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Gagan Choudhary | Top 100 | Influncex’20

Ex: Tell us about a change you’ve seen in the digital blogging space since you started out your journey? How has this space evolved?

Gagan: I started in 2011, in comparison to that things have almost totally changed now. The biggest of then is the way content is being consumed.

Ex: Can you give us an insight into social media platforms that only an Influencer can know?

Gagan: Only an influencer knows how many of his/her followers are fake.

Ex: What would be your calling in a parallel universe? (Alternate career options)

Gagan: I think I would be teaching kids lessons of morality and life hacks.

Ex: If you were stranded on an island, what are the 3 gadgets you’d take along?

Gagan: I will take a vintage car, a complete tool kit, and a smartphone.

Ex: A technology you wished you’d invented?

Gagan: I feel so jealous when I see very smart and problem-solving innovations people did a century ago in the Automotive sector. I wish I could contribute to any of those innovations.

Ex: What’s been your favorite encounter with a fan so far? (DMs included!)

Gagan: I was driving in East UP during my Road Safety drive in Jan 2019. A kid with his younger brother and father waiting for me on the highway during the night with a big placard that read “Gagan Bhai Stop Please“. I, fortunately, saw that despite a lot of truck movement on the highway and stopped there. It was very overwhelming.

Ex: What does success mean to you?

Gagan: I don’t know. Maybe it is the state where people want to listen to whatever you are saying or they start following your footsteps. Or maybe it is the fact that you have won the trust of your viewers.

Ex: Do you think Influencer Marketing is a fad? Where do you see this space in years to come?

Gagan: Things keep changing, this current form of Influencer marketing will also change. But the fact that humans get influenced by others will keep this sector alive.

Ex: As the current pandemic has seriously impacted the automotive industry, what does the future hold for automobile bloggers?

Gagan: Not just automobiles but this pandemic has impacted almost everyone. And even to this date, we don’t know if there is any end of this. But the Automotive Industry will bounce back. Maybe the kind of content people like around Automobiles will see a shift but that is again something that we see every 5-6 years. Bloggers just need to adapt to the new situations and deliver their best, things will come on track sooner or later.

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Siddhi Karwa | Top 100 | Influncex’20

Ex: Tell us about a change you’ve seen in the digital blogging space since you started out your journey? How has this space evolved?

Siddhi: I started with Fashion, to then getting extensively in Travel and now I cannot stop obsessing over Interior Styling. So it’s always a space for self-exploration and if used rightly, there is so much one can discover about themselves than just uploading a pretty feed.

Ex: Can you give us an insight into social media platforms that only an Influencer can know?

Siddhi: It’s safe to say that I don’t think the audiences know what goes behind one single post they casually scroll through in seconds.

Ex: What would be your calling in a parallel universe? (Alternate career options)

Siddhi: In a parallel universe, I wanted to be a Diplomat.

Ex: If you were stranded on an island, what are the 3 gadgets you’d take along?

Siddhi: iPod and earphones.

Ex: A technology you wished you’d invented?

Siddhi Karwa: I would say coffee machines.

Ex: What’s been your favorite encounter with a fan so far? (DMs included!)

Siddhi: The cutest one I think was a girl I met at a club who was there with her friends and she couldn’t stop jumping in excitement for about 30 min and kept screaming my name in the entire club, her friends had to calm her down.

Ex: Social media trolling is seeing an upward rise. Do you think this only increases with the popularity of an Influencer? How does one tackle this situation?

Siddhi: It’s a given that criticism only increases with fame, basically more people exposed to your content, more opinions are thrown at you. Trolling is the worst con of being in this field and it’s only increasing because more people have access to social media every day.

Ex: What does success mean to you?

Siddhi: Success for me is Balance between fulfilling your dreams while living a life nothing short of dreams.

Ex: Do you think Influencer Marketing is a fad? Where do you see this space in years to come?

Siddhi: I think everything is a fad, nothing lasts forever and I think that’s just how the universe works.

Ex: How do you choose the brands that you want to work with?

Siddhi: For me, they first have to fit my area of expertise or interest for me to talk about it. There is nothing worse than promoting a product you have been tone-deaf about.

Ex: What according to you will be the next big trend in the Lifestyle blogging industry?

Siddhi: I really can’t keep up with trends anymore, I want to dig into the archives. I think going back to classics could be/should be a trend.

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Spin for the win! Acer Spin 5 reviewed

I have always been a fan of convertibles. Be it cars or gadgets, anything that has a 2-in-1 quality always catches my attention. Among those is the Acer Spin 5 laptop, which I recently reviewed. Now, I wouldn’t be talking about this laptop if it was just a run-of-the-mill laptop. But, there are certain elements of this laptop that I could not miss out on. So, without further ado, here is what I think about the Acer Spin 5.

First Impressions:

The highlight of the laptop is obviously its 360-degree hinge that converts the laptop to a tablet seamlessly. This gives the user a great deal of versatility and that will definitely help graphic designers, students, and even tablet lovers! It also comes with an inbuilt stylus that further increases the usability of the laptop.

Display and screen:

Talking about the screen, it gets a 13.5-inch touchscreen display with a 3:2 aspect ratio, which can be a little discouraging for someone who likes a widespread screen, but it is not too dissuasive. Unfortunately, its wide aspect ratio meant every time I tried to watch a 16:9 video, it was accompanied by two giant black bars at the top and bottom, which were rather intrusive. This was the only dissuasion in the otherwise crystal clear video experience.

Stylus:

Its stylus too does not actually feel like a pen and feels more like a long and thick needle. That it would, considering it is not even five inches long (12.53 cm, to be exact) and is only 5.3 mm in diameter, but it does the job. It uses the Wacom AES 1.0 technology, which gives it an accurate response rate. Add to it 4,096 pressure levels and you can easily get surgical precision from the stylus. It can be easy to forget that the stylus can run out of charge too, but Acer has an easy fix for that. Just plug it back in the laptop for 15 or 20 seconds and its ultra-fast charging will juice up the battery for 90 minutes worth of charge in that duration. The only discomfort is that you have to lift the laptop to toggle it out of the charging unit, and it’s the same place where it will be resting all the time. Unlike the earlier version of Spin 5 which was loosely attached.

Keyboard:

Well, though the stylus and the touchscreen are sufficient and tempting enough to forget about the keyboard, it is required to complete the feel of a laptop. The chicklet keys, while responsive, are rather cramped and would cause hindrance to someone who is used to a bigger and wider keyboard. Nevertheless, it is more about habit and I was able to adapt to it eventually. One feature that I truly appreciated was the fingerprint sensor, which is integrated into the smooth, responsive, and intuitive trackpad. The fingerprint sensor added a much-needed security feature to the laptop, immediately encouraging me to trust it more. It is also quite responsive and hardly caused a delay while unlocking the Spin 5.

Hardware performance:

With 16GB of RAM, the Spin 5 ran smoothly and did not trouble me while using it for everyday basics. Emailing, internet surfing, and video binge-watching worked flawlessly. However, it did start to lag when playing heavy, full HD games, or using video editing software for large files. Also, the Intel i5 10th Gen processor clocks in at 1.10 GHz with a maximum speed of 1.50 GHz. That, combined with Intel’s new Iris Plus integrated GPU, means that the Spin 5 can run a decent variety of games, but is far below the requirements of AAA games (Those fancy high definition ones on Steam)

Camera:

Considering the new normal, most of my meetings and discussions happened virtually. Naturally, I had extensive use of the front camera (Webcam for all you geeks!). Now, obviously this is not a camera oriented device and neither do I intend to compare it with one, but as these are Zoom days, I can conclude that the front camera is not comparable to that of a Macbook.

Verdict:

Since the Acer Spin 5 is more of a jack of all trades, I did not wish to pinpoint its flaws as such. However, I did find the sound a little lacking in spite of its front-facing speakers. The bloatware (unwanted software included on a new computer or mobile device by the manufacturer) is definitely a bummer and the laptop would have done much better sans that. With a price tag around Rs 90,000, this one is definitely a hard-hitter on the pocket. But what you get for burning a hole in your pocket is a sleek, stylish and comfortable laptop. All in all, the Acer Spin 5 is a well-rounded, (well folded, to be cheeky) laptop and can cater to a wide audience. It’s super light to carry and you actually don’t need an iPad when you have this with you. The battery lasts you a good 6 hours of continuous usage though claimed is 11 hours and I assume this means putting the ignition on and not really driving forward.

Wished to play with the Lamborghini Huracán EVO? Here’s your chance!

It is highly unlikely for somebody to get a chance to use the Lamborghini Huracán EVO as a toy. After all, who dares mess with an angry bull? Luckily, there is a much safer and easier way to fulfill your childhood fantasy. A new collaboration between Automobili Lamborghini and Ravensburger, a leading games and recreation brand has led to a 3D jigsaw puzzle, creating the Lamborghini Huracán EVO super sports car.

The 3D puzzle allows Lamborghini enthusiasts to faithfully recreate the Huracán EVO V10 car in a 1:18 scale, replicating its dynamic lines and sophisticated aerodynamic styling through 108 numbered plastic pieces plus accessories.

Mounted onto a replica chassis, every detail is faithful to the real car, from the Y-style front bumper and Y-shape in the headlights, to the hexagonal details found throughout the car and the original Arancio Xanto orange color of Lamborghini cars. The finished model, with the distinctive Lamborghini design DNA evident in its low-slung profile, measures 26 cm in length. Distinctive finishing touches are realized by the 32 high-quality feature accessories, such as the axles and four rotating wheels that faithfully replicate the Aesir rims found on the real car, along with the front splitter and rear diffuser.

The Ravensburger 3D Puzzle Lamborghini Huracán EVO recreates the emotion of Lamborghini in a fun-to-build puzzle and model to be admired in the living room, for adults and children of eight years and older. In stores for (RRP) EUR €34.99.

Kia Motors reveals its electrification plans!

Kia Motors Corporation has shared a glimpse of its global electric vehicle (EV) business strategy today, revealing an early sketch of several of the brand’s future dedicated Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). Details of Kia’s future EV product strategy were announced by Kia President and CEO Ho Sung Song during an event at the brand’s Hwasung plant in Korea.

Kia will establish a leadership position in the global EV market by responding to fast-growing global consumer demand for EVs. The brand will launch a diverse range of dedicated BEVs and partner with EV charging companies worldwide to achieve this.

“Kia has sold more than 100,000 BEVs worldwide since the introduction of our first mass-produced BEV in 2011, the Kia Ray EV, ” said CEO Song. “Since then, we have started to introduce a range of new BEVs for global markets and announced plans to accelerate this process in the years ahead. By refocusing our business on electrification, we are aiming for BEVs to account for 25 percent of our total worldwide sales by 2029.”

Under Kia’s ‘Plan S’ strategy, announced at the start of 2020, the brand plans to expand its BEV line-up to 11 models by 2025. Over the same period, Kia is aiming for BEVs to account for 20 percent of the brand’s total vehicle sales in advanced markets, including Korea, North America, and Europe. Seven dedicated BEVs in the sketch revealed today will be launched by 2027.

The first of these BEVs, code-named CV, will be revealed in 2021 as the brand’s first dedicated BEV, destined for many regions globally. The new model will offer the same competitive product quality and eye-catching design as Kia’s other vehicles, with high-performance driving and recharging characteristics.

Kia Motors is undergoing a company-wide transformation in order to realize ‘Plan S’. The CV model, due to launch in 2021, will encapsulate the brand’s attitude towards innovation and change, presenting a new design direction that signifies Kia’s transition to an EV-focused business strategy. Kia’s new design philosophy embraces progress, diversity, and a rich composition of contrasting elements.

Kia is innovating its vehicle planning, development, and production to actively reflect diverse customer needs from the product planning stage. Kia is planning to respond to market demands by offering diversified product types, with a range of models suitable for urban centers, long-range journeys, and performance driving. Furthermore, by adapting its new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), Kia will be able to offer vehicles with best-in-class interior spaciousness.

Kia Motors is also seeking to innovate its sales practices for EVs. The brand is exploring the creation of subscription services to offer a diversified buying option for customers, as well as EV battery leasing and rental programs, and other ‘second-life’ battery-related businesses.

Travel buffs! Feast upon the new avatar of KOGO 2.0 with automated trip content creation & discovery!

Everyone loves travelling. As humans, we possess a natural tendency that makes us meet new people. We don’t realize it, but we all need it. While listening to an adventurous travel story, have you ever thought of telling one yourself?

Well, what if someone tells it on your behalf? In an arranged manner without missing out on the slightest detail that we often tend to forget. This is where things get serious. Meet the KOGO TripTracker, the most intelligent device that you’ll witness while travelling! KOGO is a device-app combo that allows you to track your road trips precisely and create stories that include every moment you capture. An app that tells you the nearest local stores, food-points, chai tapris, and even talk and meet with other travelers on the same route for a better experience.

Speaking on the development, Mr Raj K Gopalakrishnan said, “While Corona brought the world to a grinding halt, we worked overtime to add the maximum value to the product for our users. The result is 7 new features and 41 feature enhancements in KOGO 2.0, which I can confidently say is at par with the best platforms in the world today, in terms of performance, features, and architecture. But the big delight for users is AI trip videos. Creating Trip videos (amateur or vlogs) has plagued travelers globally. They never did it, because it required skill and time. We have completely automated the process with our proprietary AI Video Engine. Finish a trip and it’s like magic. A freshly minted video created automatically, with pictures, routes, stats, animation, graphics and music. I truly believe we have opened the floodgates to a boom of user-generated videos.”

KOGO includes two pieces of an intelligent system. The hardware piece being the KOGO TripTracker with a built-in GPS tracker that tracks one’s position and the software is the KOGO App which eventually puts things together for you to see them. Whether you’re riding, cycling, driving, or hiking, KOGO records everything. It’s like a personal storyteller.

LOOKS & FEATURES OF KOGO 2.0

The KOGO TripTracker is a little black box with a GPS tracker, a data SIM card, and its own battery. The device needs to be charged once every seven days. Additionally, don’t worry about travelling in no-network areas; the TripTracker stores up to 20 days of offline content. The device never interferes with your phone’s battery. The device can be mounted on to a motorcycle, a car’s dashboard, or can be put in your backpack. Once the app is enabled and synced with the KOGO TripTracker, it’s magic.

However, the KOGO 2.0 version of the App has brought new enhancements along with 7 new features. The app is designed to work LIVE, while you enjoy your journey. The features include Kogo Carousel, a part of the new UI that gives a unified view of stories, videos, maps, and live features simultaneously. The AI Video Engine creates completely automated trip videos. Along with all this, you can be a part of the rich global community of travelers by discussing, suggesting, or asking for recommendations. You can participate in KOGO Quests, or create your own, giving yourself another reason to travel.

KOGO 2.0 tracks every single detail of your trip capturing routes, halts, places of interest, weather, and more. You don’t even have to stop at times. The app does it automatically if you happen to miss an event or place of interest on the way. It finds an unlicensed photograph of the event for you to remember. Through the KOGO TripTracker, you’ll have automated sync of your photos, videos, and text with the route, stops and moments.

The magic doesn’t end here. KOGO 2.0 enables enhanced discovery of trips, people, and quests with different filters such as Nearby, Trip Duration, Distance, Tags and Recommended. It also enables you to ask for Live help from other travelers and the community while on a trip. It also comes with a direct messaging feature between users. The AI storytelling Engine of KOGO turns your trip timeline into amazing trip videos and rich travel stories with maps, images, videos, and text. You can revisit and share your experiences through your stories across social media. It even creates customized cards of your content while you share.

The KOGO App is free to download on Android and iOS and the device is available at an introductory price of INR 7,749. The one-year subscription cost for premium features of the app is INR 1,499. You can buy it on Amazon or across 125 points of sale in India.

Acer Spin 5 | Review | Worthy Apple Alternative?

We recently switched sides from Apple to Windows and chose the Acer Spin 5 for the switch. Did it make us forget the Macbook or did it make us fall in love with Windows? Find out in this video where we talk about the convertible laptop.

Mrunal Panchal | Beauty | Influncex’20

Ex: Tell us about a change you’ve seen in the digital blogging space since you started out your journey? How has this space evolved?

Mrunal: Digital Blogging has evolved drastically. Now, it has become more personal and organic rather than just talking about the product as you are promoting it. Nowadays, it connects the audience to the product rather than just talking

Ex: Can you give us an insight into social media platforms that only an Influencer can know?

Mrunal: According to me all someone needs to know is what their strong points are and that needs to be backed up with consistency. I feel consistency along with working on what you’re good at makes you relevant.

Ex: What would be your calling in a parallel universe? (Alternate career options)

Mrunal: Doctor.I know it sounds weird but yeah this is true as I was studying medical prior to this

Ex: If you were stranded on an island, what are the 3 gadgets you’d take along?

Mrunal: My phone, laptop, and my makeup (for sure) even though it’s not a gadget but it’s my lifeline.

Ex: A technology you wished you’d invented?

Mrunal: A gadget which can do your makeup for you!

Ex: What’s been your favorite encounter with a fan so far? (DMs included!)

Mrunal: There are a lot of Dms I get from my fans and my well wishers where they praise my work and motivate me which sure keeps me going. Can’t name one, but all these things make me emotional and motivated.

Ex: Social Media is known to expose vulnerabilities, with influencers being at the epicenter. How do you deal with the dark side that comes with the medium?

Mrunal: There are positives and negatives of everything and everything is about perspective. I always accept constructive criticism and well, we all just have to evolve.In short, it depends on how you take it.

Ex: What does success mean to you?

Mrunal: When you make the people who love and support you proud and happy, and a smile on my family’s faces.

Ex: Do you think Influencer Marketing is a fad? Where do you see this space in years to come?

Mrunal: Influencer Marketing, I feel is the best option because you reach out to people personally as the audience connects more organically with their favourites (influencers) rather than traditional marketing.

Ex: When was the first time you bought your dream makeup product and which one was it?

Mrunal: It was in 2019 when i bought it from my earned money and it was James Charles Palette

Ex: What would you tell young girls when it comes to ideals of beauty that our society has set up?

Mrunal: Focus and love what you do. Because if you love what you do it will be automatically visible in your work and just be patient and keep the faith.

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2020 Lamborghini Huracan EVO RWD | A Fighter Jet On The Road?

We took the insanely powerful Lamborghini Huracan EVO RWD for a spin around the city. But we wouldn’t be talking about it if it was an ordinary Lambo. How is it different and scarier than the rest? Find out in this video where we talk about sending 600 horsepower to the rear wheels.

Ahsaas Channa | Social Media | Influncex’20

Ex: Tell us about a change you’ve seen in the digital blogging space since you started out your journey? How has this space evolved?

Ahsaas: In my opinion, this industry is growing and evolving every day, but a very evident change that I’ve seen over time is that the audience has become smarter and more aware about what’s going on which makes the bloggers even more mindful and informed about what their content is.

Ex: Can you give us an insight into social media platforms that only an Influencer can know?

Ahsaas: I think we get a chance to directly understand what our audience likes and what content works. We can modify our content according to our audience and TG.

Ex: What would be your calling in a parallel universe? (Alternate career options)

Ahsaas: Filmmaking and direction is something that has always caught my interest, so not just in a parallel universe, I would like to explore myself as a director later in future as I study about it even more and think I’m ready.

Ex: A technology you wished you’d invented?

Ahsaas: Honestly, there are a few on my list but at the moment I think that’s very crucial and could be of a lot of use is a device that tells you or a device you can see through and detect Corona virus germs. It’ll be easier for people to prevent themselves from getting infected. I’m just being too ambitious.

Ex: What’s been your favorite encounter with a fan so far? (DMs included!)

Ahsaas: So I have a whole album in my phone gallery that has screenshots of fan dms, whenever I’m low or feeling not very confident about myself. I read them, and it keeps me going. But there was this one time when two girls came all the way from Pune to a Mumbai college where they came to know I’m coming as a chief guest. They got me gifts and literally freaked out when they saw me. I tried to spend as much time as I could. It was amazing.

Ex: Social Media is known to expose vulnerabilities, with influencers being at the epicenter. How do you deal with the dark side that comes with the medium?

Ahsaas: I would lie if I said it’s not that difficult or I handle it well, I’m a person in general who’s always vulnerable and sensitive and when I see hate, judgments, harsh opinions etc. I get very low. But talking to a friend and always seeing the bright side and the greater love you get always helps. I guess it just makes me stronger and more aware of my mistakes if I make any.

Ex: What does success mean to you?

Ahsaas: Making my mother proud.

Ex: With the growing number of bloggers and Influencers today, how does your content stand out? Any tips for beginners in this field?

Ahsaas: The only thing I try to do and keep in mind is to be myself, even if there’s a promotion involved I always make it about me and try to be as relatable as possible.

Ex: What’s the hardest part about being in this space?

Ahsaas: The most difficult and crucial part about this space is being consistent and relevant.

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