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Italy’s Competition Watchdog Fines Apple, Google Over $11 Million Each
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has fined tech giants Apple and Google around $11.3 million each over violations of the Consumer Code - one for lack of information and another for aggressive practices regarding the acquisition and use of consumer data for commercial purposes.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 27, 2021
2 min read
Uber To Shut Services In Belgium On Friday After Court Ruling
Uber will halt its cabs in most of Belgium on Friday after a court ruling that extended an earlier 2015 order to also cover professional drivers providing its ride-hailing service.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 26, 2021
1 min read
Spotify Now Trying To Take On Tiktok With Vertical Feed Of Music Videos
Spotify is testing a new feature in its mobile app that basically adds a vertical feed of music videos like TikTok that users can scroll through to find something they like.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Truecaller Launches Version 12 With New Features
Truecaller rolled out its latest version 12 with a new Video Caller ID feature addition, call recording for free users, and a redesigned user interface (UI).
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
2 min read
Pinterest Settles Lawsuit Over Workplace Discrimination
Pinterest has settled a shareholder lawsuit alleging that workplace discrimination against women and racial minorities hampered its reputation, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Hyundai To Test Run Fully Autonomous Car Next Year
Hyundai, the South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer said that it will carry out a test-run of a Level-4 autonomous vehicle here in the first half of next year, as it pushes to get an edge in the future mobility market.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
2 min read
PUBG Mobile Surpasses $7 Billion In Lifetime Revenue
PUBG Mobile from Tencent has surpassed $7 billion in worldwide lifetime player spending across the App Store and Google Play following a recording quarter in Q3 2021
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Reddit Will Shut Down Dubsmash On February 22nd
Reddit has announced that it will shut down Dubsmash on February 22, 2022.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Tencent Barred From Releasing New Apps Due To Data Breaches
Tencent, a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding company, is suspended from releasing new mobile applications and updating existing ones without regulators' approval after allegations that several of its products violated consumer interests.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Twitter iOS App Now Stops Tweets From Disappearing Mid-read
The microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday introduced updates to its iOS app to prevent tweets from disappearing as the users try to read them.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Samsung Electronics Sold One Million Units Of ‘The Frame’ in 2021
Samsung Electronics announced that it has sold more than one million units of ‘The Frame’ this year, making it Samsung’s first single-year million-seller in its Lifestyle TV lineup. Total sales since The Frame’s 2017 launch are expected to exceed two million units by year-end, driven...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
3 min read
Google To Replace ‘Matched Content Ads’ With ‘Multiplex Ads’
Google is renaming Matched content ads to Multiples ads starting 1st March 2022.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
NASA’s DART Asteroid Defence Mission Lifts Off
NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, intended to deliberately crash into an asteroid.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
2 min read
Dell Technologies Posts Record $28.4 Billion Sales In Q3
Dell Technologies has announced a record third quarter (Q3) results, generating revenue of $28.4 billion (up 21 per cent) with a net income of $3.9 billion, driven by growth across commercial PCs, servers and storage verticals.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Xiaomi MIUI Crosses 500 Million Active Users Per Month Globally
Xiaomi has announced that the company's user interface (UI) 'MIUI' global monthly active users have crossed the 500 million mark.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Samsung Electronics Announces New Advanced Semiconductor Fab Site in Taylor, Texas
Samsung Electronics announced that it would build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas. The estimated $17 billion investment in the United States will help boost the production of advanced logic semiconductor solutions that power next-generation innovations and technologies.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
3 min read
Whatsapp Testing Playback Speed Controls For Audio Messages
Meta-owned WhatsApp in May rolled out the ability to change the playback speeds of voice messages and now the firm is working on bringing the same feature to audio messages.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Spotify Launches Hub For Netflix Soundtracks, Podcasts
Spotify has announced that it is collaborating with Netflix to launch a dedicated hub within the OTT platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Playstation Hit With Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
layStation, a video game console developed by Sony, has been hit with a lawsuit by a former employee, alleging gender discrimination and wrongful termination after speaking up "about discrimination against females" at the company.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Mistakenly Verifies Norwegian Minister’s Fake Account
The micro-blogging site Twitter has verified a fake account for new Minister of Finance in Norway after the Prime Minister's Office and Norway's Security Authority (NSM) mistakenly passed along that fake account for verification.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read



