product.

Crucial to Tizen's longer-term success will be whether it can attract the same breadth and quality of apps compared to Apple's App Store and Google Play.

Currently there are offerings from the likes of CNN, Ebay, Evernote and Paypal available on Tizen, as well as some slightly clunky but nonetheless functional workarounds that allow Android apps to run on the platform.

Enhancements

image copyright Samsung image caption The Gear 2 has fitness tracking built in

At Barcelona's Mobile World Congress on Monday night, Samsung is expected to launch the latest iteration of its flagship smartphone range, presumably to be called the Galaxy S5.

The current model, the S4, has proved to be a hugely popular product for the South Korean firm, and is widely considered the only real rival to Apple's iPhone.

The GearKashmir, Uttar Pradesh and UT of Chandigarh and north-eastern states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram are expected to participate in the conference, it said.

Union Ministers of Home Affairs, Women and Child Development, Road Transport and Highways, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Development for North East region will address the mediapersons.

The purpose of the conference is to enable senior mediapersons to acquire a deeper perspective and context with regard to key initiatives, policies, programmes and achievements of various ministries, the release said.

The occasion will also provide the editors an opportunity to interact with the Union ministers and seek clarifications on these issues, it added.

This is the third Regional Editors' Conference being organised by PIB during this calendar year. The earlier Regional Editors' Conferences