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Tencent's TiMi Studios sets world daily active user record
2020-11-02 13:46:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Tencent Games' TiMi Studios said that its 'Honor of Kings' mobile game set a new world record of 100 million average daily active users year to date. The record was announced during an online livestream celebrating the game's fifth anniversary with players. Two new untitled games were also announced, expanding the Honor of Kings world from multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) into two more unspecified genres.
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Zoom Beefs Up User Security With End-To-End Encryption
2020-10-28 12:22:00| TechNewsWorld
Zoom gave its users a big security upgrade Monday when it rolled out end-to-end encryption for its online meetings network. E2EE puts control of the keys for scrambling data in the hands of meeting organizers. Before the E2EE rollout, encryption was done on Zoom's servers, where someone with access to those servers could intercept the data. When used correctly, E2EE can make it difficult for even the best-resourced intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on communication.
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TikTok to house all European user data in new Irish data centre
2020-08-06 14:25:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) After moving its European privacy base in June to Dublin, TikTok said it will establish a new data centre in Ireland, its first in Europe, with an investment value of EUR 420 million. TikTok has come under fire in the US where it is facing a possible ban on security grounds, and a potential class action suit from people who believe the company is collecting their personal data without proper consent. This latest move shows the company wants to reassure European users that its service is safe. The company has denied claims it is controlled by the Chinese government.
Facebook doubles profit on strong growth in user numbers during Q2, sees pressure for ad revenue
2020-07-31 11:37:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Facebook doubled its net profit in the second quarter amid continued high engagement on its network amid the covid-19 pandemic, even as revenue growth slowed to 11 percent. The company noted however that it was seeing signs of normalisation in user growth and engagement as lockdown measures ease in some parts of the world, particularly in developed markets where the company's penetration is higher. The company expects the daily and monthly user growth to sequentially flatten or even decline in the third quarter as shelter-in-place measures restrictions continue to lessen.
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Twitter user growth accelerates in Q2, but revenues, profits fall on weak ad market
2020-07-23 15:15:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Twitter reported accelerated growth in users in the second quarter, as more people took to the social media platform to discuss current events. However, the user growth did not translate into more revenues, as the advertising market remained weak during the coronavirus outbreak, and the company reported a loss for the quarter.