Android Dark Mode | Try It Today

Have you ever picked up your phone in a dark environment and felt the painful burst of white light in your eyes? Thankfully, Android has decided to remove our pain by offering a dark mode in the newest Android version, i.e., Android Q. People have grown more conscious about the harm caused by staring at screens and the potential disruption of sleep caused by blue light. While some smartphone manufacturers have provided different versions of night mode, a true dark mode was missing on Android devices. The dark theme added by Google in Android pie only changed the background notification shade and app drawer. It did not affect the settings or any apps. In Android Q, we are about to receive a true system-wide dark mode.

To turn on dark mode:
Go to Settings >> Display >>Theme and select Dark.

It changes the backgrounds of all the settings menus and apps like Phone, Contacts, and Photos. It is expected that other apps will work towards compatibility with dark mode.

Google has also included a “Force Dark” option for developers, which automatically converts light backgrounds to darker tones.

Another advantage of the dark mode is that it will reduce battery consumption, particularly in OLED screens, as said in a session at Google I/O.

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Google's Fast Share | Sharing Got Easier

Google is working on a new file sharing tool, called ‘Fast Share’, which will allow users to share files to nearby devices without internet. Earlier, google provided the app ‘Android Beam’ to use NFC to transfer files between devices. But it was slow and rarely used. The newer app Fast Share uses Bluetooth to initiate a handshake and then transfers files over a Wi-Fi connection which results in a much faster transfer of files. It also has the options to give your device ‘preferred visibility’ to nearby devices which allow those devices to detect your device when you are nearby.

This app is similar to Apple’s AirDrop technology, enabling the transfer of files among Mac computers and iOS devices. You can access the Fast share option in the sharing sheet. The feature will require access to Bluetooth and a mobile hotspot. Some screenshots are shown for reference.

How to send files by 'fast share' :

Select the files you want to share. Press the send icon to open the sharing sheet, as shown in image 1. Select the 'fast share' option. It will ask permission to access Bluetooth and hotspot. Press allow, and you can share files with any device you connect to. Right now, this feature is available on pixel devices (Android-Q), smartwatches, and Chromebooks.

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Looking for DeepNude? First Read Here Before Downloading | DeepNude 2021

 If you are not under the rock or living in the jungle by this time you must have heard about the App DeepNude that strips women's photos in seconds. (Read here how it works). The internet is literally flooded with the news. But hours after the news went viral and got widespread attention within no time the service got shut down ''officially'. (Read here: Why it shutdown). The official website DeepNude.com hosted by DeepNude Team closed down the service saying that, the world is not ready yet for this technology. 

The news does not end here. Though the DeepNude software was closed down officially, the DupeNude team acknowledged that there might be some copies available on the internet. As the app works offline, whoever got a chance to download it before the services closed down can still use the application software.

However,  DeepNude Team made it clear in their website policy that sharing the application by any means or downloading it from any other sources is not legal. Further, the team will not be held responsible if usage of the application attracts any legal action. The user will be solely responsible for the same.

Now, as the application has support for striping only women's images, usage of this software may be considered a potential abuse tool towards them. In some countries creating or morphing anyone's photo without their consent is not legal that could lead anyone to jail with a heavy fine. 

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We also should not forget this is the technology we are talking about. There are a hundred minds to replicate software within a very short time. Engineers with good coding knowledge can easily replicate or modify this kind of code once the application is released.

It is reported in the news that a user from Reddit cracked the version to premium. He even released it to the internet and some more copies have been downloaded. Though the link has been removed later on the basis of violating the policy of the hosting site.

Let us talk about the performance of the application. We managed to get one version with premium access when it was launched (before the website was closed down). This is our experience. 

• The performance of this application is not up to the mark as it is claiming.
• Photos with someone wearing revealing clothes may give a better result.
• The output resulted from the photo after morphing is stumped with a watermark of 'fake' in multiple places.
• Even the premium version of the application that costs $99, does not remove all watermarks. They are still there albeit lesser than the free version.

• Technically the Neural Network (Artificial Intelligence Technology) is not as strong as you are imagining it to be.
• The photos are like a photo-shopped version of any image by a novice.

Even before the launch of this app there are hundreds of morphed nude photos of celebrities are available. But as this software was very easy to use and the photos can be undressed easily, misuse of the application and abuse towards women would have been much easier. That is why the maker of this application realized later that it did not deserve to be available on the market of the internet.

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Now for the readers please be aware of the fake websites claiming the software to be available with them and they are asking you to complete some challenges or surveys to download the file. Do not fall trap on those fake websites. There are hundreds of sites opened just after the news has been all over the internet. They are just trying to build up some database or take access to your computer's media file or may access your camera. 

Fake App

To summarize this article:

• The application is not as good as you are thinking to be.
• Do not fall trap of fake websites. They may exploit you monetarily claiming they have the application downloadable.
• Even some people have the copy, its usage violates the policy of the website. 
• Fake websites may claim that they have .APK files for Android as well. Please note that the DeepNude team only released Windows and Linux versions.
• Stay aware, stay safe.
• Let us wait for the world to be ready to handle this kind of application

Updates:

• There is nothing called DeepNude 2021. DeepNude software was very short-lived. It was closed down right after it was released.
• The only deepnude version was released for Windows. The team did not get a chance to release DeepNude for the Linux or MAC version. Before making DeepNude available online or on the website Govt banned this application.
• Except for the few offline copies, there are no DeepNude software available on the internet
• DeepNude Download is not recommended and might be illegal for individual users.
• As this software is tagged as illegal to use in few countries DeepNude app is not available
• DeepNude website: Few websites are available on the internet that simulates the same kind of nudity as seen in DeepNude software.

Warning: This article is for awareness purpose only. It does not promote any website and/or their product or services. This is solely personal opinion of us. We do not sale or ask money for the usage of DeepNude Software or its any version. We do not have a copy available.

DeepNude App Really Shuts Down? | 2021

It is all over the internet that DeepNude application based on Deepfake algorithm can create a nude out of a fully or partially clothed women. But hours after the news got viral, the application and its website are finally shutting down after receiving too much attention. An official tweet made by the team that they realised the world is not yet ready for this kind of application and misuse could be too high to be controlled. 

In its official tweet, the team acknowledged that some copies are already available on the internet or to persons who already bought. However, those versions will not be upgraded anymore, and any amount paid to them for the same will be refunded. They further added, they will not be held responsible if somebody downloads any copy of the software from any other sources(or share it by any other means) because it is against their website's policy. 

Read the official tweet here: 

pic.twitter.com/8uJKBQTZ0o

— deepnudeapp (@deepnudeapp) June 27, 2019

If you missed out on everything about the DeepNude application, read here.

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Share Your WhatsApp Status Story with FB, Instagram, Gmail etc.| 2021

It seems every now and then, WhatsApp is now pushing its boundary to enhance users' experience with its new feature. The Facebook-owned company WhatsApp will give the users an option to share their status story with other Apps as well.

Recently, WhatsApp launched a Beta Program to monitor the user experience to share statuses with apps like Instagram, Facebook, Gmail, or Google Photos. It is to be noted that though a user can share their statuses with Facebook or other Apps, a WhatsApp account is not going to be linked with them, as it is claimed in the news.

This feature will be like any other application that lets users share their data from one app to another. The new feature in the back-end will use the standard data sharing APIs used in current Android or iOS smartphone Apps.

How the feature will be accepted when it rolls out, that will not be known until it sees the light of the day but it can be anticipated that WhatsApp is going to attract some debate and legal actions because they are going to ‘share’ data with another app.

Lastly, it should be kept in mind that the option to use this feature will be entirely controlled by the user of WhatsApp.

image source: google.com

Also read: WhatsApp’s new features you might have missed out | June 2019
Facebook is launching Libra, Crypto-currency. Read it here: Libra by Facebook

MeshTalk Lets You Talk/Text without SIM, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth| 2021

What if we tell you that you can send messages or call your friends without Cellular Data, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth Connectivity. Will you believe that? If no, please start believing. Yes, in near future, with the help of MeshTalk technology, you can text or talk to your friend without having any traditional connectivity being used today.

World Mobile Congress (WMC in short) 2019 event held in Shanghai, China has revealed too much of Technology is going that are going to be the part of the upcoming smart gadgets, mostly on smartphone.

Recently, the smartphone making company OPPO shared a new technology named MeshTalk that will allow a user to make call or text without having a Cellular connection Or Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Network to the mobiles within the range of 3 km.

The feature has been demonstrated by placing two mobile next to each other without having any kind of connectivity through Cellular/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth. A text message has been shared from one mobile to any mobile with their MeshTalk technology.

It is said that the MeshTalk feature is creating a LAN (Local Area Network), and the information or data is being shared. Indeed these messages are sent with a new level of privacy because it is direct communication between two endpoints. (Unlike cellular connectivity that requires the base station to be the intermediate point).

Though the demo was shown by placing the phone side by side, it is claimed that MeshTalk can work for 3 km in open space and in “Complex Urban Environments.”  The exact roadmap for this feature to be available in smartphones has not been announced yet. Understandably, this feature is initially targeted to be launched with OPPO sets only as it requires a dedicated chipset.

But nobody knows what exactly the future has on its plate to offer. The feature might get adopted by other smartphone makers if it is going to be successful commercially.

Till then, we have to keep using Cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Connectivity.

 See the official tweet by OPPO: 

Imagine a decentralized short-range communications solution that enables you to talk and send messages without the need for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or cellular data when up to 3km with another device.

Say hello to MeshTalk. 📡 #MoreThanTheSeen #MWC19 pic.twitter.com/MIGWG2OgQx

— OPPO (@oppo) June 26, 2019

image source: https://techknowtalkies.blogspot.com  

SEND YOUR NAME TO MARS

In a recent post, NASA has mentioned that you can send your names along with the Mars 2020 rover, which is gearing up for its seven-month journey to the red planet. If you submit your name, you will be issued a boarding pass from NASA that contains information about the launch site, arrival site, and the name of the rocket. Pretty cool, right! Let’s see how to do it. Let us know how you can send your name to mars?

1. Go to the site https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/. 
   
   
   
2.  Fill in the necessary details, i.e., the First Name, Last Name, Country, Postal Code, and mail ID. Click on the ‘SEND MY NAME TO MARS’ button.
3. Voila! You will be given a boarding pass that looks like this:

Mars 2020 will be the first mission to look for signs of past life on the Red Planet. The rover will collect and store samples of rock and soil on the surface for a potential future mission to bring back to Earth. It is supposed to be launched in July 2020.

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3D Animals From Google Camera with Your Android/iOS | 2021

The Tweet by @Android really changed everything about AR. The Augmented Reality has now reached its next level. Let us come to the point straight away without beating around the bush. You can now bring 3D animals using the Google Camera of your Android/iPhone to the real world.

Just follow these simple steps:

• Search any well-known animal names (say, Tiger)

Search Result For Tiger

• In the search result, along with the regular search result you will get to see a big animated for of the animal you searched for under the caption “Meet a life-sized ‘Tiger’ up close.”

Click on 'View in your space.'

• Click on the 'View in 3D' option.
• You will get to see the animated animal (making sound) with the option 'View in your space.'
• Hit 'View in your space' and give access to media and sound to your phone.
• The camera will be opened. Move your phone in a circular motion centering a point on the floor.
• See the magic. The animal(Tiger) will appear Live.
• Now, you can give your creative pose with your favorite animal.

For the time being, the number of animals coming alive is limited. It seems Google will keep adding to the list, and someday each animal will be covered.

Supported 3D animals' list

We are listing down the name of the animals currently supported in Android AR: Cheetah, lion, tiger, ball python, alpine goat, emperor penguin, panda, wolf, angler fish, octopus, kitten, dog, Rottweiler, great white shark, hedgehog, sea turtle, eagle, Shetland pony.

Please join us in exploring and comment if you find anything new.

See the official tweet: 

AR in Search will have you feline excited. Bring 3D objects from your #Android phone to the real world with these easy steps. pic.twitter.com/KC7egBL5ll

— Android (@Android) June 12, 2019

Note: For this feature to work correctly, your phone needs to have GPS, compass, accelerometer, and gyro sensor. It will not work in the absence of any one of these.

Realme Beast Equipped with 64 MP Shooter

Realme, a relatively new entrant in the budget smartphones has confirmed that it is working on a new smartphone that is equipped with 64-megapixel camera sensor.

 

CEO Madhav Sheth has tweeted a photo taken from the 64-megapixel Samsung GW1 sensor. It comes with a mega 1.6µm pixel and 1/1.72” sensor. The ISOCELL Bright’s tetra cell technology improves light sensitivity in low-light conditions. It is also provided with a smart WDR feature that permits multiple exposures in a single shot, resulting in greater detail for bright and dark areas. The advanced Super-PD PDAF sensors can identify the distance of fast-moving objects even in low light resulting in fast and accurate autofocusing. 

The photos shared by Sheth compare pictures taken by the Realme 64MP AI quad camera and Redmi Note 7 pro 48MP triple camera.

Here's a glimpse of what this realme prototype can do. Even compared it with some other flagship model in a more premium price segment. Buckle up and #DareToLeap to some real exciting camera experience this year. pic.twitter.com/kVgz9griQy

— Madhav X (@MadhavSheth1) June 25, 2019

We can easily infer that the photos taken by the 64MP shooter are crisper and more detailed than the Note 7 pro camera.

Sheth has confirmed that this smartphone will be launched first in India. Any other details of this phone have not yet been released.

image source:google.com

OnePlus TV Launched Sooner than We Expected

This Article Contains:

• OnePlus is going to launch its smart android TV
• The TV will act as a smart hub in a smart home
• Expected date of release and specifications

1+ = Never Settle

It seems that One Plus will not get settled down with its primary product Android Smart Phone. OnePlus has already grabbed the smartphone space by offering high-end phones at reasonable prices. Now it seems the company is going to take a shot in the entertainment sector also. Though it was only hinted that OnePlus had been working on a TV project, but now It is all over the news that OnePlus is going to launch an Android-based TV by the end of this year, sooner than everybody expected.

 The current CEO, Pete Lau, back in September, unveiled the news of the TV project by OnePlus. He revealed that the OnePlus TV will debut with a “total connected” experience and emerge as a “premium, flagship TV.” As that sounds, the TV is not going to be a ‘regular’ smart Android TV, but an ‘intelligent smart hub.’

 It is rumored that the TV will act as a smart hub that will drive and control other smart home appliances. The TV is expected to compete with the already existing Xiaomi’s MI TV series.

Though Twitter is flooded with the news of the OnePlus TV, the actual date of the launch is found nowhere. It is also unclear whether the Android Smart Hub TV will get launched in India or in global markets. The price range of the TV is not mentioned anywhere, but as the description suggested, it is evident that the OnePlus TV will not be much affordable.

In a media interview, the CEO said, "The home - perhaps the most important environment experience - is just starting to enjoy the benefits of intelligent connectivity. Something that seems as simple as displaying the photos from your mobile phone to a television is still difficult to achieve. With the development of AI technology, our imagination is endless - and we are looking forward to the future."

Last year the company already made a contest to name their TV in OnePlus Community. The finalized name is not in the news, though; we may have to wait for the moment it will see the light of the day.

Stay tuned to know more. 

See here the tweet: ..... have very high expectations from it, what about you? #OnePlus #OnePlusTV 😀 pic.twitter.com/qzCJnfozi4

— Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) June 21, 2019

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How Under-Display Camera or ‘Notch-Less’ Display Works | 2021

How many of us have been irritated by the notch on the top of the screen? How many of us have wanted a true full-screen bezel-less display? Well, Vivo achieved the same by using a motorized pop-up camera. But that limits the sensor size of the  front camera, which in  turn compromises the quality of the photos.

Xiaomi has unveiled its Under-Display Camera Technology to provide a Full-Screen Display coexisting with a front camera. Currently, they are exploring the possibility of hiding the front camera under the display itself! When the selfie camera is activated, the display area over the camera becomes transparent instantly, allowing light to enter. Let us see how Xiaomi plans to achieve this.

They use a custom display with a small area of a transparent display, which is made using a special low-reflective glass with high transmittance. When not in camera mode, the transparent display acts like a regular screen, allowing you to use the entire screen as a display. The front camera is hidden under the transparent display, which itself doubles as a camera lens.

Since this display embedded camera combo allows more light to enter the lens, it produces clearer and crisper photos than the currently used pinhole camera. When the display is turned off, the camera disappears and results in a black surface that is entirely seamless. Moreover, this technology will also allow smartphone companies to use larger lenses for the front camera, which has been so far restrained by the size of the notch.

So very soon, we can bid goodbye to the notch that has been bothering us and get a true full-screen display.

See below the official Tweet from Xiaomi.

Do you want a sneak peek at the future? Here you go...introducing you to Under-Display Camera technology!#Xiaomi #InnovationForEveryone pic.twitter.com/d2HL6FHkh1

— Xiaomi #PopUpInStyle (@Xiaomi) June 3, 2019

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PUBG LITE India Pre-registration Event | 2019

This Article Contains: 

• PUBG Lite for PC is going to be released in Asian Countries, including India
• Requirements of PC have been discussed.
• How to pre-register and get rewarded: link is available at the end
• To log in and transitioning game with existing credentials 

Toned down version of PUBG called PUBG LITE is going to get released in India very soon. After a successful launch of PUBG Lite in countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brazil, and Bangladesh, the lightweight version of this game is confirmed to be released in India and many other Asian countries. The official PUBG India Facebook page released a picture including a silhouette of the Taj Mahal with the Words ‘PUBG LITE COMING SOON’.

Targeting the largest market for PUBG for the battle royale game, it is revealed in the news that early birds with pre-registration will get a free gift. Though the official date for releasing the game is not unveiled, the last date of the pre-registration to the PUBG LITE version is 3^rd July.

PUBG in the mobile gaming sector managed to make a great deal of success in the Asian country. Cheap data rates and reasonable mobile specs PUBG mobile makers dominated the Asian market in no time. PUBG for the PC version was yet to be launched because of its high-end requirements.

But finally, in SAARC countries pre-registration had already begun on June 20. Few keys not to be missed:

1. During this registration players who are new have to create an account for free at the PUBG LITE website
2. Other mobile users can log in to the website with their old mobile credentials
3. Once the account is created, players link their Steam, Xbox, PS4 account by clicking ‘Participate in Event.’
4. Players with pre-registration will be awarded Tiger M46 and the Cheetah Parachute
5. There are conditional awards for the players also. If the pre-registration exceeds over 100K, players will be awarded with Black Scarf, Punk Glasses, and Bloody Combat Pants.
6. The Gold PUBG scarf, Striped Long-sleeved Shirt and Red Sports Top will be made available as if the registration benchmark exceeds 200K registration
7. The awards will be entertained via in-game codes, and players will be notified through registered email.

Poster from Official Website

Before the actual game is rolled out, download link to the Beta version of the game will be sent to the registered players via their email.

For the time being PUBG LITE version is PC only game. Though a mobile version can be launched in India, confirmation has not been done yet. The lightweight version of PUBG do not need dedicated GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to be available on the PC. The requirements of the Game is as below:

• Core i3, 2.4 GHz processor
• Minimum 4GB RAM, 4GB storage
• Inbuilt Intel HD Graphics 4000 or AMD Radeon HD7870 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 is recommended

This photo is for illustration purposes only.

PUBG Lite will be free to play, unlike the fully-loaded PC version.

Click here for pre-registration

Please drop a query if there is any. 

PUBG LITE Trailer:

Watch the trailer on YouTube

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Lunar Ice for Fueling Rocket in Near Future: Jeff Bezos

This article contains:

• Information about Lunar ice and its proof
• The vision of Jeff Bezos to convert the Lunar ice into the fuel of Rocket
• Future of the Moon to be the base of the Space Exploration
• Organizations and Projects Jeff Bezos directly involved in

Jeff Bezos envisions lunar ice as the resource of Rocket fueling. The richest man in this world has shared his profound knowledge and idea of how the ice stored in the moon can be transferred into fuel that can power up the rockets.

CEO of Amazon and the founder of the great Space company Blue Origin amazed us with his brilliant plan of setting up a base at the moon to explore the space further in the coming days. During the JFK Space Summit held in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, Bezos said, “…one of the things I learned during Apollo Programme that there are deposits of ice at the bottom of the craters of the moon… We can harvest that ice and use it to make hydrogen and oxygen, which is rocket propellants.”

He added, “The reason we chose those propellants are because we know one day, we’ll be refueling the vehicle on the surface of the Moon from the propellants made on the surface of the Moon from that water ice.”

Water is present on the moon's surface in the form of ice is well known to everybody by this time. The information is seconded in August 2018 by NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 Space Craft currently orbiting the Moon.

In May, Bezos unveiled a new Moon-lander called 'Blue Moon' along with a smaller rover and spoke about his plans to get to the Moon by 2024. "We must return to the Moon - this time to stay," the Blue Origin CEO had said.

With its Latin tagline of “step by step, ferociously,” Blue Origin has been working on multiple space systems at the same time. In addition to Blue Moon, the company is building a rocket for space tourism called New Shepard, as well as a giant rocket called New Glenn will launch satellites and another spacecraft.

It is reported that Bezos invests more than $1 billion in the company each year, through sales of his Amazon shares.

Bezos also shared his vision of humans living on miles-long, orbiting space stations called 'O'Neill colonies', named after physicist Gerard O'Neill, who first floated the concept. 

However, SpaceX founder Elon Musk mocked Bezos's moon plans, saying, "They make no sense".

We better wait for the time and technology to answer.

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Facebook to Launch New Digital Pseudo Currency, Libra | 2021

Facebook is finally going to launch its cryptocurrency named Libra worldwide. Recently Facebook shared news about its pseudo digital currency and its association called Libra Association that will look overall things about Libra. Though Facebook unveiled a white paper detailing how it will work, the App and the service are yet to be launched till the first quarter of 2020. Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp users will be able to use this feature to transfer their money to anyone they want. Facebook is targeting its 1.7 billion users to initially provide the service with. Those who do not have a bank account but having a smartphone will be the most benefitted.

Though the word ‘cryptocurrency’ instantly strikes your mind with Bitcoin, it is slightly different than that. To end-users(investors), Bitcoin was something to be bought or sold depending upon the market value. Moreover, Bitcoins’ value gets fluctuated randomly as it is governed by only a few merchants.

Unlike Bitcoin, Libra will not be centered or controlled by few merchants but by several authorized partners. The acceptance of Libra is expected to be very high considering Facebook is targeting ‘common people’ also who don’t have bank accounts.

So, Libra will let anyone send their money as quickly as texting to anyone who is having a smartphone and the Apps installed in it. Reportedly, the service will be available for free to minimal cost.

Switzerland-based company Calibra, a non-profit organization, will control this Libra service. Facebook along with 28 other companies like Vodafone, Uber, Visa, Spotify, Mastercard, and non-profit Women’s World Banking has been backing this project to be launched.

There are so many things to be clarified on this service from the Facebook side also.

Considering there are several easy money transfer services (Tez/Google Pay/Paytm) already available to us that transfers ‘real money to the users, will Facebook be able to get hold of the market implementing its cryptocurrency?

Will People have the trust in Facebook with their hard-earned money after it is accused with ‘Data-scandal’ couple of times?

Well, time will answer those questions. But what do you think now?

Libra Association Partners

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WhatsApp Warning! Do Not Share Pictures with Wrong Recipient

Nowadays sharing picture through WhatsApp is the easiest. You click it, you WhatsApp it. In a second your selfie can reach your friends and family. But sometimes it left you with the awkward moment when you mistakenly send your photos to the wrong person. If it is a normal photo, then we do not bother much. But when it comes to ‘too personal’ photos or not to be shared with ‘everyone’ the situation worsens. How many times it did happen to you? For me, it is quite common.

Though WhatsApp is nicely dealing with it by ‘Delete For Everyone’ option. Just after the picture (or message for that matter) being sent if you realize the mistake you can delete that.

But we all agree, ‘Prevention is better than cure. What if we get a prevention or assurance notification before sending any picture to the correct person, it will be easier for us to ‘cross-check’ the recipient.

It is in the news that, WhatsApp will ensure the pictures are getting sent to the correct recipient by adding the contact name below the image caption. In its Beta update, Facebook-owned Company WhatsApp will add a feature that will show the recipient’s name and the small picture on the top left corner of the picture while being sent. This will allow users to double-check the correct contact(s) they are sharing the picture with.

This option will surely reduce the chances of sending photos to the wrong number and enhance the overall photo sharing experience of the WhatsApp users.

It is reported that Beta users are using Beta Version:2.19.173 or later to test this feature. Once the feature is stable, the same will be rolled out in PlayStore soon for end users.

How to Make Your Own Games | Game Builder 2021

Would you believe if I tell you that you can build your own game? You might say yes, but it would require knowledge of coding. What if I say now you can create your own games without any knowledge of programming? Sounds cool, right? Recently Google has announced software that allows you to create simple 3D games using the tools provided within the application. The software is called ‘Game Builder’.

Today, TechWorld will show you how to install ‘Game Builder’ in our system.

1.   Open your browser and enter the URL https://store.steampowered.com/. You will see the following page.

  

2.      Go to the login tab on the top right corner of the page.

• The login page looks as follows:

           

• Click the ‘Join Steam’ button if you don’t have a Steam account. The following page will appear.

• On this page, enter the mail id in the field ‘Your current email address with which you want to create a steam account. Re-enter the mail id in the text field. After that select your country of residence. Verify you are not a robot by selecting the checkbox. Accept the terms and conditions at the end of the page and click ‘Continue’.A verification mail will be sent to your mail-id. Open your mail-id. You will see a mail from steam. Open it and click on the button which says ‘Create My Account.

• Once your account is verified, go back to the window where you created the account. It will now appear like this:

• Select an account name of your choice, choose a password, and click on complete sign-up. Now you can sign in to your steam account using your username and password.
• To download ‘Game Builder.’ Search the name in the search box provided on the home page. The game builder page will open. Scroll down, and you will find the Play Game option. Click on it. The following page will appear:

• If you do not have steam, click on the ‘No, I need Steam’ button. An installer file will be downloaded. Run the installer file and wait till it downloads and installs Steam on your system. Once the steam is installed, open it and log in with your username and password. Search for ‘Game Builder’ in the search box and click on the Play Now option. Game Builder will be downloaded to your system. You can check the status of download in the ‘downloads option under the ‘LIBRARY’ tab.

• Once the game is downloaded, you can open it and start playing. The following window will appear when you open Game Builder. Click on Play and start creating your own 3D games.

• The following window shows the ‘Game Builder’ home screen.

Happy Gaming.

image source: Game Builder App

Power Can be Harnessed from Fish Scale

The way technology is getting developed, you never know where it will take you to. Every day we wake up and something new has arrived on our plate to get astonished. Today we are going to explore an interesting but lesser-known scientific discovery that will surely leave you in awe. Some Physicists have discovered a way to make a tiny electric generator from the skin of fish. Sounding too fishy? Not at all. Allow me to explain from the beginning.

Many of us have heard of piezoelectric materials from our school science books. What are piezoelectric materials? In short, piezoelectric materials are some kind of power harvesters. And how do they harvest power? Let us see that in detail. In this universe, there is certain kind of materials which can produce electricity in response to vibration or mechanical stresses made upon it. These materials are called piezoelectric materials. There are a lot of piezoelectric materials available on this earth. Some of those are well known are, e.g. Quartz, Rochelle Salt, Topaz, etc. Not only those, there are some day-to-day used materials such as silk, wood, enamel, bone, hair, rubber dentin, etc. also fall under the piezoelectric material category. In this article we will talk about another piezoelectric material named Collagen that is found in living animal body; protein to be specific.

Now let us get back to fish. The collagen found in fish scales, bones, and tails have piezoelectric properties. Researchers of Jadavpur University(India) found that if any stress is applied by movements or pressure on the collagen fiber then electrical energy can be generated. The physicists (or ‘Fish’ycists) call it a “bio-piezoelectric nanogenerator” that can power up self-powered electronics devices.

Power can be harnessed from the device they made from a wide variety of body or machinery movements, sound vibrations, and wind flow. It is initially demonstrated that with the help of finger touch to the derived fiber from the fish collagen can lighten up to 50 LEDs (in electrical term ~14 volts).

Collagen being a bio-degradable material made this scientific breakthrough even more advantageous. With adequate research and advancements, this technology can be used to power up self-sustained power electronic devices. Such one of the life-saving devices is a pacemaker, the artificial heart. Scientists expect, in the future, this nanogenerator can be placed in the heart along with the pacemaker. The movement of the heart will be transferred to energy with this nanogenerator and the pacemaker will be powered by it. And at times when a pacemaker will not be necessary, it will be degraded naturally. As heart muscle also contains collagen nanogenerator is expected to be very compatible with it.

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