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Google Photo is now a PWA

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Google photo is the next big Google service to get a progressive web app. Not everyone can download the Google photo and the most certain reason could be the space issue. Well now, however you don’t have to worry because Google photo is now a feature of the PWA , which means you can get the app on your android set without sharing any space in memory. However, don’t expect the app to be fully functional, at least now. Google will soon add some more features to this app. In case this is the first time you have heard the term then do click the  link and in simple words PWA is a website version of an app that function similar to what an native app does. PWA otherwise is the future of Android. It’s a revolution to add values to the native apps. Smartphone users are helpless when it comes to choose between apps and download them because there are just so many and space is limited. That’s where the PWA comes to rescue. But what will it mean for Android Go? Again if ...

ElliQ : A technical solution that can make Elderly less lonely?

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Over the years, technology has given a sudden boost in almost every sector. Whether it’s AI or other, technology has proved its best in all aspects. Now the technical advancement has reached its peak with one more great invention of removing loneliness from the elderly people. USA government launched a competition for tech companies to offer innovative solution to some of society biggest problem, including chronic loneliness. Companies have to come up with their ideas and based on their idea, government will provide fund to the winning company. There are many products in the list but the most pronounced in the market is ElliQ, manufactured by Intuition Robotics. The product ElliQ is believed to be an active ageing companion that helps the elderly to remain active and engaged. It’s a smart robot and a personal voice assistant for the elderly with a personality that can help remind senior citizens of upcoming calendar appointments, show pictures from the family, recei...

Apple Ecosystem: Trap or Power Treasure

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An Ecosystem, if we talk in biological terms it means “ A system that includes all living organisms (biotic factors) in an area as well as its physical environment (abiotic factors) functioning together as a unit ”. Similarly in technical terms, a system that features all technical facility in a given technical ambience is called an IT ecosystem and in today’s world Apple ecosystem or iDevice ecosystem is considered to be the best IT ecosystem. Before we find out why this ecosystem is considered to be a king and why other ecosystem like Microsoft or Google ecosystem are far behind,   lets dig something interesting about the Apple ecosystem. Apple ecosystem is all about iDevice they manufacture like iPhones, MAC, Tab, apple watches and many more. Let’s suppose there be a garden which is damn good and complete with beautiful flowers, creature, different types of fruits and every other thing that completes a garden. But there is a condition that the garden is su...

Progressive Web Apps: All you need to Know

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Back in 2015, Google came public with an exciting new approach to app development. This new method was referred to as Progressive web apps or PWA. Before we dive into the topic, let’s see why this new method was introduced. Earlier, developers need to develop multiple apps across multiple mobile platforms.   Application made for android can’t be operated in IOS or Windows. Another major problem was to learn different language to work on different platforms. For example, if you want to make an android web application, you need to learn Java, similarly Xcode for IOS and DirectX and C++for Windows. PWA offers to develop a single app and you can work across all your platforms and devices. They are safer than normal apps and programs because they don’t need to be installed on whatever device you are using. This simply means that there is no risk of accidentally downloading malware. Since they are not installed, they take less memory storage because most of the apps data i...

Union Budget 2018: All 13 Schemes Explained

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Union Finance minister Shri Arun jaitley presented union budget 2018-19 on 1 st Feb, 2018. The aim of this year’s budget is to improve the life of farmers and poor. Here we’ll cover all new schemes launched under this year’s budget. The aim of this article is to provide you the glimpses of all the 13 schemes in layman’s terms.  OPERATION GREEN ·          Sole purpose is to double the income of farmers by the end of 2022. ·          Money allocated to the scheme is 500 Cr. ·          Target is to stop fluctuation in the prices of onion, tomatoes and potato. AAYUSHMAN BHARAT SCHEME ·          It’s a National Health protection scheme. ·          Covering 10 Crore families or 50 Crore population, with 5 lakh insurance per family per year. ·    ...

Google removes "View image" button: Privacy or Photographers pressure?

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Recently, the giant search engine, Google came up with a change to remove “view image” button, available for its users, which allows them to access high definition images with just a single click. Google has invited anger by removing this option from its image search results. The fact behind this so called “awful” decision made by Google is the complaint filed by a photo agency called “ Getty Images ”. They filed an anti-competition lawsuit against Google in the European Commission. It argued that clicking the “ view image ” gives user a direct and separate pathway to download large & high resolution images without paying for permission. The other intention seems to drag user to the concerned sites, where the images are born. Certainly a person who visit a site to download an image, he/she may also click some other links available and this would add to the net resulting traffic, which is the main source of revenue for any site owner. In a statement, Google said “th...

Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin: How you can earn money from Bitcoin?

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From last one year, people are ready to pay big money to buy bitcoins, but very few tried to get the mechanism behind. Bitcoin is a Cryptocurrency which allow user to buy good without showing any identity proof. The word cryptocurrency can be broken into Crypto plus Currency. Crypto is an English word, which means ‘Hidden’ whereas currency has its usual meaning. Let’s take an example to understand the concept. Suppose Manish gives John 5 dollar for a burger, we record that transaction, and now the ledger shows that Manish has 5 fewer dollars and John has 5 more dollar. Interestingly, ledger is silent regarding the burger. Here dollar can be replaced by bitcoin and the word 'silent' is an important feature of a Cryptocurrency. Now we have following concept flowing from the above example. 1.        What is bitcoin? 2.        Where is the ledger stored? 3.        Who maintain ...