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Google, Apple only too happy to take down the 59 Chinese apps banned by India

New Delhi: The 59 Chinese apps banned by the government have been taken down from Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India, blocking their access to mobile phone…

admin July 2, 2020

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Hours after ban, TikTok denies sharing Indian users’ data with Chinese government

NEW DELHI: TikTok denied Tuesday sharing Indian users' data with the Chinese government, after New Delhi banned the wildly popular app in a sharp deterioration of relations with Beijing two…

admin June 30, 2020

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59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, Shareit banned as #BoycottChina goes official

The government has banned 59 Chinese apps, including hugely popular ones like the social short video app TikTok and the sharing platform Shareit, following the standoff with the Chinese forces…

admin June 29, 2020

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Tech This Week | Apple v Basecamp: We need to separate gatekeeper from toll collector

In his book Super Pumped (a biography of Uber), Mike Isaac argues that App Store and Play Store give Apple and Google, respectively, the power to destroy multi-billion dollar companies.…

admin June 27, 2020

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Israel enlists help of tech startups to stem second wave of COVID-19

Tel Aviv: Israel’s armoury in the battle against the novel coronavirus includes thermal cameras scanning crowds and algorithms trawling vast medical databanks for real-time indicators of an infection spike. The…

admin June 26, 2020

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Could the TikTok gen save America? They pulled a fast one on Trump’s campaign

Oakland, California: Did teens, TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music troll the president of the United States? For more than a week before Donald Trump’s first campaign rally…

admin June 22, 2020

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Tech This Week | Encouraging small sellers to get online must be a policy priority

The pandemic is bad news for the Indian retailer. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) estimated when the lockdown was imposed. In addition, the body also estimated that at…

admin June 21, 2020

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Grofers plays sanskaari while BigBasket gets set for liquor delivery

Kolkata: Online grocery platform Grofers is not keen to enter into the business of liquor delivery saying it serves mostly families, even as its main competitor BigBasket is set to…

admin June 21, 2020

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Pulled over by cops, people can now activate ‘Hey Siri’ shortcut to record video

San Francisco: The widespread protests against police brutality have created a buzz around a software shortcut letting people cue iPhones to start video recording during a traffic stop in case…

admin June 19, 2020

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Black video artists sue YouTube for discrimination

San Francisco: A lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses YouTube of discriminating against African American video makers and viewers by factoring in race when it comes to filtering…

admin June 19, 2020

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France calls out US’ bully stance on taxing Big Tech

Paris: France and the US locked horns Thursday over taxing digital giants such as Google and Facebook, after Washington said it was breaking off talks aimed at establishing a global…

admin June 18, 2020

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Unlike 2016, Facebook says it will block foreign state ads on US election

San Francisco: Facebook says it will block ads from foreign state media during the US election, as well as allowing users to hide all paid-for political messages. The move comes…

admin June 17, 2020