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  • Q4-16: Apple Services clocks 24 per cent growth, Other Products revenue falls

    Q4-16: Apple Services clocks 24 per cent growth, Other Products revenue falls

    BENGALURU:  Apple Inc (Apple) Services product recorded a 24.4 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) growth in revenue for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q4-16, current quarter) amidst a 9 percent y-o-y fall in total revenues. Apple Services includes revenue from Internet Services, AppleCare, Apple Pay, licensing and other services.

    Apple Services reported revenue of $6,325million for Q4-16 versus $5,086 million in the corresponding year ago quarter, while Apple Total revenue in Q4-16 was $46.852 million versus $51,101 million in Q4-15.

    However, across sequential quarters, Apple Services revenue increased only 5.8 percent in Q4-16 from $5,976 million as against 10.6 percent growth in total revenue from $42,358 million during the same period.

    Apple Services contribution to overall revenue grew to 13.5 percent in the current quarter from 9.9 percent in the corresponding year ago quarter, but was slightly lower than 14.1 percent in the immediate trailing quarter.

    Apple’s “Other Products’, which include sales of Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, iPod and Apple-branded and third-party accessories saw a 22.1 percent y-o-y decline in revenue to $2,373 million in the current quarter from $3,048 million. Across sequential quarters (q-o-q), ‘Other Products’ recorded a 6.9 percent growth in Q4-16 from $2,219 million.

    ‘Other Products’ contribution to overall revenue declined to 5.1 percent in the current quarter from 5.9 percent in the corresponding year ago quarter and 5.2 percent in the immediate trailing quarter.

    Major Products

    Apple’s major Product is the iPhone which saw y-o-y declines of 5.3 percent and 12.6 percent in number of units sold and revenues respectively in Q4-16. iPhone sales revenue in the current quarter was $28,160 million (60.1 percent of total revenue) versus $32,209 million (62.5 percent of total revenue) in Q4-15. 40.513 million iPhones were sold in  the current quarter versus 48.046 million in the corresponding year ago quarter.

    During sequential quarters, iPhone sales witnessed growth rates of 12.7 percent and 17.1 percent in number of units sold and revenues respectively in Q4-16. iPhone sales revenue in Q3-16 was $24,048 million from 40.399 million units.

    Among Apple’s other well-known products, the iPad witnessed y-o-y and q-o-q declines in number of units sold and revenues, while the Apple Mac recorded q-o-q declines.

    Geographical split

    Apple’s segments are Americas, Europe, Greater China, Japan and Rest of Asia Pacific (APac), with the America’s contributing more than 42 percent in terms of revenue.

    Revenue from the Americas declined 7.1 percent y-o-y to $20.229 million (43.2 percent of total revenues) from $21,773 million (42.3 percent of total revenues. Across sequential quarters, revenue from the Americas increased 12.6 percent in the current quarter from $17,963 million (42.4 percent of total revenues).

    Revenue from the European segment grew 2.5 percent y-o-y and 12.4 percent q-o-q to $10,842 million (23.1 percent of total revenue) from $10,577 million (20.5 percent of total revenue) and from $9,643 million (22.8 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Revenue from the China segment declined 29.8 percent y-o-y and declined 0.7 percent q-o-q to $8,785 million (18.8 percent of total revenue) from $12,518 million (24.3 percent of total revenue) and from $8,848 million (20.9 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Revenue from the Japan segment grew 10.1 percent y-o-y and 22.5 percent q-o-q to $4,324 million (9.2 percent of total revenue) from $3,939 million (7.6 percent of total revenue) and from $3,529 million (8.3 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Revenue from the APac segment declined 1.2 percent y-o-, but grew 12.5 percent q-o-q to $2,672 million (5.7 percent of total revenue) from $2,704 million (5.3 percent of total revenue) and grew from $2,375 million (5.6 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Profits, Apple’s board declares dividend

    Apple posted a 19 percent y-o-y decline in net income at $9,014 million (19.2 percent margin) for Q4-16 versus $11,124 million 21.6 percent margin). Earnings per diluted share declined to $1.68 in the current quarter from $1,96 in Q4-15.

    Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.57 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on November 10, 2016 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2016.

    Company speak

    “Our strong September quarter results cap a very successful fiscal 2016 for Apple,” said apple CEO Tim Cook. “We’re thrilled with the customer response to iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2, as well as the incredible momentum of our Services business, where revenue grew 24 percent to set another all-time record.”

    “We are pleased to have generated $16.1 billion in operating cash flow, a new record for the September quarter,” said Apple CFO Luca Maestri. “We also returned $9.3 billion to investors through dividends and share repurchases during the quarter and have now completed over $186 billion of our capital return program,” added Cook.

     

  • Q4-16: Apple Services clocks 24 per cent growth, Other Products revenue falls

    Q4-16: Apple Services clocks 24 per cent growth, Other Products revenue falls

    BENGALURU:  Apple Inc (Apple) Services product recorded a 24.4 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) growth in revenue for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q4-16, current quarter) amidst a 9 percent y-o-y fall in total revenues. Apple Services includes revenue from Internet Services, AppleCare, Apple Pay, licensing and other services.

    Apple Services reported revenue of $6,325million for Q4-16 versus $5,086 million in the corresponding year ago quarter, while Apple Total revenue in Q4-16 was $46.852 million versus $51,101 million in Q4-15.

    However, across sequential quarters, Apple Services revenue increased only 5.8 percent in Q4-16 from $5,976 million as against 10.6 percent growth in total revenue from $42,358 million during the same period.

    Apple Services contribution to overall revenue grew to 13.5 percent in the current quarter from 9.9 percent in the corresponding year ago quarter, but was slightly lower than 14.1 percent in the immediate trailing quarter.

    Apple’s “Other Products’, which include sales of Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, iPod and Apple-branded and third-party accessories saw a 22.1 percent y-o-y decline in revenue to $2,373 million in the current quarter from $3,048 million. Across sequential quarters (q-o-q), ‘Other Products’ recorded a 6.9 percent growth in Q4-16 from $2,219 million.

    ‘Other Products’ contribution to overall revenue declined to 5.1 percent in the current quarter from 5.9 percent in the corresponding year ago quarter and 5.2 percent in the immediate trailing quarter.

    Major Products

    Apple’s major Product is the iPhone which saw y-o-y declines of 5.3 percent and 12.6 percent in number of units sold and revenues respectively in Q4-16. iPhone sales revenue in the current quarter was $28,160 million (60.1 percent of total revenue) versus $32,209 million (62.5 percent of total revenue) in Q4-15. 40.513 million iPhones were sold in  the current quarter versus 48.046 million in the corresponding year ago quarter.

    During sequential quarters, iPhone sales witnessed growth rates of 12.7 percent and 17.1 percent in number of units sold and revenues respectively in Q4-16. iPhone sales revenue in Q3-16 was $24,048 million from 40.399 million units.

    Among Apple’s other well-known products, the iPad witnessed y-o-y and q-o-q declines in number of units sold and revenues, while the Apple Mac recorded q-o-q declines.

    Geographical split

    Apple’s segments are Americas, Europe, Greater China, Japan and Rest of Asia Pacific (APac), with the America’s contributing more than 42 percent in terms of revenue.

    Revenue from the Americas declined 7.1 percent y-o-y to $20.229 million (43.2 percent of total revenues) from $21,773 million (42.3 percent of total revenues. Across sequential quarters, revenue from the Americas increased 12.6 percent in the current quarter from $17,963 million (42.4 percent of total revenues).

    Revenue from the European segment grew 2.5 percent y-o-y and 12.4 percent q-o-q to $10,842 million (23.1 percent of total revenue) from $10,577 million (20.5 percent of total revenue) and from $9,643 million (22.8 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Revenue from the China segment declined 29.8 percent y-o-y and declined 0.7 percent q-o-q to $8,785 million (18.8 percent of total revenue) from $12,518 million (24.3 percent of total revenue) and from $8,848 million (20.9 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Revenue from the Japan segment grew 10.1 percent y-o-y and 22.5 percent q-o-q to $4,324 million (9.2 percent of total revenue) from $3,939 million (7.6 percent of total revenue) and from $3,529 million (8.3 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Revenue from the APac segment declined 1.2 percent y-o-, but grew 12.5 percent q-o-q to $2,672 million (5.7 percent of total revenue) from $2,704 million (5.3 percent of total revenue) and grew from $2,375 million (5.6 percent of total revenue) respectively.

    Profits, Apple’s board declares dividend

    Apple posted a 19 percent y-o-y decline in net income at $9,014 million (19.2 percent margin) for Q4-16 versus $11,124 million 21.6 percent margin). Earnings per diluted share declined to $1.68 in the current quarter from $1,96 in Q4-15.

    Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.57 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on November 10, 2016 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2016.

    Company speak

    “Our strong September quarter results cap a very successful fiscal 2016 for Apple,” said apple CEO Tim Cook. “We’re thrilled with the customer response to iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2, as well as the incredible momentum of our Services business, where revenue grew 24 percent to set another all-time record.”

    “We are pleased to have generated $16.1 billion in operating cash flow, a new record for the September quarter,” said Apple CFO Luca Maestri. “We also returned $9.3 billion to investors through dividends and share repurchases during the quarter and have now completed over $186 billion of our capital return program,” added Cook.

     

  • News Republic’s Shafi Saxena shares India plans

    News Republic’s Shafi Saxena shares India plans

    MUMBAI: In an age where the average time span that a reader spends on an article continues to decline, Indian readers, especially the youth, have emerged as voracious readers, with a knack for in-depth articles heavy on data.

     
    The perspective comes from news consumption surveys done by one of the leading global news syndicators, News Republic that launched in India six months ago.

    “We do regular news consumption surveys on our platform based on global trends. We have found that young Indian readers are very similar to the global readers in terms of topics and trends they follow. The number one reason they follow news is to be connected with the rest of the world,” says News Republic, chief brand officer  Shafi Saxena who recently visited Mumbai.  But when it comes to long form versus short form journalism, Indians, including the young readers who form the bulk of India’s readership, are inclined towards the former.

    “I think India is one of the robust long form markets in the world. Indians like to read and they love data. For instance, in India, right now, the user is reading about a hundred pages on our app every month. In France and Germany which are both well-established markets for us, they are reading two hundred pages a month, with the global average being 150 pages a month approximately. If we look at the fact that we just launched in May in this market, and are still in the process of bringing more partners and content on board, if India is already reading 100 pages on the app, that’s pretty significant,” asserts Saxena.

    In terms of subjects or beats, the Indian news reader is interested in political news, technological news and sports and entertainment. “I have seen huge traction for sites such as cricbuzz, cricinfo, etc.”

    Saxena informs that she is looking at a target group of young educated Indians making more use of the app which is mobile only, and has 40 editions worldwide and content partnerships with over 1,100 leading news organizations. Shafi breaks down News Republics’ syndication partnerships with publications across the board as ‘a simple revenue sharing business,’ while giving due credit to the publication and journalists involved. Available on Android, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Samsung Watch (Gear S2), News Republic syndicated news articles from 1,500 licensed publishers.

    With 50,000 licensed articles made available on the platform daily, curating them for the readers becomes a crucial step. Shafi explains how they go about it while staying impartial to a topic or a publication. “If we find 700 articles written about say Bihar elections, and two of them are being clicked on the most, and readers are spending more time on them, we will prioritise quality and interest and boost those articles. Instead of sending all 700 articles, we will push those two. The algorithm running on the app takes the call based on several variables such as readership, level of interest, how long are people staying on the article as well as how many moods, shares and comments readers have shared on it. It sounds simple but it’s a complex analytical tool that powers our curation,” she ifnorms.

    Infact, the app locates a user with geotagging and pushes local articles relative to their current location if users enable the service. Moreover the service has also curated articles in eight regional Indian languages, from regional news producing partners such as Aaj Tak.

    With Digital India still in the making and most of the country not having uniform internet connection, would an app like News Republic be able cater to tier II and tier II users with same amount of coverage? “We are aware of the limited availability of high speed internet in India and have taken a few steps keeping that in mind,” Saxena clarifies, “For example, in the metros you can opt for the full-fledged robust interface of the app, with videos and photos and all the multimedia. But those in areas of weaker internet connection can access the app in just the HTML format, which is lighter and easily downloadable. You can opt to download rich media when you have Wifi access. Moreover one can access and save articles while in a 3G or 4G zone, and read them again offline as well.”

     

    Despite such a diverse range and coverage News Republic comes completely free for a user. “Our app is free. We do have a subscription based model, but its contribution is tiny when it comes to our total revenue. The rest is all ad based. We have not turned on ads in India yet. We cannot do advertisement in a market in the first year of our launch. Having said that, we are a revenue generating company in markets we have been in for a while such as Europe and the western market. We use the revenue we generate in such markets and the funding that we have to reinvest  in newer markets like India and Russia,” Shafi explains, while adding that the app just celebrated one year of its presence in Russia.

    The company plans to cash-in on advertisement revenue in India in about a year of being in operation after studying the market. “When you launch in a new market, there are so many variables that are out of your control. Anything from bandwidth to spectrum, to server, to usage, to the kind of phones people are using, affect us. It’s takes about a year to learn the market,” Shafi adds, saying she is highly optimistic about doing business in India, going by the rate at which mobile users are increasing.

    “Indians are spending more time on mobile. They are spending three to five hours per day online, and a bulk of that is on mobile. So an ad revenue generated model of the app will soon launch in this market,” she adds with optimism, while also revealing the kind of advertisers her company sees on-board in a year’s time. “As per our TG, I see automobiles, education and technology related advertisers spending on News Republic. And of course e-commerce players are also major potential advertisers for us.”

    Speaking about News Republic’s future plans for the Indian market she says, “The Indian market is growing very quickly. Strategic conception points can happen overnight in a country as technology savvy and aspirational as India. Mobile and social is the name of the game in the media business here. We have some big plans for the market which we will reveal in about three months’ time.”

    “While we are looking at virtual reality and 3D video and other exciting stuff in the west, we will bring them to India as well, after addressing the country’s bandwidth issues first. For now we will be looking to a multi-lingual, mobile optimised format with respect to the ecosystem. There’s lots in store for sure,” Saxena concludes.

  • Prime Focus Technologies bags award for ‘Digital Next’ campaign

    Prime Focus Technologies bags award for ‘Digital Next’ campaign

    MUMBAI: Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of Prime Focus, has bagged two Platinum Awards as part of the 2015 MarCom Awards competition.

     

    PFT was recognised for its sales collateral, part of a larger, ongoing campaign, Digital Next, launched in April 2015 at National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).

     

    MarCom Awards is a creative competition for any individual or company involved in the concept, writing and design of print, visual, audio and web materials and programs.

     

    The Digital Next offerings help address the challenges faced by the media and entertainment industry to meet the demands of the digital consumer, with a focus on building a connected enterprise and digital ecosystem, over-the-top (OTT) solutions and distribution.

     

    Designed in the shape of an iPhone that emulates various well-known Apple iOS interface menus, the collateral won Platinum Awards in both Brochure for Business to Business and Print Creativity for Brochure categories.

     

    “By utilising a nearly ubiquitous design interface, we are able to communicate the shift to Digital Next realities in a manner that resonates with these exact customers who are struggling to cater to the needs of hyper digital consumers. Receiving these MarCom Awards is an honour and further validation that we’re presenting our offerings in an effective way,” said Prime Focus Technologies vice president and head, global marketing & communications T. Shobhana. 

     

    At the forefront of PFT’s Digital Next offerings is the CLEAR Media ERP Suite, an enterprise software for virtualising the content supply chain.

  • HOOQ expands viewing experience with Google Chromecast

    HOOQ expands viewing experience with Google Chromecast

    MUMBAI: In a bid to expand the viewing experience of users in the country and address the home entertainment market, video-on-demand service HOOQ app’s latest version will support Google Chromecast.

    With this, HOOQ subscribers will now be able to use Chromecast to cast movies and TV series from any connected device to their television screens. HOOQ offers unlimited streaming of over 15,000 English, Hindi and regional language films as well as TV shows on its platform. 

    HOOQ chief marketing officer Ravi Vora said, “We are very thrilled to bring the best in class entertainment from HOOQ to Chromecast users enabling them to enjoy the best content on their televisions right in their living rooms. We believe this partnership further solidifies our position as the country’s biggest premium video-on-demand service.”

    Chromecast is a thumb-sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on TVs. Viewers can use an Android phone, tablet, iPhone, iPad, Mac or Windows laptop, or Chromebook to cast the HOOQ app and its programming onto a television.

    HOOQ launched in India earlier this year with a subscription price of Rs 199 per month. Users can access entertainment content, which can be viewed on upto five connected devices. The service also offers a unique offline download feature of up to five titles at a time ensuring that there is always video content to be enjoyed even when users are offline or facing connectivity challenges.

    Customers, who purchase Google Chromecast through Snapdeal and Reliance Digital, will get free access to HOOQ for six months, which is worth Rs 1500.  

    Some of the content that is available on HOOQ includes movies like The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3,Don, Chennai Express, Barffi, Kai Po Che, Lai Bhaari, Harishchandrachi Factory and Chandrmukhi, and TV shows like Friends, Nip Tuck, ER and first and exclusively in Asia – Ash vs. Evil Dead.

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  • LINE launches group call app globally on Android

    LINE launches group call app globally on Android

    MUMBAI: LINE has launched a free group call app called Popcorn Buzz that allows up to 200 participants to simultaneously converse on Android.

     

    Popcorn Buzz offers group call functionality, which is being touted as a replacement for existing paid business-grade conference call services. For users that need to talk to multiple people at once, Popcorn Buzz accommodates both personal and business usage, all for free.

     

    Anyone can get started with Popcorn Buzz by choosing a username and uploading a profile picture. By sending out each group call’s unique URL via email, text message, or another communication method of the user’s choice, they can start making group calls with friends without any delay. Additionally, existing LINE users can log in to Popcorn Buzz with their LINE account to immediately synchronize their friends list data and get started making group calls with their LINE friends right away.

     

    During group calls, users can see all the other call members’ icons, and tell who is talking via the green dots that light up in the lower right-hand corner of current talking users’ icons.

     

    An iPhone release is also planned, along with implementation of additional features like group video chat, interconnectivity with LINE groups, and more in the future.

     

    The app supports multiple languages like Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

  • HBO partners Apple to launch standalone streaming service

    HBO partners Apple to launch standalone streaming service

    MUMBAI: Home Box Office will launch its standalone premium streaming service called HBO Now in April, bringing the new product to audiences in time for the fifth season of Game of Thrones. HBO has joined hands with Apple, wherein for the first time an HBO subscription will be made available directly to Apple customers through HBO Now.

     

    HBO Now provides instant access to HBO’s programming. Watch every episode of every season of the best series programming, more of the biggest and latest Hollywood hit movies, original HBO Films, groundbreaking documentaries, sports, and comedy and music specials.

     

    Apple will give viewers the ability to enjoy HBO programming via HBO Now. Upon launch, customers can subscribe using the HBO Now app on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch or directly on Apple TV for instant access. Users can purchase HBO Now directly in-app for $14.99 a month. Upon registering, subscribers will also be able to watch at HBONow.com. HBO will offer a 30 day introductory free trial period to new HBO Now customers who sign up through Apple in April.

     

    HBO continues to be in discussions with its existing network of distributors and new digital partners to offer HBO Now. At launch, HBO Now will be available on iOS devices and on PCs.

     

    “HBO Now is the next phase of innovation at HBO. With this new partnership, a natural evolution for the network, we have access to millions of Apple customers who are used to getting their favorite apps immediately. Now, they can do the same with an HBO subscription,” said HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler.

     

    “HBO Now offers a new generation of HBO fans many of the best TV programs in the world without a cable or satellite subscription. Now, with the same simplicity as buying an app, customers can subscribe to HBO Now and instantly start viewing their favorite HBO programs as they air—this is huge,” added Apple senior vice president of Internet software and services Eddy Cue.

     

    Similar to HBO Go, HBO Now will offer more than 2,000 titles online. This includes series like Game of Thrones, True Detective, Silicon Valley, Girls, Veep andThe Leftovers, as well as classics like The Sopranos, Sex and the City, True Blood, The Wire and Deadwood. 

     

    Upcoming original programs like Westworld, the drama series starring Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris and Evan Rachel Wood; The Brink, the dark comedy series starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins; the new season of the Emmy-winning True Detective, with Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams; and HBO Films’ Bessie, starring Queen Latifah, will become available on HBO Now as they air on HBO.

     

    In addition, HBO Now will showcase Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, named “best of 2014” on many critics’ lists; Vice, the Emmy-winning, cutting-edge news magazine series hosted by Shane Smith; HBO Sports documentaries, series and World Championship Boxing events; and documentary programming like Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst and the Oscar winning, Citizenfour.

  • U2 partners with Apple for a new album

    U2 partners with Apple for a new album

    MUMBAI:  The veteran Irish rock band U2 revealed that they partnered with Apple for the release of their latest album. Titled Songs of Innocence, the album is available for free on iTunes till it’s officially released on 14 October this year.

     

    The surprise announcement was made at a California event where Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the firm’s latest iPhone and a new smartwatch. This is the first album in five years an U2 album has been offered for free to the 500 million users of Apple’s iTunes service.

     

    The said album has 11 songs, which includes the lead single ‘The Miracle’ which the group performed in the Apple event.

     

    Talking at the event launch, U2 lead singer Bono said, “From the very beginning U2 has always wanted our music to reach as many people as possible, the clue is in our name I suppose – so today is kind of mind-blowing to us. The most personal album we’ve written could be shared with half a billion people… by hitting send. If only songwriting was that easy.”

     

    “It’s exciting and humbling to think that people who don’t know U2 or listen to rock music for that matter might check us out. Working with Apple is always a blast. They only want to do things that haven’t been done before – that’s a thrill to be part of,” he added.

     

    Despite the group’s unprecedented move to give it for free, Songs of Innocence will not be eligible to be nominated for the next Grammy Awards.

     

    U2’s last album, No Line on the Horizon, hit the top spot in the UK charts in 2009 and eventually surpassed the five-million-sales mark worldwide.

     

    The Irish band is famed for producing some of the landmark albums of the 1980s and early 1990s, including The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby.

  • Apple to acquire Beats Music to strengthen mobile segment

    Apple to acquire Beats Music to strengthen mobile segment

    NEW DELHI: iPhone maker Apple today announced a $3 billion deal to acquire subscription streaming music service Beats Music and Beats Electronics.

     

    Apple will expand Beats Music subscription service and Beats headphones, speakers and audio software to more markets through the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and select Apple authorised resellers.

     

    Currently, Beats is more popular in the United States. Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dre will join Apple, as part of the acquisition.

     

    “Music is such an important part of all of our lives and holds a special place within our hearts at Apple,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook. “That’s why we have kept investing in music and are bringing together these extraordinary teams so we can continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world,” he added.

     

     The acquisition of Beats will assist the device vendor to spruce up its music offerings, from free streaming with iTunes Radio to subscription service in Beats.

     

     In five years since launch, the Beats “b” has become the brand of choice in the music and sports worlds, and is the market leader in the premium headphone market, said Apple in a statement.

     

    Music superstars including Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj have designed their own customised Beats headphones and speakers.

     

    Fashion designers and street artists such as Alexander Wang, Futura and Snarkitecture collaborated on special limited products, while athletes including LeBron James, Serena Williams and Neymar use Beats as a critical part of their training and game day process.

  • Network18 launches India Elections App

    Network18 launches India Elections App

    MUMBAI: As the elections make progress, one of the leading broadcasters in the country-Network 18 has decided to launch its election application. As of now, the app is only available to Windows OS users and soon it will be launched for iPhone, Android and Windows tablets.

    Using the application, people can search for information on political parties, candidates and constituencies. Inside the application, people will be able to watch Live TV on their phones to track updates.

    Users can participate in daily opinion polls and register their opinion on important issues. They can also connect with leaders from various political parties on Twitter and look at their work. Customised content can also be procured such as curated news, photos and videos.

     

    Key features of the app include:

     

    • Quick search for a candidate, party or constituency

    • Daily elections opinion poll

    • Tracking Social Sentiment around elections

    • Following your favorite candidates on Twitter

    • Viewing interactive visualizations to monitor results of historical parliament elections

    • Cartogram, stacked bar and more visualizations for election analysis

    • Election specific News, Photos, Videos and Live TV powered by IBNLive.com

     

    The app is available for free download on Windows Phone Store.