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• Netflix will offer its library for free to Indian non-subscribers for a weekend

  Earlier this month, Netflix said that it's ending the 30-day long free trial that it used to entice people into getting a subscription. Today, during its earnings call, the company stated that it's exploring new ways for people to experience its library before they get a subscription. The ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India joins the idiotic global alliance calling for encryption backdoors

  Late last week, India signed a letter with Japan and Five Eyes Alliance (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) asking tech companies to build backdoors in their end-to-end encrypted systems to enable law enforcement and other authorities to snoop on communications. The ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India courts iPhone and Samsung makers with a juicy 5-year manufacturing subsidy

  India has been trying to push electronics and mobile manufacturing under its "Make in India" scheme. As part of the project, it invited proposals from the international phone makers to allow a subsidy of 4-6% on sales for gadgets produced in the country. Today the government announced ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Google delays its 30% fee for Android developers in India amid Play Store row

  Days after announcing 30% fees for in-app purchases on Google Play from September 2021, Google has given an exception to Indian developers. The company has delayed the charges for the country's app makers until March 2022. The search giant said that after listening to the developer ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India's biggest state's coronavirus platform reportedly exposed data of millions

  India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), has more than 350,000 coronavirus cases — with thousands added every day. It's important for states to monitor those cases, but it's equally important for them to keep that data safe from attackers. However, UP's internal COVID-19 ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Google boots Paytm's app from the Play Store for violating its gambling policy (Updated)

  Update (18/9/2020): Paytm app is back in the Play Store after the company removed references to the cashback contest offer. Google has removed the Indian payment giant Paytm's app from the Play Store for repeatedly violating its gambling policy. The app with more than 50 million ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Apple is launching its online store in India on September 23

  Apple today announced that it's launching its online store in India on Septemeber 23. The store will sell iPhones, iPads, and Macs in the country on its own, after years of making them available via third-party resellers. Apart from selling its products, the company will also provide ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• PUBG's owner is trying to have the game unbanned in India by distancing itself from Tencent

  Last week, India banned PlayerUnknown's BattleGround (PUBG) along with 118 other Chinese apps, citing security concerns. Now, in order to reverse this ban, PUBG Corp., the company that owns the intellectual property of the game, has distanced itself from Tencent, which was distributing ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• After PUBG ban, Indian gamers can soon turn to a patriotic replacement called FAU-G

  Earlier this week, India banned popular battle royale game PlayerUnknown's BattleGround (PUBG) Mobile along with 118 other ...

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• Hackers took over Indian PM website's Twitter account to clear their name in Paytm Mall breach

  In the wee hours of the morning, a bunch of attackers, identifying themselves as “John Wick,” took over a Twitter account linked ...

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• India bans 118 Chinese apps including PUBG

  India has banned 118 Chinese apps including PlayersUnknowns BattleGround (PUBG) in a new government order. Earlier in ...

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• Netflix' docuseries on Indian billionaires faces censorship battle in courts -- thanks to a billionaire

  A Hyderabad civil court has barred Netflix from airing its controversial docuseries Bad Boys Billionaires: India. The court ...

  • Ivan Mehta