Indian Mobile Giant Micromax enters top 10 global phone Vendor in Q1 2015

Indian Mobile Giant Micromax has entered global top 10 phone Vendor in Q1 2015

Indian mobile handset manufacturer, Micromax with 1.8% global market share during the January-March quarter of 2015 entered the global top 10 mobile vendors according to the research firm Gartner.


Micromax sold 8.16 million mobile handset in first quarter of this year against 7.7 million in Q1 2014, an average growth of 4.7 per cent.

South Korean firm Samsung top the list with 21.3 per cent share, followed by Apple (13.1 per cent), Microsoft (7.2 per cent), LG (4.3 per cent) and Lenovo (4.2 per cent).

Some other brands in the top 10 include Huawei (4 per cent), Xiaomi (3.2 per cent), TCL Communication (3.1 per cent), ZTE (2.7 per cent) and Micromax (1.8 per cent).

Global top 10 mobile brand vendor in Q1 2015; Data by Gartner (May 2015)

“In light of their strong smartphone sales in the emerging markets, the Indian and Chinese phone manufacturers increased their footprint during the first quarter of 2015. Six of them were in the top 10 in the first quarter of 2015,” Gartner Research Director Anshul Gupta said.

Global smartphones sales to end-users witnessed 19.3% increase to 336 million units during the first quarter of 2015, led by strong growth in emerging markets (excluding China).

Indian Mobile Manufacturer Giant Micromax in global top 10.

The fastest growing regions were emerging Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa, Gartner said.

“During this quarter, local brands and Chinese vendors came out as the key winners in emerging markets. These vendors recorded an average growth of 73% in smartphone sales and saw their combined share go up from 38% to 47% during the first quarter of 2015,” Gupta said.

Samsung had 24.2 % share of the global smartphone market in the January-March 2015 quarter, followed by Apple (17.9%), Lenovo (5.6%), Huawei (5.4%) and LG (4.6%).

Manohar Parrikar, the most badass Narendra Modi's cabinet minister.

Manohar Parrikar, the most badass minister in Narendra Modi's cabinet.

Manohar Parrikar 's comment on neutralizing terrorists.

 Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Parriak visited the family of Late Col M.N.Rai and paid condolences to his family.

Manohar Parrikar paying condolences to late Col M.N. Rai's family

In a Wedding in Pune standing in queue without any chamchas, no sense of air or superiority when mingling with public are just few of his immense qualities.

Needless to say that his entire security arrangement was kept outside the wedding venue. For the entire hour and half that he was there, he was a guest at a wedding and not a minister on state visit.

Manohar Parrikar in a Wedding in Pune standing in queue.

Manohar Parrikar with Indian army men

  

Epic: Funny tweets by Jeffery Archer trolled Sachin Tendulkar and his wife in photo session.

Sometimes you come across epic tweets on twitter and if it is by celebrities, it makes your day.

Here is an epic tweet on twitter by Jeffery Archer. He taunted cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and his wife, Anjali Tendulkar in his subsequent tweets on twitter.

Soon after: 

Epic: Funny tweets by Jeffery Archer trolled Sachin Tendulkar and his wife in photo session.

Jeffery Archer trolled Sachin Tendulkar by calling him "unknown".

If you don't know these two legends, then lets learn about them,

Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English author and former politician. Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament, but resigned over a financial scandal which left him almost bankrupt.

Some of his movies and TV shows are The Verdict, Not a Penny More, Everest and False Impression.

Sachin Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded to be one of the greatest cricketers of all time in the history of cricket. He is generally seen as a honest, humble and respectful personality. He married to his love Anjali Tendulkar aka Mrs Tendulkar who happens to be five year elder to him.

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Millwall Football Club: No one likes us. We don't care ; Interesting and funny motto!

The football club I support is Millwall FC and it has an interesting motto

"No one likes us. We don't care."

Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in New Cross, south-east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football.
 From then until 1993 the club played at The Den, a now-demolished stadium in New Cross, before moving to its current home stadium nearby, also called The Den.
The traditional club crest is a lion rampant, referred to in the team's nickname "The Lions". Millwall's traditional kit consists of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. Millwall have a long-standing rivalry with West Ham United. The local derby between the two sides has been contested almost 100 times since 1899.

 In the media, Millwall's supporters have often been associated with hooliganism, with numerous films having been made fictionalizing their notoriety. The fans are renowned for their chant "No one likes us, we don't care" which is sung to the tune of Sailing by Rod Stewart.
In 2004, the team reached the final of the FA Cup and, in doing so, qualified for the UEFA Cup the following season, playing in Europe for the first time in their history. The club has also reached FA Cup semi-finals on another four occasions, in 1900, 1903,1937 and 2013. Millwall have spent the majority of their existence competing in the second or third tier of the Football League. The team spent two seasons in the top flight between 1988–90, in which the club achieved its highest ever finish of tenth place in the First Division. Based on all results during the club's 87 seasons in the Football League from 1920–21 to 2013–14, Millwall are ranked as the 40th most successful club in English football.

World’s Shortest Commercial Flight

World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long!

The world’s shortest commercial flight takes place between the two Orkney Islands, Westray and Papa Westray, just north of Scotland, separated by a distance of only 1.7 miles. Operated by Loganair, the flight duration is officially two minutes, but under ideal wind condition can be completed in only 47 seconds. 

According to reports published in The Daily Mail, about 30 percent of the service's passengers are associated with the Orkney Islands Council's education service, while many others are health staff and patients of the Scottish National Health Service. The island of Papa Westray is home to just over 70 people, and 60 archaeological sites.

Tickets are priced at about $30 per passenger with no in-flight service. 

Loganair, which has flown the route since the 1960s, introduced a popular flight for tourists in 2011. The special flights fly a couple days each week in the summer for folks who just want the flight and then to get back to the Orkney Mainland rather than stay out on the islands.

Picture showing both the islands:




Both the "airfields":

A flight taking off from Papa Westray:

The Papa Westray Airport terminal:

Loganair,the airline which operates the flight:

Source: World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long

Priceless Work of Product Designer Hilla Shamia.

Some more great products designed by product designer Hilla Shamia

The Chess Board

Chess Board; Metallic shine and corrosion; Product design by Hilla Shamia

The difference between pawns and the board is achieved by use of the natural characteristics of iron. Juxtaposition of two key features of iron - metallic shine and corrosion, plays the major role in the design.

Rocking horse

Rocking Horse: Product design by Hilla Shamia

Rocking horse made out from the tree trunk uses the natural properties of the round bole

Leveling

Levelled Sea: Horizon is always levelled

No matter how you look at it, the horizon is always leveled.

Follow up for more product design work by Hilla Shamia.

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The furniture by product designer Hilla Shamia: Molten Aluminum on Wood

The furniture by product designer Hilla Shamia has a raw beauty of an artificially laminated conglomerate. Pouring molten aluminum on wood creates scarred carbon junctions, accentuating the incompatibility between the materials, while the aluminum will have to accept the shape of the wood and adapt to it.

 The overall structures are shaped or constrained into slim rectilinear shapes, emphasizing an intentional force of human intervention over nature. The “business end” of each piece is always wood, which is the physical interface for human touch,  while the structural constraints are made of metal. Shamia’s preferred choice of wood is cypress or eucalyptus.

Molten Aluminum on Wood

Chair formed with Molten Aluminum & Wood

Molten Aluminum on Wood: Manufacturing in process

Molten Aluminum on Wood: Manufacturing in process in workshop

Website: Hilla Shamia's Portfolio

Also see some more Hilla Shamia's product design work... 
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