Developing cross platform mobile apps

“The CORONTINE app is installed on the mobile of asymptomatic carriers (AC) by an authorized agency (AA). The app sends GPS coordinates of the mobiles periodically to a server under the supervision of AA. If a user leaves a specified quarantined zone marked by a geo-fence, it will be auto-detected,” read the official website of the platform ‘CORONTINE’. … [Read more...] about IIT-Bombay creates mobile app Corontine to track COVID-19 quarantine patients

“Based on data sourced from other government departments, we have done a quick survey to prepare a management information system (MIS) of all those who have travelled from outside, be it international or domestic travel, to any district, block, panchayat or village. On the basis of travellers’ information, their mobile number, name and address, and their mode of transport, we have prepared an e-dashboard and shared relevant information with our field staff,” Bihar’s DMD principal secretary Pratyaya Amrit said. … [Read more...] about Bihar designs mobile app, uses it to track Covid-19 suspects in home quarantine

The app hosts a number of its own games, such as Trivia and Charades (and for those of you who remember the Flappy Bird phenomenon, there is an almost identical multiplayer version of the game that comes with Bunch) and is compatible with some existing mobile games you might have already. The developers take requests and are always adding more. It's available on iOS and Android. … [Read more...] about From Houseparty to Hangouts, these apps can help you stay social in coronavirus isolation

San Francisco, Popular video conferencing Zoom has updated its iOS app to remove the software development kit (SDK) that was providing users data to Facebook through the 'Login with Facebook feature.Earlier this week, a network traffic analysis carried out by Motherboard said that Zoom for iOS was sending data to Facebook without making any mention of the practice in its privacy policy."Zoom takes its users' privacy extremely seriously. We originally implemented the 'Login with Facebook' feature using the Facebook SDK in order to provide our users with another convenient way to access our platform. However, we were recently made aware that the Facebook SDK was collecting unnecessary device data," a company spokesperson was quoted as saying in a MacRumors report on Saturday."We will be removing the Facebook SDK and reconfiguring the feature so that users will still be able to login with Facebook via their browser. Users will need to update to the latest version of our application once … [Read more...] about Video conferencing app Zoom to stop sending data to Facebook

Being run by Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA) through 180 vehicles since Friday, the mobile shops are meant mostly for parts of the State other than Chennai. Among the vegetables being sold are tomato, chilli, small-sized onion, cabbage and gourd, apart from fruits such as water melon and banana. Nearly 1,900 tonnes were, so far, transported from fields of farmers to the points of sale. As for the reason not to run shops in Chennai, a senior official of the Agency, an arm of the Horticulture and Plantation Crops department as part of the State Agriculture department, is of the view that the city is being served by the Koyambedu market and farm fresh consumer outlets of the Cooperation department. … [Read more...] about Mobile vegetable shop services launched