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By Sara Rathner | NerdWallet As you’re growing up, you learn about money from the people who raise you. Their lessons are based on their life experiences, which means there’s likely some bias built in. That’s not necessarily a bad thing — you may have a savvy aunt who taught herself to manage her own money after a divorce, or a parent who cautioned you about debt because they struggled to pay down theirs. Hearing their stories can spare you from making financial mistakes. Even with all that history, though, you’re likely…

It’s not exactly a secret that Google’s sales for the Pixel 8 series were quite good. We don’t have the exact numbers, but based on everything we’ve seen, they’ve been the best-selling Pixel phones to date. An interesting report surfaced from IDC recently, revealing that Google Pixel phone shipments grew immensely in one specific market. Google Pixel phone shipments grew a lot in one specific market, by 527% YoY The market in question is Japan, and the shipments grew 527% year-over-year (YoY), believe it or not. Google…

Actress Parineeti Chopra-backed personal care products start-up Clensta has touched an annual run rate (ARR) of Rs 100 crore in FY24, which it forecasted to reach Rs 1,000 crore in the next three years, company executives said on Wednesday.Puneet Gupta, founder, Clensta, said the brand is now looking to penetrate deeper across its current 57 focused cities through same-store, same-city growth. Clensta has been expanding its global footprint through strategic partnerships with global players including Lulu group in the GCC…

We tend to think that childhood sucks when we’re little. We can’t wait to grow up and be like adults. Then we’ll be able to watch whatever we want on TV, buy whatever snacks we want, and go out without telling anyone and without a curfew. That’s why they say that youth is wasted on the young – because we don’t yet know how good we actually have it.A couple of years ago, one Redditor was curious to know what cool things people experienced in their childhood but didn’t appreciate until they became adults. They went on…

With the current state of the global economy, many companies have to face a lot of bad news. One example has to do with smartphone marketing as a whole. However, despite being on a decline, the smartphone market saw some pleasing growth in Q4 2023. It’s important to note that these numbers don’t include phones released after December 2023. So, they’re not going to take into account phones like the Galaxy S24 series. Since it’s early March, we will see numbers for devices released after December last year starting in…

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.46 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. The NBS said this growth rate is lower than the 3.52 per cent recorded in the fourth quarter of 2022 and higher than the third quarter of 2023 growth of 2.54 per cent. The statistics bureau said this in its “Nigerian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Report Q4 2023” released on Thursday. The report said the performance of the GDP in the fourth quarter of…

12.2 million smartphones were shipped in the Middle East (excluding Turkey) in the final quarter of 2023 – that is a 24% increase compared to the same period of the year before, according to research published by Canalys. 2023 as a whole brought an 11% increase in shipments compared to 2022 for a total of 42.5 million. Samsung maintains its position as the #1 vendor, though it is no longer as dominant as it was in previous years. Transsion (Tecno, Infinix, iTel), Xiaomi (including Redmi and Poco) and Apple had very…

India's wearable market has grown significantly, with shipments crossing a record-breaking 134.2 million units. TWS particularly flourished, surging to a record 67.4 per cent from 55.3 per cent, whereas smartwatches went from 73 per cent year-on-year growth, with 53.4 million units shipped…

The Indian smartphone market grew only by 1% YoY in 2023, with shipments reaching 146 million units. Albeit only a small uptick, it is a positive sign as 2022 saw a 10.3% YoY decline. Apple led the premium segment in 2023, whereas Samsung's shipment fell by over 5.5%…

The Indian tablet market witnessed growth on a quarter-on-quarter basis in the last quarter of 2023. CyberMedia Research (CMR) in their Tablet PC Market Report Review for Q4 2023 noted that the tablet shipments for Q4 2023 grew, driven by a strong demand for 5G tablets. Tablets with only Wi-Fi connectivity also performed well in the quarter, seeing a quarterly rise in shipments as well as accounting for a majority of the market share. Some of the leading tablet brands as per the report were Apple, Lenovo and Samsung.As…