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Amazon entering into the Wallet business in India

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Amazon Pay, we are coming across the word frequently in the recent past. Amazon Pay is the latest player in prepaid wallet business in India which got the license from RBI. 

Reserve Bank of India granted the wallet licence to Amazon in the name of Amazon Online Distribution Services. So the company is promoting Amazon Pay by offering attractive cashbacks, discounts and particularly at the time of flash sales Amazon Pay becomes more handy to the buyers. 

The rival e-commerce company Flipkart already operating PhonePe app to ease fund transfer among people. Amazon tied up with few offline stores across the country to accept Amazon Pay from the customers. 

Right now one can make payments upto Rs 10000 through Amazon Pay. For a average user the transaction limit is sufficient for most of the day to day needs. 

Now we can see BlackBerry name on a wide range of products

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We all are familiar with BlackBerry smartphones which once we considered as the status symbol for business users. BlackBerry lost its charm in the Android era, and now it is following a different approach.

A few days back I wrote about an Android-based BlackBerry phone named KeyOne. In fact it is not a Blackberry’s own device, the company outsourced the brand license to another company.

In the same manner, now Blackberry granted the license to its name to few more companies which are engaged in manufacturing wide variety of products such as smartphones, wearables, home appliances, medical devices, etc.

So soon we can experience Blackberry tablets, Blackberry smart watches and other gadgets in the market. Already Nokia followed the same strategy with its brand name. The latest Nokia smartphones right now we are discussing no way belong to Nokia original company, HMD Global got the Nokia brand license and manufacturing various Nokia smartphones. This is the proven way to keep popular brand names in the users minds and gain revenue in return.

Popular Search Engines you have to Try

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People use Google when they have to search for a term or image or video. But there are many popular search engines available on the internet beyond Google. Here is the list of few powerful search engines.

DuckDuckGo

Everybody knows that Google collects personal information such as IP, location, search term, personal interests while we make searches. DuckDuckGo is safe in this aspect. It values our privacy., it doesn’t store the search history, it never tracks us.

StartPage

For those who want to keep their privacy safe, “StartPage” is another choice to search the Internet without being spied. The site itself makes searches through Google search engine, but it provides us to maintain our privacy with a different interface and advanced options.

To search for Videos

When we search for videos on Google, it lists the results available on Youtube. But there are a lot of other options available on the internet for videos such as Vimeo. Almost all the popular videos are hosted on Vimeo video streaming site also. So you can directly search for the desired video by visiting the site.

Beware, don’t use these Apps in your phone

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Here is the high alert for those who download apps from Google Play Store without having proper idea on privacy and security. Imagine the situation where there is a malware hidden in 4 out of the 10 apps,  users frequently download into their phones?  Yes, it’s true.

VPN apps available on Google Play Store turns into vehicle for malware. Most of the people use VPN apps to bypass country restrictions while accessing region-specific content on the internet. 

Few people use VPN apps to encrypt browsing data, and maintain anonymity. The VPN apps available right now on Google Play Store looks promising with host of features, but there is a hidden malware functionality always running on users devices. 

Researchers conducted a study on total 234 VPN apps hosted on Google Play Store, surprisingly most of the apps are conducting suspicious activity. They are tracking the smartphone users browsing habits, moreover few apps are not encrypting browsing data, which can indirectly lead to security issues. 

Lava X41+ Launched for Rs. 8,999

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Lava, popular Indian smartphone maker launched its latest offering to the budget users in the form of Lava X41+ which costs Rs. 8,999

The phone is equipped with 1.3 GHz quad core processor and has 2 GB of RAM. Coming to the storage Lava X41+ offers 32 GB internal storage and supports memory card to extend the storage. 

Lava X41+ sports with 5-inch full HD display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The device equipped with 8 MP rear camera with auto focus, LED flash and 5 Mega pixels front facing camera.

It supports VoLTE, and you can use Reliance Jio SIM which can work only on VoLTE supported phones. Lava X41+ runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system and powered with 2,300 mAh battery.