Author: TechSathi

Google had originally planned to release Android 11 Beta in May but has now announced a delay. It will now release the public beta on June 3rd during a special event named Android 11: The Beta Launch Show. It will be an online-only event because of the global COVID-19 pandemic and is also expected to offer announcements originally meant for Google I/O 2020. The change in plans has resulted in the release of Android 11 Developer Preview 4. It means the fourth preview build of the next upgrade has arrived for testers to explore. The original release timeline included three developer builds and three beta builds, but…

The coronavirus outbreak has brought a global crisis. It has led to a massive hit in the economy sector with a drastic impact on the banking sector as well. Businesses are shutting down, markets are crashing, jobs are being lost and everything is going haywire. One of the notable problems arising from this is the lack of access to liquid cash. As we aren’t allowed to go out due to the risks of COVID-19; most people’s money has been frozen in banks, cooperatives, and finances. Not only that but it is even difficult to send money to your family and…

NFC stands for near field communications. NFC is a collection of short-range wireless technologies, usually requiring a partition of 10 cm or less. Recently NFC Forum has come up with new initiatives announcing a significant update for limited ranged wireless charging technology. Future devices may introduce wireless charging functionality replacing the QI standard.  QI standard has become common in almost every new smartphone with wireless power transfer features. How will NFC Charging work? However, a new innovative plan is introduced; the NFC standard is far way slower than the QI charging. Comparing both the standards NFC offers up to 1W…

NIC Asia, a “Class A” commercial bank, was established on 21st July 1998. Currently, it is one of the largest private-sector commercial banks in the country regarding its capital base, balance-sheet size, number of branches, ATM network, and customer base. NIC Asia has proven itself to be one of the most successful banks in Nepal. These days, almost all banks are getting digitized to facilitate the transactions of their customers by using their devices from anywhere. With this pandemic situation, digitization has become more important than ever. NIC Asia is persistently working towards becoming the “Digital First Bank”. They are…

Schools, colleges, and various institutions have been hosting webinars to make the best use of the lockdown period after the COVID-19 crisis began. Girls In Tech – Nepal in collaboration with Genese Cloud Academy has been hosting webinars, three each week, since the end of March 2020. Over two dozen webinars have been already organized and getting encouraging participation of around a hundred enthusiastic youths in each session. Sadly, the webinar in Nepal has started getting disturbed by spammers who participate anonymously with the sole intention of disturbing these sessions. After severe disturbances, some of the webinars hosted by Girls…

Whilst we’re all staying home and maintaining social distancing, the consumption of the internet has surged massively. From streaming Netflix videos to attending online classes, everything is associated with internet connectivity. The ISPs have been doing their bit to ensure connectivity but many of us have been suffering from faulty connection issues. Also, all of us may not have an ISP connection. Keeping this in mind, NIC Asia MoBank has brought a really thoughtful offer. Considering this, data packages from network telecoms have also grown in popularity during this period. The 4G data connection is currently the best one regarding…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced its inaugural AWS Educate Student Ambassador 2020 Cohort in which nine students from Nepal are selected. The program facilitates students from around the globe to acquire valuable on-hand experience as well as spread their technical knowledge to others to develop the cloud culture. Previously, five faculties from Nepal also made the list of Faculty Cloud Ambassadors 2020 by AWS. The AWS Educate Student Ambassadors will be able to enjoy amazing benefits with their selection. They will have a chance to bolster their professional skills to take a lead in the current competitive market. For…

The enforcement of lockdown and social distancing has led to everything going online. Form a business meeting to educational classes it is all switching online platforms. With this, there has been a spark in online video conferencing platforms such as Zoom. However, due to Google Meet previously being limited to only Gsuite members who are mostly enterprises and educational institutes Zoom has seemingly gained more hype for everyone’s use. But the problem with Zoom has been the news of it leaking its user’s data to others which had caused major concerns. The data security of Zoom has become questionable now…

The global pandemic has driven us into social or physical distancing to reduce the spread of the virus. To minimize the risk, most of the companies and services are trying to go digital. In this scenario, the use of digital payment is getting more important than ever. As this is happening, digital wallets have started the COVID-19 insurance program. As we know, insurance is an essential part of financial planning; it is one of the best options to invest one’s money in. This is supposed to provide financial security and mitigate the risks, now by digital methods. The digital wallets…

Gender equality and women empowerment are a hot topic globally. There have been continuous efforts to eliminate gender disparity. Yet, we still find that in many societies women this problem still exists. People still don’t send girls to school, women still are not allowed to work, and so on. This prevails in many societies of our country itself. In light of this, Rakuten Viber has partnered with UN Women in efforts to promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment through technology. The main motive of Viber is connecting people no matter who they are or where they are from. They provide…