Scribbling limits in free version of Evernote set to test users' patience Deckchairs continue to be rearranged on the jotting platform? Applications30 Nov 2023 | 25
Italy seizes from Airbnb $836M in alleged unpaid taxes Biz says it's just following EU rules instead Offbeat07 Nov 2023 | 33
Overheating datacenter stopped 2.5 million bank transactions Running infrastructure in the tropics has its challenges – but so do failed disaster recovery plans On-Prem07 Nov 2023 | 20
Big Tech offers free training courses on India's new digital skills platform Mobile-first service aims to bring e-learning to the masses, covering tech and plenty more Software15 Sep 2023 | 1
Coffee Meets Bagel outage caused by cybercriminals deleting data and files Did you potentially miss the love match of your life in week-long blackout? Nope, nobody could access it Cyber-crime06 Sep 2023 | 3
So you want to save energy? Ditch web apps and go native, boffins say Take up less CPU time and memory? What amazing tech is this?! Software04 Sep 2023 | 32
Tokkers can Tok like Tweeters can Tweet – for now Scavenging for disgruntled former Twitter users? Fellow vulture, we honor thee. Applications25 Jul 2023 | 14
Users accuse Intuit of 'heavy-handed' support changes on QuickBooks for Desktop Customers either face update cliff edge or loss of access in licensing shift Applications06 Jun 2023 | 34
Buckle up for meetings on the road as Cisco brings Webex to Audi autos Have you considered taking up cycling? Applications02 Jun 2023 | 35
Most of UK agriculture dept's customer interactions are paper based Only 20% of biz apps directly supported, with 30% requiring 'hypercare' at farming org Applications12 May 2023 | 31
Singapore tells its people: Go forth and block those ads As it preps to launch WhatsApp scam-shredder Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 33
Brit cops rapped over app that recorded 200k phone calls Officers didn't know software was saving personal data and neither did people on other end Security18 Apr 2023 | 36
Google: If your Android app can create accounts, it better be easy to delete them, too Awoogah, awooooogah, new policy coming for developers Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 14
Google (sort of) loses in Indian antitrust appeal Updated $161 million slap-on-the-wrist fine stands, but major restrictions are eased Legal30 Mar 2023 | 4
SHEIN has the look of America's next tech-meets-geopolitics fit-up Chinese fast fashion vendor could be this season's TikTok thanks to alleged tax evasion, slave labour, toxic goods, and an outsized carbon footprint Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 18
Singapore admits it should have explained COVID app data could be used by cops Island nation reworks digital infrastructure found to have slowed down pandemic response Software09 Mar 2023 | 11
Beijing's done its sums and found a billion netizens watching short video services Meanwhile, TikTok analog Douyin cleans up 5,000 misbehaving e-commerce accounts Personal Tech07 Mar 2023 | 5
Mozilla says 80 percent of Google Play's app safety labels are inaccurate Labelling scheme offers developers easy loopholes to play down personal info spreading Networks24 Feb 2023 | 34
Ancient art of banning rideshare companies revived in India, this time on motorbikes Two-wheelers outnumber cars three to one in India, so promised licences mean Uber and Ola aren't off-road forever Personal Tech23 Feb 2023 | 2
Singapore pulls plug on COVID tracking program Tells residents to turn in dongles and uninstall apps, but keeps registration system alive – just in case Applications09 Feb 2023 | 10
Google gives in to India Android antitrust verdict, kinda Tech behemoth says it will appeal 'certain aspects' of the decision Legal26 Jan 2023 | 3
Beijing lifts restrictions on rideshare giant DiDi Chuxing After eighteen month exile, it's allowed to recruit new customers Software17 Jan 2023 | 2
Asia rules the mobile world: more users, more often, generating more cash Chinese developers are cashing in as the region buys in to TikTok and games Personal Tech16 Jan 2023 | 3
Here's something communism is good at: Making smartphones less annoying Beijing cracks down on undeletable pre-installed bloatware and dodgy apps Software15 Dec 2022 | 56
China bins its COVID tracking app Tracked location and kept records of phone calls, and determined ability to travel. Which China will keep doing with other tech, for other reasons Software13 Dec 2022 | 9
MacOS9.app: A tour de force of emulation and integration Friday FOSS Fest The 'Infinite Mac' is an astonishing demonstration of emulation and integration between some of the best tech of the '90s and the '20s OSes09 Dec 2022 | 15
Japan's LINE shutters crypto exchange to focus on less controversial blockbiz Decision is unrelated to recent crypto crashes, presages pivot to some kind of tokenised chat Software29 Nov 2022 | 3
Apple to end policy that charged South Korean devs higher App Store commissions Korea's antitrust org to develop a platform to respond to Big Tech’s sneaky ways Software23 Nov 2022 | 1
Apple finds way to squeeze social network apps until pips squeak And get over here, NFT slingers, Cupertino wants a word, too Applications25 Oct 2022 | 8
Russia's Facebook-like VK removed from Apple App Store Apps still available on Google Play, digital ministry says it's investigating Applications28 Sep 2022 | 1
Indian court directs chat app Telegram to disclose details of copyright infringers Judge says that servers being located in Singapore is not a get-out clause Security02 Sep 2022 | 8
Deploying disaster-proof apps may be easier than you think Interview When the next cloud datacenter fails, will your software go with it? PaaS + IaaS22 Jul 2022 | 12
South Korea's Kakao removes external payment method amid Google Play standoff Google gets its way after meeting with internet company and Korea Communications Commission Applications11 Jul 2022 | 3
China finds and kills 42,000 counterfeit apps – many of them investment scams Constant crackdowns on bad online behavior don't seem to deter crims Offbeat04 Jul 2022 | 8
Telegram adds paid tier as it cracks 700 million users Without so much as a mention of encryption, but with a pastel-hued emoji-heavy nod to ‘sustainable monetization’ Applications20 Jun 2022 | 7
Singapore's Grab enters maps-as-a-service market Takes on global players with data sourced from customers, plus paid contributions from delivery drivers Software09 Jun 2022 | 3
Big Tech's maps led ride-sharing giant Grab astray It now builds its own and says it has become the largest contributor to OpenStreetMap in Southeast Asia Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 4
Beijing reverses ban on tech companies listing offshore Announcement comes as Chinese ride-hailing DiDi Chuxing delists from NYSE under pressure Legal24 May 2022 | 2
Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates Developers will be given 90 days to get them up to code, or face banishment Applications02 May 2022 | 83
Skyhigh Security rises from McAfee-FireEye’s SSE CEO chats to us about zero trust, data protection, and more Security22 Mar 2022 | 1
ServiceNow preps mobile apps for real-time transformation tracking Shifting to measuring results of its trademark workflows, not just building 'em. And it comes with a 'bat-phone' Software22 Feb 2022 | 4
Swipe left: Snoops use dating apps to hook sources, says Australian Five Eyes boss Warns that foreign interference needs more attention than terrorism Security10 Feb 2022 | 14
Microsoft offers 'open' app store to draw regulators away from Activision takeover Windows giant will say anything at this point to protect $69bn deal – and stick boot into Google, Apple Software09 Feb 2022 | 15
Will I inhale coronavirus at this restaurant? There’s an app for that Update Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward measures ventilation quality so diners can breathe easy Personal Tech15 Dec 2021 | 20
China: Bars app that often hosted dissenting conversations Also China: This one guy sent feedback to the government online, it was adopted, that shows we’re a democracy Legal10 Dec 2021 | 14
Beijing twirls ban-hammer at 84 more apps it says need to stop slurping excess data Online lending apps and more given fifteen days to ‘rectify’ behaviour Security12 May 2021 | 7
Google Play to require privacy labels on apps in 2022, almost two years after Apple Developers want to do this, says Google. Ummm ... guys, you do remember the thousands of malware nightmares you’ve hosted and sold? Security07 May 2021 | 11
What not to expect when you're expecting: Fertility apps may be selling intimate health secrets Majority aren't GDPR compliant and Google Play categorises them badly, leading to lax practices Security05 May 2021 | 23
NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple, Google over location privacy fears New version for England dead on arrival just as UK eases lockdown rules Applications13 Apr 2021 | 32
Google binned two apps by China’s Baidu, which says researchers got it wrong by linking it to personal info leaks UPDATED Palo Alto Networks spotted subscriber IDs and MAC addresses on the move Applications25 Nov 2020 | 15
China reveals audit of 320,000 local apps, with 34 booted from app stores and hundreds of devs warned they could suffer same fate Privacy crackdown in the land of ubiquitous surveillance, where 5G now blankets all cities Applications23 Oct 2020 | 10
What is your 'intent'? Google Assistant opens door to chatting with third-party apps But as ever, users, you don't need to yell into the phone... it's not the 1970s Applications09 Oct 2020 | 8
NHS COVID-19 launch: Risk-scoring algorithm criticised, the downloads, plus public told to 'upgrade their phones' So... totally seamless then Applications24 Sep 2020 | 119
China lashes India’s app ban, calls for return to ‘win-win cooperation’ Nice economy you’ve got there. It’d be a shame if the World Trade Organisation got involved Applications04 Sep 2020 | 14
NHS tests COVID-19 contact-tracing app that may actually work properly – EU neighbors lent a helping hand Not just Germany stepping up to the plate – Ireland, too, we're told Applications14 Aug 2020 | 125
India bans 59 apps it says have privacy, national security problems. In a massive coincidence, they’re all Chinese They may have a point with some of them, though Applications29 Jun 2020 | 19
NY Attorney General warns Apple, Google to police COVID-19 tracing apps in their souks – or she will herself Worry about user privacy also results in Norway pulling its virus tracker Applications17 Jun 2020 | 39
Google India says Play store policy, not geopolitics, behind removal of Chinese-app-deleting app And we’d do it anywhere else, anytime, says veep Applications05 Jun 2020 | 3
Switzerland 'first' country to roll out contact-tracing app using Apple-Google APIs to track coronavirus spread Launch comes ahead of UK rolling out its controversial version Applications28 May 2020 | 49
Rabobank security cert expires and gives its Australian Android app a case of internet-blindness Needs bank staff to sort things out, but a certain virus means the contact centre is rather busy right now Applications27 Apr 2020 |
Philippines considers app to trace coronavirus carriers Privacy perspective: President has also threatened quarantine-breaking troublemakers may be shot Applications03 Apr 2020 | 10
Revolut-won: British banking app gets half a billion bucks in backing, seeks to subvert today's market incumbents Biz bags fat funding round Applications26 Feb 2020 | 28