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JioMart Shopping Services Launched By Meta And Jio Platforms On WhatsApp.

American Tech-Giant Meta and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries subsidiary JIO Platforms declared an e-commerce venture which would be the first worldwide end-to-end shopping experience for consumers on WhatsApp where they can order from JioMart straight without leaving the WhatsApp chat. This association will allow the customers to browse through the JioMart catalogue, select them, add the products to the cart and do the purchasing all within the chat via the local payments track Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

WhatsApp, the world’s most renowned messaging application used by approx. a half billion Indian population every month achieved the approval to broaden its payments powered by Unified payment interface (UPI) services previously this year to about 100 million users in the country after numerous regressions and interruptions.

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries, said, “When Jio platforms and Meta announced our partnership in 2020, Mark and I shared a vision of bringing more people and businesses online and creating truly innovative solutions that will add convenience to the daily lives of every Indian.”
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Meta, said in a Facebook post, “Excited to launch our partnership with JioMart in India. This is our first-ever end-to-end shopping experience on WhatsApp — people can now buy groceries from JioMart right in a chat. Business messaging is an area with real momentum and chat-based experiences like this will be the go-to way people and businesses communicate in the years to come.”
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Meta formerly known as, Facebook, is a substantial minority investor or we say partner in Jio platforms, the largest telecommunication venture in India, providing their services to over four hundred twenty-one million subscribers. Also, Jio declared that it would be investing up to 25 million USD to introduce the 5G services in the country this year in October with its target to reach every town in the South Asian market by the end of the coming year.

The launch of JioMart on Whatsapp tracks the JioMart and Meta starting to test a fusion with some selected users two years ago. If it were to be a success, a commerce platform could result in a great revenue increase for WhatsApp which has predominantly dodged serving ads to the app users. Also, it could be a prominent way to accelerate digital transformation in India through this innovative strategic partnership between these two renowned enterprises and offer people and businesses of all scales, be it small or large, promising opportunities to connect in several new ways and strengthen the economic growth of the country.

Chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, said, “Our vision is to propel India as the world’s leading digital society. When Jio platforms and Meta announced our partnership in 2020, Mark and I shared a vision of bringing more people and businesses online and creating truly innovative solutions that will add convenience to the daily lives of every Indian. One example of an innovative customer experience that we are proud of developing is the first ever end-to-end shopping experience with JioMart on WhatsApp. The JioMart on WhatsApp experience furthers our commitment of enabling a simple and convenient way of online shopping to millions of Indians.”
Source: www.business-standard.com

Consumers can initiate shopping via WhatsApp on JioMart by just sending a ‘Hi’ message to the JioMart number, +917977079770, on WhatsApp and, explore the great deals on JioMart.

This announcement was part of the 45th Annual General Meeting also referred to as AGM by Reliance Industries limited administered by Mukesh Ambani himself. This innovative idea would open new gates of success for JioMart and WhatsApp.

Suhani Jain

I am a student pursuing my bachelor’s in information technology. I have a interest in writing so, I am working a freelance content writer because I enjoy writing. I also write poetries. I believe in the quote by anne frank “paper has more patience than person

Asus Launches 6 Creator-Focused Laptops With 12th-Gen Intel Processors In India.

Creator series of laptops introduced by Asus gets new restores. Asus, The Taiwanese tech giant, has declared the launch of its six new laptops as part of its Creative series which includes the Asus ZenBook Pro 14 Duo OLED, ProArt StudioBook Pro 16 OLED, ProArt StudioBook 16 OLED, ZenBook Pro 16X OLED, Vivobook Pro 15 OLED, and Vivobook Pro 16X OLED. Asus Claims that the above-mentioned laptops of the creator series are designed to meet the daily increasing requirements of creators, vloggers, designers, and artists. The laptops display enhanced features, and innovative designs and are built with creator-focused technologies to provide a seamless user experience and a powerful performance.

Specifications And Availability

Here is detailed information about the specifications and availability of the brand-new laptops.

Asus Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED (UX8402)

This laptop is a dual-screen creator laptop, which features a next-generation screen pad Plus a secondary touchscreen consisting “active aerodynamic system ultra” auto-tilting design. Its price starts at Rs. 1,44,990 in India and it is available for ordering from Flipkart, Amazon, and Asus e-stores. Also, it can be ordered from Asus stores and other retail stores across the country. The Zenbook is available in 12th Gen Intel Core i5, i7, and i9 processor options. The primary OLED touchscreen features a 2.8 K resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio, HDR support, 120 Hz refresh rate, Pantone Validated colour accuracy, Dolby Vision, and 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut. Zenbook, built out of Aluminium and Magnesium, comes with a 3.5 mm combination headphone jack, a USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 2 port, two ThunderBolt 4 connections, a microSD Express 7.0 port, HDMI 2.1 port, and two HDMI ports. It is powered by a 76WHr battery consisting of rapid charging capabilities.

Asus Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602)

The Asus Zenbook Pro is equipped with an AAS Ultra mechanism that tilts up the keyboard by 7 degrees. The company claims that this mechanism can enhance the cooling by permitting 30% extra airflow than the prior generation. This laptop will only be available in two processor versions involving the flagship 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900H paired with 32 GB RAM and the i7-12700H together with 16 GB RAM. It comes with studio-grade 6GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with NVIDIA Studio drivers. The laptop sports features such as a 16-inch 4K 60 Hz OLED HDR NanoEdge touchscreen including a stylus supporting display. Other specifications include an ultrafast Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C port, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port with the latest 985 MB/s SD Express 7.0 card reader, fast charging, HDMI 2.1 port. The price starts from 2,49,990 INR.

Asus ProArt StudioBook Pro 16 OLED

This laptop features a 16-inch OLED display with 4k resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio, HDR support, 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut, two SSD slots with 2+2 TB storage support, two thunderbolts 4 ports, an HDMI 2.1, two USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 2 ports and an SD Express 7.0 card reader. The device comes with a 12th Gen Intel i9-12900H processor with NVIDIA RTX A3000 GPU having 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. It also contains Asus Dial. The price starts from Rs. 3,29,990.

Asus ProArt StudioBook 16 OLED

The Studiobook 16 OLED is available in two versions having the flagship 12th gen Intel Processors i9-12900H and i7-12700H with fast NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti including 8 GB memory and 3060 with 6 GB GPUs, respectively. Studiobook features a 16-inch 4K OLED HDR 16:10 display having up to 550 nits delivers 100 percent DCI-P3 colour gamut, VESA Display HDR 500 true Black accreditation and PANTONE Validated with Delta-E<2 colour accuracy. As for the connectivity, it has two slots for a PCle 4.0 x 4 NVMe M.2 SSDs with 2 + 2 TB storage capacity, two SO-DIMM slots with up to 64 GB 4800 MT/s DDR5 RAM support, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, an SD Express 7.0 Card reader plus HDMI 2.1 with a cost of Rs. 1,99,990.

Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED

This laptop features a 16-inch OLED display with 4K resolution. It comes with a 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900H processor having 32 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, 1 TB expandable SSD with extra M.2 SSD. Some other features include Dolby Atmos, fingerprint scanner, 140 W fast charging, thunderbolt 4 ports, USB Type-A ports, SD Express 7.0 card reader, an HDMI 2.1 ports, and cost Rs. 1,59,990.

Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED

The VivoBook features a 15.6-inch OLED display, 16:9 aspect ratio, and full HDR. The laptop comes with Intel Core i7-12650H 12th Gen processor with 16 GB Ram support and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU. It is also equipped with an FHD webcam, Dolby Atmos, fingerprint scanner, an enhanced thermal design, and fast charging up to 140W. The price starts at Rs. 89, 990.

Pricing

The brand-new Zenbook schedule pricing starts at 1,44,990 INR, the Vivobook Pro lineup starts at Rs. 67,990, and the Studiobook prices start at Rs. 1,99,990.

These laptops will be available to the users in both offline and online modes.

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UPI Payments To Be Charged? Finance Ministry Responds.

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We are living in a digital world where money transfer from UPI is considered more efficient and user-friendly than using cash and it is indeed. Unified Payment Method (UPI) is a mobile payment system introduced by the National Payments Corporation of India. There are also other features like accessing balances and transaction history together with receiving or sending money. However, there were speculations on whether the government should charge for UPI payments or not.

The Central Government has its position on reports making claims that it may impose additional charges on UPI (unified payment interface) payments. In a set series of tweets on August 21, Sunday, The Ministry of Finance stated that UPI is a digital public good and there is no need to consider imposing any charges on UPI payments services. It is also stated in the tweet that the cost of recovery will be met through other resources or mediums. Also, the central government has offered financial support for the digital payment ecosystem in the country. The ministry has also announced assistance to promote further acceptance of UPI payments this year as well.

Here, are the tweets made by the Ministry of Finance

“UPI is a digital public good with immense convenience for the public & productivity gains for the economy. There is no consideration in Govt to levy any charges for UPI services. The concerns of the service providers for cost recovery have to be met through other means,” the Ministry of Finance stated in a tweet on August 21, Sunday.
“The Govt had provided financial support for #DigitalPayment ecosystem last year and has announced the same this year as well to encourage further adoption of #DigitalPayments and promotion of payment platforms that are economical and user-friendly,” the Finance Ministry stated in another tweet.
Source: www.thenewsminute.com

The clarification was made by the government amidst the claims regarding UPI transactions that it may impose an additional charge on these transactions with the purpose of maintaining and advancing the payments infrastructure in the country. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had also requested some feedback corresponding to this matter, in accordance with a discussion paper disclosed on August 17. However, the discussion paper not only stated about UPI transactions but also covered other digital payment methods such as IMPS i.e. Immediate Payment Service, the National Electronic Funds Transfer System (NEFT) and RTGS i.e. Real Time Gross Settlement system.

The discussion paper requested the government to take a re-look at its zero-merchant discount rate (MDR) policy which stays omitted on UPI transactions and RuPay. By means of the imposed charges on digital payments in the form of a Merchant discount rate policy, many service providers debate whether they can advance and enhance the payment systems.

The Payments Council of India which is the industry body in the country for the payments ecosystem had also sought the government previously this year to again introduce the zero-MDR scheme for RuPay debit cards and UPI transactions before the presentation of Union Budget 2022. At the moment, Mastercard and Visa debit cards make up to 0.4 to 0.9 MDR which is shared by the acquirer and the issuer bank.

In accordance with the UPI, the discussion paper sought by the reserve bank of India demanded feedback on whether it should be handled differently from the Mastercard and Visa debit cards. The government stated in a tweet that it promotes digital payments that are user-friendly and economical.

With this clarification, denying the speculation or claims by service providers, by the central government, it is clear that there will be no charges on the UPI transaction which is a benefit for users.

Suhani Jain

VLC Media Player Is Banned In India, But What Is The Reason?

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The VLC Media Player, amongst the most popular digital media players, for PC and Mac, has been banned in India. It was banned on February 13 earlier this year. The VLC Media Player Website and the download link for the same have been down since then but the mobile version of the media player application is still open to download on Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The Firm says it does not know the reason for this ban.

The ban that is enforced is not an actual ban but rather a soft ban. The Indian government has blocked access to the official site of the VLC Media Player i.e., Videolan.org, where the latest version of the VLC Media Player was available to download for Mac and PC.

However, users can still download the app from several famous hosting websites and other third-party sites, but these downloads generally have a high risk of carrying malicious files that can cause a great deal of damage. So, it is preferable to download such software from sites with proper authentication or the official website.

VideoLAN President disclosed that the VLC Media Player is running on some ISPs also not for some. Commenting about on the ban, the company President said, “we got banned since a few months, and we don’t know why. We’ve asked the Indian government and we got no answer. We probably did not ask the right place though. I wish I knew how to ask properly.” “The weirdest is that some ISP are blocking it and some are not. So why is that the case? Are some ISP not listening to the government? VLC and VideoLAN are quite apolitical (we only fight against DRM and for open source) and VLC is a pure tool that can read anything,” he stated.
Source: www.indiatoday.in

The users who have installed files in the cloud storage or their local devices can still install the VLC Media Player and Also, and the people who have the app installed on their PCs or smartphone can still use it.

Highlights About This Ban

VideoLAN has officially verified this ban which nearly went unnoticed. The main reason for the ban is not disclosed yet. Some reports signify that the VLC Media Player ban is imposed because the platform was used by China-powered hacking group Cicada for cyber attacks.

It is highly possible that the VLC Media platform was banned along with the 54 Chinese applications, that the government of India banned this year in February. However, there is one thing to keep in mind, VLC is not a China-based software, but is powered and developed by a French group.

The obstructed VLC Media Player website shows that the website was blocked as per the order of the Ministry of Electronics and Information technology under the IT Act, 2000. This act accords with the law dealing with crimes related to cyber security and electronic commerce in India.

Since the VLC Media Player Site and Download links are down currently. New users will not be able to get it, but the ones who have already downloaded it can use it. The developer has clarified that VLC does not collect any information about the users at any point.

“VLC works perfectly without our servers: we don’t collect info, we don’t require user accounts, we don’t spy on people (telemetry). So once you have VLC, you don’t need our servers, for it to work.” VideoLAN clarified.
Source: www.indiatoday.in

The Government of India hasn’t confirmed the reason for this ban in the country. So, the media player is seeking help on Twitter to grasp the reason behind this sudden action by the Indian Government.

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Vivo V25 Pro With Colour Changing Back Panel Launched In India: Check Details.

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Vivo is renowned for its smartphone designs and developing software and has rolled out its new mid-range smartphones, Vivo V25 and V25 Pro, in India. The price of the Vivo V25 is yet to be revealed. However, the cost of the Vivo V25 starts at 35,999 INR for the base version. The smartphones will be available for ordering from August 25 at Vivo India e-stores, Flipkart and throughout all partner retail showrooms. The main attraction of this smartphone is the colour-changing back panel. It is launched in the Sailing Blue colour option, which can change to a dark-navy shade when exposed to sunlight or UV light. There is a black colour option available too but it does not contain the colour-changing feature. It is designed for users searching for an excellent all-around smartphone and is mainly focused on people who enjoy taking a lot of pictures. This new model is exceptionally stunning to look at, highly eye-catching and built too well.

Vivo V25 Pro: Specifications And Features

The brand-new Vivo V25 Pro is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1300 processor which also supports a 5G network and is the same as the OnePlus Nord 2T. The Vivo smartphone runs on Android 12-based Funtouch OS 12. It was launched yesterday on 17 August 2022, Wednesday. As mentioned above the key highlight of this Vivo V25 Pro smartphone is its colour-changing Fluorite AG Glass design. This feature generally makes the smartphone’s rear panel change its colour under exposure to UV light or sunlight. Even so, it is not the first Vivo phone with this technology, Vivo launched a V23 series previously this year which also has the same feature.

The smartphone comes with a 3D curved AMOLED 6.56-inch FHD+ display having a refresh of 120 Hz and also contains a touch sampling rate of 300 Hz. The display is further available with HDR 10+ certification, SGS Low Blue Light Certification and Netflix HDR Certification. The Vivo V25 Pro features a sleek body design providing a comfortable in-hand grip with curved glass available at both front and rear panels.

Vivo smartphones are renowned for their high-quality camera technology and the new V25 Pro phone is not so different. It comes with a triple camera system containing a 64 Mega Pixel Primary camera with optical image stabilisation, an 8 Mega Pixel wide-angle and a 2 MP macro sensor. The selfie camera comprises a 32 MP front camera which according to the firm has about 25 per cent increased pixel size in comparison with earlier Vivo smartphones. Apart from the range of common features like Night Portrait and Bokeh night video, the Vivo V25 Pro camera smartphone system also comes along with a new vlog mode feature that enables the users to create videos using video templates available in the app.

The Vivo V25 Pro is available with a 4830 mAh battery comprising a 66W flash charge and a smart charging engine technology which provides the user with a high-end experience. You can create as many videos as you want and take advantage of its advanced camera system without worrying about battery drain.

Pricing

The smartphone is available in two storage options one is 128 GB and the other is 256 GB. The price of its 128 GB model is 35,999 INR which is its basic version. The cost of its 256 GB variant is Rs 39,999.

For the record, the V25 Pro is rolled out at a lower price in comparison with the Vivo V23 Pro and taking it into account, it is offering great features and specifications.

Suhani Jain

Android 13: When You Upgrade Your Phone Try These Features.

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Google has launched the first Android 13 eventually with a collection of brand-new features comprising of a redesigned Material You together with automatic color schemes in accordance with wallpaper, end-to-end encryption for your group conservations, a kill switch that inhibits any third-party apps from using a mic, and camera and an inclusive clipboard feature between various devices.

“Android 13 comes with new capabilities for your phone and tablet, like extending app color theming to even more apps, language settings that can be set on an app level, improved privacy controls…” stated Sameer Samat, Vice President of Product Management, Google Play and Android.
Source: tech.hindustantimes.com

How to install Android 13 on your device

On any compatible Google Pixel handset, you can install the android 13 updates by using the following steps:

Step 1: Start the “settings” application on your Google Pixel Smartphone.

Step 2: Select the “system” and click on “System Update”.

Step 3: Check for any updates and then tap on the “Download” and “install” buttons in the bottom right corner. The Android 13 system will initiate the download and it may take up to twenty to thirty minutes for the installation to be completed on your device.

Step 4: Once the installation is complete, your phone will reboot automatically and voila! You are ready to use the new and exciting features of Android 13.

Advanced Features Of Android 13

Take a quick look at some of the android 13 features that you may or may not have missed.

Themed App Icons

Android 13 gives users complete control of how the operating system looks. In this update, Google supports themed app icons meaning they will change their colour in accordance with the wallpaper tint and the overall preferred themes.

Support for Bluetooth Low Energy Audio

This feature allows the user to listen to high-precision audio without consuming the battery of the device and they can stream to several devices without any loss in audio quality.

Different languages for different apps

With this feature, users can set a language for every app without modifying the system language. They can also switch between supported languages from the “App language” panel in settings only for the apps that support multiple languages.

Notification permission

In previous android versions, users had to disable the notifications from an individual app manually. But the Android 13 rolled out notification runtime permission in which apps will have to ask users to allow the display of notifications.

Quickly add custom tiles

If there is an app on your device that uses a custom tile, Android 13 allows the users to add the tile to the quick setting panel without having to exit the app.

Optimised for large displays

In the android 12L version, google enhanced how Android looked on large screens. Android 13 builds on the earlier iteration and introduces an enhanced taskbar same as the dock found on Mac devices which enables the users to switch between several apps.

The reason behind the draining of device battery in notifications

Android 13 lets the user know if an individual app is draining the battery in the background. It will display a silent notification which will allow the user to kill the app causing battery drainage.

Some other Features

It also introduces features like enhanced clipboard privacy which allows the users to edit the content, a new permission called NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES which allows the operating system to scan for nearby devices without the need to enable the location. It features a quick setting tile that can be used to scan QR codes independent of the application you’re using.

For the time being, Android 13 is only available for:

Google Pixel models – Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel 4A, Pixel 5, Pixel 5A, Pixel 6, Pixel 6A, and Pixel 6 Pro. Handsets from other companies: Samsung Galaxy, HMD (Nokia smartphones), Asus, Motorola, Oppo, IQOO, OnePlus, Realme, Tecno, Vivo, Sharp, Sony, Xiaomi, and others will also get the Android 13 update soon.

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