India’s government has issued a directive that requires all smartphone manufacturers to install a government app on every handset in the country and has given them ...

"Government has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers," India's Ministry of Communications said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. The initial order, issued ...

A man speaks on his mobile phone as he walks through a crowded market in Varanasi, India [File: Niharika Kulkarni/AFP] The Indian government has instructed smartphone makers to pre-install a ...

If you've been watching the news cycle around app bans and the policies around what is and isn't allowed in the app stores run by Apple and Google, you might have also seen references to "sideloading" ...