Free Flow of Data to and from India Will Boost Digital Economy: Sundar Pichai Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has written to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad advocating free flow of data across borders as such a step will encourage global companies to contribute to India’s digital economy. In a letter earlier this week, which was made available to the media here, Pichai said that the free flow of data across borders would also benefit Indian start-ups looking to expand globally....

Fujifilm X-T3 Mirrorless Camera Coming to India on September 19 Tokyo-headquartered photography and imaging majorFujifilmCorp is targeting double-digit growth of its business in India this financial year and subsequent years, according to Fujifilm India Managing Director Haruto Iwata. “We expect Fujifilm India sales to hit Rs 1,200 core this year from 1,100 crore last year,”Iwata told IANS, adding that India is an important market for all business verticals of the company, including the camera segment....

Fully Automated Cashier-Less ‘Watasale’ Store in Kochi is India’s Answer to Amazon Go When the first-everAmazon Gogrocery store opened in Seattle last year, it earned widespread attention from the global media. It was the first Amazon Go store in the world, where customers could literally pick up any available product and leave without having to queue-up to pay. A Chinese startup called Bingobox followed suit a few months later, and has since opened multiple such facilities in Shanghai....

Galaxy Note 9 vs S9 Plus Camera Comparison: Does AI Scene Optimizer Make a Difference? The Galaxy Note 9 has shaped up tobest flagship Galaxy-branded offeringfrom Samsung to date, checking all of the right boxes on the hardware, as well as the performance front. While Samsung does bring along a bigger battery and new connected S-Pen in tow, we’re here to talk about the expansion of AI features in the device’s camera....

Galaxy S10 May Feature Qualcomm’s Latest, Fastest In-Display Fingerprint Scanner Many smartphone vendorshave started incorporating under-display fingerprint scanners in their devices over the past year, and the technology is apparently becoming affordable enough for some companies,such as Vivo, to start introducing itin its mid-range devices. However, devices from two of the leading smartphone makers, Apple and Samsung, have so far stayed away from the new technology. While Apple’s upcoming iPhones are still likely toeschew fingerprint scannersof any description, multiple reports over the past few weeks have suggested that Samsung’s next-genGalaxy S10devices willvery likely offerthe emerging new technology....

Hasbro Is Launching Official Fortnite Nerf Guns and Monopoly Game Fortnitehas alreadytaken the gaming worldby storm, and now it may well take over the world of board games, and nerf gun fights as well. The world’s largest toy maker, Hasbro, has said that the company will be bringing out an official line of Fortnite branded items. The company isplanning on launching the line of nerf guns in Spring 2019, and we’re certain they’ll sell out like hot cakes....

Here’s What’s Holding Up Wider Rollout of WhatsApp Payments in India It’s been months since WhatsApp has knocked on the Indian government’s doors for the final approvals for a wider rollout of UPI-based WhatsApp Payments service. And the wait is only about to get longer. Despite following the guidelines issued by NPCI, data localization is still the bone of contention between WhatsApp and the government, and unless that hurdle is crossed, chances of WhatsApp Payments being available country-wide are quite slim....