VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Indus OS , the world’s first regional Operating System today announced partnerships with two home-grown Indian smartphone brands – Celkon and Swipe to deepen its market reach. These partnerships are in addition to the existing partnership with Micromax, which will continue. Speaking on partnerships, Rakesh Deshmukh, CEO, Indus OS said, “Both brands share our enthusiasm and vision for connecting a billion people with technology and bridging India’s digital divide. They have a very strong connect with consumers, especially in the regional markets and Indus OS’ unique value proposition will enable them to further increase their market share.” Read More

Intex Technologies has announced Madhuri Dixit as brand ambassador for its new range of consumer durable products like washing machines and refrigerators. The actor has been signed for a period of two years. During this period, Madhuri will be seen in the company’s television commercials besides being the face of the company for a series of brand promotions and activations. “Madhuri is one of the finest actors in the country who is known for her commitment and excellence in whatever she does. Her innovative approach towards her work is defined by perfection and style. She is the perfect blend of talent, style and timeless appeal that compliments the legacy of our brand and the product portfolio. We are confident that her tremendous connect with the audience will help us in reaching out to our consumers more effectively,” said Keshav Bansal, director, Intex Technologies ... Read More

Analog Devices will acquire Linear Technology in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at approximately $30 billion. Upon completion of the acquisition, It will be the premier global analog technology company with approximately $5 billion in anticipated annual revenues. Under the terms of the agreement, Linear Technology shareholders will receive $46 per share in cash and 0.2321 of a share of Analog Devices common stock for each share of Linear Technology common stock they hold at the closing of the transaction.... Read More

Vodafone UK and Huawei are conducting technical trials of 4.5G (TDD+) with LTE TDD to significantly increase capacity and efficiency of its 4G network in urban areas. The 4.5G techincal trials will lay the foundation for the introduction of 5G by 2020 in the UK market. New 4*4 MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) techniques eight-way transmit and receive (8T8R), together with multi-user beam-forming are being tested in Manchester. These will support the expected rapid growth in video and virtual reality applications with the arrival of next generation smartphones... Read More

LeEco and VIZIO announced today a definitive agreement under which LeEco would acquire VIZIO for $2 billion. The VIZIO hardware and software businesses will be owned and operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of LeEco, while the VIZIO data business, Inscape, will spin out and operate as a separate, privately owned company. “LeEco believes in breakthrough technologies, a complete ecosystem and disruptive pricing. Acquiring VIZIO is an important step in our globalization strategy and building our North American presence,” said Yueting Jia, founder, chairman and CEO, LeEco . .. Read More

Aruna Sundararajan , a Kerala cadre IAS office of 1982 batch has been appointed as secretary,  ministry of electronics & information technology . Aruna Sundararajan presently secretary, ministry of steel will replace Aruna Sharma on her appointment as secretary, ministry of steel. As additional secretary, department of telecommunications, she was heading  Universal Service Obligation Fund  (USOF), government of India and was CMD BBNL (Bharat Broadband Network) heading the  National Optic Fibre Network  (NOFN) project.... Read More

Smartphone vendors  shipped a total of 343.3 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of 2016 showing a 0.3 percent growth vis-a-vis Q2 2015 according to IDC preliminary result. The market did show greater sequential growth as shipments were up 3.1 percent from 333.1 million in the first quarter of 2016. “We continue to see a number of changing dynamics in the smartphone market and many vendors are readjusting their business strategy and portfolio to take advantage of these market movements,” said  Ryan Reith , program vice president with IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Device Trackers... Read More