In April, reporters at The New York Times found that a government virus-tracing app in India, which had been downloaded more than 77 million times, could leak users’ precise locations. The Indian government immediately fixed the problem and soon began offering financial rewards to security researchers who find vulnerabilities in the app.
Gaana, meanwhile, has launched a new platform — HotShots — which allows users to create and share short videos and stories with its audience base of more than 150 million. Gaana’s chief executive Prashan Agarwal said it is building on the expertise gained from its vertical video feature platform announced last year, to launch HotShots.
The ultimate prize may go to super-apps that meld content and commerce in the 16 Indian languages.
The popular video calling app is also trying to clear misconceptions that it is of Chinese make, and has been in touch with the government over three months on how it runs its platform and does not store data outside the country.
The apps include popular social media platforms such as TikTok, Helo and WeChat. The questions come a week after the government, in an interim order, banned the 59 Chinese apps in the country owing to their activities which are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.”
“In line with our prediction last quarter, the managed services market was off 16 percent as enterprises reined in operating expenses in the face of a pandemic-related slowdown in business activity,” said Steve Hall, partner and president of ISG. “As-a-service spending did a bit better than we expected"
In metro cities, we are seeing that people are buying multiple devices and that is also helping demand grow, he said. Dell Technologies on Wednesday launched two premium consumer laptops - XPS 13 and XPS 15 - in the country, priced Rs 1.44 lakh onwards.from Technology News, Latest Gadget Reviews, Gaming & Tech Videos | Times of India https://ift.tt/o3b1NzK
