WhatsApp Working on Picture-in-Picture Mode For Android The introduction of Android Oreo last year brought along a lot of thoughtful little changes that make the user-experience a whole lot more enjoyable. One of those new features is a nativepicture-in-picture (PiP) modethat allows users to tuck away the current window to a corner while switching to another app. The shrunk-down window can then be moved around from one area on the screen to another as need be....

Why the UIDAI Helpline Number Is Automatically Saved on Many Android Phones in India Just days after TRAI Chairman RS Sharmamade a major security blunderby revealing his Aadhaar number on Twitter and challenging people to “harm him”, another major controversy has landed at the doors of the UIDAI. This time the issue seems to be that UIDAI’s helpline number is being saved by default in most Android device’s contact lists. French security researcher Baptiste Robert who goes by the pseudonymElliot Alderson on Twitterpolled his followers to find out if they had the UIDAI helpline number saved on their phone without their intervention....

Will Bounce Back in Smartphone Business in India: Lenovo CEO Admitting that Lenovo made some “mistakes” in the smartphone business in India, the company CEO Yang Yuanqing on Thursday vowed to bounce back and reclaim its past glory in the next couple of years by launching right products for the India market under both its Lenovo and Motorola brands. “India is a very important market for us. We have room for improvements in the smartphone business,” Yuanqing said here while participating in a roundtable conference, along with other members of the Lenovo Executive Council — the highest decision-making body of the company....

Xiaomi Starts Crowdfunding Android-Powered Qin AI Feature Phone in China Feature phones are making a big comeback in markets where mobile penetration is low and the JioPhone in India is a prime example, having become thetop-selling mobile phone in the country. Xiaomi is looking to jump on the bandwagon too, and has listed the Qin AI feature phone on its crowdfunding platform in China. The Qin 1, as the device has been named, may have beenlisted on Xiaomi’s Youpin platformas a feature phone but it comes with a myriad of smart features in tow....

Xiaomi Unveils Black Shark Bluetooth Headset For Gaming A few months ago, Xiaomi announced its entry into the gaming smartphone segment with anew subsidiary Black Sharkand a new device under the brand. Following thesuccess of the gaming smartphone, Xiaomi hasannounced Black Shark gaming Bluetooth headsetwhich is specially designed to make your experience with the smartphone gaming and e-sports more immersive, ensure victory irrespective of the game. Xiaomi has partnered with popular Chinese audio solutions provider,1MORE, to create this Bluetooth headset....

You Can No Longer Automatically Post Tweets to Facebook With Facebook cutting off access to its API platform for hundreds of thousands of apps, Twitter users are no longer able to tweet and retweet automatically on their connected Facebook accounts. Facebook hasdeprecated its Publishactions permissions from its API, a feature that allowed apps to publish posts on the social media platform as the logged-in user. Ime Archibong, Vice President of Product Partnerships at Facebook, said all apps using the Facebook Platform APIs would need to go through a more comprehensive review to better protect people’s Facebook information....

2 Out of 3 Indian Companies Struggling With GDPR Compliance Nearly 63 percent of the Indian organizations are struggling in their compliance journey towards the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) thatcame into effect on May 25, a new report said on Thursday. While 60 per cent cited inadequacy of skilled talent as a major obstacle in their GDPR compliance journey, 50 percent of those who neither have customers nor suppliers in EU, plan to increase their privacy spends in the coming year, said the study by the global consultancy firm EY....