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There were speculations earlier that WhatsApp has been secretly working on integrating UPI payments feature within its app. Today, a beta version of the chat app – 2.17.295 – have been spotted featuring the UPI payments option. Going by the reports, the feature is in the works and still in the process of being perfected. With this feature, you would be able to send money to your friends, family, or any of your contacts with just a few taps on your Android or iOS smartphone. However, leaked screenshots of the beta version with this option mention that the users will have to accept WhatsApp Payments’ Privacy Policy and Terms before proceeding to access the feature. As of now, only the beta version for Android is being tested, and there is no word on the feature being made available to the iOS platform. A senior official of the Indian government has confirmed via Twitter that the alleged payments feature in WhatsApp would be integrating the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which w

There is a procedure of locking one's Aadhaar biometrics which ensures privacy and confidentiality of a resident's biometric data. The involvement of third-party agencies in collection of Aadhaar data has also left a lot of people worried over the safety and security of their personal information and biometric data. Is my Aadhaar data safe? That is the biggest question playing on the mind of every Indian today, who is required to have an Aadhaar card. Although the government is making every possible effort towards the safety and security of biometric data, the recent incidents of leakage of some people’s Aadhaar details – including Dhoni’s – have raised questions on data safety. It need to be noted that Aadhaar has become very important now keeping in view the fact that the Aadhaar number has been made compulsory by the government for a host of financial transactions as well as social schemes. However, the involvement of third-party agencies in collection of Aadh

Clearing out your recent apps list isn't going to save your battery life, whether you're using Android or an iPhone. But these tips might help. After you've used your phone or tablet for a while, you may notice the recent apps list grows quite long. It might seem like closing these apps running in the background will preserve your precious battery life, but it won't. In both Google's Android and Apple's iOS software, these apps are in a paused state in the device's memory that lets them open quickly. If you close each one, you'd be removing it from memory, forcing the app to reload from scratch the next time you open it. Depending on the app, this process may actually consume  more  battery life. Instead of closing the apps, here are two better ways to prolong your device's battery life: Reduce notifications Open any app that often alerts you and disable some, or all, notifications. Some apps will also allow you to incre

To call the iPhone rumors cycle predictable might be the understatement of the year. Apple triea as hard as it can to keep the wraps on its unreleased iPhones, but there are simply too many people involved with the development and manufacturing of consumer electronics devices. There’s no way to plug every hole, and no company is more affected by that plain truth than Apple. Each and every year ahead of new iPhone releases, we get early details, then schematics and CAD drawings, then more details and component leaks, then dummy unit mockups, and so on. You can practically set your watch by the iPhone rumor cycle. With August just around the corner and September a stone’s throw away, we’ve reached peak iPhone 8 rumor season. Apple’s plans have been finalized for some time now and leaks are flowing freely. Now, thanks to all the earlier details we’ve seen, a new round of images gives us a look at what is believed to be the closest we’ve come to seeing Apple’s real iPhone 8.

HMD is preparing to unveil its flagship Nokia-branded Android phone next month. The phone maker has started sending media invites to an event in London on August 16th, just days after a Nokia 8 handset leaked. The new Nokia 8 is expected to be unveiled on August 16th, and it will mark the first time a Nokia-branded Android device ships with Carl Zeiss optics. The Nokia 8 is rumored to include a dual-camera system with 13-megapixel sensors and Carl Zeiss optics. The Nokia 8 is also expected to feature a 5.3-inch display (2560 x 1440), a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB or 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and dual-SIM models. A copper gold model of the Nokia 8   appeared online yesterday, looking much like a chocolate bar. Thankfully, HMD is also expected to introduce blue and silver models. HMD’s launch event will take place in London at 7:30PM local time on August 16th (2:30PM ET / 11:30AM PT). Source : The Verge

Just a day after the launch of "effective price zero" JioPhone, Reliance Jio has come up with a "Keep me posted" link on its website for the bookings of the new 4G feature phone. Users need to fill their details (name, email and phone number) on the website to initiate the process. Once the process is done, an email notification will be followed to the given email address by "Team Jio" stating, "As we are in the process of fulfilling existing demand, we will contact you at the earliest for booking your slot." The slot timings are divided in two categories - weekday and weekend. For weekdays (Monday to Friday), the timings will be 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. And for weekends (Saturday and Sunday), 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm.  JioPhone will come with lifetime free voice calls and 4G data streaming at a price of Rs 1,500, which will be refunded to the users while returning the phone after the completion of 36 months. JioPhone

Users' personal data is part of their right to life and it can't be shared freely by telecom providers or any social media sites, Govt said. New Delhi :  The Union Government is contemplating to regulate the functioning of social networking sites to ensure safety of the users' data. The Central Government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it is contemplating to enact regulatory regime for social networking sites or services like Whatsapp, Facebook, Skype and others. The Centre made these submissions before the five-judge Constitution Bench that is hearing WhatsApp privacy policy case. The Centre told that personal data of users is a part of their right to life and it can't be shared freely by telecom providers or any social network sites. Any attack on data is an attack on 'Right to Life', the Centre told the apex court. During the hearing before a five-judge Constitution Bench, the bench asked the government whether it would regulate data

JioPhone  made a splash at the Reliance AGM on Friday as Mukesh Ambani took the covers off the long-rumoured 4G feature phone. The handset, introduced as "India ka Smartphone" and launched at an "effective price" of Rs. 0 (though buyers will have to shell out a refundable, upfront deposit of Rs. 1,500 for the device). JioPhone will be crucial for the company in tapping the estimated 50 crore feature phone users who have not been able to join the Jio 4G bandwagon because of the high costs associated with smartphones. Although Reliance Jio launched in India in September, the company's offering has been restricted to smartphone users as it is a 4G only network, and to make calls, a phone has to support the VoLTE technology, which is usually not found on basic phones. The company aims to change that with the JioPhone, which comes with 4G VoLTE support. The JioPhone will include access to apps like JioCinema, JioTV, and JioMusic. JioPhone release date a

WhatsApp, the instant messaging application, has over a billion users and to keep them around, the app is always adding new features. However, before rolling them out to all its users at once, it tests them with limited users under beta mode. While there are several features under tests in beta mode, here are the six features spotted in beta that are most likely to be introduced in the app in the next few days: 1) YouTube  videos to play right into WhatsApp The most recent feature found on WhatsApp for iOS beta version is YouTube integration. The feature lets you view YouTube videos without leaving the app via a picture-in-picture mode. 2) UPI-based money transactions UPI or Unified Payment Interface is another feature that could reach millions of WhatsApp users in India. The feature will let them transfer money without any hassle. The company for now is in talks with the government about UPI integration. 3) Message recall feature This feature was first spotted in Decembe

Next time you send a message intended for your girlfriend mistakenly to someone else on WhatsApp, just chill. You may have soon a five-minute window to revoke such misdirected messages. According to WABetaInfo, a fan site that tests new WhatsApp features early, the mobile messaging platform has moved closer towards introducing a 'Recall' feature.      Recall your text With this feature, the users will be able to recall or unsend texts, images, videos, GIFs, documents, quoted messages and even status replies within a five-minute window,  The Independent  reported. In the next update The messaging app will enable 'Recall' in version "2.17.30+" of the app. The current version of WhatsApp is 2.17.190. The users will be able to edit only recent messages and not the old ones.

HMD Global on Tuesday unveiled the much-awaited  Nokia 6 ,  Nokia 5 , and  Nokia 3  Android phones in India. The three smartphones mark the re-entry of the Nokia smartphones in the country, and HMD Global has announced that all Nokia phones sold in India will be manufactured domestically. Notably, the company is selling Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 offline, while the Nokia 6 will be sold exclusively via Amazon India. All three Nokia smartphones are 4G VoLTE-enabled, and run stock Android Nougat software, with regular updates promised by  HMD Global . Nokia 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6 prices in India, release dates The Nokia 6 price in India is Rs. 14,999, and registrations for the first sale will start on July 14, but the company has not announced when the smartphone will go on sale. On the other hand, the Nokia 5 price in India is Rs. 12,899, and will be available for pre-booking starting July 7 through offline channels. In a press release, HMD Global said Nokia 5 pre-bookings will be carried

From June 30 instant messaging app WhatsApp will no longer support a few phones. So if you are still operating on one of these, it is high time you got another phone. WhatsApp has said that it will stop supporting the following platforms: BlackBerryOS BlackBerry 10 Nokia S40 Nokia Symbian S60 Explaining the reason, WhatsApp in its support page said, “These platforms don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future. If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer OS version, or to a newer Android running OS 2.3.3+, iPhone running iOS 7+, or Windows Phone 8+ so that you can continue using WhatsApp.” “Once you have one of these devices, simply install WhatsApp and verify your phone number on the new device,” it added. Keep in mind that WhatsApp can only be activated with one phone number on one device at a time. There is currently no option to transfer your chat history between platf

Google released the  first Android O Developer Preview (AODP) in march. And second (AODP2) during the Google IO developer conference, which was the first preview build to be  available through the Android Beta program . Today AODP3 has been released. This comes with the final O APIs, so third party developers can pretty much start working on finalizing their apps for the next iteration of Android. Hundreds of bug fixes and optimizations are included in the latest AODP too. Like previous releases, it can be installed only on the  Google Pixel ,  Pixel XL ,  Pixel C ,  LG Nexus 5X ,  Huawei Nexus 6P , and  Asus Nexus Player . If you have a device enrolled in the Android Beta program you'll get an update to the new build soon. Otherwise, if you have a supported device you can jump straight to AODP3 by enrolling it  at ( www.google.com/android/beta ) You can also flash a factory image with the new software, or sideload an OTA(https ://developers.google.com/android/ota ) zip