Friday, August 5, 2022

What was the reason behind the price hike of M2 MacBook Air in India?

price hike of M2 MacBook Air in India?
With the recent announcement of M2 MacBook Air and Pro models, Apple has also made a shocking revelation for users in India with drastic increase in prices for both the models. While most users may have felt that the price increase is due to the tax implications, then they are wrong about the predictions and there are several factors which Apple might have considered for this price change. Following is some of my predictions about why Apple might have increased their pricing for users in India
  • Rising inflation and future tax rate hikes: Now that inflations are sky high in US and there are high fears of recessions returning to the market in short time, these fears have also forced FED to raise their interest rates and these in-turn might also force Indian counterparts to increase the interest rates. If the inflation and interest rates continue to haunt the market, there are high chances of increase in price for the components across the product lifecycle. So, it is always safe bet for Apple to increase their price now and have cushion in their maximum retail price while the actual product price increases.
  • Prediction on Rupee performance against dollar: In recent years, there have been considerable traction in Rupees performance against the dollar and the experts are predicting that the rupee might fall further against dollar due to global economic conditions such as war, inflation, and recession fears. With such prediction of rupee’s fall against the dollar, it is always safe bet for Apple to increase their product prices and have safe bet on their margins and helps in increasing their profits.

While the above reasons might be few reasons for increase in prices, the price increase have also ensured that there might not be any further price change for the next months or years and might also depends on some external economic factors. For more such articles, please feel free to check out the articles published in “G R Team Sites”

Sunday, November 14, 2021

iCloud and OneDrive folders & files integration

iCloud and OneDrive folders
With evolution of cloud storage solutions across devices, it has now become easier to store your important and regular files over cloud. However, the integration of OneDrive in MacBook or MAC operating system is much lower compared to the native windows operating system. I use MAC as my primary device and have OneDrive subscription for my files back-up. However, there are few restrictions while integrating OneDrive into my MAC system and wanted to detail the following features to be included in the upcoming updates. 
  • Folder backups integration between OneDrive & iCloud: In addition to OneDrive as my primary cloud storage option, I also use iCloud basic tier subscription plan as my secondary back-up storage option and store my important files in iCloud. However, the folders stored in iCloud cannot be directly synchronized with OneDrive and the specific OneDrive folders cannot be synchronized directly into iCloud.
  • iPhone backup to OneDrive Folder: In MAC operating system there is no option to enable all backups to be directly stored in OneDrive and there are few alternative options to enable back-ups to OneDrive. However, all those options are not reliable and there are no system preferences to change the backup location to Cloud by default. 
Apple should allow its users to enable them to back-up their critical and preferred files to other trusted cloud storage service providers like OneDrive. Read more such articles from “G R Team Sites”


Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Introduction of Airplay feature in set-top boxes and TV's


Introduction of Airplay feature

Recent times, the OTT platforms and online sports streaming applications available in TV's have changed the way we watch entertainment. However, most applications and TVs now have in-built Chromecast support enabling Android phones to have slight edge over iPhones, as iPhone supports only Airplay feature. With technology advancements and increase in usage of iPhone users across the country, I feel puzzled at unavailability of Airplay as standard feature in set-top boxes and in-built in most TV's. Apart from Samsung, most major leading TV brands have boycotted airplay feature in their ecosystem and Apple should have enabled those brands to include Airplay feature in addition to Chromecast support. With lack of Airplay feature in most TV's and set-top boxes, Apple is losing its user base for the following reasons
  • Moving towards Android: Most mobile phone users will not be ready to switch their TVs in short-term and with those TV's having in-built Chromecast support, users will prefer mobile phones supporting Chromecast and gives Android phones an edge over iPhones. 
  • Users unaware of Airplay: Chromecast has been widely popular among all mobile phone users including iPhone users, that most users were still unaware of the Airplay feature available in iOS and are still hesitant to use these features in their phones. 
  • Application support for Airplay: Most Entertainment applications are now built-in with Chromecast support and even in iOS, the streaming and OTT apps support Chromecast support by default. Even if Airplay support is enabled within these applications for FREE by Apple, it would take another year or so, for the feature to be completely utilized by those developers. Only post successful utilization of Airplay in the entertainment apps, the users will find differentiating features and quality between Chromecast and Airplay.
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Thursday, September 9, 2021

Information about Sudoku puzzle online game

Recent COVID break has impacted people across globe both mentally and financially. People can overcome monetary impact in next few quarters either through salary increment or improved sales in businesses, as the economy across globe has started to show V-Shape recovery. The most important aspect that the experts across the countries worry is the mental health and well-being of the people through these challenging times. The easier and smart option for people to keep their mental health on stable condition would be to keep engaging their brains with intelligent activities. Online gaming is one of the smarter options available for people who were looking to engage themselves with intelligent and smart activities. However, most online games have standard templates and do not help people with intelligent puzzles. Recently I came across this interesting online gaming site known that offers Sudoku online as sudoku-topical.com. 

The site is one of the most intuitive online gaming sites available in web that offers wide range of sudoku puzzles for its users. The online gaming site also allows users to download the sudoku puzzle offline and enables them to solve new puzzles every day. The gaming site offers numerous puzzle option that if you feel bored of solving one puzzle, you get alternative puzzle option to keep you pre-occupied. Whether you want to solve sudoku puzzle online on the go or if you want to solve the game offline at your own comfort, the sudoku-topical.com online site has gotten it covered for all your sudoku gaming needs. If you were ever looking for reliable online gaming site that offers new sudoku puzzle option for users with distinct levels, then sudoku-topical.com online site would be the place you need to check out. For more information about the sudoku puzzle available in the online site and to explore various sudoku levels offline, please feel free to check out the above-mentioned link.



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