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India to become hub for global app innovation, says Google Play executive

Indian apps and games on the Android platform clocked 200% increase in active monthly users between 2019 and 2021

Dedicated CCI regulatory wing to keep check on apps in the offing

House panel to soon call foreign Big Tech for discussion

Microsoft announces 'Viva Engage' app in Teams to help build community

Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is introducing Viva Engage, a new app in Teams that helps build community and connection, along with providing tools for personal expression

TMS Ep219: Falling rupee, Ashish Chauhan, fertilisers stocks, Movius app

Why's the depreciating rupee against USD not a bad news? What challenges await Ashish Chauhan at NSE? Are fertiliser stocks a good bet as monsoon sets in? What is Movius app? All answers here

What is Movius app?

Indian corporates are warning employees against using communication platforms, like WhatsApp. Some European banks have also asked their staff to install the Movius app for all official communications

Microsoft says android apps on Windows 11 coming to 5 new countries

Microsoft has confirmed that it is bringing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) -- which allows users to run Android apps on Windows 11 -- to five new markets later this year.

Google toughens privacy compliance, disclosures for app developers

Tech giant asks developers to give people more information about how apps collect, share and secure users' data

Impressive start: Super app 'Tata Neu' is a superhit among customers

Tata Neu's ranking slipped slightly over the past two days to Number 5 - behind Meesho, Flipkart's social commerce platform Shopsy

Apps still tracking users' data on Apple App Store, reveals study

The privacy changes that Apple made in iOS 14 to stop apps from tracking users' data have not fully stopped developers from the illegal practice and several apps are still tracking data.

Google Play launches pilot programme for third-party billing option

Meanwhile in India the Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) called Google's 'user choice billing' announcement for 'select' developers a clear admission of guilt

Samsung rolls out new update to solve app performance throttling

Samsung has started pushing out a new update to solve the app throttling issue on Galaxy S22 series smartphones in South Korea.

Google, MeitY to help 100 Indian startups build high-quality apps for world

Google, MeitY Startup Hub on Wednesday announced a cohort of 100 Indian early to mid-stage startups, to help these startups build high-quality global apps and games as part of the Appscale Academy.

Global consumer spending in top 100 subscription apps climbed 41% in 2021

The top 100 non-game subscription-based apps saw their revenue grow 41 per cent year-over-year from $13 billion to $18.3 billion globally.

Banks boost tech spend as super app space gains momentum in India

ICICI, Axis Bank now spend 8-9% of total operating expenses on technology

What is Github?

A controversy brought Github into the limelight in India recently when a bunch of youths misused the platform. Let's take a peek into the creative world of this huge open-source platform

Frequent traders irked as ICICI Direct app, website face near outage

Instances of glitches faced by intermediaries in the stock ecosystem are on the rise given the heavy and complex use of technology

Explained: How the most downloaded pandemic apps performed in 2021

Aarogya Setu was clearly the most downloaded app in this space globally with over 100 million plus downloads

Top headlines: PLI scheme targets jobs; mobile apps struggle for money

The govt's ambitious target of generating 6 mn jobs from the PLI scheme will hinge on five of the 14 specified sectors.

India's app economy needs a satisfactory consumer grievance redressal forum

The conventional consumer grievance redress mechanisms are expensive and arduous, and lack the legislative backing to tackle these emerging challenges

Worldwide app downloads up 2.7%, totaled 36.1 billion last quarter

In total, worldwide app downloads reached 36.1 billion in Q4 2021, a 2.7 per cent year-over-year increase