Google, one of the big internet companies, has removed more than 2,500 fraud loan apps from its Play Store. Earlier this year, the central government banned more than 230 Chinese apps related to betting and loans following complaints of extortion and harassment. Complaints related to such loan apps have increased in the last few years….
Google has removed 25 apps from its Google Play Store that were caught stealing users’ Facebook data. According to Evina, a French cyber-security firm, these apps were collectively downloaded more than 25 lakh times. The applications reportedly offered many different functionalities, although they used the same method to extract users’ data. Some of the applications…
In the last few years, cases of fraud through illegal loan and betting apps have increased. Steps have been taken by the Central Government to control these apps. In this series, the Electronics and Information Technology Ministry has asked tech companies to block advertisements promoting illegal loan and betting apps. Regarding this, the ministry has…
The Indian Army wants its personnel to delete everything from TikTok, Facebook, Truecaller and Instagram, to games like PUBG Mobile and dating apps like Tinder, as well as news apps like Daily Hunt and all ‘personal blogs’. According to some reports, the Army is asking its employees to delete these apps to prevent leakage of…
Last month, the Indian government had banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok in India. The reason given was that the banned apps share data of Indian users with China. However, even after banning 59 apps, the matter has not stopped. According to reports, now the Indian government has once again banned 47 Chinese apps in…
YouTube’s short video feature YouTube Shorts has been launched by Google, which allows users to create and share 15-second videos. This feature sounds quite familiar… Yes, this is another TikTok alternative, this time introduced by Google. Earlier, Instagram had provided a similar facility through its Reels feature. Google has currently launched YouTube Shorts in beta…
Google India has informed that it has removed many such personal loan apps from the Play Store in India which were violating the safety policy of the users. These apps were providing online loan services in violation of the safety policy. Google has informed through a blog post that it is reviewing more than 100…
The central government has reacted strongly to American technology company Google’s decision to remove some apps from the Play Store. Information Technology Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday that Google cannot be allowed this. Google had removed some apps from its Play Store on Friday. It said that these apps have not paid the fees….
American technology company Google has agreed to restore all the delisted Indian apps on its Play Store. These apps were removed for not following in-app payment guidelines. The Central Government intervened in this matter and suggested both the parties to negotiate to resolve the dispute. Telecom and Information Technology Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw has said, “Google…
Google, one of the big technology companies, has a dispute with the country’s startups regarding fees on its Play Store. These startups had also complained about Google to the government. This matter will be investigated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). These startups have accused the company of implementing its policy in a discriminatory…
