After Banning Chinese Apps, Modi Kickstarts AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the new Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge aimed at improving the Indian app ecosystem. The project was launched by the ... Read More

After Ban, Alibaba-Owned Chinese App UC Browser Shuts India Office

UC Browser and UC News shut their ... UC Browser and UC News in India after both apps were banned by the Indian government on June 29 as part of a crackdown on 59 Chinese apps believed to be ... Read More

As Chinese Apps Get Banned, These Indian Alternatives Rise To Fill The Gap

the Indian government finally decided to take a stern step of banning 59 Chinese apps in India. While the ban covers a range of apps, short video app TikTok, file transfer app SHAREit, UC web ... Read More

Why the U.S. Is Forcing TikTok to Be Sold or Banned

Yes, India did in 2020, costing ByteDance one of its biggest markets. The government there cracked down on hundreds of Chinese ... if the app is not sold. The exact mechanism for banning an ... Read More

India bans TikTok, other Chinese apps amid border standoff

NEW DELHI--Indian TikTok users awoke Tuesday to a notice from the popular short-video app saying the company was working to comply with an India government ... it was banning 59 Chinese-owned ... Read More

Cybersecurity Expert: Banning a Chinese App Like TikTok Is a Red Herring That Ignores a Greater Danger

Yet, the talk of the day ... apps and VPNs — ignoring the blatantly obvious problem that despite federal bans on acquiring and/or utilizing various Chinese hardware, we still have state and ... Read More

After TikTok Ban, Chinese App Zili Records 167% Growth In India

Roposo, Zili and Dubsmash have collectively garnered 21.8 Mn downloads in the three weeks since ban on TikTok Roposo leads with 71 Mn all-time downloads installs in India, followed by Zili at 51 ... Read More

WhatsApp, Threads, more banished from Apple App Store in China

Still available in Hong Kong and Macau, for now Apple has removed four apps from its China-regional app store, including Meta's WhatsApp and Threads, after it was ordered to do so by Beijing for ... Read More

CHINESE APPS

The listed apps have been directed to plug the loopholes in less than 15 days. Geopolitical tensions between India and China and the rise of local developers ... in India after hundreds of ... Read More

Bill banning TikTok app headed to House after unanimous committee vote

The bill would require TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to fully divest all of its applications within 180 days or ... from the app's team urging them to contact local lawmakers and ... Read More

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