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India to give befitting reply if anyone casts evil eye: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called the ban on Chinese apps a "digital strike"

Chinese app ban to create funding hurdle for Indian unicorns and soonicorns

Experts foresee major impact on new investments by Chinese players in companies such as Paytm, Ola, BigBasket, Dream11, MakeMyTrip, and Swiggy, when they go for follow-up funding

Chingari to Trell: Desi apps upbeat after India's digital strike on China

While the Indian alternatives are seeing a huge surge in usage, experts believe that their dream run could be short-lived if the government decides to overturn the ban

Pompeo welcomes Chinese app ban, says it will 'boost' India's security

The ban comes in the backdrop of the current stand-off along the Line of Actual control in eastern Ladakh with Chinese troops

Chinese tech giants may move writ petition against India's ban on apps

They believe the move is arbitrary and discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution

All apps must adhere to India's data integrity, sovereignty: NITI Aayog CEO

Asserting that India has to be a data sovereign country, Kant also said apps must be transparent in terms of origin and final destination of data

Govt open sources Aarogya Setu, announces bounty for finding security flaws

Launches bug bounty plan to test its security effectiveness

WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing

Several countries are ramping up contact tracing, or the process of finding, testing and isolating individuals who crossed paths with an infectious individual

Zoom video app logins were put on sale on the dark web, says report

The logins were put up for sale at 1 pence (1.25 cents) each and were discovered and bought by cybersecurity intelligence company Cyble, the paper said

Prasad rejects Rahul's criticism, says Aarogya Setu app not outsourced to any private operator

Prasad, who is Communications, Electronics and IT Minister, said Gandhi should stop "outsourcing" his tweets to "cronies who do not understand India"

Aarogya Setu mandatory in containment zones; private firms question move

Privacy experts and technology lawyers have long questioned the efficacy of using contact tracing apps at large scale without adequate testing for coronavirus (Covid-19)

India has 16 contact tracing apps, Aarogya Setu tops downloads globally

The firm found contact tracing apps in 23 countries, with many more scheduled to be rolled out in the coming weeks

Grindr's Chinese owner says to sell dating app for $608 mn after US diktat

Grindr describes itself as the world's largest social networking app for gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.

Planning to buy FAANG stocks? Cube Wealth, Vested make your job easier

Since the US and India have DTAA, you will pay tax only once. Dividend income, however, is taxed at 25% in the former

After Bollywood debut, TikTok wants to insert itself into popular culture

The Bala exposure gives the app mainstream acceptability, says Sandeep Goyal, founder of marketing and media consultancy, Mogae Media

Facebook may venture into the world of travel apps, podcasts, and more

Some insiders said the effort might be a way for Facebook to ship new apps without the baggage of the social network's name

Political campaigns in the US track where voters go using their smartphones

Voter targeting has grown more invasive with location data that apps can transmit from cellphones

How CleverTap's in-app solution is bringing product, marketing teams closer

The company currently offers a mobile marketing platform to app developers, with marketing automation across a wide variety of interactive media

How an app that creates versions of faces kicked up a social media storm

With the FaceApp episode, as the afterthoughts show, our concerns do not match our understanding of privacy issues

Now students can earn their pocket money through these six apps

Teenagers and college students can use their passion to earn