Google Hopes Android TV, Google Play, Wear OS Will Help You During This Pandemic

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The Government of India banned 47 more Chinese apps in the country. In June, the Government banned 59 Chinese apps that included the hugely popular TikTok. Now, 47 more apps have been banned, for operating as clones of the previously banned apps, the list of particular apps banned in the fresh decision is yet to be announced

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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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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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Celebrities have highlighted the four-year-old video messaging app in recent weeks, saying they’re using it to stay in touch with friends and family while social distancing. Marco Polo is free to use, though it offers a $9.99 monthly subscription that gives people long-term access to their old videos and chats. Bortnik says users’ data is only encrypted in transit, meaning it isn’t encrypted when it’s stored on MarcoPolo’s servers.

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