Mobile

City-based Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s (TNAU) department of agricultural entomology along with Mumbai-based Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence is developing a mobile app that cotton farmers can use to identify and deal with a sucking pest infestation. According to Wadhwani institute, six million farmers and their families depend on cotton for livelihood and avoidable pest damage often wipes out 50% of their annual crop yield. “We are focusing on cotton because nearly 50% of the pesticides used in the country, is used on cotton alone,” director of Centre for Plant Protection Studies K Prabakar said. Being the country’s third largest cash crop, after rice and wheat, 75% of it is grown by small-holder farmers, who struggle to manage pests despite heavy usage of pesticides, principal investigator for the project M Muthuswami said. The new app will focus on sucking pests mainly leafhoppers, thrips, aphids and whiteflies. “These insects … [Read more...] about Mobile app to identify and manage sucking pest infestation on cotton being developed

Samsung has launched its third smartphone this year with 5G support, the Galaxy A90 5G. The smartphone has been made official and is already on sale in Korea. This will reach other markets in future as well. Samsung Galaxy A90 5G is the company’s attempt at bringing the support for this feature in the mid-range handset segment. Before this, 5G capability was only available in Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and Galaxy Note 10+ 5G. The Galaxy A90 5G sports a 6.7-inch Full HD+ (1080x2400 pixels) resolution Super AMOLED Infinity U display. It comes powered by an octa-core processor along with 6GB or 8GB RAM options. The smartphone has a base inbuilt storage of 128GB along with a microSD card slot supporting up to 512GB. On the camera front, the Galaxy A90 5G has a triple rear camera setup that includes a 48MP primary sensor with f.2 aperture, 5MP depth sensor with f/2.2 aperture and an Ultra Wide sensor with 8MP resolution, f2.2 aperture and 123-degree. At the front, there is a 32MP sensor … [Read more...] about Samsung launches its third 5G smartphone, Galaxy A90 5G in South Korea

The deal is done — Germany company RNTS Media says it has completed its acquisition of Heyzap. The acquisition is worth up to $45 million, specifically $20 million in cash upfront, with cash and stock earn outs of $25 million. It was first announced in December and represents a team up between two mobile ad companies, namely Heyzap and RNTS subsidiary Fyber. RNTS CEO Andreas Bodczek said the entire Heyzap team will be joining the Fyber office in San Francisco, and the companies will be working together to create “a unified platform that combines the best of both worlds,” though he added that the details are still being worked out. “Monetization strategies on the publisher side get a lot more sophisticated,” Bodczek said. “Publishers have become more demanding about the quality of these services.” Heyzap was incubated at Y Combinator and raised $8 million in total funding from investors including Founder Collective, Union Square … [Read more...] about RNTS Media Completes $45M Acquisition Of Mobile Ad Company Heyzap

PayPal, the payments service with 162 million users preparing to separate from e-commerce giant eBay later this year, is announcing an acquisition today to help build out its mobile business targeting physical merchants, and sharpen its focus in competition with other tech payment hopefuls like Apple and Google. It is buying Paydiant, a startup out of Boston that makes mobile wallet technology. That technology, in turn, powers payment apps for large business like Subway, Harris Teeter supermarkets, Capital One bank, and — perhaps most notably — MCX, a merchant-owned network that is developing a payment app called CurrentC. CurrentC, you may recall, was in the news last year when it emerged some merchants that were part of MCX — they include large businesses like Walmart, Target, CVS and many others — were building CurrentC as their own way to take on Apple Pay and other solutions. Terms of the deal are not being … [Read more...] about PayPal Buys Paydiant, The Mobile Wallet Behind CurrentC, To Raise Its Game v. Google + Apple

Chinese smartphone maker Realme is set to launch two new phones in India tomorrow, Realme 5s and Realme X2 Pro. Ahead of the launch, Realme 5s has been spotted on benchmark listing website Geekbench. Listed under the model number RMX1925, the upcoming handset could be seen running the Android 9 Pie OS. As per the Geekbench listing, Realme 5s scored 314 and 1386 in single-core and multiple-core tests. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the smartphone on Geekbench packs 4GB RAM. Readers must note here that the company has already confirmed the presence of Snapdragon 665 octa-core processor in the device. The handset is already listed on the e-commerce site Flipkart with some specs. As per the Flipkart listing, the phone will be backed by 5000mAh battery and will offer a quad-lens camera at the back. The page also states that the phone will offer a bigger display of 6.51-inch HD display. One can also see a water-drop style notch on the device’s screen. This is similar to … [Read more...] about Realme 5s spotted on Geekbench ahead of November 20 launch