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19 May 2023

After Longer Videos, Voice & Video Chats Coming On Twitter: Musk

Following the announcement of several new features on the micro-blogging platform, Musk tweeted, "I hope this platform increasingly brings you joy and elucidation".

14 Feb 2022

Govt to ban 54 Chinese apps posing threat to national security: Sources

The apps against whom the adverse security inputs were generated include Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera, Music Player, Music Plus, Volume Booster, Video Players Media all formats, Viva Video Editor, Nice Video Baidu, AppLock and Astracraft, among others, the sources said.

23 Sep 2020

Fearing Indian Army's might, Chinese soldiers seen 'crying' in viral video

A video showing Chinese soldiers crying while they are on their way to the disputed border with India has gone viral on social media. In the viral video, the young Chinese Army recruits can be seen crying and singing a Chinese military song called 'Green Flowers in the Army'. The video indicates that the PLA troops which are being sent to Ladakh to fuel China’s misadventures, are not quite happy with their government’s move. The footage shows the young PLA recruits in a tense situation as they possibly fear the might of the Indian Army.

20 Sep 2020

US judge halts Trump administration's order to remove WeChat from app stores

U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said in an order that WeChat users who filed a lawsuit "have shown serious questions going to the merits of the First Amendment claim, the balance of hardships tips in the plaintiffs’ favor." Her 22-page order added the prohibitions "burden substantially more speech than is necessary to serve the government’s significant interest in national security, especially given the lack of substitute channels for communication." Beeler`s preliminary injunction also blocked the Commerce order that would have barred other transactions with WeChat in the United States that could have dramatically degraded the site`s usability for current U.S. users or potentially made it unusable. The U.S. Commerce Department did not immediately comment.

18 Sep 2020

Donald Trump to block US downloads of TikTok, WeChat on September 20: Reports

The US Commerce Department said it will issue an order that will bar people in the US from downloading Chinese-owned WeChat and TikTok starting on September 20. Commerce officials said the ban on new U.S. downloads of TikTok could be still rescinded by President Donald Trump before it takes effect late Sunday. This comes as TikTok owner ByteDance races to clinch an agreement over the fate of its U.S. operations.

18 Sep 2020

America bans chinese apps Tiktok and We Chat

America bans chinese apps Tiktok and We Chat. Ban will get implemented from Sunday.

07 Aug 2020

US President Donald Trump bans transactions with TikTok, WeChat

The US President has issued executive order banning TikTok from operating in 45 days if it's not sold by the Chinese parent company. The ban comes into effect in 45 days.

28 Dec 2018

Watch that Tweet! China cracks whip on government social media image

The government is trying to get a tighter grip on the dissemination of information to the public more broadly.

03 Dec 2018

OPPO tests WeChat video call on 5G smartphone

The Chinese smartphone maker said it was working towards becoming the first brand to release real commercial 5G smartphones next year.

Bullet Messenger

06 Sep 2018

In WeChat-dominated China, new messenger app scores sudden success

Bullet Messenger, a Chinese messaging app, has racked up millions of downloads since its debut just a few weeks ago, using a stripped-down design to chip off a chunk of a sophisticated, billion-user market.

17 Jan 2018

Apple, Tencent reach understanding over WeChat tips

Tips are a popular way for Chinese social network users to compensate content creators and Apple wanted a 30 percent cut of that revenue.

30 Aug 2017

Apple teams up with China's WeChat to accept payments

Following an agreement between Apple and Chinese company Tencent, the US-based company will allow payments through WeChat, one of the most popular payment systems in China, for its App Store and Apple Music.

Unified Payments Interface

21 Aug 2017

WhatsApp 'excited' about digital projects in India

Launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), UPI facilitates the instant fund transfer between two bank accounts on the mobile platform.

14 Jun 2017

Blackberry, VoxSmart to enable banks monitor WhatsApp chats

To enable financial institutions monitor data on WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging platforms in line with the upcoming European Union (EU) directive, BlackBerry has partnered with the leading mobile surveillance and compliance firm VoxSmart.

07 Jun 2017

App to use smartphone compass to foil voice hacking

Using tools already on smartphones, including the compass, researchers are developing an app to stop machine-based voice impersonation attacks on voice-based smartphone apps such as Siri and WeChat.

06 May 2017

China's WeChat blocked in Russia

Chinese internet giant Tencent said Saturday its messaging app WeChat had been blocked in Russia.

Chinese Internet

06 May 2017

China`s WeChat blocked in Russia

WeChat, known as Weixin in China, is the world`s most popular messaging service, with 889 million global users by the end of 2016.

18 Apr 2016

India seeks China's help to unravel IS plot to expand in country

The NIA has sent Letters Rogatory to China requesting for the chat details of Areeb Majeed, arrested by the anti-terror agency in December 2014, with his handlers.

Internet Pornography

29 Dec 2015

China discloses cases of mobile Internet pornography

With a big jump in pornography viewing over the past few decades, China's National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Office has published 24 typical cases in which pornography was distributed via mobile apps.

24 Sep 2015

These top 25 apps on Apple Store have been hit by malware attack

Apple Inc said the WeChat messaging app and car-hailing app DiDi Taxi were among the 25 most popular apps that were found to be infected with malicious software, the first-ever large-scale attack on its App Store.

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