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TRAI tells mobile firms to enhance apps, web portals to curb spam messages
New Delhi: In a bid to curb spam calls and messages, the government has issued fresh directions to mobile services providers. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has mandated mobile services…
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Some apps of 8 of 10 Indian firms back on Google Play Store
New Delhi: As the battle between Google and Indian startups intensifies, some apps of eight out of 10 key homegrown companies — who are spearheading the fight with the tech giant —…
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More apps back on Play Store after complying with Google’s billing norms
New Delhi: A few more apps came back on Play Store on Sunday after they complied with Google’s billing policy, even as the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) expressed concerns…
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Reddit to exempt some accessibility apps from new API pricing
San Francisco: Social discussion forum Reddit is reportedly changing its controversial new API pricing terms for the creators of some accessibility-focused apps, provided they do not monetise their service. As long as…
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Instagram likely to launch Twitter-like app by June end
New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram is set to take on Elon Musk-run Twitter with a similar micro-blogging text platform that is likely to be launched by the end of June. The Twitter-like platform,…
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Apple removed 1,474 apps on govt takedown requests in 2022, 14 from India
New Delhi: Apple removed 1,474 apps from its App Store as per requests from various governments to take down such apps in 2022, including a massive 1,435 from mainland China and just…
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Google rolls out passkeys to sign in to apps, websites
New Delhi: Google on Wednesday announced it has started rolling out support for passkeys across Google accounts on all major platforms, marking the beginning of the end of the password. The passkeys…
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WhatsApp leads digital accessibility in India among top 10 apps
New Delhi: WhatsApp is India’s most accessible app for persons with disabilities via its easy-to-use digital products and services, a report showed on Thursday. Other apps audited in the report by The…
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Apple adds updated ‘Shortcuts’ app for books, wallpapers
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has released an updated ‘Shortcuts’ application with new actions for books and switching wallpaper. Shortcuts allow users to create basic automation on the iPhone, iPad and Mac,…
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Google asks developer to build more apps for Pixel Watch
San Francisco: Like Apple, tech giant Google has now asked developers to build more apps for its newly-launched Pixel Watch based on Wear operating system (OS). In its Android Developers blog, the…
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Indian short-video apps to reach 600 mn users by 2025
New Delhi: Indian short-form apps are expected to double their monthly active user base to 600 million (67 per cent of all smartphone users) by 2025 and have a monetisation opportunity of…
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Non-game apps now dominate Apple App Store for 1st time
San Francisco: As global downloads on games and non-games apps reached 35 billion in the second quarter this year, the spending on apps has overtaken games on Apple App Store for the…
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Microsoft announces voting for best Windows apps
San Francisco: With an aim to look for the best Windows apps available through the Microsoft Store, the tech giant has recently opened voting for its Microsoft Store App Awards 2022. The…
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Apple explains why it is removing outdated apps
New Delhi: Tech giant Apple, which has been removing apps that no longer receive updates, has clarified that outdated apps are being removed from the App Store as nobody was downloading them.…
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YouTube ends test for quickly enabling PiP on iOS
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube, which officially rolled out Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to the iOS app last June, has reportedly now ended the test for iPhone and iPad users. The experiment has disappeared from…
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