Topics: Apps

Facebook stops Huawei from pre-installing its apps on phones

LONDON: Facebook said Friday it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions,...

Apple wants developers to place Apple login button above Google and Facebook

Apple will require developers to position a new "Sign on with Apple" button in iPhone and iPad apps above rival buttons from Alphabet's Google...

Google now Allow Android users in the EU to choose web browsers and search engines of their own choice

Users of Android devices will be able to choose their browsers and search engines from five options starting on Thursday, a senior Google executive...

Mozilla wants Apple to make user tracking more difficult for advertisers on iPhone devices

Mozilla Corporation, a not-for-profit company behind the open source web browser Mozilla Firefox, wants Apple Inc to make users-tracking on iPhone devices more harder...

Snapchat launches polling information tool for Indian voters

Aiming to encourage people ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, photo-messaging app Snapchat on Wednesday announced the launch of tools and polling information...

Google launches Anthos

San Francisco: Google has introduced a new open platform called "Anthos" to run and manage apps from anywhere. Based on the Cloud Services Platform that...

Apple bans another spyware app from App store

Immediately after spyware-maker Connexxa's infamous app "Assistenza SIM" was caught abusing the iOS enterprise certificate to bypass Apples App Store guidelines, the iPhone-maker revoked...

Snap launches ‘Snap game’ a multiplayer gaming platform for Snapchat app

Messaging app Snapchat, which is widely popular among younger users but has struggled to turn a profit since its creation in 2011, on April...

Bengaluru based Fintech startup BharatPe secures $15.5 million in series A round funding from Insights Partners, Sequoia and Beenext

A Bengaluru-based fintech startup, BharatPe has announced that "it has raised $15.5 million in series A round funding from Insight Partners and few others. The...

Microsoft’s this app will allow the employees of Indian Railways to connect with healthcare services

Tech giant Microsoft on Thursday said Indian Railways will use its 'Kaizala' solution to connect employees across the country with quality healthcare facilities. Microsoft had...

Google’s Czech rival wants details of Android smartphone users

Czech search engine Seznam urged Google to disclose more details about its plan to boost rival search apps in Android smartphones, saying it continued...

U.S. users can now shop through Instagram

Facebook Inc's Instagram is trialing a feature that lets U.S. users shop from the photo-sharing app by using a "checkout" option on items tagged...

Facebook to introduce dedicated gaming tab for app

Social networking giant Facebook has begun the initial roll-out of a dedicated gaming tab as part of the app's main navigation. Facebook claims that over...

Two Ukrainian hackers leak the data of 60K Facebook users through online quizzes

Two Ukrainian men used online quizzes to lure more than 60,000 Facebook users into installing malicious browser extensions that leaked their profile data and...

Instagram may introduce user-filter options, co-watching in video calls and more in the upcoming update

Facebook-owned photo messaging app Instagram may introduce some new tools, user-filter options, co-watching in video calls and minor interface tweaks on the app. "Instagram is...

Google refuses to remove Saudi Arabia’s controversial women tracking app ‘Absher’ from the Play Store

According to the reports, the American search engine giant Google Inc has refused "to remove one of the most controversial government app of Saudi...

Microsoft to end its support for Health Dashboard app and services for its smart-band fitness tracker

San Francisco: Microsoft is ending support for its "Health Dashboard" applications and services for its smart-band fitness tracker. It will refund all users whose...

Apple allows app developers to provide discounted offers to their past subscribers

In a bid to gather more customers and win back old ones, Apple is now allowing iOS, macOS and tvOS app developers to offer...

BIGO Technology to invest $100 million in India

Singapore-based social media platform BIGO Technology on Monday announced an investment of over $100 million to expand its business in India in the next...

The UK Parliamentary committee says Facebook is acting like a digital gangsters

Lashing out at Facebook for behaving like "digital gangsters" in the online world, a UK parliamentary committee concluded that the social networking giant intentionally...

Infosys launches ‘InfyTQ’ a free learning app for engineering students

The country's second-largest IT services firm Infosys Saturday announced the launch of 'InfyTQ', a digital platform to offer learning and engagement experiences to engineering...

Software pirates hijacked Apple technology to put a hacked version of apps on iPhones

Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple Inc to distribute hacked versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, Minecraft and other popular apps...

Avast: Over 55% of apps running on PC are obsolete software

More than half (55 per cent) of the personal computer (PC) applications installed worldwide are obsolete, thus making the users and their personal data...

Fresh Buddy raises $100 Mn in series B round funding

Fresh Buddy, the Chinese social e-commerce app on Thursday said that "It has raised $100 million in a series B round funding." The round was...

Apple defends its iPhone app fees in Court

Apple is at the Supreme Court to defend the way it sells apps for iPhones against claims by consumers that the company has unfairly...

Apple signs a multi-year deal with A24 to produce original shows for it users

According to the CNBC reports, "American technology giant Apple Inc has partnered with the A24 entertainment company to produce films for the company." The terms of...

Bollywood, superstar Priyanka Chopra is now a tech startup investor

After mesmerizing everyone with stellar performances in Bollywood as well as Hollywood, the actress and singer Priyanka Chopra have embarked on a new journey....

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