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Hire Dedicated Android App Developers in the UK

According to the latest survey, Android OS powered devices have covered about 88 percent global market share. Being open-source software, Android has numerous benefits in open market globally. There are number of manufacturers of hardware who are investing in Android-based devices including wearable gadgets. Moreover, Android comprises wealthy class to a low-income society when it comes to its user base. As per the marketing perspective, you can capture wide audience if your business shows its mobile presence with Android app. However, overcoming fragmentation problems and building custom Android application requires fine management of mobile app development. AppSquadz Technolgies is one such company from where you can hire Dedicated Android App Developers in the UK.

No More Worry for Passwords With ‘Everykey’

If you are worried about your bank, social media, or any other accounts getting hacked, then you must be. In last couple of years most of the people have reported issues related to identity theft. With so much increase in the number of attempted hacks every day, it will not be wrong to say that you could be the next victim of identity theft. If you’re really looking for a solution that is sure-shot and defend your accounts from getting hacked, or your identity getting stolen, or you are fed up of remembering password, then you have come to the right place. The one stop solution for all your password worries is named as Everykey.

Google is Launching PhotoScan App for Android & iOS

Google PhotoScan App

Google’s cloud photo storage and sharing service, aims to be a one stop destinations to everyone’s photographs. But till now, this service has only been offered to the digital photos and personal videos we shoot. The company is expanding the services by launching a new tool named as ‘PhotoScan’ which help convert printed photos into high-quality digital copies.

Generally, there are a couple of ways to convert printed photos into digital ones. One way is to ship them to a scanning service, second way is to buy a scanner and scan manually and the third one is use your phone to take a picture of the existing, printed photographs.

The third method is what most of the people prefer as it’s the easiest and the fastest method to turn printed photos into the digital one.

However, this doesn’t give high-quality photographs. Instead, photos snapped with Smartphone’s camera usually have some sort of glare from the surrounding light spread across the image. Also the photos generally are not aligned properly; and if not cropped, sometimes it may even show the surface on which they’re placed for taking a snap.

On the other hand, Google’s PhotoScan will help you take photos of such prints, and then it will automatically resolve such common issues. The way it resolve these issues is quite interesting. This simple mobile application will take you to the camera’s viewfinder. When overlaid on top of the print you’re about to click, you will find four white dots. You will need to direct the phone over each dot by moving, which will enable Google to take multiple clicks of the photo from several angles. This will help you get different images where the glare would have been moved around, as well.

Then the PhotoScan will make use of different snaps of the same image to render a single image without any glare. Not only this, the app also offers features such as rotating, aligning, and removing the background (for example table surface).

Although, you may have come across number of similar application to PhotoScan on the store, such as Ancestry.com’s Shoebox, Photomyne, Memories, Heirloom, and some others, but while these apps only help in cropping and straightening, none of them offer such a unique feature which PhotoScan will offer.

While the updated Google Photos app is coming today, the PhotoScan is also going live today as a free download for both Android and iOS.

Source : https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/googles-new-app-photoscan-turns-prints-into-digital-photos/

Facebook is Launching ‘ROOMS’ Feature for the Messenger App

Facebook Messenger App

After the addition of end-to-end encryption and ‘Secret Conversation recently, Facebook is now planning to incorporate an additional feature in its Messenger. The feature is named as ‘Rooms and is currently under testing. ‘ROOMS’ is a bulletin board-style feature which will enable users to take part in public conversations which are focused on delicate matters. Earlier in 2014, Facebook introduced a separate ‘Rooms’ app for iOS users. The application enabled users to share audios, videos and texts which might not fit in the News Feed. However, the application was not able to get the expected traction.

Hover, the new Messenger Rooms feature focuses to rectify the errors which were present in previous application. This time, Facebook will be introducing the feature within the current application only, instead of creating a standalone application. Currently, the feature is being provided to Android users in Australia and Canada. Rest of the world will need to wait as no date has been decided for further release. Facebook Messenger users already have option to create groups and discuss about various topics. However, such conversations or discussions are private between friends. The revived ‘Rooms’ feature will encourage users to have public conversations on a different topics.

With this new feature, users will be able to discuss a wide range of topics – whether it is Baseball game, Football, Formula One, Rugby match, movies, events, concerts, movies, election etc. Each room will be having a link which users will be able to share, letting anyone with Messenger app get into the conversation. Also, users will be given an option to create a private Room, but the members will need to get a formal approval by the administrator.

Moreover, Individuals will also be having option to make their own Rooms using the Facebook Messenger Application, approve and invite new members, create nickname for themselves, configure notifications, and much more. Users will also be able to search for rooms based on a certain matter. For example, a Rugby freak will be able to search for related group by searching for his/her favorite teams, players etc.

However, one will need to wait for the worldwide release of this new interesting feature as the date is not yet revealed.

Source : http://www.bgr.in/news/facebook-is-testing-new-rooms-feature-in-messenger-that-will-let-you-chat-with-strangers/?fromNewsdog=1

Now You Can Command Siri to Send Money Via PayPal Application

PayPal subscribers will now be able to send and request payments using the simple voice commands through Siri on iOS 10 powered iPhone and iPad devices. The online payments giant is making the new feature available to users in around thirty countries. Not only this, this feature will be available in different languages, and it will only require the user to install the iOS app with a logged in user account.

Using this feature is quite user friendly as you just need to command Siri to send certain amount of money to a friend or contact by just saying their name. As said above, not only you can send money but also can ask for payment from a friend by name through Siri. After the voice command you will get a confirmation message on the screen and Siri will ask you to confirm the amount and payee for your transaction. PayPal’s intention with this useful feature seems to be regarding holiday season. During this time money transfer market will heat up significantly and PayPal would love to make the most out of it while providing a convenient method to users.

The new features become possible when Apple released third party integration for Siri in its latest iOS 10, which comprise requesting rides, sending payments, searching photos, sending messages, making VoIP calls and starting workouts.

What is PayPal and How it Work?

Once you command Siri to transfer some money, it will flash a card on screen through which it will send money. Then you can say yes to send or no to cancel the command. In case you don’t have PayPal or you don’t mention PayPal and have other payment applications installed, then Siri will ask you which one you want to go for.

Although, Siri is the only assistant on the iPhone which supports voice-controlled payments, the payee doesn’t require having an iPhone or iOS 10 powered devices. They just need to have an active PayPal account. And, in case they don’t have it installed in their phone, they will receive a prompt to install in order to to receive payment.

Moreover, you’ll have to ensure that the account details of payee are stored within the PayPal App so that Siri knows where to transfer the money.

Google Play Introduced New System to Bust Developers Using Illegal Ways to Rank their Apps High

Google Play Introduced New System to Bust Developers

On 31st October 2016, Google today announced that it is introducing a new detection and filtering system for the Play Store to bust those developers who use unethical ways to promote the ranking of their applications in the top charts of Google Play Store. The company stated that this will mainly have an effect on applications which practices means such as fake reviews, fraudulent installs, and incentivized ratings.