TikTok, bowing to EU, withdraws rewards programmeTikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to ...
05 Aug, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewardsThe EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an "addictive" feature on it that rewards users ...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.07 AM IST
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite's reward programmeA key feature of TikTok Lite may be suspended in the European Union on Thursday, the European Commission said, if TikTok does not provide a...
22 Apr, 2024, 10.34 PM IST
TikTok quizzed by EU on TikTok Lite launch in France, SpainThe move by EU industry chief Thierry Breton under EU tech rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) comes two months after he opened a...
17 Apr, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
Xiaomi showcases prototype of wireless AR glasses at Mobile World Congress at BarcelonaXiaomi revealed its prototype, Wireless AR glasses at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona. The prototype claims to have a ‘retina-level’...
27 Feb, 2023, 10.14 PM IST
China expresses concern over banning of appsIndia should treat all foreign investors, including Chinese firms, in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, Feng said, according to ...
17 Feb, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Govt to keep close eye on Chinese origin appsThis came a day after it was revealed that 54 such apps, including many from the stables of large Chinese technology companies such as Alib...
15 Feb, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
China apps ban: Gaming, beauty and dating apps dominate latest listThis is the fifth round of major bans of Chinese apps by the Indian government following border tensions with China in 2020.
14 Feb, 2022, 05.37 PM IST
Facebook lets users create and watch Reels on its platformIndia is the first market where this feature is being piloted with select creators
09 Mar, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
List of banned Chinese apps gets 15 new entries, most are 'lite', 'pro' versionsAmong the new apps included in the list are photo editor AirBrush, short video and prediction tool Meipai and camera app BoXxCAM, which are...
05 Aug, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
Homegrown apps like TakaTak, Moj & Josh make early gains on the back of TikTok banIn terms of time spent per user, TakaTak led the charts with 23 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for Moj, and 7.4 minutes for Josh, accordin...
04 Aug, 2020, 10.04 PM IST
India blocks top Chinese apps Baidu, Weibo, to be taken off from app storesBaidu Search and Weibo, among the most influential apps of China and dubbed as the country’s answer to Google search and Twitter respective...
04 Aug, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Internet rights body questions govt's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, files RTIThe firm filed a Right To Information (RTI) seeking reasons behind the ban but was informed that information is "restricted" and "prohibite...
30 Jul, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
2nd digital strike targets clones of banned China apps, Google and Apple Inc directed to remove these appsGoogle and Apple Inc, which run popular mobile operating systems Android and iOS, respectively, were directed to remove these apps from the...
28 Jul, 2020, 07.50 AM IST
Govt bans 47 more Chinese apps citing risks to national sovereignty, integrity and defenceThe source privy to the development said that the 47 additional Chinese apps that have been banned now were clones and variants of the apps...
27 Jul, 2020, 06.56 PM IST
Chinese TikTok clones vying to click with Indians, three now in Google Play Store's top 10 listA raft of Indian short-video apps, such as Trell, Bolo Indya, Chingari and Mitron, have not been far behind, aggressively trying to fill Ti...
18 Jul, 2020, 07.18 AM IST
ByteDance discontinues Vigo Video, Vigo Lite apps in IndiaThe message said the users can choose to get their videos transferred to TikTok, download or delete all their Vigo data from the app.
15 Jun, 2020, 03.06 PM IST