India wants WhatsApp to retract its controversial privacy policy
Google removes shady loan apps from its India Play Store — but the damage is done
Telegram grew its active user base by 110% in India last year
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Tesla finally has an office in India — but don’t expect its cars for a while
It has happened, Tesla has registered an office in the southern city of Bengaluru in India. As per a filing in Registrar of Companies (RoC), the corporation is named Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Limited, and David Jon Feinstein, global senior director at Tesla, and Vaibhav ...
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India's misguided internet shutdowns cost the country $2.7B in 2020
India has one of the largest internet userbases in the world. So, whenever the central or state government decides to cut ...
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Google’s new open-source AI model understands Indic languages better
Google’s various products, such as Search and Assistant, are already available in India in multiple local languages. The company is now turning to a new AI to potentially make more of its offerings accessible to Indic language speakers — more specifically, it's using a technology ...
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PUBG will return to India with a new game…PUBG Mobile India
Two months after the Indian government banned PlayerUnknown's BattleGround (PUBG) along with 118 other Chinese apps, PUBG Corp. today announced that the game is making a return to the country. South Korea's KRAFTON Inc, which holds rights for PUBG, announced that it's going to ...
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After two years in test mode, WhatsApp Pay finally launches in India
After serving 1 million users for over two years in test mode, WhatsApp Pay is finally launching in India. The company first launched the payment service in the country in 2018, but faced regulatory hurdles in getting approval for a full-fledged launch. WhatsApp's payment system ...
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Samsung overtakes Xiaomi in Indian smartphone market after two years
Two years after Xiaomi took the top spot in the Indian smartphone market, Samsung has finally overtaken it this quarter, according to a new report by research firm Counterpoint. Buoyed by rising "anti-China sentiment" among Indian consumers and by launching a barrage of new models ...
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Facebook India’s controversial policy chief quits — will it now stop hate speech from politicians?
Facebook India's controversial policy director, Ankhi Das, has left the company in order to pursue a career in public service. Das was famously alleged to play a crucial role in stopping moderators from removing posts from India’s ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) that incited communal ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
