KATHMANDU: It is unquestionable truth that mobile phones are ubiquitous. The services and wonderful usefulness of the small gadgets have made them an integral part of human race. Our lives have been more comfortable with the services provided by them and now without their existence and services we probably think that hardship is sure to devour us. The technology has driven quite fast and the computing parts are decreasing in size. The recent development in mobile applications is serving us more and in future, we can predict that their services will be beyond our imaginations. The mobile operating systems like android, iOS and Windows are ahead in providing services to us through different mobile apps.
Today, we have already started using applications developed in our country. Like Mobile Cash which is one of the in-house projects developed by Leapfrog Inc for Kumari Bank — a mobile phone based payment system. We are also aware of Global Bank’s application for banking transactions. There are companies like Swastik IT Co Pvt Ltd developing mobile apps (iphone and android) for clients around the globe. There are individuals developing apps. Still, there are vast areas to cover and there exist numerous opportunities for individuals and companies in developing extraordinary mobile applications in future.
Recently, Braindigit has released Khabar Sanchar — a news mobile application that has facilities for personalisation. There are salient features of Khabar Sanchar that tempts every Smartphone owner to possess it. The news app is a boon to those who want to keep themselves updated. Well, this can replace your habit of reading newspapers but certainly, it has a lot more to offer and compensate.
Users can select the news source as per its categorisation under certain headings — news, selection of news source — news, business. tech, health, top stories, world, horoscope, currency exchange, gold/silver/fuel and stock exchange. One can choose the language either Nepali or English.
Currently the app has made the source from major leading national dailies — Nepali Times, HamraKura and Online Khabar. However, for the full story the user will be redirected to the source’s own website.
Furthermore, use of news apps saves time and cost. With the use of news app one can keep oneself updated and
informed faster. In Khabar Sanchar, the offline news reading feature makes sure that you can read the news in places where internet may not be available. Navigation is made easy and drags and drop facilities help you to customise your news reading preferences. The Nepali font is integrated seamlessly into the app, and unlike other apps, reading in Nepali is easy and convenient. Day/night reading mode can be also personalised as per the user’s need. Currently the news app is available in android and its iOS version will be available within February.
Published in The Himalayan Times dated 2014-01-20
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