Issues between testers and developers.

Issues between testers and developers and the key point for healthy relationship between them

Understanding is the core thing for building good relationships. When it comes to testers and developers it becomes more interesting and important. All the members associated with software development have their own place in the team.

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Most Of The Android Applications Have Secret Trackers

Is there something keeping an eye on the activities you do? Yes, we need to accept this fact and this is an invasion of privacy. A new study by Yale University’s Privacy Lab and French non-profit organization Exodus Privacy has shed a light on the privacy concerns of the Android users.
 

Surprisingly, this report has revealed that hundreds of Android apps have third-party trackers installed in them. They are using “clandestine surveillance software” to keep track on their actions. These tracking tools are devised largely to collect personal information of users for targeted advertising, user behaviors, and location tracking. The prime purpose of these trackers is to gain insights from the user's data for giving them services and their profit.

Many famous apps fall in this “hidden trackers” category, including Tinder, Spotify, Uber and OKCupid and many others too. As per the research was done, about 75 percent of the Android apps are found to have trackers implanted to monitor the user habits and behaviors for monetary gains. 

Majority of the Android users are unaware of the fact that their personal data is being shared by these trackers. This research into the Apps of Google play store has raised grave concerns about the user private data. 

A tracker named FidZup is very powerful, it can track the movements of the mobile phone users using ultrasonic emitters. It can detect where the users are going for shopping and to which place. In that way, it shows up those ads which are relevant for the users and can help advertising companies by tracking the location of the users.

One more tracker which belongs to the tech giant Google is known as Crashlytics. It is invented to report the crash happens to the apps. It also sends the reasons behind the Apps crashes to the developers. The tracker is also believed to get the user information to infuse live social substance to enchant them and to keep track of what they are involved with. Apps such as AccuWeather and the Weather Channel, contain trackers to surveil web browsing activities and app usage behaviors over the time.

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Bitcoin Cash Continues To Gain Support Worldwide

It’s been merely four months since the Bitcoin Cash hard fork took place and it has come a long way ahead. After splitting from its legacy chain on August 1, BCH has shown a tremendous growth in terms of price, infrastructure and market cap. At the time of writing, the price of BCH is looming around $1631 for each token. With 16.6 million coins in distribution, it has reached a market cap of 27.2 billion, making it the second most valuable cryptocurrency.

Besides, it has gained support from the online communities all over the world with new exchanges connecting to the BCH network every now and then. Owing to the increasing popularity of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), people are taking more interest in this emerging digital currency. Consequently, there has been a sharp incline in the trade volume of BCH which is ranging between $1-5 billion every 24 hours.

Also read New Hard Fork Update Arrives For Bitcoin Cash.

Supported Trading Platforms & Wallets

While initially, there were just four trading platforms that supported Bitcoin Cash, it has now gained support from over 35 online exchanges. The list includes some big names like Kraken, Bittrex, Poloniex, Shapeshift, Bitflyer and Huobi. Out of these, the first four are the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges and are available in a large number of countries. Earlier this week, Bitstamp which happens to be the largest cryptocurrency exchange in all of Europe (in terms of trading volume) has also decided to list BCH in its popular currency pairs.

When it comes to wallets for the storage of Bitcoin Cash, options were limited at the time of its launch but not any more. BCH tokens are currently supported by 19 virtual wallets including Ledger, Trezor, KeepKey, Jaxx, Copay, BitPay, Exodus and Stash.

Paytm Brings In App Messaging Service

Paytm, India’s one of the top digital wallet and payment service has finally unveiled its own in-app messaging service which will let its users chat, send and request money from their family and friends. The news of the chat feature called as Paytm Inbox came in the August. Paytm has over 225 million users and 5 million offline merchnat users. Deepak Abbot, Senior Vice President said there is a need of combining social messaging, commerce and payments together. 

The new feature will work as any other chat platform which will let you send messages, videos, photos with a built-in camera, share live location along with the money transfers through its wallet. You can transfer the money through paytm wallet, credit card, debit card or Net Banking. The feature is currently available for Android and will soon be availabele for iOS uers. The company is sure that this messaging feature will be helpful for millions of its users such as merchants, entrepreneurs, and retailers.

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However, the company is not sure when will it be available to its iOS users. They even said that in-app messaging feature is encrypted end-to-end so there is no need to worry about the privacy of the chat. The App lets its users recall their messages using Delete for All. 

Paytm is trying to make the app more user-friendly for enhancing the user experience by adding Orders, Notification, and Games. All the cashback offers will be there under the notification tab. Under the orders tab, you will see your orders and transaction updates. Then comes the Game tab which will let you play games. According to the reports, few of the payments app have incorporated chat feature and has seen a spike in its number of users. Sending and requesting money is easy using paytm Inbox. You have to click on the Send Money or request Money option which is there in Chat. Then enter the amount you want to send or receive after that click Send Money or Request Money option. 

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Snapchat To Launch Augmented Reality Art Platform

Last year, snapchat acquired an augmented startup called Cimagine. Using that, Snapchat is planning to launch its augmented reality art platform that will feature arts by some of the great artists like Jeff Koons and much more. The details about this augmented art platform are out and people want to more about it. With the art platform, users will be able to pin art to any specific location they want and they will be able to see it when they will keep their phones in the correct location. The feature will be introduced with the Koon’s art from around the world like Sydney, Paris and Las Vegas.

According to the reports, Snapchat is collaborating with the artists to publish their art pieces on snapchat’s augmented reality platform. Snapchat has also launched a countdown clock to 3 PM over a photo of the central park and New York's skyline on the site art.snapchat.com. Group of technical people have decoded the meaning of clock and found out it is related to CEO Evan Spiegel's talk a Vanity Fair’s New establishment summit. The feature can be used to create animations of whatever you see through the rear-facing camera. Snapchat is trying its best to compete Instagram and Facebook. After so much innovation, snapchat is still behind its competitors. 

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The reason being is that they copy snapchat’s new features as soon as it launches them. By taking inspiration from facebook, Snapchat has launched the 3D world lenses which can be used for adding floating animations. The way it will work is still not clear for that we all have to wait for its launch. Snapchat has similar features as of Pokemon Go called geofilters. It lets its users unlock the filters to certain locations. When they will be near a piece of art, they will see lense. The lens indicted the availability of an art. 

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Roku Unveils New Streaming Devices And An OS Update

Roku unveiled its five streaming updates along with the new operating system. It has updated its streaming device lineup completely. Earlier we have seen updates in Apple as well as Amazon video streaming boxes and finally, Roku has joined the league.  Roku’s competitors, Apple and Amazon have made updates like 4K, new and improvised security, voice control and much more.

The company has finally rolled out a new operating system, known as OS 8 which brings out various features like over the air and over the top viewing, voice control, and much more exciting features. The new Roku boxes range have improved features are the affordable price. With the improved features, you will get the experience like never before. From the basic version to the 4K capable home entertainment, you will get it all. This is the biggest new for all the Roku fans.

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The new device range includes Roku Express, Roku Express+, Roku Ultra, Roku Streaming Stick, Roku Streaming Stick+. The earlier products such as Roku Premiere and Roku Premiere+ are far behind now, after the launch of new devices. Last Year, the price of Roku Ultra dropped from $130 to $100. This year also, it stayed same even after its remote becomes 4K capable from the basic streaming stick.  The Roku Express+ has now analog component connection for those who have old televisions which costs $40 only. 

The Roku streaming sticks have the most interesting makeover which adds support for 802.11ac dual-band MIMO wireless. Without any change in the price, the processor is much faster now. It has got more features like Voice control functionality, volume and power button to control the volume of a TV. It now even has the wireless receiver which has much higher wifi range than the basic streaming stick. The basic streaming stick is now for $50, which now have voice controls. 

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