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Ant Group-backed Zomato aims IPO at valuation of almost $8 bln

Indian food delivery company Zomato's initial public offering (IPO) is priced at 72 to 76 rupees per share, giving it a valuation of as much as $7.98 billion, the company said on Thursday, as it cashes in on a pandemic-led surge in online ordering.

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Polishing up emoji and making them easier to share

What does World Emoji Day look like without new emoji?

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South Korea's antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google 207 billion won ($176.64 million) for blocking customised versions of its Android operating system (OS), in the U.S. technology giant's second setback in the country in less than a month.

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday Google's contract terms with device makers amounted to an abuse of its dominant market position that restricted competition in the mobile OS market.

S.Korea fines Google $177 mln for blocking Android customisation

South Korea's antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc's Google 207 billion won ($176.64 million) for blocking customised versions of its Android operating system (OS), in the U.S. technology giant's second setback in the country in less than a month.

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Making permissions auto-reset available to billions more devices

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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Archiving is a new functionality that will allow users to reclaim ~60% of app storage temporarily by removing parts of the app rather than uninstalling it completely. An archived app will remain on the device and can easily be restored to the latest available compatible version, whilst preserving the user data.

Freeing up 60% of storage for apps

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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New Android features for messaging, entertainment and more

Check out new features and updates coming to your Android device.

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Putting Android Enterprise security to the test

NCC Group tested Android Enterprise based on the U.S. Department of Defense’s security requirements.

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How we're helping you switch audio between devices

Not too long ago, I had to plug and unplug my headphones any time I switched from playing games on my computer to listening to music on my MP3 player. So when I finally got my first set of wireless headphones, I was excited to avoid tangled cables and start using a Bluetooth connection. But it...

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Prepare your app to support predictive back gestures

Posted by Jason Tang, Product Management, Diego Zuluaga, Developer Relations, and Michael Mauzy, Developer Documentation Since we...

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