Smartphone Apps

Global app downloads on Apple Store, Google Play reach 35.5 bn in Q4 2022

Mobile app adoption has levelled off, with global app downloads on Apple App Store and Google Play waning 0.1 per cent year-over-year to reach 35.5 billion in Q4 2022, according to a new report

Samsung launches 'Dropship' for cross platform file sharing

The new update would come with support for Unicode 15. It means the tech giant would be the first Android phone to have the latest emojis

WhatsApp Communities: What is it, how it works, and how to get started

WhatsApp's Communities feature allow users to manage multiple groups by bringing them under one umbrella

Mobile-based PoS app QueueBuster raises Rs 63.3 cr in series A round

Funding led by Chiratae Ventures, Omidyar Network India and Flourish Ventures

Smartphone app that could help screen neurological disease at home

The app uses a near-infrared camera, which is built into newer smartphones for facial recognition, along with a regular selfie camera to track how a person's pupil changes in size

Worldwide app downloads reaches 37 bn on App Store, Google Play in Q1

According to Sensor Tower, TikTok exceeded 3.5 billion all-time downloads, becoming the fifth app to cross this threshold

Tata Neu App announces launch timing; click here to know details

The super-app, TATA Neu can be easily downloaded on Android's PlayStore and iOS App Store.

Tata Neu to be out today: Here are 5 things to know about the 'super app'

The company in its description says that the super-app, TATA Neu is one platform that connects several brands like never before

Clubhouse now lets creators record live room for later listening: Know more

Popular audio chat app Clubhouse on Tuesday said that it is rolling out a new feature -- Replay -- where users can choose to record the audio chat and then save it to a club or profile.

Game changer: Making sense of open source software in digital economy

Earlier government projects used open-source technology, but the codes were never opened up to the larger community, reports Neha Alawadhi

Homegrown HiHi dating app gets 400k downloads in India since launch in Aug

Meotida Private Limited, the makers of the HiHi dating app announced the first 400k downloads since the app was released in Aug 2020

Caller ID service app Truecaller launches Covid hospital directory in India

Telephone search engine and caller ID service provider Truecaller on Wednesday launched a Covid-19 Hospital Directory allowing users in India to easily find hospitals and care facilities in their area

US senators question Apple and Google on app store dominance: Details here

App makers have long complained that mandatory revenue sharing for sales of digital goods and strict inclusion rules set by Apple and Google amount to anticompetitive behavior

Kremlin asks Russian IT to develop Zoom's domestic alternatives: Know more

Zoom's decision to stop access to its service for Russian state agencies should lead to the development of domestic alternatives, said Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov

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

Coronavirus: I really messed up on security, says Zoom chief Eric Yuan

The service, once mostly used for client conferences and training webinars, has emerged in the coronavirus lockdown as a home for virtual cocktail hours, exercise classes, cabinet meetings

Coronavirus-tracking smartphone apps raise concerns about privacy

Your location data is already likely being used that way by mobile operators to feed traffic information to map apps

Buying birth control pills online may be safe and efficient, says study

Experts have been concerned about the quality of services provided by online vendors

How tech cos make us feel like we own their apps and how that benefits them

Psychological ownership can benefit the companies because it leads users to take on valuable extra roles

Your apps know where you were last night, and they're not keeping it secret

At least 75 companies receive anonymous, precise location data from apps whose users enable location services to get local news and weather