Record 218 bn app downloads in 2020, consumer spend hits $143 bn
Mobile app downloads on both Google and Apple stores grew by 7 per cent year-over-year to a record 218 billion in 2020, as consumer...
WhatsApp rival Hike shuts down messaging service
Homegrown instant messaging app Hike Messenger, later known as Hike Sticker Chat, has been officially shut down.
The company’s chief executive officer Kavin Bharti Mittal...
Netmagic abreasts partners on scaling up applications in a cloud & mobile-first world
CRN India held its maiden event under the CRN Channel Series umbrella, in association with Netmagic Solutions. The one-day conference, held on November 2, 2018, in Pune was brought together leading partners from the city to derive deeper insights into Netmagic's cloud products and solutions
UK coronavirus tracing app adopts Apple-Google model
The UK has shifted its coronavirus contact tracing app to Apple-Google Exposure Notification technology which has been touted as more decentralized and privacy-focused model.
The...
Users’ data is safe, no security breach: Aarogya Setu app
The team at Aarogya Setu app has stressed that no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk and no...
India-WhatsApp letter game on amid data security concerns
By Nishant Arora
Another data privacy concern, another “strongly-worded” letter to Facebook-owned WhatsApp. At a time when countries are taking social media firms to task...
Signal targets 100-200 mn users in India: Brian Acton
By Nishant Arora
Elated at Indians, including top entrepreneurs and celebrities, rushing to join his encrypted messaging app Signal, Brian Acton, who co-founded WhatsApp with...
WhatsApp delays new data privacy policy by 3 months
Facing intense criticism worldwide amid a court case in India, WhatsApp has deferred its new data privacy policy by three months and no one...
WhatsApp users globally made 1.4bn calls on New Year’s Eve
WhatsApp users the world over made more than 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year’s Eve, the most ever calls in a...
5G consumer market could be worth $31tn by 2030: Ericsson
The fifth-generation (5G) cellular technology could drive up to $31 trillion in cumulative consumer revenue in the ICT industry globally by 2030, said a...