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The results of Red Dot Design Award 2020, which has been regarded as “Oscars” in design industry, are officially released. realme X2 Pro, the flagship of the world’s fastest growing smartphone brand realme, became the winner in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020. It is the first time that realme wins Red Dot Design Award. reddot winner 2020: realme X2 Pro Master Edition The Red Dot Design Award, founded by German Design Council, is the internationally acknowledged global industrial design award with over 60 years history. Moreover, it is also one of the largest-scale, most influential competition and known as the symbol of high-quality design, the work winning the award is considered to be extraordinary.   Deriving from beauty of life, the great masterpiece with leading craftsmanship realme X2 Pro Master Edition, which is created by realme and the world-renowned industrial design master Naoto Fukasawa, brings extreme aesthetic experiences. To li...

Pakistan's largest digital service provider, Jazz, a VEON group company, has pledged PKR 1.2 billion support towards Covid19 relief. The support will include short to mid-term initiatives aimed to limit the negative impact of the pandemic, primarily for the most vulnerable communities. As part of this immediate rollout, Jazz will provide support to leading welfare organizations across Pakistan. The initiatives include Covid19 tests, life-saving ventilators, and food rations to be passed on to the ones most affected by the calamity. The relief response also facilitates Jazz customers to direct their charitable donations via SMS and JazzCash. Jazz employees will also be voluntarily contributing up to 3-days salary to the nationwide relief effort. A significant part of the announced support will be for continuing zero-rated and subsidized services for access to emergency care, medical helplines, and critical health applications, which have been either marked-down or ma...

Accountancy experts say economic confidence in Q1 has capitulated as the Pakistani economy struggles to get to grips with the fallout from the Coronavirus. A national survey of senior accountancy practitioners, who reflect the outlook of a large number of businesses they advise, found that confidence has fallen by more than 5% to -28, a record low for Q1 registered in the 11-year history of the research. The report Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) , jointly published by ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA ® (Institute of Management Accountants) reveals: ·        Global confidence fell to its lowest level on record with big falls in all regions ·        The global orders index, which tends to be less volatile than confidence, also fell sharply ·        Pakistan employment and investment tumble to record lows ·    ...

There's no doubt that realme has continuously provided us with some great affordable tech, especially in the smartphone department, and as such it's no wonder that realme has continuously proven their growth by maintaining their ranks in the global smartphone market. According to the  analysis of   Counterpoint Research Monthly Market Pulse Feb 2020 , realme, the world's fastest-growing, youth’s favourite smartphone brand, continuously ranks Top 7 with a market share of 2.7%, maintaining its previous global rankings and proving to be one of the mainstream smartphone brands. Despite the negative impact on the global smartphone market in February, with global smartphone sales show resilience with a 14% decline, realme has been growing steadily in the global smartphone market thanks to its “Dare to Leap” philosophy, successfully has a place in the global smartphone market. This year, realme will follow the “Smartphone + AIoT” strategy to create smart trends...

Huawei released its 2019 Annual Report today, detailing a solid business performance. The company's global sales revenue in 2019 rounded off at USD$123 billion, up 19.1% year-on-year; its net profit reached USD$9 billion; and its cash flow from operating activities topped USD$13.1 billion, up 22.4% year-on-year. As part of a long-term, ongoing investment in technological innovation and research, Huawei invested 15.3% of its 2019 revenue – or approximately USD$18.8 billion – back into R&D. Its total R&D spend over the past decade now exceeds USD$85.9 billion. "2019 was an extraordinary year for Huawei ," said Eric Xu, Huawei's Rotating Chairman. "Despite enormous outside pressure, our team forged ahead with a singular focus on creating value for our customers. We worked hard to earn their respect and trust, as well as that of our partners around the globe. Business remains solid." In 2019, Huawei's carrier business led the commerci...