Another week, another critical security warning. Here’s what most Android users need to know about StrandHogg 2.0 At the start of May, I reported on a critical security vulnerability that could impact every Samsung Galaxy smartphone sold from late 2014 onwards. That zero-click bug scored a perfect 10 on the ... Read More »
Microsoft is edging closer to its 1 billion goal for Windows 10. The software giant is revealing today that Windows 10 is now running on more than 900 million devices, a significant jump from the previous 800 million figure achieved earlier this year. Microsoft says there have been more new Windows 10 ... Read More »
The top 200 apps on the planet generated an astonishing $13 billion in revenue in just the first quarter of 2019, according to app store analytics company SensorTower. One reason: a massive compound annual growth rate of over 30 percent annually from 2014 to 2019. That puts them on track to earn well over $50 ... Read More »
Instagram said Wednesday it now has more than one billion active users, as it unveiled a new long-form video feature in a bid to attract “creators” like those on YouTube. It becomes the fourth Facebook platform to hit the billion-user mark, including the namesake social network with more than two billion users, and the ... Read More »
\ Xiaomi Corp. aims to seek formal Hong Kong stock exchange approval on June 7 for an initial public offering that could raise about $10 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Beijing-based smartphone maker hopes to price the share sale late next month if its application is approved by ... Read More »
Flipkart Billion Capture+ price starts at Rs. 10,999 HIGHLIGHTS Capture+ is the first smartphone from Flipkart under its Billion brand It goes on sale starting November 15 The Flipkart phone comes in two variants Flipkart on Friday unveiled its first Billion branded smartphone, the Capture+, in India. The Billion self-brand ... Read More »
India’s ride-hailing company Ola on Monday secured $2 billion (roughly Rs. 13,114 crores) in new funding from a group of investors, including SoftBank Group Corp and Tencent Holdings Ltd, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The funding round isn’t finished yet and the amount could change, the person said. The funding is ... Read More »
More than 1.3 billion people around the world are now using Facebook Messenger every month, the company has announced. The Messenger surpassed the one billion monthly active users (MAUs) mark in July 2016. “We’ve continued working hard to make Messenger the best it can be, introducing new masks, filters and reactions for video ... Read More »
Search engine giant Google had offered $30 billion (roughly Rs. 1,91,044 crores) to buy Snap – the parent company of popular messaging app Snapchat – in 2016 and a similar offer is still open, a media report said. Google had held informal dialogue with Snap and floated an offer of $30 billion before the latter’s last ... Read More »
WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app in the world, has achieved yet another milestone. The company has announced that it now has 1 billion daily active users on its service. This is stupendous growth, if we look at last year’s numbers where WhatsApp raked in 1 billion active users every month. Also, ... Read More »
