Apps Internet News Avast discovers 200 new fleeceware apps on Play Store and App Store that extracted $5.3Mn from Indian users We have all heard of malware, spamware and adware, as these terms… Upneet SinghMarch 25, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Latest Update of WebView App causing Crashes in Android apps, here’s a fix: Recently, quite a few android users have started getting the annoying “App… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 23, 20212 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Google’s ‘Next Billion Users’ initiative head Caesar Sengupta departs after 15 years Rarely does someone’s departure from a company makes the headlines, but when… Upneet SinghMarch 22, 20212 minute read
News Google Play Store commission slashed to 15% for the first $1 million earned by developers Google and Apple own the smartphone app market, thanks to their widely… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 16, 20213 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News $5B lawsuit against Google on Chrome’s incognito mode to continue as judge denies motion to dismiss Google, much like every other major tech giant in the world, has… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 15, 20212 minute read
Internet News Google to help people find credible information about vaccines After the fear and confusion of the lockdown year, 2021 had brought… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 13, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google Pay to give full control of transaction data to users in a bid to improve user privacy In a move to protect the privacy of citizens and preventing the… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 11, 20213 minute read
Internet News Google makes Hotel listing free on its search platform Hotels and the hospitality sector have been among the worst-hit sectors by… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 9, 20213 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google announces new Impact Challenge on IWD, offering grants of $25mn aimed at empowering women Gender equality is a real fight in India, and we still have… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 8, 20212 minute read
Internet News Delhi HC instructs Google to suspend account for controversy in Ad Words bidding war The dispute between travel booking rivals MakeMyTrip (MMT) and HappyEasyGo (HEG) came… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 4, 20212 minute read
Internet News Indian Newspaper Society asks Google to pay 85% of ad revenue to news publishers, days after Australia’s landmark law The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), the central organization of the Press of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 26, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Australia passes landmark law, makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to pay for news The Australian Parliament on Thursday moved forward with the passing of the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 25, 20212 minute read
Futurism News New Google fit feature will allow Pixel users to track heart and respiratory rate using camera Google has announced that it will be updating the Google Fit app… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 5, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google to provide more context about source websites after you make a search Google has announced a new feature on Monday, making it easier for… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 3, 20212 minute read
Business News Google shuts the door on internal Stadia game studios, cloud platform now dependent on third-party games Fourteen months after Google launched Stadia, a cloud gaming service developed and… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google announces updates to Play Store policy on gamification following controversy in India Google counts India as the biggest userbase of its Android operating system… Upneet SinghJanuary 29, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google threatens to pull out of Australia if forced to pay publishers for content Google and technology have changed the world of journalism in an unprecedented… Upneet SinghJanuary 22, 20212 minute read
Internet News Google strikes deal with French media houses to pay publishers for content Alphabet Inc.’s Google has signed individual agreements on copyright payments with French… Nikhil MakwanaJanuary 21, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google takes down personal loan apps amid financial frauds and harassment reports Google has announced that it will be pulling down a few personal… Nikhil MakwanaJanuary 14, 20212 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News US Trade Representative alleges that the digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy, and Turkey discriminate against U.S. companies The US Trade Representative (USTR) said on Wednesday that the digital services… Swastik BhattacharjeeJanuary 7, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google could add Privacy Labels on its entire iOS app catalogue this week: Report Last month, Apple introduced “privacy nutrition labels” on its App Store, which… Swastik BhattacharjeeJanuary 6, 20212 minute read