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WhatsApp receives approval to expand its payments service in India

WhatsApp, which began testing its payments service in India with 1 million users in early 2018, can finally start to expand the feature to more users in the world’s second largest internet mark

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Shanghai Stock Exchange halts Ant Group's IPO

Shanghai Stock Exchange announced on Tuesday evening the postponement of Ant Group’s listing on Nasdaq-style STAR Market, which was scheduled for Thursday.As Ant report

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Apple One services subscription bundles start launching tomorrow

Apple is launching its Apple One services bundle tomorrow, thought the company’s workout service Fitness+ isn’t quite ready yet.On an earnings call, CEO Tim Cook revealed tomorrow’

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In the ‘buy now, pay later’ wars, PayPal is primed for dominance

The COVID-19 pandemic has already dramatically reshaped how Americans shop, with e-commerce expected to grow 20% in 2020 as a greater proportion of users shift from in-store to online. Due to this tra

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App management startup AppFollow raises $5M Series A round led by Nauta Capital

AppFollow, an app management startup, has raised a $5 million Series A round led by Barcelona’s Nauta Capital, alongside existing investors Vendep Capital and RTP Global participating.The Helsinki-hea

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ByteDance weighs listing Chinese short video app Douyin in Hong Kong

CFP ByteDance is in early stage talks to list its Chinese short video app Douyin in Hong Kong, Reuters reported on Monday.ByteDance said it's considering listing some of its businesses in Hong

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Netflix to test free weekend-long access in India

Netflix plans to give users in India access to its service at no charge for a weekend as part of a test to expand its reach in the country, a company executive said Tuesday.The American streaming gia

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Snap shares explode after blowing past earnings expectations

Snap shares were up nearly 20% in after-hours trading after the company showcased a massive earnings beat, besting analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings per share for Q3. The company was a

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Pakistan to unblock TikTok after it vows to moderate content

Pakistan has decided to lift a ban on popular social media app TikTok after the company vowed to block all accounts involved in spreading "obscenity and immorality," the country's telecom authority s

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Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral and indecent’ videos

Pakistan has banned popular short video app TikTok in the nation, citing circulation of videos that it deemed “immoral and indecent.”The move comes months after the South Asian country raised serious

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U.S. government appeals judge's ruling to block WeChat app store ban

The messenger app WeChat is seen among U.S. flags in this illustration picture taken on August 7, 2020. /Reuters The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it was appealing a judge's decision

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Microsoft outage leaves users unable to access Office, Outlook, Teams

Microsoft said it’s investigating an authentication outage with Office 365, preventing users from accessing some of the company’s most widely used services, including Office.com, Outlook.c

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Huawei to open 2nd data center in Chile

Chinese technology giant Huawei on Wednesday announced it will open a second data center in Chile at the end of the year to support technological development and promot

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U.S. judge halts order to remove WeChat from app stores

A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the U.S. Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday.U.S. Magist

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EU seeks new powers to penalize tech giants: FT

The European Union wants to arm itself with new powers to penalize big technology companies, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.The proposed plan includes forcing t

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EU seeks new powers to penalize tech giants: FT

Thierry Breton, EU commissioner, talks to journalists during an online news conference. /Reuters The European Union wants to arm itself with new powers to penalize big technology companies, th

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TikTok sues Trump administration to block U.S. ban: Bloomberg

Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok has asked a judge to block the Trump administration from banning the platform in the U.S., Bloomberg reported on Saturday.The mov