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So you can detect and delete spy apps on your Smartphone So you can detect and delete spy apps on your Smartphone Learn how to protect your privacy from those apps that spy on your devices to collect personal data and share it for commercial purposes. Entrepreneur en Español FacebookTwitterEmail applications that you download on your Smartphone collect user data for commercial purposes. However, some of these may be more invasive than others. Therefore, it is necessary to learn to identify t...

Advertisement Everyone knows that the phones we use collect some amount of data related to us so the brands can use it further to improve their services, provide us with relevant ads while serving for many more purposes. But the amount of data collected has always been the question and a researcher has found the answer for all the Android as well as iOS users.   As reported by Ars Technica, researcher Douglas Leith from Trinity College in Ireland put together a side-by-side comparison between ...

Microsoft has announced to end support for its visual assistant Cortana on both Android and iOS devices. Microsoft has also removed the Cortana app from both the App Store and Googles Play Store, beginning March 31. "As we announced in July, we will soon be ending support for the Cortana app on Android and iOS, as Cortana continues its evolution as a productivity assistant," Microsoft said in an update. The company first launched Cortana for iOS and Android in December 2015. The app was desi...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Google Go has crossed the 500 million download mark on the Play Store, indicating the brisk sale of Android Go devices over the past four years. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views and gossips, follow IANS at Twitter. Update: 17-March-2021

Updated Mar 17, 2021 | 09:52 IST Indian startups say ‘high’ commission an abuse of Googles Play Store’s monopoly and want an option of using alternative payment gateways. Google  to reduce its Play Store commission to 15% for developers on first $1 million revenue &nbsp New Delhi: Internet major Google has slashed the service fee developers have to pay on in-app purchases of digital goods on its Play Store from 30 per cent to 15 per cent, joining rival Apple, on t...

Angus Mordant, Bloomberg via Getty Images Casper residents can now use the new "Casper 311," the online and mobile app for requesting snow removal, according to a prepared statement from the city managers office. “Yesterday, we let citizens know they can call us to put their street on the list for snow removal," Streets and Traffic Manager Shad Rodgers said. "Today, we added snow removal to the app for citizen convenience,” Rodgers said. The app is available 24 hours a day and not subjec...

EskomSePush app available again for download after suspension lifted for unvetted Covid content Image: Screenshot Android users can now download the popular load-shedding app, EskomSePush, after it was reinstated on the Google Play Store. The app was suspended from the platform this weekend. On social media, co-founder of the app Herman Maritz, shared a screenshot of an e-mail from Google, stating the app’s suspension and the reasoning behind it. “The timing is painful because ...

Many Android users are leaving the OS over privacy concerns on March 17, 2021, 5:17 48 comments In a nutshell: Apple fans have long been known for their brand loyalty, something which, according to a new survey, has now reached an all-time high of 92%. It’s the opposite story for owners of Android handsets, with many preparing to switch to different brands or even jump to iOS when they upgrade. Sellcell’s survey involved more than 5,000 smartphone users...

iTWire OPPO Australia bid to raise awareness of danger to Great Barrier Reef Shares Image taken using an OPPO Find X3 Pro. Supplied The Australian arm of Chinese smartphone vendor OPPO has partnered with the non-profit organisation The Reef Restoration Foundation to build an augmented reality app to raise awareness of the necessity to save the Great Barrier Reef. The Recolour The Reef add shows a 3D digital rendering of the coral networks that constitute the reef, OPPO Austral...

“The federal government poured billions into developing and manufacturing vaccine candidates in the hopes they would prove safe and effective. The pricey gamble appears to be paying off, with a vaccine on track to reach some Americans by the end of the year — the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed. “‘Should the administration be praised for this? Absolutely,’ said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a sharp c...