August 1, 2016
OnePlus 3 = Four Features That Makes It a Flagship Challenger
In this ever commoditizing and crowding smartphone market on an average 145 new brands entered each year over the last 2 years. However, on an…
July 27, 2016
HERE WeGo Adds New Dimension To HERE’s Maps Platform To Win In the Urban Mobility Era
Urbanization is one of the world's most significant mega-trends. It sits alongside the trend of increased personal mobility and the related tectonic…
July 26, 2016
Market Pulse || July 2016 Edition
Today we published the July edition of our popular Market Pulse report. This edition covers the market for June 2016. The key takeaways in this…
July 24, 2016
Apple Q2 2016: China’s Dip Concerning as Competition Catches Up
Apple reported a quarter which exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for the company despite most key metrics falling year-over-year. Here are some…
July 21, 2016
Chatbots are coming to take over the world
What is Chatbot? Chatbots are programs powered by artificial intelligence that users can interact with using natural language. This could be any…
July 21, 2016
Samsung’s Move Towards its Automotive Ambitions
Starting small on its automotive dreams Samsung, through its smartphone-to-chipmaker Samsung Electronics, is investing in BYD an electric car maker…
July 18, 2016
Three major industry trends identified at MWC Shanghai 2016
The Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWCS), is reckoned to be Asia’s largest and most influential mobile industry event. The 2016 event took place…
July 18, 2016
Softbank’s To Buy ARM For $32 Billion
The global leader in smartphone chip design, UK-based ARM confirmed on Monday it agreed to a $32 billion acquisition offer from Japan's tech giant…
July 14, 2016
Success of LINE- Story of platform stickiness & beyond
Tapping the untapped: South East Asian (SEA) countries became a growth engine for LINE’s business in the last two years. Monthly Active Users (MAU)…
July 6, 2016
China Approaching 600 Million LTE Subs
We have discussed before (here) on how 4G LTE has been leapfrogging 3G adoption in China and the key reasons which have driven this ramping adoption.…
July 4, 2016
Are self-driving cars safe?
Well, clearly not safe enough to deal with a high-riding tractor-trailer at freeway speeds, yet. Media reports suggest a self-driving Tesla (on…
June 2, 2016
In-Car Advertisement: Changing Landscape
The opportunity and the opportunist Ride hailing services like Uber, Lyft and Didi Chuxing are changing the commuting landscape. An average American…
May 27, 2016
Infographic: Q1-2016 | Mobile Market Monitor
Our Q1-2016 Market Monitor report has been published. We update one infographic in each quarter to summarize handset and smartphone market activities…
May 27, 2016
Connected Cars: A Service Providers Opportunity
The Automotive Industry is moving towards an era where it will rely on Telecom companies for seamless data services for vehicles. Creating an…
May 25, 2016
The improvements and logic behind Xiaomi MIUI8
Part 1: MIUI8 is the next generation mobile internet platform On May 10, Xiaomi officially launched a new generation of Android-based phone operating…
May 19, 2016
Four Reasons Why Self-Driving Cars Are Coming Sooner Than You Think
I believe we have today a unique confluence of factors that are enabling and accelerating progress in self-driving car technology. If you are not…
May 18, 2016
Nokia – More Phoenix than Phone
In Greek mythology the Phoenix was a bird that died in flames and was then reborn from the ashes of its predecessor. Nokia's mobile phone business…
May 16, 2016
Chinese Smartphone Market Has Slowed, But Huawei, Oppo & Vivo Have Not!
PRESS RELEASE Beijing, Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego May 16, 2016 According to the latest research from…