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24Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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India Tops Google Play Store Downloads in Last 7 Years

With the growing number of Android users in India, the country saw 36.9 billion app downloads from Google Play Store between January 2012 and August 2018 which marks as the highest among all countries, according to mobile app analytics firm App Annie. This study was done on the 10th anniversary of the Google Play Store. India accounted for 11.2% of the Google Play Store pie worldwide, given that global downloads for the period were 330 billion. Following India, the US was in second position with 35.1 billion downloads. The further positions were held by Brazil (25.2 billion), Russia (15.9 billion), Indonesia (14.6 billion) and Mexico (12.7 billion). On an annual basis, India became the No. 1 downloader from Google Play Store in 2016. Taking into account both Google Play Store and Apple ...

Google Introduces New App Called Intra on Play Store

9Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Google Introduces New App Called Intra on Play Store

Google has always been introducing new technologies and come up with new softwares for the public. This time, Google's cybersecurity unit "Jigsaw" has launched a new application called "Intra" to the Google Play Store. This app has been rolled out to protect users from Domain Name System (DNS) manipulation attacks. Talking about DNS, it is basically the phonebook of the Internet from where users access information online through domain names. It converts domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources. "DNS manipulation attack is used to block access to news sites, social media platforms and messaging apps says Jigsaw, and this new application is expected to prevent that," Android Headlines said. The new app Intra is also expected to protect users against phishing...

Airtel TV Crosses 50 Million Downloads on Android: Extends Free Subscription

7Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Airtel TV Crosses 50 Million Downloads on Android: Extends Free Subscription

India’s popular Delhi-based telecom company Bharti Airtel has publicized that its Android app called Airtel TV has crossed the milestone of 50 million (5 crores) downloads on the Google Play Store. To acknowledge this success, the company has announced that it will be offering a free subscription to the Airtel mobile customers till 31 December 2018. Earlier, Airtel provided free subscription on Airtel TV app to its customers only till June, but now the time period has been extended till the end of this year. The free subscription will be offered to each and every Airtel prepaid and postpaid user. "We are thrilled at achieving this milestone and being able to scale up the app so rapidly. This is a strong endorsement from our users and a result of our unrelenting focus on delivering a wo...

Google Launches an Indian Q&A App Neighbourly

1Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Google Launches an Indian Q&A App Neighbourly

The American technology company Google is lately focusing on India quite a lot. The technology giant has just instigated an all-new Q&A app in beta known as 'Neighbourly' (targeted at neighborhood communities) which will resolve the queries related to places and events in your community. The Android application will enable the users to ask questions to their neighbors through text or by voice and find well-grounded and admissible answers. The people can share local expert skill or knowledge, and keep updates from the neighborhood.In a blog, Caesar Sengupta, VP of Next Billion Users Team, said, "People nearby often have the exact information you need, but they are too busy these days to stop and chat on the street or in the park. And group chats keep getting bigger and noisier - and oft...

Patanjali’s Kimbho Removed from Google Play Store

1Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Patanjali’s Kimbho Removed from Google Play Store

WhatsApp's rival, Patanjali's messaging app Kimbho that was being talked about yesterday, has now disappeared from the Google Play Store as well as from its own webpage. Within a day of its launch, the 'Swadeshi Messaging Platform' has been suspended due to some security issues as reported by some users who downloaded it for the day. At the time of its availability, the app reached up to 1.5 lakh downloads and was rated 3.9 out of 5. The spokesperson of Patanjali S K Tijarawala who confirmed its launch yesterday has now tweeted that Kimbho was only updated for a day on 'trial basis' and would soon make a comeback with a formal launch. On the other hand, a message on Kimbho's twitter page said that the app was facing heavy traffic issues and is now in the process of upgrading its serv...

Everything You Need to Know About Baba Ramdev’s Swadeshi Chat App : Kimbho

31May By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Everything You Need to Know About Baba Ramdev’s Swadeshi Chat App : Kimbho

After the telecommunication sector, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev is venturing into the social media sector. Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has now introduced a new messaging application called Kimbho, right after launching its very own sim card in association with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Tuesday. It is being strongly believed that Patanjali's Kimbho has been created to give a tough competition to the most popular messaging platform, Whatsapp Messenger and also to other similar apps. The tagline of this Indian application says "AB BHARAT BOLEGA”, which in English, means ‘Now India will speak’. The all-new app is thus, being promoted as the “swadeshi messaging platform”. The news was confirmed as SK Tijarawala, Patanjali’s spokesperson tweeted, Now Bharat will speak. After launching SIM car...

Google Offers Bug Bounty To Clean Up Mobile Apps

20Oct By reutersNo Comments

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Google Offers Bug Bounty To Clean Up Mobile Apps

Google is offering security experts a bounty to identify Android app flaws as the Alphabet Inc unit seeks to wipe out bugs from its Google Play store. Each flaw will score at least $1,000 under the programme announced on Thursday to back up automated checks that have failed to block malware and other problems that security experts say infect the 8-year-old app store far more than Apple Inc’s rival App Store. Google will partner with HackerOne, a bug bounty programme management website, to target a list of apps and flaws such as those that allow a hacker to redirect a user to a phishing website or infect a gadget with a virus. Software scans cannot match a person’s ability to discover “a truly creative hack,” Vineet Buch, director of product management for Google Play Apps and Game...