Browsing Category

Apps

1598 posts
TikTok

United States “looking at” banning TikTok and the likes, says secy of state Mike Pompeo

Donald Trump’s equally vocal counterpart, the U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,…
Meta fixes Instagram’s violent content glitch

Instagram is testing its TikTok lookalike “Reels” in India

Instagram is reportedly testing its short video feature- ‘Reels’ with a small…

India pushes to develop home-made alternatives to popular apps with a new ‘Innovation Challenge’

Following up from the upbeat that India has seen off late around…
Facebook

Facebook accidentally allowed 5,000 app developers access data of inactive users way past its expiration date

Facebook and privacy just don’t go together, as has been proven by…

Jio Platforms launches Zoom-like ‘JioMeet’ video conferencing platform

Reliance backed Jio Platforms has decided to take the Zoom route and…
Meta fixes Instagram’s violent content glitch

Instagram is experimenting with ‘full screen stories’, while getting rid of the swipe for DM

Instagram is apparently experimenting with its stories section amid increasing popularity. The…

Facebook swaps one TikTok clone for another, shuts down Lasso ahead of Instagram Reels launch

Facebook is changing horses just as the race was about to start,…
China tightens lithium processing equipment exports

Google and Apple app stores block 59 Chinese apps as per Indian government orders.

Following the guidelines laid down by the Indian government’s department of telecommunications,…

Spotify debuts its newest subscription plan ‘Premium Duo’ for $12.99

Spotify’s latest attempt at gaining new customers, is in the form of…

WhatsApp announces ‘Dark mode’ for Whatsapp Web, animated stickers, QR codes for contacts and more

Whatsapp, as a part of some regular updates to keep the platform…

Global app revenues reach $50B in first half of 2020 as COVID-19 forced people to stay indoors

In line with that most had expected for the digital industry’s growth…

Tiktok, Cam Scanner among 59 China-based apps banned in India due to data security issues

Amid rising anti China sentiment in the country, Indian government has decided…
whatsapp

Brazil’s central bank orders Mastercard and Visa to halt money transfers through Whatsapp payments

Whatsapp’s payment service, which officially debuted through a launch in Brazil, is…

StopCovid, the French contact tracing app has sent out just 14 notifications despite 1.8Mn downloads

When the world posed the question, “What about contact tracing?”, India answered…

Facebook is testing a new ‘Forecast’ app that aims to predict world events, including COVID-19

Facebook has announced an invite only beta for Forecast, a weird app…
whatsapp

Whatsapp says it is now fully compliant with RBI’s data localisation norms for payments roll out

After years of efforts, Whatsapp seems to have finally complied with India’s…
Facebook

Facebook to add option for turning political ads off in light of U.S. Elections

After Cambridge Analytica, everyone was shocked when Facebook said that not only…

Facebook’s $5.7Bn Jio Platforms deal under scrutiny from Indian antitrust watchdog

Facebook’s deal with Jio for a 10% stake in the largest telecom…
Google Meet

Google is integrating Meet in the Gmail app on mobile phones

Meet, Google’s video-conferencing competitor to Zoom, MS Teams and others, has announced…

Facebook will save US users from ads bought by foreign state-controlled

According to recent news, Facebook has decided to hide all ads from…