There’s no fee, and it’s supported by more than 140 banks,” Zuckerberg said in a video statement Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was excited that WhatsApp has received approval to roll out its payments service in India. The Facebook-owned messaging service will soon roll out its payments service in
Instagram Threads can now be used to communicate with anyone on the social media platform. Until now, Threads only allowed you to message those identified by you as Close Friends on Instagram. With the latest update, Threads offer two tabs within the inbox – one for Close Friends and
Google on Friday said Google Pay does not share customer transaction data with any third party outside the payments flow. The clarification from Google came after reports cited the company’s submission to the Delhi High Court saying it is allowed to share customers transaction data with third parties with the prior permission of NPCI and
WhatsApp for Android has received a new beta version that brings a dedicated catalogue shortcut in business chats. To make space for the new shortcut, WhatsApp has merged the existing video and voice call shortcuts into a single call button that appears when chatting with a business account. There
HIGHLIGHTS ByteDance applied last year to register a trademark ‘Songshu Zhengquan’ The trademark application is being “examined” ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of global short video hit TikTok, is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management
HIGHLIGHTS Xiao-i argued that Apple’s Siri infringes on a patent Xiao-i says it had applied for the patent in 2004 and was granted in 2009 Apple said Siri does not contain features in the Xiao-i patent Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology, also known as Xiao-i, has
HIGHLIGHTS The new move comes just weeks after banning 59 Chinese apps Government is said to examine a list of over 250 apps TikTok, SHAREit, and UC Browser were amongst the earlier banned apps The government has banned 47 Chinese apps in India. Near the end of June, 59 Chinese
HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp advanced search mode was spotted in beta in April as well WhatsApp is working to allow four devices to sync at once WhatsApp ‘Linked Devices’ section will allow users to add new devices WhatsApp has released a new Android beta update and it reportedly leaks some of the
Zee5 is debuting HiPi as the latest entrant in the growing world of short-video platforms to fill the gap left by TikTok after it was banned by the government. The new platform, which is touted to be “made for an Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India), is aimed at content creators
Amazon has launched a new initiative called Smart Stores in India to let offline retailers enable contactless discovery of products and online payments. The new move by the US e-commerce giant is an answer to Google’s Spot Platform under which merchants in the country are offered with Spot Codes
