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Shazam hits 100 billion song recognitions
20 Nov 2024
Shazam has now officially surpassed over 100 billion song recognitions since it launched.
Apple debuts The Weeknd’s immersive music experience for Apple Vision Pro - Apple
15 Nov 2024
Today, Apple and The Weeknd released a breathtaking immersive music experience celebrating “Open Hearts,” a brand-new song from Hurry Up Tomorrow.
Final Cut Pro 11 begins a new chapter for video editing on Mac
14 Nov 2024
Today, Apple unveiled Final Cut Pro 11, along with powerful updates to Final Cut Pro for iPad, Final Cut Camera, and Logic Pro.
Apple Arcade unwraps new games for the holiday season
14 Nov 2024
Apple Arcade adds 15 new games to the service, including Skate City: New York, Talking Tom Blast Park, Gears & Goo, and FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)+.
The new iPad mini is available today - Apple
14 Nov 2024
Beginning today, the ultraportable new iPad mini, powered by the A17 Pro chip and built for Apple Intelligence, is now available.
Apple’s Find My enables users to share the location of lost items with third parties
11 Nov 2024
Share Item Location helps users locate and recover misplaced items by securely sharing the location of an AirTag or Find My network accessory.
Driving the game forward: iPad teams up with college football - Apple
01 Nov 2024
iPad’s integration on the sidelines brings major advancements to the game.
Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence
30 Oct 2024
Apple today unveiled the new MacBook Pro, powered by the M4 family of chips: M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max.
Apple introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max
30 Oct 2024
Apple announces M4 Pro and M4 Max, two new chips that — along with M4 — bring more power-efficient performance and advanced capabilities to the Mac.
Apple’s Swift Student Challenge to open in February 2025 - Apple
30 Oct 2024
Submissions for the 2025 Swift Student Challenge will open in February for three weeks.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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