Google has launched an Android and Apple smartphone payments app in India called Tez. The app allows users to transfer money to one and other, and to buy from mobile websites and physical stores. It is based on the country’s government-backed system launched last year to encourage digital payments – Unified Payment Interface (UPI) standard. Google announced that Tez works […]
» Read moreGoogle has removed over 500 apps that included mobile games for teenagers from its Play Store on account of a spyware threat. The decision came after US-based cyber-security firm Lookout discovered more than 500 apps that could spread spyware on mobile phones, Fortune reported late on Wednesday. According to Lookout, the apps used certain software that had the ability to […]
» Read moreIT major Infosys in association with ATP, the governing body of men’s professional tennis circuits, today announced the launch of a new ‘PlayerZone’ app and website. The revamped PlayerZone, an extranet portal for ATP players, their support teams, coaches, and others in the ecosystem, allows users to engage with each other and access information across a wide range of operational […]
» Read moreIndia has overtaken the US to become Facebook’s largest country audience with a total 241 million active users, compared to 240 million in the US. The change at the top of the platform’s country rankings comes just a few days after Facebook announced it has more than two billion monthly users around the world, a report in The Next Web […]
» Read moreIndigenous digital payments app BHIM, which the government launched last December for fast and secure cashless transactions, has recorded 17 million downloads so far, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said. “There has been over 17 million downloads of the BHIM app so far,” Mr. Kant said at a press meet. Noting that the app initially suffered from glitches, […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched BHIM, India’s very own e-wallet app. Currently available only on Android, the app supports English and Hindi languages as of now. But if a report is to be believed, BHIM will soon support up to seven regional languages including Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Odia, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. As per a report by Livemint website, […]
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