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Your Phone Will Be Even Smarter In 2024

This year will be the one when GenAI becomes a part of the daily lives of people around the world. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind......

Time for Congress to get down from high horse

What we have in the Congress is a useful glue to hold a non-cultural, unified Opposition together.That is the sacrifice the Congress must be willing to live with if showing the BJP the door is what......

Why are US, British, Russian spy chiefs in Delhi?

The Western powers appear to regard Delhi as the most logical destination in the region in these extraordinary times -- as a counterpoint to the ascendance of political Islam and a rising red star......

Don't worry over gap between Covishield jabs: Govt

The government on Friday said there is no need to panic on the need for an immediate change in the dosage interval of Covishield vaccine, underlining that reducing the time gap requires proper......

Is India back to being 'Third World'?

A feature of 'Third World-ism' is lack of accountability.Whether and how the Modi government is held to account politically is a matter for the future, observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: Healthcare......

Premium devices to dial up growth in India's smartphone market in 2024

Indian smartphone sales, traditionally dominated by the entry and mid-range segments, are set to change as high-end and super-premium devices capture consumer attention. Photograph: Andrew......

Smartphone makers pin hopes on new launches after tepid March quarter

For the smart phone industry, it has been a lacklustre quarter of CY2024, with sales falling by 3-4 per cent over the same period last year, according to Counterpoint Research projections.......

Finnish firm HMD Global unveils strategy to recover lost ground

Can the launch of smartphones under its own brand name by Finnish company HMD Global — despite having a licence to use the Nokia brand which it bought from Microsoft — help it regain......

Apple tops India smartphone market in revenue share in 2023

iPhone maker Apple led India market with highest revenue in 2023 for the first time while Samsung topped the chart in terms of sales volume, market research firm Counterpoint Research said on......

Samsung Pushes Xiaomi To 3rd Spot

IMAGE: A store selling Samsung mobile phones and accessories in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Samsung is all set to dislodge Xiaomi in the smartphone market share......

Is He India's Finest Director Of Romcoms?

Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mamitha Baiju and Naslen in Premalu. I consider Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......

Mammootty Gets Off A Bus; Goes Down A Rabbit Hole

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mammootty in Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. In Nanpakal......

Revenge Of The Nepo Kid

Sikandar Kher's Nishikant Adhikari is a solitary poet by the corner, trying to remind us that the honest plans of honest people don't always come to respectable ends, observes Sreehari Nair.......

A Little Bit Of Lalitha In My Life

KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the......

Like These Style Statements At Roland Garros?

The French Open isn't just about blistering backhands and thrilling rallies. It's also a runway for the latest trends in tennis fashion. From bold colours and symbolic designs to innovative......

Ashes PHOTOS: Duckett leads England fightback on Day 2

Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Thursday. Scorecard IMAGE: England's Ben Duckett celebrates after reaching his half century with Ollie......

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