Homegrown social media apps turn restless for big leap
The ban on 59 Chinese apps has given homegrown app developers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create world-class products across chat, short videos, and photo/video...
Google to protect employee privacy on company-owned devices
Google has expanded Androids commitment to employee privacy in Android 11, by bringing the privacy protections of the work profile to company-owned devices.
Employees increasingly...
Centre asks telcos, ISPs to block access to banned Chinese apps
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom operators and internet service providers to block access to all the 59 Chinese apps banned by...
India’s AI enabled MyGov Corona Helpdesk wins two global awards
The artificial intelligence (AI) enabled ‘MyGov Corona Helpdesk has bagged two awards under the categories ‘Best Innovation for Covid-19 — Society Peoples Choice and...
Swiggy launches its own digital wallet with ICICI Bank
Food delivery platform Swiggy has launched its own digital wallet to enable single-click checkout experience on its platform.
Called ‘Swiggy Money,’ the full-fledged digital wallet...
Online searches drop for Tik ToK, WeChat, ShareIT as India bans Chinese apps
The Indian government’s decision to ban 59 Chinese owned apps has impacted online searches for those apps. A study found that on the June...
Govt mobile app services may help raise efficiency 80%
Use of mobile applications in public services, offered by the central and the state governments, can help increase efficiency of administrative processes by 80...
WhatsApp Business hits 50mn users globally, 15mn in India
With the Covid-19 disruptions bringing more businesses online, WhatsApp Business has reached a new milestone of 50 million monthly users globally with almost a...
Microsoft joins Google to create new generation of web apps
Microsoft and Google have joined hands to help web developers get their Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) into the Play Store.
Progressive web apps use emerging...
WhatsApp may lose its flavour as Zuckerberg integrates apps
WhatsApp has so far been a great experience for billions of users globally where there are no ads in-between chats, no distractions like promoted...