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It also appears that Apple set conditions on how Apple Pay should be used in merchants apps and websites. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Apple Pay accused of exclusionary tactics by rivals, EU launches two...

The investigation follows complaints from Spotify and an e-book distributor on the impact of App Store's rules on the...

16 Jun 2020 5:45 PM IST

WhatsApp has about 400 million users in India. It has been testing its payments service in India - based on UPI - with about a million users. (Representative Image)

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Soon expected to launch in India, WhatsApp payments become available...

Stalled by regulatory hurdles, plans are afoot to integrate WhatsApp services with JioMart to take on rivals Paytm,...

16 Jun 2020 5:11 PM IST

The app was suspended ahead of an Amnesty International report analyzing contact tracing apps from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which found that the Norwegian app was one of the most alarming for privacy because of its live or near-live tracking of users locations. The rights group said it shared its findings with authorities earlier this month and urged them to change course.

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Privacy violation not justified anymore as case count drops, Norways...

Norway currently has between 50 and 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

15 Jun 2020 9:57 PM IST

ShareChat heavily relies on IT infrastructure, given the high-intensity data and high volume of content and traffic the platform generates, such as posts, likes, views, and followers. A large proportion of its active users hail from tier-II and III cities, with the majority of them relying on 2G networks.

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Multi-language social media ShareChat now operates on Google Cloud

It will help ShareChat scale up and enhance performance of the app that serves more than 60 million monthly active users...

15 Jun 2020 9:11 PM IST

If there were no news content available on Facebook in Australia, we are confident the impact on Facebooks community metrics and revenues in Australia would not be significant, Facebook said in a thinly veiled threat to boycott local news companies.

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We won't pay for profiting off your content, Facebook, like Google,...

Can't expect two tech companies to solve Australian media's problems, says Facebook, dismissing its role in creating...

15 Jun 2020 8:24 PM IST

The European Federation of Journalists, the European Publishers Council and the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) say they are alarmed by the rise in online disinformation during the pandemic , which has had a devastating impact on public health efforts . (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Pax Ahimsa Gethen)

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Get Google, Facebook to crackdown on fake news, but keep press freedom...

Among measures urged is a meaningful sanctions regime so co-signatories of the 'Code of Good Practice' have an...

15 Jun 2020 7:24 PM IST

$The AI-based system captures images of the field view and computes the distance as per criteria set by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In this representative image, people enjoy the warm weather on the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, June 13, 2020. The Spanish government has announced that the northwestern region of Galicia will move next week to what the government calls \the new normal,\ when some rules, such as wearing face masks when social distancing is not possible, will remain in place. (Photo | AP)$ Technology