These include Bengaluru byDesign, DesignUp, Pune Design Festival, Design and Engineering Summit, Design4India, and UX India.

The Lexus India Design Awards have showcased Indian design talent, and a range of new museums is showcasing the power of design to portray culture, such as the Indian Music Experience.

Our book review section also shares insights and takeaways from over 240 titles on innovation, entrepreneurship, design and digital transformation.

- Sharan Grandigae, Redd Experience DesignWith each passing year, UX design is donning a sophisticated persona, and focusing on creating the best in class experience for its users.

- Payal Arora, 'The Next Billion Users'There is a need for design professionals and recent design graduates to think beyond traditional (product, building, service) design through an additional lens of purpose. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577637733.5889177/[Year-in-Review-2019]-From-experience-to-purpose:-top-quotes-of-the-year-on-the-importance-of-design?ref=audio_experience

With its latest watch, the Huami Amazfit GTS, the manufacturer has managed to grab eyeballs.

On the surface, the Amazfit GTS is an Apple Watch clone that retails at a significantly lower price point (Rs 9,999).

Basic specsThe Huami Amazfit GTS can track all your fitness needs but may not double up as a companion to your smartphone.

Build and designThe Huami Amazfit GTS shares Apple Watch’s square-shaped display and rounded edges.

In terms of accuracy, the Amazfit GTS performed better than the Mi Band 4, but fell short of Fitbit, Samsung and Garmin smartwatches’ performance. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577635933.7177138/Huami-Amazfit-GTS:-Apple-Watch-clone-that-falls-behind-in-OS-and-performance?ref=audio_experience

I was planning to give away my old, 'dumb' TV until a $35 streaming device brought it back from the dead | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577633430.1094391/A-startup-sector-slowdown-in-2020-could-be-unexpectedly-bad-news-for-the-tech-giants?ref=audio_experience

The goal of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) is to protect your personal assets if someone tries to sue your company.

Do you have accurate records, especially as denoted within the LLC Operating Agreement?

Follow These Key Paper Steps to Help Your LLC Protect YouKeeping a meticulous and organized paper trail of conduct can increase your liability protection.

Help Your LLC Protect You by Learning to Love PaperworkIf you want your LLC to protect you, then you need to love paperwork.

In fact, a paper trail of conduct can be the saving grace if your LLC ever faces a lawsuit. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577629920.3402631/How-to-Help-Your-LLC-Protect-You?ref=audio_experience

So, can we risk our national security with yet another attack that can shake the very roots of our national security establishment?

Much like data analytics, video analytics is enabling us to monitor live video feeds and extract relevant information from them in real-time.

One of the applications of video analytics technology is right in front of us.

But how will video analytics be effective in the national security landscape?

We can easily integrate the national surveillance infrastructure with the Aadhaar database, Police Records, and/or NIA database for the purpose. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577626708.0287037/AI-And-Video-Analytics:-A-Pre-Emptive-Deterrent-To-Crime-And-Terrorism!?ref=audio_experience

Hybrid vehicles are being seen as a temporary way to bridge the gap between traditional vehicles and EVs.

There are three main types of electric vehicles (EV) depending on the source of their power:Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV)Battery electric vehicles (BEV) are what we popularly call electric vehicles that come with rechargeable batteries.

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), also known as Extended Range Electric Vehicles, are the type of vehicles that have two modes of charging.

Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV)Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) are equipped with both batteries and ICE that runs on fuel.

Electric Vehicles Vs Hybrid VehiclesPrice: Looking at the technology of dual-engine-powered hybrid vehicles, anybody would expect the car to be more expensive. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577624427.899834/Can-Hybrid-Vehicles-Make-A-Difference-As-India-Awaits-EVs??ref=audio_experience

Maggi, owned by Swiss-based Nestle, has launched ready-to-eat poha and upma as it looks to grow its brand beyond just noodles.

The upma and poha will be sold under its popular Maggi brand that falls under its prepared dishes and cooking aids’ category.

Its most popular noodles flavour is the Indian masala flavour, and it has experimented with a healthier variant of noodles made out of atta.

The Maggi brand has significant brand recall, and that could help Nestle one-up its smaller competitors.

Maggi has become synonymous with noodles in India, but if Nestle has its way, it could soon come to symbolize some other Indian dishes as well. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577622617.8425057/Maggi-Goes-Desi,-Launches-Poha-And-Upma-Variants?ref=audio_experience

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the coming decade belongs to the youth and lauded them for believing in the system and questioning it when it does not respond properly.

Addressing his last 'Mann ki Baat' of 2019, the Prime Minister said the youth hate anarchy and disorder and dislike casteism, nepotism, and favouritism, remarks that come in the backdrop of recent violent protests in various university campuses over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed NRC.

And in the event of the system not responding properly, they get restless and even courageously question the system itself!

The Prime Minister also exhorted the youth about the importance of alumni meets in colleges and universities, and said some such meets have contributed something for society.

The Prime Minister also urged people to promote local products in their purchases to promote 'Swadeshi'. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577620806.56454/Mann-ki-Baat:-PM-Narendra-Modi-says-youth-hate-disorder,-anarchy?ref=audio_experience

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon people to promote indigenous products for the next three years till the completion of India's 75th year of Independence.

In his last 'Mann Ki Baat' programme for 2019 aired on All India Radio, Modi called for promoting swadeshi products and exhorted people to motivate others too in buying local products.

He said Gandhiji started a huge public movement to promote Indian products as one of its objectives a hundred years ago.

Modi said he had made an appeal for promoting local products in his Independence Day speech and reiterated that today requesting countrymen to buy local produce preferably.

Modi also shared several success stories under the Himayat Programme. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577619007.4773746/PM-Narendra-Modi-asks-people-to-promote-indigenous-products?ref=audio_experience

At that time, several ecommerce companies such as Flipkart and Amazon had raised concerns over the proposed regulatory guidelines by the department.

The traders demanded the government to take immediate action against these ecommerce companies for unethical practices, unfair business practices and violation of FDA rules.

Apart from the ecommerce policy, DPIIT is also looking at the new industrial policy which aims at promoting emerging industries, reduce regulatory constraints and making India as a manufacturing hub.

Interestingly, this will be the third industrial policy after the first in 1956 and the second in 1991.

Also, the new policy will be modified on the existing National Manufacturing Policy. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577617206.8068986/Ecommerce-Policy-To-Be-Released-By-March-2020:-DPIIT-Secretary?ref=audio_experience