Karnataka has banned taxi-hailing service Ola Cabs for six months for violating government rules by running motorcycle taxis. “Despite repeated warnings, Ola was misusing the license granted by the authorities. Bike taxis are not allowed in Karnataka according to government policy,” a senior official with the state’s transport department said onRead More →
Amazon.com has hit on a new way to grab a chunk of the $129 billion digital advertising market now dominated by Google and Facebook: sell video spots on the e-commerce giant’s smartphone shopping app. Amazon has been beta testing the ads on Apple’s iOS platform for several months, according to people familiarRead More →
Samsung and mindfulness service Calm have announced a partnership enabling the Samsung Health app to provide more features to the South Korean giant’s smartphone users. The Samsung Health app now has a Mindfulness section wherein you can start meditation and relaxation programs powered by Calm. For all those unaware,Read More →
Spotify Technology, the world’s most popular paid music streaming service, said it racked up more than 1 million unique users in India across its free and premium tiers since launching less than a week ago. Spotify launched in India on Tuesday, stepping into a price-sensitive market crowded by well-funded players such asRead More →
Google’s Material theme is slowly making its way onto all of its software products, with Gmail having got early treatment a while ago on its Web app. Last week, Google rolled out the theme for Gmail on Android, bringing a new look to the app following the new designRead More →
Apple is pulling up its socks in the AI race and as part of its latest efforts, the iPhone maker has reportedly acquired a San Francisco-based AI startup called Pullstring – also known as ToyTalk. The startup helps companies design and publish voice-based apps which leverage existing voice assistants suchRead More →
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is asking the chief executives of Apple and Google to immediately stop offering a Saudi e-government app that allows men in Saudi Arabia to track and control the movement of women. In a letter sent to the tech giants Monday, Wyden urged them to prevent theirRead More →
At the heart of Apple’s shocking FaceTime bug, which allowed just about anyone to turn an iPhone into a live microphone, stands a 14-year-old boy who stumbled upon the eavesdropping flaw more than a week before Apple took action. “The thing that surprised me the most was that this glitchRead More →
Opera Touch is now available for iPad users as well. The browser was made available for iOS users in October last year, but at that time, it was only available for iPhone users, and not iPad users. Now, the iPad version of Opera Touch has been launched, and is availableRead More →
With Android 9 Pie, Google also introduced a great new feature called Digital Wellbeing. This allows users to get insights into how much time they spend on specific apps, their usage of their smartphones, and even set limits to the amount of time in a day they can use specificRead More →