The digital payments platform Paytm is allegedly looking into possibly launching its own messaging service by the end of August. According to a new report from Wall Street Journal, this move comes as an attempt to take on its rival, WhatsApp, which has been working on introducing payments feature within … Read More
The Snapdeal board is on the verge of closing the deal to sell digital payments platform – FreeCharge – to Axis Bank. The third largest private sector bank in India swooped in to acquire FreeCharge for USD 60 million from the troubled e-commerce marketplace, Snapdeal. The corporation will be taking … Read More
Facebook is apparently winning the race in the instant messaging platform, even though it’s lifting the features from its counterpart Snapchat. Facebook announced that WhatsApp currently has one billion active users every day, and the Snapchat-clone Status feature is being used by 250 million users on a daily basis, which … Read More
Google has added a new tool to its Search and Maps service called the SOS Alert to help users get easy access to actionable information in times of any natural, man-made or other crisis. The internet search giant intends to help its users promptly and effortlessly figure out where and … Read More
India – the fastest growing market for smartphones in the world – has witnessed a massive surge in content consumption in the recent years. This includes the web world as well, with streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video contending to claim the top spot. Since the entry … Read More
WhatsApp is reportedly working on stepping up its video-calling game by introducing a Picture-in-Picture mode to the feature. This function was spotted in the Android O developer’s preview and is expected to be rolled out to all Android phones along with the next OS update. According to the reports, this … Read More
Ride-hailing app Uber has integrated the UPI (Unified Payment Interface) on its platform. So the next time you book an Uber ride, you will see a new payment option where users with existing virtual payment addresses for UPI transactions can pay for the ride using bank-to-bank payment platform. With this … Read More
Truecaller, the leader of caller ID identification service today rolled out a new update for its Android app. With this update, Truecaller is adding two new features to the application. Sadly, the new features are available only for Android users at the moment; iOS users have to wait a bit … Read More
There is no shortage of messaging apps in the market and Amazon is reportedly going to dip its feet into this instant and private messaging services industry very soon. Called ‘Anytime’, this new Amazon venture is claimed to be an all-inclusive medium for communicating in groups or personally with someone. … Read More
The Google Duo app crossed the 100 million download mark on Google Play Store yesterday. The mobile video calling service went off to a good start last summer, garnering over 5 million downloads on the Play Store within just one week but, unfortunately, the service saw sluggish response following its … Read More
In this age riddled with technology and effortless connectivity, we spend most of our time on messenger apps and social media. India’s homegrown social messaging platform, Hike Messenger, and the Facebook-owned WhatAapp are two such instant messaging apps that have the massive user base in the country as well as … Read More
Earlier this year, a report cited that WhatsApp will soon foray into the digital payments department by enabling UPI-based payment system to send and receive money directly within the app. And today, a new report says that the Facebook-owned company will roll out the UPI-based payment system by the end … Read More
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