Goibibo Now Allows You To ‘Login With WhatsApp’ On Mobile Website WhatsApp released theWhatsApp Business APIearlier this week and India’s online travel ticket booking platform, Goibibo, has now announced that it will allow users to ‘Login with WhatsApp’ on its mobile website. In itsofficial blog post, Goibibo says that it has added a ‘first-of-its-kind’ Whatsapp login authentication to its mobile website to make it simpler for users tolog into their account without entering a password, mobile number, or OTP....

Here’s How You Can Check Your IRCTC Train Status on WhatsApp WhatsApp already offers a ton of features to its 1.5 billion monthly active users, but the ability to communicate with businesses and brands has opened new avenues for the messaging giant. One of these services is offered by Indian Railways in partnership with well-known online ticketing platform MakeMyTrip, which enables you tocheck the PNR status of booked ticketsand thelive running statusof trains using a simple text message....

Here’s Why UIDAI’s Number Creeped into the Contact List on Your Android Phone It was recently reported that UIDAI’shelpline numberis being saved by default in most Android device’s contact lists, and there was no explanation from either UIDAI, smartphone makers or Google as to why this is happening. Well, we finally have an answer, as it appears that saving the helpline number by default on Android devices was a mistake because Googleinadvertentlyloaded the number in the ‘setup wizard’ of Android devices....

iPhone X Plus, New Squarish iPad Renders Spotted in iOS 12 Beta Code Earlier in January, we heard rumors that Apple is gearing up to launch a device called theiPhone X Plus, that would feature a 6.5-inch display and 4GB of RAM. Moreover, the device was tipped to pack a dual-cell 3,300-3,400 mAh battery, which will be roughly 25 percent larger than the 2nd-gen iPhone X, and might have the samefootprintas the iPhone 8 Plus....

Karnataka CM Urges IT Firms to Invest More in Tier-2 Cities To provide relief to a choked Bengaluru busting at seams, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday told investors to set up their manufacturing units or services centres in tier-2 cities across the southern state. “I appeal to investors to locate their industries or services centres beyond Bengaluru in tier-2 cities like Mysuru, Hassan, Mangaluru, Hubballi, Belagavi and Kalaburagi for uniform development and job creation,” Kumaraswamy told about 100 chief executives of the IT and biotech industry here....

Mi Notebook Pro GTX Hands On: Still A MacBook Clone, But With More Power We are at ChinaJoy 2018 and while there’s a lot of exciting gaming-related announcements here, the headlines have been grabbed by Xiaomi with the revamped PC line-up and a focus ongaming notebooks. The company announced theMi Notebook Pro GTXmodel at the event and we spent some time with the laptop on the show floor. First thing to notice is it’s pretty much the same as the Mi Notebook Pro from last year, and it still very much emulates the look and feel of aMacBook Pro....

NYT Defends Tech Writer Accused of Being Racist for Old Tweets The New York Times has defended its new hire, Sarah Jeong, who was dragged into aracism controversy for tweetsshe wrote from 2013 to early 2015. The paper announced this week that it had hired Jeong as the lead technology writer for its editorial board. But soon after the announcement she got embroiled into a controversy as right-wing websites started highlighting some of her old tweets which used derogatory terms to refer to Caucasians....