J-K bans WhatsApp, Gmail for sensitive official documents transmission

The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the use of third-party tools like WhatsApp and Gmail for transmission of sensitive official documents, saying it can lead to data breaches and leaks.......

JNU violence: Court notice to WhatsApp, Google, Apple

The Delhi high court on Monday sought response of the city police, Delhi government, WhatsApp Inc, Google Inc and Apple Inc on a plea of three Jawaharlal Nehru University professors to preserve......

Top court orders suspension of X in Brazil after tiff with Musk

Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal or STF) of Brazil on Friday ordered the immediate and complete suspension of the operation of X, formerly Twitter,......

UK ditches its coronavirus-tracing app in favour of Apple-Google tech

In what has been branded a major U-turn, the United Kingdom government on Thursday announced plans to ditch its coronavirus contact-tracing smartphone application in favour of the platform being......

Google, Apple to testify before Congress on privacy issues

Google and Apple have agreed to testify before a Congressional committee next month about consumer privacy issues related to smartphones, tablets, and other mobile technologies. The two major......

Fintech major PhonePe takes on Google, Apple with homegrown Indus Appstore

The Indus Appstore is PhonePe's attempt at creating a more competitive and localised mobile app store economy for India, which is already the world's largest market for mobile apps. Fintech major......

Microsoft targets Google, Apple with Windows 8

This week, Microsoft launched the eighth version of Windows, which, like all the versions of the operating system since the epochal launch of 3.1 two decades ago, reflects and marks the changing......

RBI diktat on Uber could affect Google and Apple too

In their fight against their San Francisco-based Google-funded rival, Uber, local taxi fleets seem to have kicked up dust about a wider industry issue. The debate has now shifted to large......

Priscilla to Poor Things On OTT This Week

There's a spate of book-to-screen adaptations dominating OTT streaming this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.   PriscillaWhere to watch? MubiLanguage: English Sofia Coppola's......

If Ambani Buys Disney Star...

Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors.That is a reach just under half of......

Has IPL Lost Its Valuation Lustre?

'If tech giants like Amazon, Google, Apple and Meta enter the IPL broadcasting arena, it could further revolutionize sports media in India.' IMAGE: Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrate winning......

The web's most dangerous Indian sports celebrities

McAfee compiled its second annual list using McAfee SiteAdvisor technology for celebrity names that produce the largest number of risky sites and overall risk percentage, when searched on the Web.......