Neowin News Feed for: Nepal

Nepal's government becomes the latest to ban TikTok

Steve Bennett — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:00:01 +0000

Governments across the world have imposed bans of varying degrees on TikTok, however, Nepal has gone further to ban the app across the entire country in a decision made in a cabinet meeting today. Read more...

Nepal bans PUBG citing violent content and parental concerns

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:28:01 +0000

Nepal has banned PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, with officials ordering internet service providers in the country to stop providing access to the massively popular battle royale game Read more...

Steam games will become much cheaper in select regions soon

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:26:01 +0000

In a surprise move, Valve has announced that it is making games much cheaper in select regions such as Bangladesh and Pakistan. The company has also introduced support for more currencies. Read more...

Pakistan lifts YouTube ban after three years

Matt Blowes — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:00:01 +0000

Authorities have reopened access to YouTube after Google launched a localized, Pakistani edition of the site. However questions remain over whether the government can now ban individual videos. Read more...

Destiny community raises more than a million dollars for Nepal victims

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:30:01 +0000

The gaming community behind Destiny banded together with Bungie and Activision and managed to raise more than a million dollars, money that's being donated to Direct Relief to help victims in Nepal. Read more...

With another earthquake in Nepal, Viber has made calling out of the country free

Steven Johns — Tue, 12 May 2015 09:32:01 +0000

Similar to what happened with the last earthquake in Nepal last month, Viber has taken the lead in making their services free for Nepalese users trying to contact others within Nepal and abroad. Read more...

Microsoft donates $1m to aid Nepal earthquake relief efforts, along with free Skype calls

Andy Weir — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:06:01 +0000

Microsoft has pledged over $1m in cash, technology and services to aid the disaster relief effort in the affected region, and has also made all Skype calls free to landlines and mobiles in Nepal. Read more...

Google rolls out aid for victims of Nepal earthquake

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:19:02 +0000

In response to the destruction of the devastating magnitude 7.8 Nepalese earthquake, Google has rolled out several useful tools to make responding and recovering from the disaster easier. Read more...