An interesting app called Are You Dead? has taken over China. It functions on a simple principle. The registered user must log into the app every two days to confirm that they are alive. If they fail ...

Are You Dead Yet soared to the top of app-store charts and became a magnet for investors. In an exclusive interview with ...

BEIJING (AP) — In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app ...

Users outside of China can download the app too. It’s called Demumu, and is currently the #6 top paid app in the US App Store with a $0.99 price. BBC says the app’s name “is a word play on a ...

A new paid app called “Are You Dead?” or “Dead Yet?” has surged to the top of China’s charts, targeted at young people living alone.

China’s new app called “Are You Dead?” has taken the internet by storm and is becoming popular among the solo dwellers. Being a safety app, this aims to keep a check on people ...

Discover the "Are You Dead?" app, a viral safety tool in China reflecting anxieties of solo living and thinning social ...

In recent weeks, a morbid-sounding app has taken China by storm, tapping into widespread loneliness and youth disaffection in the world’s second most populous country.

The app's use is detailed in a new report by an international watchdog group. UPDATED June 6, 2019: A previous version of this story quoted a Human Rights Watch report that said the IJOP police ...

Two of China’s most popular gay-dating apps have disappeared from app stores in the country, reinforcing fears of a widening crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups and online content. Blued and Finka were not ...

Some Malaysians are impressed by the app's detail and accuracy, but a few suspicious minds have warned against downloading it ...