Indian Government Plans WhatsApp-like App for Official Communication The Indian government is reportedly considering the development of a homegrown chat app, similar to WhatsApp, for official communication. The move comes in light of the ongoing US-Huawei trade tensions which have seen Huawei getting cut-off by major US-based technology companies. The news, firstreportedby ET, comes from two officials ET talked to, and who said“There are strong discussions that for strategic and security reasons, over a period of time, we should have email, messaging-…all sorts of systems, at least for government communication, which doesn’t depend on outside players....

iPhones Will Soon be Able to Recognise Dogs and Cats in Images A new developer oriented feature iniOS 13will enable iPhones to recognise which parts of a picture contains an animal, and label the animals as a cat or a dog. The feature is made possible thanks to a new ‘struct’ introduced in the Vision Framework by Apple, that’s called “VNAnimalDetector” — all this does, basically, is that it recognises the cat or dog in the image, and draws a rectangle around it....

Microsoft SwiftKey Might Lose Access to Gmail on July 15, Warns Google As far as keyboard apps go, Microsoft’sSwiftKeyis probably one of the best ones out there, right alongside Google’s Gboard. However, if you’re a SwiftKey user, you may have received an email from Google about SwiftKey not getting access to Gmail starting July 15. For those of you who don’t use SwiftKey, or didn’t receive the email from Google, it basically told users that SwiftKey’s Gmail access will be revoked from July 15, if the developer didn’t make changes to comply with Google’s new policies....

Oppo MeshTalk: Make Calls or Send Texts Without Wi-Fi or Cellular Connectivity Alongside the unveiling of the world’s firstunder-screen cameraprototype phone, Oppo also decided to show off a new communication technology at MWC Shanghai 2019. It’s been termed MeshTalk and enables users to communicate with other users over a short (let’s say rather medium) distance without the use of any form of cellular, Wi-Fi or even Bluetooth connectivity. MeshTalk protocol, described as a proprietary decentralized communications technology, allows the transmission of texts, voice messages, and real-time voice calls in a range of 3kms without the need for external connections....

Realme Partners with Spider-Man: Far From Home While we were waiting for Chinese smartphone company, Realme, to launch the Realme X in India, the company was apparently trying to get an Avenger to help them out. Realme’s CEO, Madhav Sheth, took to Twitter a while back to announce that the company has partnered with Spider-Man: Far From Home. The tweet read“We have the youngest avenger on-board. Yes, excited to announce our association with #SpiderManFarFromHome....

This is How Oppo’s Under-screen Camera Works (with Camera Sample) Oppo had been teasing itsunder-screen selfie camera technologyfor the past couple of weeks. It showed off a video recording where the lens was hidden under the screen and wasn’t visible when the screen was in use but activated on opening the camera app. We today saw Oppo officially unveil the under-screen camera (USC) technology and explain how it managed to make this a reality....

Track This: An Ingenious Way to Fool Advertisers and Market Firefox Browser If you actively keep an eye on all recent developments in the world of tech, then you’d have crossed paths withThe Washington Post’s storyabout Chrome being compared to spyware in the recent days. Well, Firefox is jumping into the scene to not only mock all online advertisers and prove Chrome’s persistent ad-tracking practices but also make a case for Firefox browser adoption by all....