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Dentsu Aegis Network bags 22 metals at ACEF
MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network has bagged 22 metals at the Asian Customer Engagement Forum (ACEF) Awards that was held on 29 April.
Posterscope India has bagged 17 awards while Carat India garnered three medals each in gold, silver and bronze for Microsoft and Philips India. Posterscope India has also bagged 6 awards in gold, silver and bronze and was also named as the most admired OOH media agency for customer engagement.
Commenting on the wins, Posterscope Asia Pacific regional director and Posterscope Group India MD Haresh Nayak said, “I am extremely humbled to see Posterscope India win such recognition at a pan-Asia level. Such wins give us immense motivation to work hard for our clients and help us garner appreciation for our work across the industry. I hope we continue to work at this pace and produce fantastic work for our clients even in the future.”
The network’s experiential marketing division Fountainhead MKTG has won two gold medals while the agency’s work for Mahindra Imperio Royale has won the most effective BTL campaign of the year award. Apart from these, the Mahindra Mitra Mahotsav- Mechanic Premier League was awarded as the most innovative loyalty program of the year award.
Here is the list of wins from Posterscope India:
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Apple bites back: the $599 MacBook Neo is the cheapest Mac ever made
The tech giant unveils a budget laptop that packs a punch — and a lot of cheek
CALIFORNIA: Apple has never been shy about charging a premium. So when Cupertino rolls out a MacBook at $599 (approx. Rs 55,000) , it’s worth sitting up straight.
The MacBook Neo, unveiled Tuesday, is Apple’s most affordable laptop to date — undercutting its own MacBook Air and taking a sharp swipe at the budget PC market in one fell swoop. It starts at $499 for students, which, for a machine with Apple silicon inside, is frankly a steal.
At the heart of the Neo is the A18 Pro chip — the same muscle that powers the latest iPhones. Apple claims it is up to 50 per cent faster for everyday tasks than a rival PC running Intel’s Core Ultra 5, and three times quicker on on-device AI workloads. Fanless and featherweight at 2.7 pounds, it runs silently and promises up to 16 hours of battery life. Try doing that on a Chromebook.
The 13-inch liquid retina display clocks in at 2408-by-1506 resolution with 500 nits of brightness and support for billion colours — sharper and brighter, Apple says, than most rivals in this price band. It comes dressed in four colours: blush, indigo, silver, and a zesty new citrus, with matching keyboard shades to boot.
Connectivity is modest — two USB-C ports, a headphone jack, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 6 — but this is a budget machine, not a pro workstation. The 1080p FaceTime camera, dual mics with directional beamforming, and Spatial Audio speakers round out a package that punches well above its weight class.
Apple senior vice-president of hardware engineering John Ternus alled it “a laptop only Apple could create.” That’s the kind of line that makes rivals wince — because, annoyingly, he might be right.
The Neo runs macOS Tahoe, with Apple Intelligence baked in for AI writing tools, live translation, and the sort of on-device smarts that keep user data away from the cloud. It also boasts 60 per cent recycled content — the highest of any Apple product — for those who like their bargains with a side of conscience.
For $599, Apple isn’t just selling a laptop. It’s selling an argument — that good design and real performance needn’t cost the earth. The PC industry had better have a decent comeback ready.
