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29 Jan 2021

These location tracking apps have been downloaded for billion times

The ExpressVPN Digital Security Lab has identified location tracker SDKs in 450 different apps that have been downloaded at least 1.7 billion times. These 450 apps belong to a wider range of categories like travel, tourism, food apps, health, and fitness. Recently, WhatsApp got embroiled in a huge controversy over its privacy policies, and that eventually led to a major shift in its user base to apps like Signal and Telegram.

Riccardo Zacconi

28 May 2019

CEO of Candy Crush's developer steps down

Co-founder of King, owned by Activision Blizzard, will become the chairman, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Smartphone apps

12 Dec 2018

Smartphone users in India install around 50 apps on average: Report

By category, the social media apps lead the usage with 76 percent of the users using them on a daily basis.

11 Dec 2017

Painful menstrual cramps? Acupressure app may help, says study

To see if a smartphone app could help women self-administer acupressure for cramps, researchers randomly assigned 221 women to use the app or to stick with usual care for six months.

07 Dec 2017

This app may help you check power of your lenses

Lenskart has invested $1 million to introduce 6over6's technology in India.

physical activity

07 Dec 2017

Depend upon smartphone apps to track physical activity? They may be inaccurate

According to the study, people who use the apps to track their physical activity are probably more active than the apps show.

23 Sep 2017

Smartphone apps may help reduce depression

The results showed that smartphones open up non-stigmatising and self-managing avenues of care for the people with depression because smartphones can help them monitor, understand and manage their own mental health.

08 Aug 2017

Smartphone app can predict disease risk based on health inputs

The smart report feature helps uncover latent diseases and predict risk of future ones and to expose any latent ones.

Smartphone apps

13 Jun 2017

Most apps share your data with Google, Facebook

More than 70 percent of smartphone apps are reporting personal data to third-party companies like Google and Facebook, a new study has warned.

07 Feb 2017

Now, a smartphone app that scans and reveals what is inside objects

Next time you eat an apple, you can know its specific constituents by looking directly inside it using your smartphone, thanks to the engineers who developed an app that can 'scan' an object and reveal the information about it.

07 Jan 2017

Smartphone apps can help deal with depression, anxiety

Researchers from Northwestern University in the United States found that 13 speedy mini-apps called `IntelliCare` significantly reduced 50 percent depression and anxiety

Smartphone apps

20 Jul 2016

Killer apps that heavily drain your smartphone battery

The main reason behind draining of battery are the background apps that keep running. Here are the killer apps that heavily drain your smartphone battery.

Smartphone apps

30 Jun 2016

Smartphone apps not the way out for planning or avoiding pregnancy!

A new research suggests that depending upon a smartphone app for pregnancy is not at all a good idea.

01 Feb 2016

Three best pedometer smartphone apps inaccurate: Study

According to a study of pedometer apps Runtastic, Moves and Accupedo by researchers from University of Toronto, fitness apps have lower accuracy than standard pedometers in tracking how much users walk daily.

23 Jan 2016

'Tweak' can help people use 'censored' Facebook on smartphones

"Tor" software is free and Facebook users with Android smartphones can install a mobile Tor app called Orbot.

Sudden cardiac arrest

08 Nov 2015

Sudden cardiac arrest? This app can help you

The new smartphone application helps connect rescuers with lifesaving AEDs and victims with sudden cardiac arrest.

02 Nov 2015

Snapchat users happier than Facebook loyalists

On the surface, many people view Snapchat as the 'sexting app.

17 Oct 2015

Durga Puja pandal hopping made easy! Thanks to these smartphone apps

Get Durga puja bhog delivered at your doorstep or avail guide to your favourite Puja pandals this year through various smartphone apps.

12 Aug 2015

New software holds smartphone alerts when you are busy

A US-based startup claims to have developed a new software for smartphone apps that can sense when a notification would just annoy you.

Smartphone apps

23 Feb 2015

Formula behind best-selling smartphone apps found

With more than 1,200 apps being released daily, an Indian-origin researcher and his colleague have discovered a number of ways to determine which smartphone apps will be the most successful.

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