According to a new report from market research firm Counterpoint Research, Samsung’s share of India’s premium smartphone market – which currently stands at 58% – may come down drastically to 35% in the fourth quarter of 2016. Not only this would be the lowest share for the South Korean company in many years, it would also result in the firm losing its top spot in the country’s premium segment, which includes phones priced at INR 30,000 (around $450) and above. As for why Samsung would be losing such a significant chunk, the report notes a couple of reasons: the Galaxy…
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Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Galaxy S5 mini smartphone. The update – which is currently rolling out in Russia, and is hitting the device’s Duos variant – brings along Android Marshmallow (version 6.0.1). Weighing in at over 800MB, the update bumps the software version to MMB29M.G800HXXU1CPI5. There’s currently no information on what other changes (if any) are included, as well as if and when other markets will get the update. Via source”cnbc”
A new update has started hitting the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Currently being rolled out to units in Europe, the update weighs in at around 350MB, bumps the firmware version to XXS1DPJ3, and brings along Android security patch for the month of October. Aside from the latest security patch, the update also includes several other changes, such as battery optimizations as well as performance and stability-related improvements. As is usually the case with OTA roll-outs, it may take some time for the update to hit your device. Meanwhile, if you feel impatient, you can manually check for the update by…
CPI up 0.3% in September Tuesday, 18 Oct 2016 | 8:30 AM ET | 01:44 CPI up 0.3% in September Tuesday, 18 Oct 2016 | 8:30 AM ET | 01:44 U.S. consumer prices rose in September as the cost of gasoline and rents surged, suggesting a steady build-up of inflation pressures that could keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in December. The Labor Department said on Tuesday its Consumer Price Index increased 0.3 percent last month after rising 0.2 percent in August. In the 12 months through September, the CPI accelerated 1.5 percent, the biggest year-on-year increase since…
Plenty of things are scaring potential homebuyers today, but apparently interest rates aren’t one of them. Mortgage application volume eked out a 0.6 percent gain on a seasonally adjusted basis last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The tally includes an adjustment for the Columbus Day holiday. Applications are now 18.5 percent higher than a year ago. Mortgage applications to purchase a home increased 3 percent from the previous week, seasonally adjusted and are now 13 percent higher than the same week one year ago. While home sales have been slowing since August, there are…
U.S. single-family starts surged in September, pointing to sustained housing market strength even as a drop in the construction of multi-family dwellings pushed overall home building activity to a 1-1/2-year low. Groundbreaking on single-family housing projects, which accounts for the largest share of the residential housing market, jumped 8.1 percent to a 783,000-unit pace last month, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. That was the highest level since February. A tightening labor market, which is steadily pushing wages higher, as well as low mortgage rates are underpinning demand for housing. Single-family starts are also getting a boost from a chronic…
September housing starts came in 9 percent below August and 12 percent below September 2015, according to the U.S. Census, but those big drops belie a huge improvement for the market, at least in this monthly read. Those numbers are totals, based on both single-family homes, which are desperately needed, and multifamily apartments, which have seen a construction boom over the last three years. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads The drop in housing starts was driven entirely by a big swing lower in multifamily construction. That may be a one-month phenomenon, because numbers on multifamily can be swayed dramatically by…
A two-day international conference on ‘Jnana- Yajna- The Quest for Excellence’ is being organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) from October 22 at HICC in Hyderabad. Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the conference. Among other distinguish members, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Meghwal will participate at the event. For the first time, the International Conference is being held in Hyderabad and around 3,500 delegates from five regional centres, 154 branches and from 28 chapters from abroad will attend the conference, said, ICAI President M Devaraja Reddy and…
The perpetual pride of Allahabad University (AU), known as the ‘factory producing IAS officers’ institute, has suffered a serious decline in the recent times. The varsity hasd been producing impressive numbers of civil servants until its decline in 2011. There are time when the AU was swarmed with aspirants to pursue political science, history, economic, and many more subjects. Since then the varsity has been producing several luminaries such as such AN Haksar, then Principal Secretary to PM Indira Gandhi, Nripendra Misra Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi, NC Saxena, former Planning Commission member, and Vikas Swarup, External Affairs Ministry…
I thought I’d be posting news about Red Dead Revolution 2 here this week, but since Rockstar didn’t bother announcing a PC version, instead we’ll roll with Diablo 4 rumors,Stellaris getting a big story expansion, Watch Dogs 2 needing two extra weeks to hit PC, and King’s Quest finally drawing to a close. Definitely no Nintendo Switch or Red Dead news here. This is your PC gaming news for October 17 through 21. Watch (everyone else play) Watch Dogs In a now-familiar move for anyone who follows Ubisoft’s November releases, Watch Dogs 2 has been delayed on PC—but only for two weeks! Now…