The most disruptive 4G operator in India Jio, part of Reliance Industries, announced a category of 4G Feature Phone “JioPhone” which is essentially basic feature phone on steroids today on July 21 at the company’s Annual General Meeting…
Amazon is introducing a new variant of the Echo voice assistant, Echo Look. It is currently available only by invitation at a cost of $199. It is aimed at helping people make better clothing style choices. However we think Amazon is playing a longer game — to…
On October 4th Google revealed an update on the developments it’s been making in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) arena, alongside a slew of new hardware products including two new smartphones — called Pixel and…
We have consistently talked about evolving business models such as “Hardware as a Distribution” model (see here) in tech space changing the competitive dynamics. We have also highlighted how the social messaging platforms are transforming into ecosystems (see here). This evolution and transformation…
South East Asian (SEA) countries became a growth engine for LINE’s business in the last two years. Monthly Active Users (MAU) in Taiwan, Thailand & Indonesia together more…
On May 10, Xiaomi officially launched a new generation of Android-based phone operating system, MIUI8. Additionally…
Apple just announced that is has invested US$1 Billion in the leading Chinese ride sharing service Didi Kuaidi. Didi is the largest app-based ride-sharing service in China clocking more than 300 million rides a day leveraging its 300 million…
Digital wallet payment solutions are becoming more relevant for the Indian economy driven by mobile-centric internet penetration. The current digital wallet ecosystem is populated by several players from…
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has been in development for decades. However significant progress and widespread adoption has only recently been achieved. This has been driven by the prevalence of devices such as smartphones and…
