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Zynn app is a complete TikTok clone that differentiates itself with one important twist and for some people probably the most important one, it pays users to sign up, watch videos, and convince others to follow suit. The app launched at the beginning of May is now the number one free app in Apple’s App Store and in the top 10 on Google’s Play Store as well.

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Tencent, Chinese technology company behind popular messaging service WeChat, will invest 500 billion yuan ($69.9 billion) over the next five years in areas from cloud computing to artificial intelligence, a move boosted by Beijing’s calls to push digital infrastructure. Company also said on Monday it would issue up to $20 billion of new bonds to professional investors to raise capital. Already, $12 billion of bonds under this program are outstanding

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Demand for virtual private networks in Hong Kong surged more than six-fold last Thursday as Beijing proposed tough new national security laws for the financial hub, reflecting concerns over internet privacy, according to a VPN provider.
Search interest in the word "VPN" hit a record high on Friday, it added, citing data from Google Trends.

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Google is preparing to finally deliver on subscriptions for Android TV, something it promised this time last year, and the company teases that there’s more to come. A recently published support page from Google details subscriptions through the Google Play Store on Android TV. Android Police reached out to Google to find out if any apps were using the subscription feature yet, but the company wouldn’t confirm.

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As people are spending more time online, ByteDance Ltd.’s millennial sensation TikTok and its Chinese twin app Douyin ranked top in the world among mobile apps for April revenue, according to Sensor Tower data. TikTok and Douyin’s numbers for the month showed a tenfold increase to $78 million, propelling them ahead of more established names like YouTube, Tinder, and Netflix, which rely more on existing subscriptions.

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According to the latest reports, a renowned iPhone hacking team has released a new “jailbreak” tool that unlocks every iPhone, even the most recent models running the latest iOS 13.5. For as long as Apple has kept up its “walled garden” approach to iPhones by only allowing apps and customizations that it approves, hackers have tried to break free from what they call the “jail,” hence the name “jailbreak.”

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At this point, contact tracing apps have to collect a lot of information about you and share it with other organizations. For example, Jumbo Privacy recently found that North Dakota’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, Care19, shares user data with Google, Foursquare, and other companies.

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Tesla has recently updated its Autopilot-powered driving visualization and this time, it features a cool new pedestrian animation. In the latest updates, Tesla is representing pedestrians with much more complex animations that show them moving on the screen accurately in an impressive way. It's a major improvement from the time when Pedestrians used to look like chess pieces moving on a board in Tesla’s Autopilot driving visualizations

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Chinese giant, Xiaomi announced today that it has backed more than 300 companies. Xiaomi known for its budget smartphones and a bevy of value-for-money gadgets said in a filing on Thursday that it has backed more than 300 companies as of March, totaling 32.3 billion yuan ($4.54 billion) in book value and 225.9 million yuan ($32 million) in net gains on disposal of investments in just the first quarter

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Facebook has introduced a new safety feature in India, especially for women that will enable them to easily lock their accounts so that people they are not friends with on the platform cannot view their posts and zoom into and download their profile picture and cover photo. A user can lock the account by tapping on More under their name, then tapping the Lock Profile button and the confirmation button

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According to a report published by Sensor Tower, mobile data usage for mobile app downloads surged 52% due to coronavirus as there is a sharp rise in consumer adoption of mobile apps, data reveals. The amount of data used for first-time installs of the top 250 mobile apps worldwide in Q1 2020 was up 52 percent to 596 petabytes from the three-year average of 391 petabytes for the first quarter

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American executive Kevin Mayer is leaving Disney to lead a different but interesting entertainment company TikTok. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, announced on Monday that Mayer will become chief executive officer of the incredibly popular video app and also take on the role of the chief operating officer at ByteDance

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports a data privacy framework from Western countries but said that he is worried about other countries imitating China’s internet regulation approach. “Just to be blunt about it, I think a model is coming out of countries like China that tend to have very different values than Western countries that are more democratic,” Zuckerberg said during a video conversation with European Union Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton

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Tech giant Apple outlines plans to reopen retail stores across different locations with new safety measures. The company will open at least 25 retail stores in the US this week. When a store reopens, customers will be required to submit to a temperature check and wear a mask before entering the store, according to the guidelines, written by Apple’s retail and human resources boss Deirdre O’Brien

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According to the reports, Apple may release four new versions of the so-called iPhone 12 this year. One of those models is expected to be a smaller version of the iPhone with a 5.4-inch screen, which would make its display slightly smaller than the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro but a bit larger than the 4.7-inch iPhone SE. All of Apple's new iPhones are expected to have OLED displays this year

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Facebook in collaboration with a group of leading telecom companies including China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, and Vodafone, now building a subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region to connect 1 billion offline people. They named the project 2Africa, companies will lay cables that will stretch to 37,000km and interconnect Europe, the Middle East, and 21 landings in 16 countries in Africa

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According to the data gathered by app analytics firm Sensor Tower, Zoom topped the list of the most downloaded non-gaming apps worldwide in April 2020. The video-conferencing app got a total of 131 million downloads in April. Sensor Tower’s report says “The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India at 18.2%of its total downloads and the United States at 14.3%”.

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Amazon announced on Wednesday that the company is rolling out new 8-inch Fire tablet models with a starting price of $89.99. The Fire HD 8 tablets include the new HD 8 and the HD 8 Plus. The HD 8 is priced at $89.99. Unlike Apple’s expensive range of iPad Tablets starting at $329 and up, Amazon’s strategy is to try to gain a wide customer base for less-expensive Fire tablets

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Indian Prime Minister Modi asked citizens to download the country's contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu in April and the app became the fastest ever app to reach 50 million users in just two weeks. Now, Aarogya Setu has crossed 100 million users in just 41 days of its launch. Aarogya Setu, which means healthcare bridge in Hindi, also delivers updates on India’s testing efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic

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Twitter has been one of the early adopters of the work-from-home concept amid coronavirus pandemic. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent an email to staff mentioning that they can continue working from home forever if they feel so. “If our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen” he added

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WhatsApp recently added support to allow video calls for eight people at a time through the mobile version but the company may soon support video calls for 50-person at one time in an effort to give tough competition to Zoom. The feature will also be available on iOS and Android, but it's the desktop support that makes it a viable replacement for established video conferencing tools

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According to the recent reports, Apple is planning to shift almost a fifth of its production capacity from China to India. The tech giant wants to take advantage of the benefits of the Indian government’s new production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme to encourage local production in the country. The company is also expected to benefit from the relaxation given on local sourcing norms by the Indian government

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Google has confirmed to Android Police that the company is working on rolling out support for up to 32 participants in Duo calls. The maximum number of call participants was increased from 8 to 12 back in March, and Google said last month that it was working on a higher limit, though the exact count was unknown at the time.

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Facebook just rolled out its biggest visual change in years to its website with dark mode and has added other features to make the desktop version easier to use and faster. There are three main improvements: Dark Mode, finding things faster and easier management of pages, groups and events.

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Aarogya Setu, India’s coronavirus contact tracing app that didn’t even exist about 2 months ago, now nearly has 100 million users. Within two weeks of its launch in April, the app reached 50 million users to become the fastest app ever to reach that milestone. “We beat Pokémon Go,” says a smiling Arnab Kumar, who is leading the development of the service for the Indian government

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