Rootless Pixel Launcher Hits The Play Store, With Companion App for Google Feed The Rootless Pixel Launcher, one of the best-knownstock Android launcher apps, has finally hit the Google Play Store. The app, which earlier required users to get updates from the developer’s GitHub page, is now listed on the Play Store asRootless Launcher. The Rootless Launcher is currentlybased on Android Oreoand is free to download. As for the features, the Rootless Launcher brings functionalities such as the Pixel Launcher’s bottom search bar, support for adaptive icon packs, icon shape and wallpaper-based theme selection among others....

Samsung Galaxy A8 Star Is Now Available on Amazon India; Priced at Rs. 34,990 Samsung’s latest attempt at the mid-range smartphone market in India came in the form of the Galaxy A8 Star that the company launched on August 24. The smartphone is now available to purchase on Amazon for a price ofRs. 34,990. At that price, the Galaxy A8 Star brings in aSnapdragon 660 processor, 6GB of RAM, and 64GB of internal storage....

Social Media Won’t Be Allowed to Disrupt Elections in India, Says IT Minister Social media platforms will never be allowed toabuse India’s election processand stringent measures backed by laws on data protection and individual privacy have been put in place, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. Addressing the plenary of the G-20 Digital Economy Ministerial meeting in Salata, Argentina, on 23 and 24 August, Prasad also noted that India had taken serious note of the reported data misuse by social media platforms and said the purity of the democratic process should never be compromised, an IT ministry statement said on Sunday....

SteelSeries Unveils Limited Edition PUBG Gaming Keyboard, Headset, Mouse and More SteelSeries has launched a new line-up of PUBG-branded gaming accessories which flaunt design elements inspired by the hit battle royale game. The new SteelSeries gaming peripherals include the Arctis 5 PUBG Edition headset, Apex M750 TKL PUBG Edition keyboard, Rival 310 PUBG Edition mouse and the QCK+ PUBG Miramar Edition mousepad. The PUBG-branded SteelSeries gaming accessories will be available starting September 2018 in North America, Europe, Australia and a few Asian countries, excluding India, from the official SteelSerieswebsite....

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in Talks to Acquire Paytm Stake One97 Communications Ltd., the parent company of Paytm, has the backing of investment giants such as SoftBank and Alibaba Group, and it seems that the company is in line to add another investment behemoth to this list. According to reports today, Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to buy a small stake in Paytm at a value of approximately Rs 2,000-2,500 crore, which translates to an investment of around $300-$350 million....

WhatsApp Auto Backups on Google Drive Not Protected by Encryption In a revelation that’s being described asshockingandunacceptableby sections of the media and users alike,WhatsApphas announced that backed-up chats, messages, images and videos onGoogle Driveare not protected by the former’s end-to-end encryption. In a message postedon the FAQ sectionof its official blog, the Facebook-owned messaging platform says that“Media and messages you back up aren’t protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive”....

WhatsApp Gets Supreme Court Notice Over Payments Service The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and messaging service provider WhatsApp after a plea sought direction to restrain the app fromproceeding with its payments systemsunless it fully complies with RBI’s provisions. A bench of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Indu Malhotra sought response from WhatsApp, Law and Justice Ministry, Finance Ministry and Information Technology Ministry within four weeks....