Apps

Filling Big Tech shoes: Game begins for India's tryst with mass app economy

Domestic alternatives for mass consumption apps by Google, Meta or Twitter are still few and far between

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

India digital loan apps blamed for mafia-like collection tactics, suicides

Panel set up by the RBI finds more than half of about 1,100 digital loan providers operate illegally.

TikTok emerges as most downloaded app globally on Christmas 2021: Report

Popular short video-sharing platform Tiktok has topped the chart of downloads on Christmas Day this year.

New smart-contract based crypto platform begins global operations

BNBXMAS is a smart contract-based Dapp built on the Binance Smart Chain that allows users to invest in cryptocurrencies

Google starts rolling out new update for Android Auto app: Report

According to reports, the dual SIM support is rolling out with the Android Auto App version 7.1.614554

Truecaller launches fresh version of app with a slew of new features

Video caller ID, voice call recording, ghost calling and call announce are some of the add-ons