.8 million in the second quarter of 2015 -- a drop of 8.3%. MacBook shipments were down too, from 2.1 million to 1.9 million.

Twitter greets Mistry’s Tata Sons ouster with resounding silence

Today, just 24 hours after Mistry’s ouster, the otherwise vibrant India Inc is ‘eloquently’ silent on Twitter. The only exception to the trend seems to be RPG Enterprises chairman Harsh Goenka.

How did a server hack hit 3.2 million debit cards? Can it happen again?

How did this one server hack hit 90 ATMs and affect 3.2 million (and counting) cards of 19 Indian banks?

India is Facebook’s top priority, driving engagement to catch up with Google

Companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Google have been fighting to take the maximum pie as India embarks on its digital journey or data revolution.

Telcos offer more data for same price in race to grab new customers

If you are planning to take a new data connection, then this would be the right time as all telecom service providers such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are offering huge discounts on data as the industry is engulfed in a data price war.

Low-cost internet telephony app locks horns with operators

Why Apple may be the winner as Androids battle

As the South Korean giant decided to scrap the beleaguered Note7 globally, other makers of Android phones are counting their chickens.

Samsung scraps Note7, no India launch

There’s bad news for those waiting eagerly for the Note7 to be launched in India.

iPhone 7 in India: Really sold out, or just synthetic scarcity?

Fans of iPhone 7 black variant get the blues over short supply

Google Pixel to bite Apple, hurt Samsung

Here are 5 exclusive features that you will get with the Pixel

Although Google Pixel and Pixel XL will run on Android’s latest update Nougat, here are some features that will be exclusive to the two smartphones, which start at ₹57,000 and ₹67,000 respectively for the 32GB variants.

Google’s Apple-like stance may force partners to look at alternative OS

Smartphones makers do have the choice of forking Android or using Samsung’s Tizen, but both would be costly and risky to develop, and only the largest smartphone makers could afford the investment

Google’s Pixel to challenge Apple’s iPhone, other premium Android handsets

High prices of smartphones may limit uptake of Daydream VR headset with controller, analysts claim.

Samsung row puts mobile certification under scrutiny

Handset makers and analysts have questioned the method adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the agency responsible for certifying mobile phones in the country, for granting approval to the product.