Apple reportedly plans to start producing iPhones in India by end of April

Apple’s talks with India seems to have headed into a good direction. There are reports that the nation will be producing iPhones in its country starting the end of April 2017. According to Priyank Kharge, information technology minister for the Indian state of Karanataka, the devices will be made in Bangalore and will be targeted at India’s domestic market. In an interview with Bloomberg, Kharge said they didn’t discuss any other incentives for Apple during his meeting back in January with Apple executives. It was reported that this meeting was meant to cement the timeline for production to start.

Apple’s move into India, which is considered the fastest-growing major smartphone market in the world, comes at a time when iPhone sales have been slowing down in key markets such as China. The tech giant has reportedly given a “wish list” to India for working in its country. These supposedly included permanent relaxation of laws requiring foreign retailers to source 30 percent of their materials locally as well as so tax incentives. Apple hasn’t confirmed this production plan yet. But we should probably here something soon enough.

Source: Fortune

‘Stranger Things’ to give us a first look at season 2 in Super Bowl ad

The second season of Stranger Things is expected to come out this year. And we’re getting our first look at the new season when a teaser airs this Sunday at the Super Bowl. To tide us over a bit, there’s a new teaser image from EW showing Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Mike (Finn Wolfhard) in Ghostbusters costumes—what these are for, we can’t say. The second season of the Netflix original show will have nine episodes and it’ll take place a year after the events of the first season. Are you excited?

Microsoft takes classrooms on virtual field trips for Canada 150

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Nintendo's first-ever Super Bowl ad

For the first time ever, Nintendo will run an ad during the Super Bowl. The 30-second spot, which along with a 90-second spot that builds on the worldwide anticipated launch of the new Nintendo Switch video game system and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game, both of which launch March 3.

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