Facebook-owned Instagram has banned a San Francisco-based company from its platform on charges of improper user-data collection. Called Hyp3r, the startup scraped public data such as users’ physical locations, profile information and photos to serve better targeted ads. Information collected by Hyp3r also includes data stored in Instagram Stories that is content designed to disappear
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Gaming phones make up a niche category, but with mobile gaming projected to grow into a multi-billion dollar business in the near future, some companies are hoping to take an early lead. Xiaomi-backed Black Shark is one of them and it is now looking to expand its influence with its third offering — the Black
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The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. This is Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 and 10+ The landscape has changed dramatically since the Galaxy Note was first unveiled in
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Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the 10-year-old Angry Birds mobile game series, reported a drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, citing expansion costs related to its 5G gaming platform Hatch. The Finnish company, which listed its shares last year, said second-quarter operating profit fell 11.3 percent to EUR 5.3 million ($5.94 million or roughly Rs. 42.09 crores)
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Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion will list in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market,  Transsion confirmed to TechCrunch.  The company—which has a robust Africa sales network—could raise up to 3 billion yuan (or $426 million). “The company’s listing-related work is running smoothly. The registration application and issuance process is still underway, with the specific
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Flipkart National Shopping Days sale has kicked off for Flipkart Plus members, being held on the occasion of India’s upcoming Independence Day. Flipkart’s big sale will be available for everyone else starting midnight, August 8. The National Shopping Days sale on Flipkart includes discounts and bundled offers on popular mobile phones, tablets, laptops, TVs, and
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Snapchat is a versatile social media app that you can use to send pictures and videos to your friends. You can also add filters to your pictures, and/or use a feature called “Edit Photo” to create Snapchat drawings. Users have taken the Edit Photo tool beyond its original intent, and are now using it to
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If we step back and take a look at the smartphones that have recently been launched in India, it is evident that most manufacturers are focusing on the sub-Rs. 20,000 price segment. We have seen popular models such as the Oppo K3 (Review), Realme X (Review), and Vivo Z1 Pro (Review) entering the market over the past few
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Nintendo recently launched its latest gaming console called the Nintendo Switch Lite, which will be available for purchase starting September 20. This new console is a more affordable version of the original Nintendo Switch that was released on March 2017. Earlier reports had claimed Nintendo may have another, high-end Switch console planned to release later
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