Apps

  • Telegram app hosts ‘underground markets’ for Southeast Asian crime gangs -UN

    Powerful criminal networks in Southeast Asia extensively use the messaging app Telegram which has enabled a fundamental change in the way organised crime can conduct large-scale illicit activity, the United Nations said in a report this week. The report represents the latest allegations to be levied against the controversial encrypted app since France, using a…

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  • US Lawmakers Question TikTok CEO Over China Ties

    TikTok CEO Shou Chew found himself at the center of a heated exchange with US lawmakers as they probed the social media giant’s connections to China, particularly its parent company ByteDance. Lawmakers questioned the extent of access granted to the Chinese government, raising concerns about potential influence on TikTok’s operations and content policies, as reported…

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  • Once upon a time, Microsoft Office ruled the business world. By the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Microsoft’s office suite had brushed aside rivals such as WordPerfect Office and Lotus SmartSuite, and there was no competition on the horizon. Then in 2006 Google came along with Google Docs & Spreadsheets, a collaborative online word processing and…

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  • Amid tightening regulation and endless criticism from media in the country, Apple is said to have pulled thousands of apps from its App Store in China. According to reports in China’s state broadcaster CCTV, Apple has pulled more than 25,000 apps from its App Store in the country because they were found to have violated…

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