Tencent, others begin enforcing China's new oversight move on appsThe moves comply with new rules introduced last month as Beijing tightens oversight of mobile apps in the country.
04 Sep, 2023, 12.16 PM IST
China mandates all apps to share business details in new oversight pushThe Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said late on Tuesday that apps without proper filings will be punished after the...
10 Aug, 2023, 09.49 AM IST
Tencent bets big on WeChat Channels in push to build its own TikTokWeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned...
13 Jan, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
Chatbot providers upbeat on WhatsApp's ecommerce potentialAfter JioMart said its customers could now fill their shopping baskets within WhatsApp and pay either via JioMart or in cash when receiving...
10 Dec, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Donald Trump to block U.S. downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday: OfficialsThe Commerce Department order will "deplatform" the two apps in the United States and bar Apple Inc's app store, Alphabet Inc's Google Play...
18 Sep, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
Trump ban on top messaging app risks snarling global businessThe White House’s vaguely worded edict left a lot of open questions about how broadly the ban would be applied and the full ramifications f...
07 Aug, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
Asian shares fall despite China GDP beat as Sino-US tensions, virus fears weighEven news that China's economy rebounded more than expected in the second quarter from a record contraction was not enough to pull regional...
16 Jul, 2020, 08.39 AM IST
Indian Army asks personnel to delete 89 apps including Dailyhunt, Facebook, TikTok, Tinder, PUBGSnapchat, Tinder, OkCupid, UC Browser, Bumble, ShareIt, Xender, Helo, CamScanner, Club Factory etc are among those 89 apps.
09 Jul, 2020, 07.40 PM IST
Six hours will decide India’s next digital superstarIndia’s youth bulge makes it a perfect occasion for homegrown unicorns to scale up.
09 Jul, 2020, 03.03 PM IST
Reliance starts using WhatsApp for grocery deliveries but model to evolveJioMart, an e-commerce venture of Reliance Retail, is taking grocery orders on WhatsApp.
27 Apr, 2020, 03.28 PM IST
Reliance and Facebook that rolled JioMart WhatsApp will have long term benefits for both: Credit SuisseFacebook gets the majority of revenues from advertisements but is also venturing into commerce (Facebook Marketplace, Instagram Checkout, W...
27 Apr, 2020, 11.54 AM IST
TikTok-maker is launching Google-like work tools during coronavirus outbreakBy focusing on the local China market first and targeting individual users, ByteDance will try to capture the latent demand in the country ...
11 Mar, 2020, 09.42 AM IST
Billionaire Jack Ma steps up battle with WeChatAlipay, the mobile payment app owned by billionaire Jack Ma, is stepping up its competition with WeChat to get more of its 900 million user...
11 Mar, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
China’s sneakerheads chase 6,600% returns flipping Air JordansAcross China, more than 10 million monthly active users frequent online-resale apps, such as Poizon, Nice and DoNew, according to Chinese d...
19 Oct, 2019, 11.47 AM IST
Imitation is innovation: How Indian startups have adapted ideas for services from the USIn 2007, Flipkart came as the Indian answer to US e-commerce giant Amazon, and three years later Ola took on US taxi aggregator Uber.
11 Sep, 2015, 11.26 AM IST
Apple hints at why we even need a smartwatchKevin Lynch went on to demonstrate how apps like Instagram, WeChat, and Uber have been adapted to work on the Apple Watch.
11 Mar, 2015, 02.31 PM IST
Five unique messenger apps for your Android, iOS or Windows smartphoneThere are a bunch of unique and lesser-known apps that try to stand out from the crowd by adding an element of security or alternate ways o...
23 Oct, 2014, 02.16 PM IST