TECHNOLOGY|AUTO|GIZMOS|PEOPLE|WATCHES|LIFESTYLE where tech meets lifestyle! ` 100 € 6 $ 8 Vol.11.Issue.6.November.15 thetechy.com Most Innovative Tech of the Year Flagship Headphone Wireless Hero4 Go Pro Session Smartphone Smart Speaker of the Year watch of of the Year of the Year Harmon Skullcandy Samsung the Year Value Crusher LG Watch Kardon Galaxy Urbane Esquire Smartphone of the Year S6 Edge Mini Moto G 3rd Gen Entry Level Laptop of the Year Smartphone of the year Dell XPS 13 YU Yunique Camera of the Year Nikon D750 Techy Car of the Year BMW i8 Portable Storage Device of the Year LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 Tech Entrepreneur of the Year RAHUL SHARMA Consumer Tech of the Year Logitech K480 Wearable Tech of the Year Fitbit Surge VALUE TV OF THE YEAR VU PLAY SERIES PREMIUM TV OFG T 65HEE C970T)YEAR LG 4K OLED TV (L Why Startups Fail ? How Big Is Walmart ? + I NOV 2015 I 1 I OCT 2015 I 3 CONTENTS 64 GADGET REVIEWS We review gadgets on a regular basis, but this time it was a bit different. Thanks to Exhibit Tech Awards our office was flooded with gadgets from all walks of life. We took this an opportunity and challenge; thereby reviewing over three dozen gadgets in a single issue. We have kept it simple and are sure you would love our precise approach. 96 iPHONEOGRAPHY So photography is something that we all love as a hobby. But, carrying or buying a DSLR for each frame is just not practical. With cellphones sporting some very capable shooters, we bring a whole new genre in photography – iPhoneography. Come ahead and explore the possibilities. 38 A3 CABRIOLET If you are someone who loves cars, then you would agree that convertibles are the most stylish breed when it comes to four wheels. We drive the uber stylish A3 Cabriolet and try to persuade you into indulging in your passion for something that might not really a whole lot of sense. Go ahead live your life, there’s no other post this. 46 HOW BIG IS WALMART We love anything colossal and what else could be colossal enough than a retail chain that witnesses millions of walkins on a daily basis. This is the story of Walmart – How it all began, how insanely Big it is and some of the most interesting facts and perspective about Walmart’s enormity. 52 WHY STARTUPS FAIL 60 Startups are the buzz of the town, but most of them fail for certain obvious and some unknown reasons. We take the liberty to study their failure and bring you an insight about Why Startups Fail. This is something that everyone must know to educate the entrepreneur in you. CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2015 28 RISE OF SMARTPHONES Smartphones are possibly the lifeline of your timeline. That said do you remember your first Smartphone. We all do. Come take a look at the way Smartphones evolved with time and what have they rose to. Interested right? 88 HYBRID COMPUTERS Computers are no longer just machines that were utilitarian as a certain form factor. With newer OS supporting touch enabled interface, a new genre of computing devices has come into being – Hybrid Computers. Is it a tablet or is it a laptop – It is both. Come take a look at them in more detail. 112 SCIENCE AND TECH IN POP CULTURE Pop Culture has been trending for decades and there is a science behind this. To understand this better, you will need to go ahead and indulge in this article. It’s amazingly interesting to know that something as simple as something has some science associated to it. 136 SATELLITE INTERNET GETS A FACELIFT So internet is reaching everywhere with several companies trying to bring it the remotest areas around the globe. But tech- nology as we know it is consistently evolving. Here’s our take on the facelift that Satellite Internet has gone through. 86 INTERNET.ORG Internet.org – What exactly is this? We have heard about all the good things that this particular project will be bringing to the table. But with good comes evil or does it? Here’s our compila- tion of all the controversies that surround this massive project. 60 HISTORY OF NEXUS SMARTPHONES With the launch of new Nexus phones, we can’t help but ask our- 114 selves – How did it come to being the Nexus that it is? We explore One October 28th, Mumbai witnessed one of the the history of all the Nexus Smartphones that have altered the most happening event nights ever. It was the second smartphone timeline when it comes to Android as an operating year of Exhibit Tech Awards and boy o boy, was it system. glamorous! Come check out some of the most hap- pening moments and winners that were chosen by a wise group of men and our thousands of voters. FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK We are all sitting in a supersonic irreversible jet which has propelled towards the end of 2015, and with that one more year is waiting to be permanently ticked off the calendar. Its soon going to be that time when we will make fresh resolutions and break them again, but before we do that, we will go through the celebrations of Diwali, Christmas and New year. For us, celebrations have started from 28th October when we had the Exhibit Tech Awards 2015, which is what this whole issue is all about. The starry night with Top Ladies and Gentlemen from the Tech Industry and our friends from Bollywood left us high until we do it again in 2016. It’s a year away but the supersonic `jet that we are all co passengers doesn’t make it look so far into the future and it will be sooner than you think. One evening which is the result of a two month long process of reaching out to all the brands to file their top contenders for the 20 categories, choosing from them and having the tech minds vote for it on the- techy.com which was all finally summed up by a jury round. Its fun, its supreme techy, its transparent and its very well deserving . In the pages to come, meet all the winners and contenders and be assured that they are the best across category which we had in tech this year. You just need to take your pick now! Meanwhile, for those who had missed the Tech Award 2015, we have a full coverage of the same in a man- ner where you can literally “Read” and experience the show LIVE. Next is our Tech Fashion Week which is slated at the end of Jan and Hottest 100 Start Ups in early March. Both the events are poles apart but connected by our DNA of “where tech meets lifestyle.” Start ups - the word is making some noise and grab- bing the headlines all over either as news or as full blown Advertsiements. Start ups are the next FMCG in advertising and you cant miss a commuication from Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon or housing.com for that matter which is now trimming its workforce and Local banya which looks like they have shut shop. We had a deep look at Why start ups Fail and fail to take off or loose their gasoline midway in thin air and come crashing down. Its not honkey dory all the time and you often fall hard after you have covered a distance. For those who are planning to set a startup of their own, they must read it before going ahead. Last, but not the least, Riddhima from my team has got us some exotic tourism sites in Spain after an awesome 8 days trip at this amazing place. So, we have a balanced equation of technology and lifestyle in the month ahead. Happy festives :-) as they say, Bring it on ! 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