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
Apple expands retail presence in China, opens store on WeChat platformThe move by Apple comes as Chinese consumers increasingly turn to social media platforms such as WeChat and ByteDance's Douyin, the Chinese...
11 Jul, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
Baidu sues Apple, app developers over fake Ernie bot appsBaidu said it had lodged lawsuits in Beijing Haidian People's Court against the developers behind the counterfeit applications of its Ernie...
08 Apr, 2023, 12.55 PM IST
Apple-owned Beats, Kim Kardashian collaborate to launch skin-colored wireless earbudsHeadphone maker Beats recently announced a collaboration with entrepreneur Kim Kardashian in the form of Kim-themed earbuds. Sales will sta...
11 Aug, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
US bill would bar Google, Apple from hosting apps that accept China's digital yuanThe bill states that companies that own or control app stores "shall not carry or support any app in [their] app store(s) within the United...
27 May, 2022, 01.23 PM IST
US government appeals judge's ruling to block WeChat app store banWeChat has had an average of 19 million daily active users in the United States, analytics firms Apptopia said in early August. It is popul...
03 Oct, 2020, 11.41 AM IST
Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat app sees downloads surge before U.S. banThe U.S. Department of Commerce issued an order requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove WeChat for downloads on national se...
22 Sep, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Tencent says WeChat will struggle to attract new U.S. users while White House, courts spar over banTencent, in a statement filed at Hong Kong's stock exchange late on Sunday, said it has been evaluating the potential impact of a ban since...
21 Sep, 2020, 12.07 PM 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
PUBG removed from Google Play store, Apple App store following India's banAs of Friday, Google Play store and Apple App store have taken down PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite app, which were still available until ...
04 Sep, 2020, 01.10 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
Government asks 59 Chinese apps to ensure strict compliance to ban orderThe government on June 29 had banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including TikTok, CamScanner and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial ...
22 Jul, 2020, 12.48 AM IST
TikTok says does not share information with Chinese government"TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law and has not shared any information of our user...
30 Jun, 2020, 11.28 AM IST
It's becoming harder to use cash in China: Fully chargedEven beggars in China reportedly accept handouts via WeChat, using QR codes linked to payment accounts. (Some have cautioned that this phen...
13 Feb, 2018, 06.02 PM IST
In trying to be the WeChat of India, Google Tez may have missed a trickGoogle has entered the crowded payment App space in India. As lucrative as it may be, Google may soon find out that the more is not the mer...
18 Sep, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
Hackers attack on Apples' App store raises concern over Chinese malware spreadThe danger is that bad software and apps created in China will spread outward, undermining the credibility of once-secure services such as ...
13 Oct, 2015, 06.08 AM IST
Here's what you can do to protect your iPhone after the huge App Store hackApple acknowledged on Sunday night that the App Store had been hit by an unprecedented hack that infected dozens of apps with malware.
22 Sep, 2015, 12.30 PM IST