Apps China Culture & Policy News India to ban over 230 betting and loan apps, with several of them being China-origin With an overwhelming rise in notorious betting and online “quick loan” apps… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 6, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter launches Blue in six more countries, launches new Spaces tab Twitter Blue, which went through a phase of utter confusion during the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 3, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter pulls the plug on CoTweets The pace of sweeping changes across Twitter has slowed down over the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Chrome users on Android can now lock incognito sessions behind biometric authentication Google has announced that it is bringing an additional layer of security… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 28, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp rolls out ability to share voice notes as status updates for limited users Earlier in September, we received hints about an interesting feature on WhatsApp… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 18, 20232 minute read
Apps Business Culture & Policy Global Internet News Instagram to remove Shop tab, bring button to create posts back at the centre among other UI changes Come February, users will get to see Instagram undergo a significant UI… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 10, 20232 minute read
Apps Global Internet News Twitter Twitter back online after suffering global outage, Musk says it “should feel faster” Twitter has been pretty chaotic ever since Elon Musk took over, and… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 29, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Amazon reportedly working on a standalone app for sports content Even as Amazon is tightening its belt, freezing recruitment, shutting down its… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 29, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter restores suicide prevention feature soon after removing it, Musk claims removal was “fake news” Soon after it took down a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 26, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Netflix doubles down on fitness content with Nike Training Club fitness classes As the end of the year comes around the corner, the time… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 22, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp introduces “Accidental Delete” to let users undo ‘Delete for Me’ option WhatsApp has lifted the veil of a feature that is much needed… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 19, 20222 minute read
Apps Google Internet News YouTube doubles down on edtech with the launch of “Courses“, debuts in India, the US and South Korea Calling itself already the largest education platform globally, Youtube is taking on… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 19, 20223 minute read
Apps Global Internet News Twitter Twitter suspends accounts sharing live location of someone else, including one that tracked Elon Musk’s jet In the age of the internet and social media, where nothing remains… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 15, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Global News Twitter Blue rolls out at $8/month for web and $11/month on iOS, includes Blue Tick checkmark, Edit Tweet, and more After an abrupt (but not expected) halt last month due to the… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 12, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Security Apple expands end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, brings AirDrop’s 10-minute cap for “Everyone” globally After a long wait, Apple has finally agreed to expand end-to-end encryption… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 8, 20222 minute read
Apps Business News Microsoft brings ‘Communities’ to Teams, takes on Whatsapp and Facebook Groups Microsoft is taking a page out of Facebook and WhatsApp’s books with… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 8, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Fake accounts surge leads to further delay in re-launch of Twitter Blue As Twitter tries to continue to navigate the minefield it has found… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 22, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp launches Communities, lets groups add up to 1024 members, and more Earlier this year, Meta-owned WhatsApp introduced Communities, a step further than the… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 3, 20222 minute read
Apps Business Internet News Google holds policy that mandated use of its Play Billing system for developers in India Both Google and Apple have found themselves in hot waters globally, thanks… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 2, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Netflix rolls out Profile Transfer to allow shared users to transfer viewing data to new accounts of their own If there is one Netflix account, then at least two people share… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 18, 20222 minute read
Apps Futurism News Flipkart launches Flipverse, a metaverse space for customers to shop and interact with brands The metaverse is coming to you, and closer than you think. Starting… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 17, 20222 minute read
