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TikTok's alternative Chingari crosses 10 mn downloads on Google Play Store

Social app Chingari, a desi alternative to Chinese TikTok, on Friday said it has crossed 10 million downloads on Google Play Store and content creators are making a beeline to join the app.

Amazon Prime Video app arrives on Windows 10 devices for Indian users

Amazon has announced that its customers in India can now access Prime Video through a dedicated app available on the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 devices.

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

Chinese app ban is an opportunity to US, Indian starts-ups: Advocacy group

A US-India business advocacy group has welcomed India's ban on Chinese apps, including TikTok, saying the move will provide opportunities to American and Indian start-ups. Amidst escalating tensions with China in eastern Ladakh, the Indian government on Monday banned 59 mobile phone applications, mostly having Chinese links, citing threats to national security. Mukesh Aghi, president of US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum, told PTI on Wednesday that this is India's internal security matter. India felt that a lot of these apps were accessing and transferring data. We feel that the steps taken by India is to protect its own internal security, and we support that. It (banning of apps) does provide the opportunity for US companies. But I think it provides more opportunities for Indian companies to step up and build domestic apps. Because that's one area in India that has tremendous strength, he said. This gives more opportunity to Indian companies to access this market, he ...

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