India’s Smartphone Shipments Decline 16% 📉

Catch up on the latest in tech, business and startups - all in 5 minutes. [Newsletter Banner] Daily News Roundup Welcome to today's edition of the NextBigWhat Daily News! Today's headlines include India's smartphone shipments decline, Google India Head's vision for fact-checking, and Apple's growth in India. 📱 Read on for more 👇 🇮🇳 IndiaTech: Latest tech and startup news. India’s Smartphone Shipments Decline 16% in Q1 - India’s smartphone shipments declined 16% in the first quarter of the year. - Despite an 11.4% decrease in shipments, Samsung still led the market with a 20.1% market share. - Vivo came in second with a 17.7% market share. Google India Head Sanjay Gupta: Alignment between Government’s Fact-Checking Rules and our Vision - Google India country manager and vice president Sanjay Gupta states that the company will meet the government’s requirement around fact-checking. - There is an alignment between the government’s fact-checking rules and Google India’s vision. Centre invites tech experts from G7 nations to evaluate India’s telecom stack - A meeting of the digital and technology ministers of G7 countries was held in Japan on April 29 and 30. - Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw led the Indian delegation. - The Centre has invited technical experts from G7 nations to test India’s telecom stack. Apple Sees Growth in India Amidst Global Sales Decline - Apple’s sales have declined for two consecutive quarters. - Despite this, the company has seen strong iPhone growth in India, Indonesia, Latin America, and the Middle East. - This is a sign of resilience as the tech giant continues to face economic uncertainty. Get NBW News: The short news app for busy professionals. [App Store]( [Google Play]( 👨‍💻 ProductGeeks: New products everyday. Create short form videos 10x faster using artificial intelligence: Supercreator With Supercreator, you can create an original video script from an article you wrote online, use existing scripts that are relevant to your audience, and easily customize scripts to better match your desired style. [Learn More]( AI-Powered Motion Capture: Movmi With Movmi, you can create 3D animation from a video without suit or hardware. Providing a high qualified tool for human body motion developers, Movmi provides a revolutionary solution for capturing humanoid motion from 2D media Data (Image, Video). The whole capturing process runs on a cloud. The clients needn’t use high end devices. [Learn More]( 🌎 GlobalTech: Trending global tech news. AirTag Helps Stop $1.1 Million Armored Truck Armed Robbery - Two Chicago men were arrested for a $1.1 million armored truck armed robbery. - They were tracked down via an AirTag hidden amongst the money. - The AirTag is a quarter-sized tracking device made by Apple, typically used to help users keep track of objects like keychains and backpacks. - It has also been used for other, sometimes controversial, purposes. Tim Cook insists that mass layoffs are a ‘last resort’ and not part of Apple’s plans - Apple reported revenue of $94.8 billion, down 3% year-on-year. - CEO Tim Cook insists that job cuts are not part of Apple’s current plans. - He reiterated that he sees mass layoffs as a “last resort.” Ex-Uber Security Chief to be Sentenced for Security Breach Cover-Up - Uber’s former head of cybersecurity, Joseph Sullivan, is facing several years of prison time for covering up a massive security breach at the company seven years ago. - A San Francisco federal court is expected to sentence him Thursday afternoon for the breach and its attempted coverup. European Court of Justice clarifies GDPR compensation and data access rights - The European Court of Justice has handed down two rulings regarding data protection. - The first ruling (Case C-300/21) deals with compensation for breaches of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). - The second ruling (Case C-487/21) clarifies the information that individuals can obtain when exercising GDPR rights. 🤖 AI: Latest in AI and ML. Google lags in AI race, open-source communities pose threat: Senior engineer - According to a senior engineer, Google is behind in the AI race. - Open-source communities are a real threat to Google, as they are quickly advancing models that rival the quality of those at big tech companies. - These models can also be made more cheaply. U.K. launches investigation into A.I. industry as regulators express concern - The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the artificial intelligence industry. - Regulators are expressing concern about the potential risks associated with the industry. © 2023 Zakti Techmedia Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. | [Unsubscribe](