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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next?

WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months…
ByteDance

Tiktok-parent Bytedance is shutting down ‘Vigo’ short form video apps in India

Bytedance, the Chinese internet giant that owns popular short form video app…

UK antitrust watchdog probes Facebook ‘s $400 million acquisition of Giphy

Facebook ‘s acquisition of Giphy and the subsequent addition to Instagram was…

Instagram announces a ton of new special features to support the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month

Instagram has today announced a slew of new features on for its…

Facebook tests Google-like Wikipedia info panel in search results

Facebook’s battle to take on Google as the web’s search platform, is…
Twitter Fleets

Twitter launches its own version of Stories called ‘Fleets’, in India

Twitter had started testing its own version of the over saturated ‘Stories’…
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Uber launches ‘Hourly Rentals’ in India after a successful US launch

Uber is launching a new service, dubbed ‘Hourly Rentals’, which will let…
Zomato

Zomato to scale down grocery as food delivery expects to make a comeback

Zomato will now return to its homebase, and put its weight behind…
Snapchat

Snapchat removes Donald Trump from its ‘Discover’ section

Snap Inc., as a result of a decision made last week, has…

After Spotify, now Facebook inks global licensing deal with Saregama

Facebook said on Wednesday that it has entered into a global licensing…