Digital advertisers, backed by Google, on Friday criticized Apple’s plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them…
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Apple’s Dark Sky weather service for Android will be discontinued on August 1st
On March 31st, the Dark Sky weather service announced they’d been purchased by Apple and that Dark Sky for iOS would continue to be available…
How to opt out of COVID-19 contact tracing in iOS 13.5
Apple in iOS 13.5 is introducing an “exposure notification” (née “contact tracing”) API. In Apple’s iOS 13.5 beta, you can opt out of contact tracing …
Apple iPhone sales in China spiked sharply in April
Apple saw a sharp spike in iPhone sales in China in April, according to new government figures as interpreted by Barclays analyst Tim Long…
Smartphone shipments in China up 17% in April, signaling likely rebound
According to Chinese government data released on Tuesday, smartphone shipments from factories in China to vendors rose 17% in April compared to the same…
How to opt out of COVID-19 contact tracing in iOS 13.5
Apple in iOS 13.5 is introducing an “exposure notification” (née “contact tracing”) API. In Apple’s iOS 13.5 beta, you can opt out of contact tracing …
Android settlers mourn loss of Dark Sky app after Apple acquisition
Popular hyper-local weather app Dark Sky yesterday announced the company’s acquisition by none other than Apple, meaning the Andoid verison is discontinued…
Popular VPN and ad-blocking apps are secretly harvesting user data
Sensor Tower has been secretly collecting data from millions of people who have installed popular VPN and ad-blocking apps…
Disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin’s Essential shuts down
Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…
iPhone vs. Android: Hidden iPhone feature is a big advantage over Android
When it comes to iPhone vs. Android, Apple often comes out on top; likely because they invented the modern smartphone while Google is just trying to approximate it for the less discerning…
Sonos lawsuit claims Google has been blatantly and knowingly copying Sonos’ patented technology
In 2013, Sonos scored a coup when Google agreed to design its music service to work easily with Sonos’s home speakers…
Toxic Hellstew: 146 new vulnerabilities all come preinstalled on Android phones
The vulnerabilities encompass everything from unauthorized audio recording to command execution to the ability to modify system properties and wireless settings…
People getting texts originally sent on Valentine’s Day hit with wide range of emotion
Something strange is happening with text messages in the US right now. Overnight, a multitude of people received text messages…
Massive security hole: Google Pixel 4 Face Unlock works if eyes are shut
Google has confirmed the Pixel 4 smartphone’s Face Unlock system can allow access to a person’s device…
More than 50 percent of all iPhones are already running iOS 13
If you count only iPhones purchased in the last four years, the figure jumps up to 55 percent…
IDC: 2019 will be challenging for iPhone, shipments expected to drop to 177.9 million, down 14.8% year over year
A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows signs of market recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020…
Unix at 50: How the OS that powers iOS and Android started from failure
Maybe its pervasiveness has long obscured its origins. But Unix, the operating system that in one derivative or another powers nearly all smartphones…
Apple’s Messages for Android will never arrive and green bubbles will keep ruining Messages
For the time being, those who settle for Google insecure, privacy-trampling, fragmented, toxic hellstew will remain in their green bubble ghetto sporadically soiling our pristine, blue, full-featured Messages…
Android settlers besieged by factory pre-installed malware
There’s a flow of Android malware that those who settle for pretend iPhones cannot defend themselves against: malicious apps that have been factory pre-installed…
Apple locked me out of its walled garden and it was a nightmare
Luke Kurtis recently was forced to find out what happens when the technology you’ve built your life around suddenly isn’t there…
Your iPhone contacts list could be a vulnerable target – unless you’ve updated your software
Researchers say they were able to surreptitiously gain greater access to iOS privileges: “If successful, the intruder owns your iPhone” and the information on it…
Apple iPad continues to dominate global tablet market share
The current Apple iPad lineup includes Apple Pencil support, best-in-class performance, advanced displays and all-day battery life…
Huawei unveils Harmony operating system, but keeps Android for phones for now
Huawei Technologies unveiled on Friday its proprietary operating system for smartphones and other devices…
Apple’s iOS 12 now installed on nearly 90 percent of compatible devices
Apple has updated iOS statistics that show iOS 12 adoption rates have reached 88% on compatible devices, roughly one month before the release of iOS 13….
Apple’s AWDL protocol plagued by flaws that enable tracking and man-in-the-middle attacks
NAN, commonly known as Wi-Fi Aware, is a new standard supported by Android which draws on AWDL’s design and, thus, might be vulnerable to the similar attacks…
76% of retail IT decision makers believe that Apple devices are better than Windows or Android
More than three-quarters of respondents (82%) who use Windows or Android in their retail environments experience problems…
Researchers: ‘No individual brand is as predictive of being high-income as owning an Apple iPhone’
Apple’s iPhone has become the best indicator of wealth from among everyday items…
Apple is poised to lose lots of iPhone users if it keeps ignoring the mid-range consumer
It’s no secret that the iPhone’s average selling price has creeped up over the past several years….
NSO Group says it can scrape data from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft cloud services
The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data…
Google and Facebook are quietly tracking visits to porn websites, even those in incognito mode
Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are always watching you — even when you’re browsing pornography websites in incognito mode…
Yet another Android scare shows how little Google protects your privacy
Over 1,000 Android apps continue to harvest your personal data even after you tell them not to. Google says it won’t fix this until…
Huawei says Apple is its privacy role model
Huawei’s CEO sees Apple as a role model for privacy, even as fresh reports detail close links with Chinese military…
Apple’s App Store still makes more cash than Google Play
Apple’s App Store continues to massively outpace Google Play on consumer spending, even though iOS app installs are lower…
Top Apple’s App Store developers are earning 64% more than Google Play’s
We analyzed quarterly consumer spending in apps from the top 100 publishers on the App Store and Google Play between Q1 2014 and 2019…
Why I finally switched to Apple’s iMessage: Encrypted chat is a moral imperative
After years of refusing to turn on iMessage — even when I’m using an iPhone — I have flipped that little toggle button to on…
‘Commander Keen’ returns in a new mobile game from ZeniMax Online and Bethesda
The surprise announcement of the night is definitely Commander Keen for mobile. Commander Keen is one of id Software’s early franchises…
Google confirms that advanced backdoor malware came preinstalled on Android devices
People who value security and privacy use real iPhones…
Apple’s macOS and iOS market share both up in May
According to the latest market share survey from NetMarketShare, the market share for both macOS and iOS was up last month…
Why 492 out of 500 people at one company chose iPhone over Android
Of the 500 employees at the company, only 8 of them chose to use an Android phone. Everyone else — all 492 of them — chose an iPhone…
Some iOS apps are using Background App Refresh to send data to tracking companies
It’s 3 a.m. Do you know what your iPhone is doing?
Huawei founder says he would protest Chinese government retaliation against Apple
If that happens, I’ll be the first to protest
Huawei CEO and founder admits he buys iPhones for his family
Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei revealed he bought Apple iPhones for his family…
