Month: September 2020

Apple’s iPhone sales have lagged in India for years. It’s only now unleashing its branding firepower

Before the launch, Apple's then chief operating officer Tim Cook said in a statement … But in the 12 years since, Apple's captured just 2% of India's smartphone … through e-commerce companies like Amazon and Flipkart, says Shilpi Jain, … Google and Jio have not […]

An end to recalls? Israeli startup QualityLine sees the future of manufacturingInnovation

When walking through a factory, it’s not that rare to see a variety of machines made by different manufacturers, with each machine owning its very own control center. Other than a major headache maintaining the different machines, quality assurance and recalls become another key issue […]

If you can believe it, millions of people are still using Windows XP null

First launched all the way back in 2001, Microsoft’s long-defunct Windows XP operating system is still alive and kicking among some pockets of users, according to data from NetMarketShare. As of last month, 1.26% of all laptops and desktop computers worldwide were still running on […]

No, Amazon Won’t Deliver You a Burrito by Drone Anytime Soon

In mid-July, a UPS subsidiary called Flight Forward and the drone company Matternet started a project with the Wake Forest Baptist Health system in North Carolina. The companies’ aims are decidedly futuristic: to ferry specialty medicines and protective equipment between two of the system’s facilities, […]

Lodi, precipita dopo il decollo con un ultraleggero: grave 56enne

È rimasto gravemente ferito un uomo di 56 anni appassionato di volo durante un atterraggio di fortuna con un ultraleggero, sabato pomeriggio. L’uomo è precipitato, appena dopo il decollo, in un campo adiacente via I Maggio a Cornegliano Laudense. Immediato l’allarme dato da residenti in […]