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The Narendra Modi government in India is taking nessecary steps to make digital techology a core strategy to deliver happiness to it's citizen. We covered FASTag RFID Automated Toll Collection system earlier, and today we will write about the "Unified Payments Interface (UPI)" - a system which is slowly taking shape to change the landscape of how people make financial transaction in India.

The online industry has been booming at a rapid pace in the recent times, so much so that most of top brands in Fortune 500 list are online brands. From social media platforms to online shopping websites, there is no dearth of online players in the industry. However, the one thing that is universal across all online platforms is online payment system. Today, every website accepts Paypal, Bitcoin, Credit/Debit Card and Netbanking. However, there is no denying the fact that it is a hassle to enter all your details every time you have to make a payment online. While all websites offer saving these details for easy future payments, however, they are not considered safe and are at the risk of getting stolen. To address this issue, Reserve Bank of India launched a new smartphone based service called Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in the country. UPI is being touted as the future of online banking and here is why?

What is UPI?

You can think of UPI as the advanced version of the existing Immediate Payment Service (IMPS). Some people are also calling it a virtual debit card as it does all the functions of a debit card or netbanking. However, UPI happens to be safer and more secure alternative. If you opt to make payment through the UPI method, the transfer of money takes place without using any conventional method of payment. All it takes is an app on your smartphone and support of the banks in transaction. 29 banks have already agreed to provide UPI service and as many as 21 banks have already registered as payment service providers under UPI. This is a good initiative as it only takes a couple of click and payment would be directly transferred from your bank account to the merchant's bank account.

Adobe’s free tool for designers that will give them a whole lot of new features. Adobe XD is a design and prototyping tool which is currently free to download. The first version was released in March 2016 and there is still much more to come.

What is Adobe XD?

Adobe Experience Design (XD) is a tool for designers that lets them create interactive prototypes of apps and websites. It is a drag-and-drop software which is literally a piece of cake to use.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the release of Bluetooth 5.0 which will be an upgraded version of the current Bluetooth 4.2. It is expected to be released by the end of 2016 and will bring a whole lot of new and upgraded features that will change the way how we use Bluetooth.

What is New in Bluetooth 5?

One of the basic questions that everyone is asking is that what is new in the Bluetooth 5 and how it is better than its successor Bluetooth 4.2?
There are quite a few notable improvements in the new release. One of the best and the most talked about among them is the massive increase in the range. The range is expected to be increased four times. This will allow Bluetooth devices to pair even from a fair distance. The data transfer speed is also expected to increase two times which will allow you to transfer data smoothly and quickly among devices.

After succesfull commerical launching of Galaxy Phones with curved screen edges, Samsung have leaped ahead of everybody else in delivering flexible and foldable display technology to realise it's display centric vision of the future. Few months ago Samsung demoed Rollable OLED's and now Samsung will soon convert your dream of having a bendable phone in your hand into a reality.

The company has officially announced that it will release two bendable smartphones in 2017. The screen of these phones will be bendable allowing you to bend the screen just like your wallet or a cosmetic box. One of these smartphones will have 8 inches screen and in the bent form, it will reduce to 5 inches. Customers will be able to use the phone as a tablet as well as a traditional smartphone.

These bendable phones will be game-changers. According to experts, the biggest issue that Samsung was facing in developing these bendable screen smartphones was creating plastic that is durable and that does not break. This is something that Samsung has now achieved.

Keep in mind, Samsung will be the first ever company to release bendable smartphones, and this will give them a massive edge over Apple – their major competitor in the smartphone market.