Millions of Indians have joined homegrown social media platforms since New Delhi banned a slew of Chinese apps, including TikTok, amid growing tensions between the giant neighbors, industry officials said Thursday.
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Apple and Google rolled out new technology Wednesday that public health authorities can use to build their own contact tracing apps to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19.
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As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many betting on smartphone apps to help squelch the pandemic.
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A New Mexico judge found that while Twitter and other software development kit creators can’t be held responsible for collecting the personal information of children using kid-focused apps and games, Google is not off the hook.
Read moreNearly 2 million Australians have downloaded a new smartphone app designed to make coronavirus contact tracing easier, the government said Monday, overlooking privacy concerns in the hope of speeding up the end of social-distancing lockdowns.
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The European Commission has released a set of guidelines for coronavirus tracking apps in the European Union but privacy watchdogs are still skeptical.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Sony Interactive Entertainment of targeting children with free games and apps where they can buy game currency with real money, without parental permission.
Read moreA federal court in Texas ruled in favor of compelling arbitration in a suit against Lime Scooters brought by a woman who claimed she crashed while riding one of the company’s electric scooters because a software problem caused “sudden excessive braking.” The court found that by signing into the company’s mobile app, the woman agreed to arbitrate such claims.
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New York’s highest court grappled Tuesday with a trendy and critical question: are food delivery drivers for apps like Postmates considered employees or independent contractors?
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Online dating is not only transforming the way people hook up, it is changing the way single people spend their money and shaping the nature of household spending, according to one investor taking an interest in the emerging sector.
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A House subcommittee is investigating whether popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble allow minors and sex offenders to use their services.
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Dating apps including Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder leak personal information to advertising tech companies in possible violation of European data privacy laws, a Norwegian consumer group said in a report Tuesday.
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If the popular ToTok video and voice-calling app is a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates, that’s news to its co-creator.
Read moreTrieu Pham, an App Reviewer, claims Apple fired him illegally because he approved a Guo Media App, (as did at least three other Apple employees), which the Chinese government prohibited, in Santa Clara County Court.
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Finding love is never easy, as actress Sharon Stone discovered when she was blocked on dating app Bumble after multiple users reported her account as fake.
Read moreA chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates for communicating with friends and family is actually a spying tool used by the government to track its users, according to The New York Times.
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Tired of San Francisco streets being used as a testing ground for the latest delivery technology and transportation apps, city leaders are requiring businesses to get permits before trying out new high-tech ideas in public.
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law a requiring all smartphones and computers sold in the country to come pre-installed with Russian software.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Bytedance, TikTok, et al. of installing surveillance software in their products to send user data to China.
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