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Asia’s biggest government hospital, Balrampur hospital is going to launch a mobile app soon.

With this app, patients will not have the stress of waiting in long queues for consultation and testing.

Addressing reporters, Hospital Director Dr EU Siddiqui said, “The mobile app to help patients download test reports online. It will also apprise them about facilities being provided by the hospital.”

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Dr Siddiqui stated that the app was one of the many patient-friendly initiatives proposed by the hospital. “Patients would also have access to free wi-fi in the campus. They will also be saved from unnecessary running to the hospital as they may opt for planned visits by using a helpline facility being started,” he said.

Citing another example he said, “The facility for dialysis is being augmented through public private partnership.”

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3 students from the Brandeis University in the United States has developed a mobile app to provide users with step by step recipe guidance.

“Chef’s Assistant”, conceived and created by Gerriana Cohen ’18, Demi Zhang ’19 and Fatima Hussaini ’17 during the nine-week Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) class Voice, Web, and Mobile Apps, is a hands-free application that features 330,000 recipes with voice-activated, step-by-step instructions on how to produce them.

“We wanted this app to be simple and easy while also giving the user more inspiration to try things in the kitchen,” said Cohen, who presented the app to her peers at a presentation on Aug. 5, the course’s final day.

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The app can even handle the most important instructions including a shopping list feature keeping up-to-date with simple voice commands.

“I want a recipe that doesn’t have peanuts but has carrots, curry, is vegan and contains less than 500 calories,” said Zhang as she demonstrated the product to the audience.

“Our competition doesn’t feature nutritional information of calorie counts and, most importantly, don’t have voice functions,” added Hussaini. “Our app is able to talk you through steps and keep your inventory up to date in a way that others can’t.”

In the first five weeks of course itself, students learned to build mobile apps that use voice commands.

“I am very pleased with quality of these apps,” said professor Tim Hickey, who has taught this course for three years. “All of them are very creative, original and well designed.
“All of the students pushed far beyond what we taught them in the first five weeks. I was very impressed.”

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The online market is one place that businesses couldn’t ignore anymore. There are a lot of mobile app development companies in India currently. But before finalizing one, be sure to ask them several questions like the ones given below, so that you could make the right choice. A Good mobile app development company will provide you with sincere and satisfactory replies.

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1. Where Can you Find Examples of Previously Developed Applications?

You can analyse the quality of an app only by having to get a look at it directly. So, do not wait to ask them the links (Apple’s App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Play etc.) to a few of their previously developed apps. Also, try to get apps that have maximum similarity with the functionalities you prefer for your app. You should check how the app works in different environments and conditions. This way, you can determine if the company is capable of developing the type of app that you need.

2. Who are Your Current and Past Clients?

This information is required for you to verify that the mobile app development company that you’ve approached is the real creator of the apps that you found in the digital stores. Fake companies can claim that they have worked on popular apps. When you contact a company’s past clients, you are also getting a chance to enquire other details before working with them, such as reliability and work culture.

3. How do you Communicate with Your Clients?

It is necessary that there is ample communication between you and the company’s executives, so that there is no compromise on the quality of your app and there is no delay or serious issues in the project due to insufficient supervision. You should also ask whether you will be allowed to directly communicate with your developers and designers, and how often you would get the status updates.

4. Who will Own the App?

The popular rule is that a thing should be owned by the person who buys it or invests money in it. However, in order to avoid any future complications, it is necessary that you and the company should sign an agreement declaring the ownership of the finished product. The copyright assignment that you sign should ensure that you have complete freedom to use the product as per your wish.

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5. How is the Testing Done?

You should ask about the testing procedures that the company follows. It is common that a lot of development companies avoid this step all together or give it less importance. Make sure that the company does manual testing where it is important and have a wide range of devices that include new models also. You should make sure that the company can quickly fix bugs that are found during the beta phase.

6. What about Deployment of the App?

After the initial rounds of testing the fully functional app is over, you may submit it on the app store. You should confirm whether the company includes deployment as part of the entire process or not.

7. What do you Charge and How can it be Paid?

You should request for a budget estimate to the company and ask if it needs to be a one-time fee upfront or can be a down payment & several installments. Total payment can be based on an hourly rate or a flat fee. After you agree on the fees and payment terms, you should draft a written agreement detailing the aforementioned.

8. Do you have Expertise in Building Exceptional Features?

If you want to make apps that sell, you need to include attractive features. So, you should get an idea about the expertise the company have in making innovative and remarkable features that grab the user’s attention.

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With an aim of protecting consumers, the government plans to charge hefty penalties for companies selling drugs in high rates.

The app, to be launched this month-end, will provide information about the selling prices of medicines of almost every state.

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According to a NPPA official, the amendment will facilitate uniform pricing for existing and new manufacturers for similar formulations.

“The drug pricing body seeks to hold drug companies and medicine retail outlets more accountable to patients through its new app. Retailers and manufacturers will come to know that they cannot take consumers for granted,” Bhupendra Singh, the NPPA Chairman, told ET.

“This will also eliminate chances of manipulation by existing companies by way of launching new companies; or new manufacturers, to launch new drug by tweaking the composition of scheduled formulations just to escape price control,” he said.

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Google announced a major update on its search app, now it can give answer for more difficult queries.

The app will provide real answers for question instead of just providing web searches in numerous areas.

Ask Google “Who was Dakota Johnson’s mom in the movie?” and you’ll receive a response of Melanie Griffith, Johnson’s real-life mother, rather than Jennifer Ehle, who played the role of the mom in the movie “50 Shades of Grey.” That one’s still tricky for Google because you didn’t specify the name of the film in your question.

“We’re still growing and learning, which means we make mistakes,” Satyajeet Salgar, Product Manager said.

“The Google app is starting to truly understand the meaning of what you’re asking. We can now break down a query to understand the semantics of each piece so we can get at the intent behind the entire question”, Salgar said.

“That lets us traverse the Knowledge Graph much more reliably to find the right facts and compose a useful answer. And we can build on this base to answer harder questions”, he added.

It also has the ability to answer complex combinations where one or more answers are required.

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Facebook allows Google’s mobile search on Android to “crawl and index its app” to reflect public posts from Facebook.

Wall Street Journal, which first reported the strategic partnership, quoted a spokesperson for Alphabet (Google’s new parent holding company) as confirming the announcement. The report adds that the listings will appear as ‘deep links’.

With this new initiative, photos and posts that are public also will reflect in Google’s mobile search.

Recently Google signed with Twitter to reflect tweets directly in its mobile and app search to boost engagement.

It ensures that real-time results are reflected in mobile search.

Facebook also uses its own Graph Search internally and for anything that Graph Search can’t cover, it makes use of Microsoft’s Bing Search engine, which has been making some impressive strides.

The mobile search results will reflect only in Android Smartphones, stated on a report on The Verge.

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Today, everyone is using smartphones for staying in touch with family or friends, social media, music, apps, etc. Android is a popular mobile platform used by several people across the globe. Android app development has been gaining popularity since the last few years. Businesses are developing Android applications to attract more and more users. The increasing popularity of Android phones makes it important for businesses to develop the apps for this popular platform and harness the countless benefits.

Why should one develop Android Applications?

Better Business Growth:

As the Android applications are Java-based, they are considered to be reliable and robust means of mobile app development. It is known that Android is a cost effective platform and generates good revenues in no time. You can easily make your business grow by using effective Android apps for your business.

Cost Benefits:

Android is an open source and hence, you do not have to spend money for availing the licenses. The software development kit (SDK) can be accessed by the developers. The developers can customize Android apps and they can be monetized. Hence, you would be having several cost benefits when you opt for Android application development.

Good Returns:

When you hire a reliable Android application development company, you would need to make an investment to develop mobile app for Android. Initially, you would need to spend money for development and testing the app. You would not have to pay the licensing fees. You would easily be able to achieve the maximum returns on investment when you have Android applications for your business.

How to Hire the Right Professional / Company for Android App Development?

If you have an Android app development idea in mind, you can look for companies who have a team of experts and talented developers. Keeping in mind your budget and business goals, you should employ the best company for developing Android apps for your business.

It is important that you hire reliable and honest company for Android application development. You can contact a few companies and get free estimates from them. You can compare the quotes and select the best company according to your requirements.

Make sure that the company you hire understands your requirements and is capable of delivering the best solution. You should discuss the requirements with the project manager or developer and ask for the appropriate solution.

If you hire freelance Android app developers for your project, then it can be risky. There are chances that you may have to repent later on. Hence, always search for experienced and reputed Android application development companies for developing robust and scalable Android apps. All the best!

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Income tax department developing a mobile app to fill tax returns.

“We are developing a mobile app which can be used by users for filing their income tax returns. There are some security related issues, which we will resolve soon,” Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairperson Anita Kapoor said on Saturday after inaugurating ‘Taxpayers’ Lounge’ at the India International Trade Fair (IITF) here.

Filing tax returns via online mode has seen a sharp increase in recent years.

Talking about direct tax collections, Ms Kapoor said, “Collections are doing well and we are keeping our fingers crossed. The December collection of advance tax will actually give us a good idea.”

Rs. 7.98 lakh crore will be collected as direct tax in the current financial year.

The panel has clear terms of reference. They are expected to give their first report in January. They can give it earlier if they deem it proper. They have sufficient time,” she said.

Filling tax returns through mobile is an easy and a convenient way for the taxpayers.

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Prabhat Ranjan, Police Commissioner launched a new website and a mobile app on behalf of Mumbai Police.

The website of Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate and the mobile app- “Citizen Cop” are for the safety of citizens, mainly women.

“Our official website, navimumbaipolice.org, will act as a medium for interaction between the police and the citizens. The citizens can now obtain online information about the police permissions, types of licences, legal aspects, safety related information among others. Now, the citizens will not require to physically visit the police station for submitting mandatory documents such as rental agreement, domestic help employed, etc. Instead, they can do it online now by clicking on the option of ‘Inform Police”, Police commissioner Prabhat Ranjan said.

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He asked the citizens to help in upgrading the website.

Ranjan added, “The key feature of Citizen Cop app is SOS facility for women in distress. If a woman travelling alone in a taxi or an auto finds the driver suspicious, she can click on the option and send distress messages to three mobile numbers of her family members and one message to the police control room.”

The app provides relevant information about the Traffic Police Department.

The website and app will be very helpful for the citizens regarding their safety.

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HRD Minister Smriti Irani launched new mobile apps and web-based platforms for students to reduce burden of school bags and examination.

Parents and teachers can access study material online via mobile apps and through the website “E-Pathshala”.

“We are trying to leverage technology not only to bring more transparency in school education system but also to create new learning opportunities for the children,” Irani told reporters while speaking about the initiatives.

“Shala Siddhi”, another digital platform also revealed on Saturday, aims to improve schools.

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“Shaladarpan”, another initiative taken by HRD Minister also launched earlier in Kendriya Vidyalayas. Through this app, parents will be kept informed about the child’s attendance, mark-sheets and time table, etc.

“HRD Ministry now provides a window ‘I share for India’, in which digital initiatives aiming to spread learning can be shared”, said Smriti Irani.

‘Swacch Vidyalaya’ dream had been achieved and all government schools have toilets for girl school.