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Viral call recording app Neon leaked users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts before going offline due to a major security flaw.

60-year-old woman launches tech startup, works 70-hour weeks: ‘Retirement was never really…’ 

After three decades in fitness retail, Canadian entrepreneur Karen Hastie is building a tech company to support small businesses and chambers of commerce.

Man ditched Harvard, McKinsey job to launch app. Now, it's worth $2.4 billion 

Currently, Wellhub serves 26,000 businesses. Its network provides 20 million employees access to over 50,000 in-person gyms and studios, 3,800 virtual personal trainers, and 93 wellness apps. It also has a permanent flexible-work model.

Make in India: How Bengaluru’s Scrite app is revolutionising Indian screenwriting

Forget Final Draft & Celtx, home-grown Scrite, founded by Prashanth Udupa, Punit Thakkar & Surya Vasishta, is affordable and has multilingual support. Praised by Rakshit Shetty, Raj B Shetty, Abhaya Simha & Mayur Puri, the app has been used to write Malayalam film 'Footage' to a Bengali novel.

Neobanks diversify into cards, payments, investment businesses amid struggle to offer core banking services

Without a differentiated product, neobanks have taken the route of other fintechs, such as cards, lending and investments, leaving them to play in a crowded market with specialists

Frustrated by Karnataka govt’s delay, transport federation to launch own app for auto, taxi and bus drivers

Following earlier union-backed apps like Namma Yatri and Nagara, the Federation of Karnataka State Private Transport Associations — which represents 65 transport associations across the state — is now launching its own ride-hailing app.

Bengaluru Metro users can soon book tickets via Rapido, other mobility apps

BMRCL officials say they are integrating more mobility apps through Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform to enable seamless end-to-end journey booking

14-year-old develops AI app to detect heart disease in 7 seconds. Meet Siddharth Nandyala

Clinical trials have shown the app's exceptional accuracy, demonstrating over 96 percent effectiveness across 15,000 American and 3,500 Indian patients.

Over 150 people cheated of Rs 1 crore in Karnataka with fake app named after Donald Trump

Victims of the 'Trump Hotel Rental' scam included people from Bengaluru, Tamakuru, Mangaluru, and Haveri.

Bengaluru gets ‘Traffic Police Museum & Experience Centre’, ASTraM mobile app

ASTraM mobile app to serve as a ‘one-stop solution’ for commuters which offers real-time traffic updates, accident and violation reporting, and traffic fine payments

From school to soccer practice: Bengaluru startup launches kids-only ride-hailing service

Bengaluru-based MetroRide Kids claims to be India’s first app-based transport service exclusively for children. Recently launched in Hyderabad, the service plans to expand to Bengaluru within three months.

Uber to support Rs 36,000-crore economic activity in India in 2024, hits 1 million drivers milestone in 2023: Report

The report suggests the ride-hailing auto market could grow by 50 per cent over the next five years.

Google wants US judge's app store ruling put on hold

In a court filing on Friday night, Google said U.S. District Judge James Donato’s injunction order, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, would harm the company and introduce "serious safety, security, and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem."

Bengaluru police partner with loo-discovery app to locate washrooms for women officers

Bengaluru city police partnered with a startup to ensure clean and safe washrooms for women police personnel

Now, oJi app helps commuters compare fares across multiple ride-hailing firms

oJi cabs app has partnered with multiple aggregators, enabling passengers to compare fares and book rides seamlessly.

After Namma Yatri, Bengaluru gets another union-backed auto rickshaw app

Nagara Metered Auto app will allow passengers to book rides on the street, the website and WhatsApp. Passengers will pay government-fixed fares and that too to the drivers directly

Karnataka govt to launch Ola-Uber-like app by February: Transport minister

Karnataka e-Governance recommends that state transport department outsource the development and maintenance of the app; Transport minister Ramalinga Reddy say they will finalise details after a meeting with stakeholders  

From shared autos to QR code booking, Bengaluru auto-rickshaw aggregators accelerate expansion

 New players are entering the city’s app-based autorickshaw segment, currently dominated by Ola-Uber

Rapido launches ‘Auto Plus’ in Bengaluru, promising no cancellations; tariff above HC-mandated fare

The aggregator says charges will be 25-35 percent higher than regular fares; Karnataka transport department calls it illegal

India accuses China's Vivo of visa violations, siphoning off $13 billion

The court statement comes as tension rises with Beijing over business activities after New Delhi tightened curbs on incoming investment and banned hundreds of Chinese apps following border clashes in 2020 that killed 20 Indian and four Chinese troops.

You can now hire a celebrity to quit your job for you. Here's how

Americans are turning to Cameo, an app that allows them to buy personalised video messages from celebrities.

Karnataka govt plans to launch Ola, Uber-like app for cabs and auto rickshaws

Karnataka transport minister said he received many complaints from drivers, who are facing exploitation by app-based aggregators

Karnataka: Engineering student dies by suicide in Bengaluru alleging harassment by loan apps

In its election manifesto, the Karnataka Congress had pledged to formulate a policy to strictly regulate online loan apps within 100 days.

China app trains government workers on keeping state secrets

An app linked to the National Administration of State Secret Protection began offering a course this month intended to help Communist Party members and government organization employees bolster their knowledge and skills about secret-keeping, according to a post on the app’s official WeChat account.

TikTok sues Montana after state bans app

TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance and used by more than 150 million Americans, has faced growing calls from U.S. lawmakers and state officials to ban the app nationwide over concerns about potential Chinese government influence over the platform.