China is flexing its censorship muscles yet again, banning any online mention of the widely publicized Panama Papers. A government agency sent an order to media groups to “find and delete reprinted reports of the Panama Papers. Do not follow up on related content, no exceptions,” according to the China Digital Times. “If material from …

Facebook has hit a milestone in its quest to connect the developing world to the Internet. Facebook Lite, an Android-exclusive version of the social media platform’s app designed to minimise data expenditure, now has 100 million users, the company said on Wednesday. Available in 150 countries, the app is most popular in India, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Philippines, the social …

Last October, Sharp became the first electronics company to release an 8K television set, selling the 85-inch monitor for around $140,000 (¥16 million). Those who bought that TV, or one of the few other sets on the market, will finally have something to watch in the 7,680×4,320-pixel 8K resolution come August. The Olympics Broadcasting Services (OBS) will be shooting 130 …

Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his hopes of connecting India dashed when Free Basics, a plan offering free access to selected websites and apps, was banned by the country’s regulators. Now, Google is stepping up to the plate to connect rural India. Rajan Anandan, Google’s managing director for India, told the Economic Times that Google has been in …

Rumours have circled that Apple would be opening up retail stores in India, but it looks like that’s just the beginning of the Cupertino, California-based company’s plans for the region. Apple will be investing $25 million into a development centre in Hyderabad, India, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday. It will be the third such site for Apple outside of …

Two new flagship smartphones from LG are coming in 2016 — and they won’t be hitting the market without some backup. The K10 and K4 phones will launch around the world in the coming weeks, the South Korean company promises. It said that Europe would get the devices this week, followed by Asia, the Middle East and Latin America in …

Facebook has rubbed India’s telecom regulator up the wrong way in its quest to provide free Internet. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in a letter published on Tuesday accused the social media company of turning a public debate on Net neutrality “into a crudely majoritarian and orchestrated opinion poll.” The TRAI in December began a new round of collecting …

Netflix earlier this month expanded its video-streaming service to nearly every country in the world except China. China may not be the notable exception forever, though. CEO Reed Hastings said Tuesday that Netflix has been meeting with China’s regulators in hopes of bringing the service there. “It may be soon that we have a license in China, or it may …

Skype will add group chats to its mobile app to mark the 10th anniversary of offering video calls. The Microsoft-owned company said Tuesday in a blog post that the new feature will show up “in the coming weeks” on its app for iOS, Android and Windows 10 Mobile. “It really has been a decade since Skype changed the way people …

Last month, Twitter tweaked the “favourites” function, turning them into “likes,” a switch that many users didn’t take well. Now, the social media platform introduced its newest set of changes. The main tweak is that photos will now be displayed uncropped on timelines accessed through Twitter’s website. Until Tuesday, only a section of an uploaded picture would be displayed natively, …