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IPL 2020: Cricket apps climb up the order in play store downloads

Some indications of the size of the demand can be gauged from the fact that the total viewership on day one was 8.4 million viewers on Hotstar

Using voice-to-text to save time and energy and boost efficiency at work

A slew of transcription apps are helping journos, lawyers, medics and others do away with manually taking down notes by converting and, in some cases, translating speech to text

Homegrown Kaagaz Scanner app eyes 15-20 mn users after ban on CamScanner

Kaagaz Scanner is confident of its user base touching about 15-20 million users over the next few months

How DailyHunt is building a suite of 'Made in India' apps for Bharat

Cofounders Umang Bedi & Viru Gupta roll out short video app Josh with several others in pipeline, aim to become the largest local language platform in India by FY25

Snapchat testing new feature of snaps with music to take on TikTok

Photo-messaging app Snapchat has started testing a new feature that lets users set their Snaps with music, similar to what Chinese short-video making app TikTok offers

Microsoft's takeover would be a win for TikTok and tech giants - not users

If successful, Microsoft will take over the app's operations in the US and potentially also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

Microsoft in advanced talks to buy TikTok's US business as Trump mulls ban

Donald Trump said he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to enforce the action

Govt asks 59 banned Chinese apps to ensure compliance; warns of action

The list of apps that have been banned include Helo, Likee, CamScanner, Vigo Video, Mi Video Call Xiaomi, Clash of Kings as well as e-commerce platforms Club Factory and Shein

Microsoft doubles down on app-based consent phishing attacks in Cloud

Microsoft has said it will double down on its investments and efforts to ensure its application ecosystem is secure, by enabling customers to set policies on the types of apps users can consent to

TikTok anticipates a loss of over $6 billion from India's ban: Report

Besides Tiktok, India banned on Monday 58 other apps with Chinese links, including the popular UC Browser

India banning Chinese apps effective way to impose costs on China: Expert

India's decision to ban Chinese apps seems to be an effective way to impose costs on China for its actions at the border and inhibit its ability to exert influence

China sees India's ban on apps as 'discriminatory', calls for reversal

Chinese Commerce Ministry Spokesman Gao Feng said that China has not taken any restrictive measures against Indian products and services

Team of AIIMS doctors, IIT-Delhi students launch app to track plasma donors

AIIMS doctor along with a team of IIT-Delhi students have developed an app -- COPAL-19 -- that enables users to track willing plasma donors who have recovered from coronavirus.

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

Aarogya Setu services resume after users complain of a technical glitch

The services of Aarogya Setu, Coronavirus tracking mobile application, have resumed on early Wednesday after users complained of a technical glitch.

Ban NaMo app as it violates people's privacy, says Prithviraj Chavan

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday demanded a ban on NaMo app alleging that it was violating privacy of Indians.

China voices strong concern over India's ban on 59 apps with Chinese links

India banned 59 apps with Chinese links for engaging in "activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order"

These techies built a social media start-up from their college hostel room

A day after Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra committed an investment of $1 mn in social media start-up Hapramp, its creative social media app GoSocial saw unprecedented traffic due to which the

Uttar Pradesh STF personnel asked to remove Chinese apps from mobile phones

At present, there are around 300 officers and staff in the UP STF

After Google, Apple removes TikTok clone app Zynn from App Store

Google Play Store earlier removed another TikTok rival app Mitron.