In a much-anticipated Made By Google event, the company on Tuesday, August 13, officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphones — the Pixel 9, the Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, setting a new benchmark in the competitive smartphone market. This release comes ahead of the usual schedule, and with heightened expectations. Google has introduced a refreshed design, an advanced processor, cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and a choice of two screen sizes to cater to diverse users, with the new Pixel 9 lineup. It has also introduced a new iteration in its foldables lineup of phones, which comes with a bigger display and slimmer profile.
Zo House, India’s first community-driven clubhouse for web3 enthusiasts has opened its doors in Bengaluru. This new clubhouse in Whitefield, Bengaluru caters to invite-only audience of tech-savvy artists, web3 innovators, entrepreneurs, inventors, creators, and global citizens. In a bid to reshape social networking and community building, tech innovators Dharamveer Singh Chouhan and Chetan Singh Chauhan have unveiled this venture. Zo House has been “envisioned” as more than just a social network or co-living space. This venture comes at a time when there’s growing interest in alternative models of community and shared living spaces, especially among young professionals and digital creators.
There has been a significant uptick in hiring at iPhone maker Foxconn’s biggest electronics manufacturing facility in central China. Over the past two weeks, the plant has added around 50,000 new workers to its workforce, the media has reported. This surge in hiring is believed to be in preparation for the much-anticipated launch of the purported Apple iPhone 16 series, expected to debut in approximately one month. Industry sources, as per Technode, citing Economic Daily News, suggested that production targets for iPhone 16 lineup could reach up to 95 million units.
The India smartphone market saw a 7.2 per cent year-over-year increase in shipments of smartphones, totaling 69 million units. The second quarter (Q2) alone accounted for 35 million units, representing a 3.2 per cent growth compared to the same period last year, a new report said on Tuesday. According to International Data Corporation (IDC) analysts, despite this being the fourth consecutive quarter of growth, a swift annual recovery may be hindered by sluggish consumer demand and rising average selling prices (ASPs).
