Techie Tuesdays: Top Tech News That Rocked 2018 Stay tuned to get every day updates in 60 seconds

By Aastha Singal

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1. Throughout the year, Facebook made the headlines for its incompetency. It all started with the revelation that the social giant has exposed data on up to 87 million users to Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump campaign during 2016 US election.

2. The year also witnessed the launch of world's first every blockchain phone called Finney. Meanwhile, HTC also announced its blockchain-focused phone Exodus 1, which can only be bought in cryptocurrency.

3. PUBG is the best game of 2018. In the recently organized Google Play's "Best of 2018" awards, PUBG Mobile bagged three awards, emerging as India's favourite mobile game.

4. At the same time, 2018 was not so happening many tech apps. Apart from Yahoo messenger and Facebook's teen app, a string of Google applications got killed due to lack of usage.

Here's the "news that BIZ Experiencess can use". Know what's trending in the Indian business world in 60 seconds.

Aastha Singal

BIZ Experiences Staff

Former Features Writer

A business journalist looking to find happiness in the world of startups, investments, MSMEs and more. Officially started her career as a news reporter for News World India, Aastha had short stints with NDTV and NewsX. A true optimist seeking to make a difference, she is a comic junkie who'd rather watch a typical Bollywood masala than a Hollywood blockbuster. 

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