Quantum computing at the core of growth in India’s techade: Chandrasekhar

by Hansraj Agrawal | Jan 30, 2023 | Technology

Quantum computing will be at the centre of growth and expansion in India’s ‘techade’ and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision is to create a India-centric tech ecosystem with partners and players around the world, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.

While virtually inaugurating a two-day symposium on the Quantum Computing Ecosystem held at C-DAC in Pune, the minister spoke about the disruptive role of quantum computing and pointed out that it is going to be the next big idea that will disrupt technology in general and computing in particular, according to an official statement.

“It is PM Shri Narendra Modi’s vision to create an India centric quantum tech ecosystem with partners and players around the world. We are working together to build an ecosystem of innovation, along with startups, R&D laboratories, and higher education institutions. Quantum computing will be at the core of the growth and expansion in India’s techade,” Chandrasekhar said.

The term ‘techade’ is used to refer the decade of new technology.

The minister said that PM’s vision is to transition India from being a mere consumer of technology to being an architect and designer and producer of technology.

“We need to really work together to build a complete quantum ecosystem of innovation, startups, research labs, higher academic institutions, domestic companies, foreign companies, foreign academics for creating an India centric quantum ecosystem that works very well with other partners and players around the world,” Chandrasekhar said.

Emphasising that technologies such as quantum computing will be at the core of country’s economic expansion in the India decade, the minister said beside building capabilities in quantum and high performance computing, there is need to build consumer products, digital products, devices and solutions and allow more digital empowerment of the 1.2 billion Indians who will be connected to the internet by 2025-2026.

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Realme, Coca-Cola likely to launch a smartphone with exciting features

by Hansraj Agrawal | Jan 30, 2023 | Technology

Global smartphone brand realme and Coca-Cola are likely to join hands to bring a unique offering for the Indian market, which will be the biggest announcement of the year.

There are already leaked stories around the possibility of launching a new phone as part of the collaboration.

According to sources, the launch will be in line with realme’s philosophy of Leap forward experience enabled by powerful technologies and stunning design.

The product might benefit tremendously owing to realme and Coca-Cola’s massive appeal among the Indian youth. It will also be interesting to see two trendy brands coming together to create trendy lifestyle options for the youth.

realme currently has over 70 million customers in India and has been seen actively working with local communities and youth oriented brands for a wide range of unique technologies, offerings and experiential campaigns.

For realme, India has always remained the biggest and most important market with it contributing 50 per cent of the user base. The year 2022 has been an eventful year during which they have introduced a number of smartphones across its series to cater to the varied needs of its customers.

The phone is expected to have various brand-new and exciting features, as well as an innovative look — complementing product DNA of both the brands.

It is yet to be seen if the phone will be a special edition or a new smartphone range by realme and Coca-Cola, according to sources.

There was no response from any of the brands when reached out for a statement.

To create resonance among Indian youth, realme has executed multiple brand associations with top designers in India and platforms like FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week to provide them with leap forward brand experience.

Last year, realme collaborated with Amit Aggarwal to replicate and embody GT NEO 3T’s design ethos to his fashion line. realme NEO 3T’s exclusive checkered flag design symbolizing speed, passion, victory, and glory became an inspiration that powered realme x Amit Aggarwal ‘ONYX’ collection.

The collaboration at the country’s most sought-after premier fashion event presented an elevated exploration of trend-focused fashion concepts rooted in empowering design and brought a perfect fusion of technology and avant-garde design coming together to create amazing designs with the human touch.

The brand also recently released a youth track, ‘Naya Nazariya’, produced by realme Music Studio.

The new track sits at the centre of realme’s campaign for the realme 10 Pro series launch, “New Vision” that promotes a new way of thinking among the youth that embraces a larger vision of making conscious life choices and is a part of realme’s ‘Dare to Leap’ campaign for 2023.

Announcing the track, Madhav Sheth, CEO realme India, VP, realme and President, realme International Business Group had said that “With the rising stars of the country, a tone of inspiration, and the dare to leap” attitude, we want to turn the music studio into a platform that enables young people to be inspired while having fun.”

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Apple may launch foldable iPad with ‘carbon fibre kickstand’ in 2024

by Hansraj Agrawal | Jan 30, 2023 | Technology

Tech giant Apple will reportedly launch its foldable iPad with a “carbon fibre kickstand” next year.

The information was shared by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on micro-blogging platform Twitter on Monday.

Kuo tweeted: “I’m positive about the foldable iPad in 2024 and expect this new model will boost shipments and improve the product mix.”

“My latest survey indicates that the foldable iPad will feature a carbon fibre kickstand. Carbon fibre material will make the kickstand lighter and more durable.”

He also predicted that iPad shipments will have a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 10-15 per cent.

Moreover, Kuo said that the iPhone maker might not release any new iPad in the next 9-12 months because “the iPad mini refresh is more likely to begin mass production” in the first quarter of next year.

Meanwhile, in October last year, it was reported that the tech giant might launch its first foldable iPad rather than iPhone in 2024.

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Google’s upcoming Pixel Tablet may come with 2 dock options: Report

by Hansraj Agrawal | Jan 30, 2023 | Technology

Google’s upcoming ‘Pixel Tablet’ will reportedly come with two different dock options.

According to tipster Kuba Wojciechowski, the tablet will come with two dock options– korlan/K6 and yuzu/Y4– which are expected to be the codenames or the model numbers of the docks, reports Android Authority.

While one dock is likely to be a combination of a speaker and a charger, the other might be a charging-only station.

According to the report, the Pixel Tablet is expected to be a stay-at-home device that will attach to a smart speaker using pogo pins and the speaker dock will also double up as a charger.

However, as per the new information, the tech giant might have a second dock variant for the Pixel Tablet that will not include a speaker and will only be meant to charge the device.

If this information is true, the company is likely to sell the Pixel Tablet for different prices for different docks.

Last week, it was reported that the company might release a Pro version of its upcoming Pixel Tablet, which will feature a Tensor G2 chip.

Last month, the ‘Pixel Tablet’ and its charging speaker dock were leaked on Facebook Marketplace, a destination on Facebook where people can buy and sell items.

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Google terminates thousands of accounts pushing Chinese disinformation

by Hansraj Agrawal | Jan 30, 2023 | Technology

Google’s Threat Analysis Group has terminated thousands of accounts associated with a group known as “Dragonbridge” or “Spamouflage Dragon” that disseminated pro-Chinese disinformation on various platforms.

According to the tech giant, Dragonbridge gets new Google Accounts from bulk account sellers, and at times they have even used accounts previously used by financially motivated actors repurposed for posting disinformation videos and blogs, reports BleepingComputer.

Moreover, the report said that Google last year shut down more than 50,000 Dragonbridge accounts across YouTube, Blogger, and AdSense, in total, 1,00,960 accounts have been closed since the influence network was first spotted.

However, despite its size and volume of content production, the Chinese influence operation has little to no engagement from real viewers, said the report.

“Most Dragonbridge activity is low-quality content without a political message, populated across many channels and blogs. However, a small fraction of Dragonbridge accounts also post about current events with messaging that pushes pro-China views,” Google TAG’s Zak Butler and Jonas Taege were quoted as saying.

When it was taken down last year, the vast majority of its YouTube channels had no subscribers, and more than 80 per cent of videos had fewer than 100 views.

When Dragonbridge blogs were terminated in December, they had a very low engagement, with less than 10 views per post for nearly 95 per cent of posts, according to the report.

“In 2022, the overwhelming majority of Dragonbridge content Google disrupted never reached a real audience. Among the 53,177 channels, we disabled in 2022, 58 per cent had zero subscribers and 42 per cent of their videos had zero views. About 83 per cent of those videos had fewer than 100 views,” Butler and Taege added.

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Apple sells 2 million iPhones in India during Q4 2022; logs 18% growth

by Hansraj Agrawal | Jan 30, 2023 | Technology

Apple sold 2 million iPhones in India in the holiday quarter (Q4) of 2022, registering 18 per cent growth (quarter-on-quarter) for its flagship device, new data showed on Monday.

The India market share of iPhones reached 5.5 per cent for 2022, an 11 per cent growth (year-on-year).

For 2021, Apple iPhones had logged 48 per cent YoY growth with 4.4 per cent market share in the country.

According to the latest CMR data, iPhone 14 series logged 59 per cent market share in Q4 2022, followed by iPhone 13 series at 32 per cent growth.

Apple also sold 0.2 million iPads in India in Q4, and iPad Pro 2022 Series registered 30 per cent growth.

Currently, Apple accounts for around 5 per cent of the overall smartphone market in the country.

The iPhone manufacturer is now looking seriously at India and Vietnam to bolster its supply chain in the next 2-3 years.

Apple aims to ship 40-45 per cent of iPhones from India compared to a single-digit percentage currently, according to Kuo.

Every fourth iPhone will be made in India by 2025, according to JP Morgan.

India accounted for 10-15 per cent of iPhones’ overall production capacity at the end of 2022.

Apple became the first smartphone player in India to have exported $1 billion worth iPhones in the month of December. It currently manufactures iPhones 12, 13, 14 and 14 Plus in the country.

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