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Brand Equity: In conversation with British designer & Owner, Simon Carter

Brand Equity: In conversation with British designer & Owner, Simon Carter





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Entry level, refurbished smartphones to be in focus, once sales resume

The share of smartphones priced below Rs 5000, categorized as entry-level, has trailed from 12% in 2017 to 4% in 2019, whereas, for those priced between Rs 5000-Rs 10,000, categorized as basic, it has fallen from 45% to 42%.




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COVID-19 impact: Global smartphone shipments fall 13 per cent in January-March

Canalys Senior Analyst Ben Stanton said that in February, when the coronavirus was centered on China, vendors were mainly concerned about how to build enough smartphones to meet global demand.




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Mobile phones’ manufacturing to restart

Makers of iphone & Xiaomi phones get requisite permissions from state authorities in South




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Samsung, Oppo, Vivo & Lava get Uttar Pradesh government nod to restart operations

“Permissions have been received by the majority of the companies, though the workforce has been truncated to 20-30%. It is extremely difficult to reach any kind of optimisation and efficiency in this manner,” Pankaj Mohindroo, chairman of India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA), told ET.




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Indian startup, Nocca Robotics, plans to ship COVID-19 ventilator from May-end

The price of imported ventilators starts from Rs 8 lakh and goes up to as high as Rs 25 lakh a unit.




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Covid-19 crisis: SpiceJet to pay part salaries to 92% of employees, no job cuts

Covid-19 crisis: SpiceJet to pay part salaries to 92% of employees, no job cuts





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Will partial relaxation of Lockdown help e-comm players build up lost business?

Will partial relaxation of Lockdown help e-comm players build up lost business?





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Vista Equity Partners picks 2.32% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 11,367 cr

Vista Equity Partners picks 2.32% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 11,367 cr





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Return of gold artisans to Bengal casts shadow over craft’s future

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had in March announced free foodgrains and ration under the public distribution system for the next six months. The state also asked the Centre to raise the number of man-days allotted to it this year under MGNREGA.




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Bharti Airtel, Voda Idea take steps to offer relief to Covid-hit MSMEs

Besides rental waivers on select plans for micro, small and medium enterprises, the telcos will help manage their bandwidth needs and offer customised digital tools to boost their web presence.




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Lady Gaga's former manager and Uber investor Troy Carter hand picks the next six hot startups

Carter managed Lady Gaga from early into her career to worldwide stardom until he was fired in 2013. Carter and his talent agency, Atom Factory, manage pop stars.




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Ousted Men's Wearhouse founder has a new startup that rents you tuxes

George Zimmer, the ousted founder of the $2.3 billion men's clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse, seeks $40 million at a valuation of $100 million for Generation Tux.




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Legendary VC Bill Gurley names a bunch of startups that are doomed

Gurley, a partner at venture firm Benchmark Capital, has been loudly warning that startups are burning too much cash and that a reckoning is coming.




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Snapchat buys Looksery, a two-year-old startup that lets you Photoshop your face while you video chat

Looksery is based in San Francisco and it doesn't appear to have raised traditional outside capital. It was started by a Ukrainian team and its CEO is Victor Shaburov.




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Billionaire VC: Startups are spending way too much on useless 'window dressing'

There's too much money in tech, and it's caused huge problems for both the companies and San Francisco alike, said billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya.




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US startup raises $108 million for plant-based cheeseburgers

A US-based startup has raised a whopping USD 108 million in funding to developed a new generation of plant-based cheeseburgers.




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It only took an hour for this red-hot, $4.5 billion startup to boost its value by $1 billion

In case you haven't heard of Zenefits, it's one of the hottest startups in the Valley now. It provides free HR software that makes it easy for companies to sign up for insurance.




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Bain Capital, Mastercard bet on Bitcoin startup

The list of backers includes: Bain Capital Ventures, CIBC, CME Ventures, MasterCard, New York Life and Transamerica Ventures




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Future winners will be businesses that get smarter, bring agility

To become a smart business, organizations must enable as many operating decisions as possible to be made by machines fueled by live data rather than by humans supported by their own data analysis.




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Is it lockdown for startups?

With Covid-19 and automation, GoI’s one-time employment darlings could become prodigal liabilities.




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Zoom, Xoom, Züm: Why does every startup sound fast now?

Startups are supposed to be very, very fast. They “move fast and break things,” they “hire fast, fire fast,” and they certainly fail fast. They have a magazine: Fast Company. They have a diet: intermittent fasting.




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Investing in startups – Where to find the next set of winners

Disease or otherwise, travel as we know could change dramatically, at least in frequency if not in distance and mode. The individual and mass transport industry, the hallmark of the 20th Century will change forever in the 21st century.




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SCCM Pod-67 PCCM: Lower Limit of Systolic and Mean Arterial Pressure in Children

Arno Zaritsky, MD, discusses an article he and Dr. Ikram Haque published in the March 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine titled "Analysis of the Evidence for Lower Limit of Systolic and Mean Arterial Pressure in Children." Dr. Zaritsky is professor and chief of pediatric critical care at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.




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SCCM Pod-85 PCCM: Organ Donation After Cardiac Death - Part 1

Peter C. Laussen, MD, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "Pediatric Staff Perspectives on Organ Donation After Cardiac Death in Children." Dr. Laussen is director of the cardiac intensive care unit at Children's Hospital Boston. This is the first podcast in a two-part interview. Part two will feature an interview with lead author Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD. (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).




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SCCM Pod-88 PCCM: Organ Donation After Cardiac Death - Part 2

Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing, anesthesia and critical care medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and nurse scientist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Pediatric staff perspectives on organ donation after cardiac death in children." (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).




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SCCM Pod-130 PCCM: Telemedicine in Rural Emergency Departments

Amelia Hopkins, MD, FCCM, discusses her article published in the September 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-173 PCCM: Pediatric Lessons from Haiti Earthquake

Ericka L. Fink, MD, discusses her latest article published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-250 Reducing Blood Testing in Pediatric Patients After Heart Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Claudia Delgado-Corcoran, MD, MPH




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6 game-changing smartphones of 2019

The year 2019 saw the launch of many smartphones. However, there were some of these which were game-changers and paved the way for the next generation of smartphones. ET Wealth rounds up the top six among these.




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5 smartphone trends to look for in 2020

2019 saw some major innovations in the smartphone segment. After a happening year as far as smartphone launches were concerned, 2020 is expected to witness a lot more competition in innovation as well as on the design front. ET Wealth lists 5 such trends.




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6 smartphones costing less than Rs 12,000 for heavy users

If you are a heavy smartphone user and are looking for a smartphone that offers higher battery power but are running a tight budget for such a spend, then here are six options that will solve your problem. These fall in the below Rs 12,ooo price range.




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How to clean up your computer, smartphone to get them ready for life after the lockdown

Your computer, smartphones might be holding videos, photos and audio in various folders, and you would not even know that it's there. Hence, ET Wealth tells you the following methods on how to clean up your devices for more efficiency.




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5 compact, powerful smartphones

Mobile phone manufacturers are focusing on increasing the screen size of devices. However, if you are someone who prefer a more compact phone, ET Wealth rounds up some of the best options.




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On Smart Strategy

The smart, connected products — made possible by vast improvements in processing power and device miniaturisation and by the network benefits of ubiquitous wireless connectivity — have unleashed a new era of competition.




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Smarter Gadgets

Despite all the interest in eye-catching designs, cognitive science suggests most opportunities for the IoT will arise by creating useful offerings.




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Indian-American lawyer Seema Nanda to step down as CEO of Democratic Party

Seema Nanda has announced her decision to step down as the CEO of the Democratic National Committee, the top administrative position in the main Opposition party, ahead of the presidential elections in November.




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Indian-American woman elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Renu Khator, an Indian-American university chancellor, has been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences for her contributions in the fields of education and academic leadership.




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Three Indian-Americans part of COVID-19 advisory board on New York's re-opening strategy

New York is the epicentre of the pandemic in the US and currently has 295,106 COVID-19 cases with over 17,000 deaths.On Tuesday, 337 people died of the disease in the state.




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Stay home, reflect and be part of something bigger: Sunita Williams to Indian students stuck in US

Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has advised Indian students stranded in the US due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions to use the occasion to think how they could be a productive and positive addition to the society.




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BHARTI AXA General Insurance to offer ‘pay as you drive’ motor insurance policy

Notably, Bharti AXA General Insurance’s proposal for a usage-based motor insurance product was shortlisted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India for its regulatory sandbox project.




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H-1B visa denial rates at 30% for first quarter of FY20

IT service companies and consultancies, which normally place people at third-party locations, reported higher visa denial rates than US technology firms, as has been the case over the past few quarters. Cognizant (60 per cent), Infosys (59 per cent) and Deloitte (40 per cent) had the highest number of denials in the top 25 list.




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Income Tax department may ask NRIs to explain 'bloated' income

Clarification that overseas earnings of bona fide workers won’t be taxed is ambiguous, say experts.




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COVID-19 thwarts tax planning for several rich individuals and promoters

Virus could hit the way Indian revenue authorities tax their individual, foreign income.




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Garden Upgrades 2019, Part 1

Last year I used the word “manageable” to describe spring on the farm, and, I mean… that’s hilarious. I didn’t know that was even an...




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Garden Upgrades 2019, Part 2

Let me start by saying that I have had mixed feelings about my veggie garden, pretty much since I put the first beds in six...




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Bharti Airtel posts Rs 1,035 cr Q3 net loss, hints at tariff hike

Bharti Airtel posts Rs 1,035 cr Q3 net loss, hints at tariff hike





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India's Q3 FY20 GDP growth inches up at 4.7% vs 4.5% in previous quarter

India's Q3 FY20 GDP growth inches up at 4.7% vs 4.5% in previous quarter





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Banking space to see more pain going forward: Siddhartha Khemka

Banking space to see more pain going forward: Siddhartha Khemka





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Coronavirus vaccine: ICMR partners with BBIL to develop indigenous COVID-19 vaccine

Coronavirus vaccine: ICMR partners with BBIL to develop indigenous COVID-19 vaccine