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Tag: DuckDuckGo

Apple collects the least user data, Google amasses the most – study

Thursday, August 25, 2022 8:59 amThursday, August 25, 20224 Comments

Apple collects the least amount of private user data from its users, with Google, Twitter, Amazon, and Facebook collecting more personal…

Is Apple preparing to launch its own search engine?

Thursday, June 2, 2022 9:23 amFriday, June 3, 202213 Comments

The rumor mill is revving up ahead of WWDC 2022 with an oldie but a goodie: Apple is prepping the launch its own search engine …

DuckDuckGo is building a privacy-focused Mac desktop browser

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 4:39 pm6 Comments

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine company will be expanding of offer a new desktop browser for the Mac that will be similar to…

Apple tried to hire away former Google search chief Ben Gomes

Friday, August 20, 2021 11:09 am3 Comments

When Apple went after a pair of high-profile managers for its Siri and artificial intelligence groups: Google’s top brass overseeing search …

Australia to investigate Apple’s default search deal with Google

Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:21 amThursday, March 11, 20213 Comments

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is focused on internet browser defaults, including Apple’s default search deal with Google …

Apple steps up efforts to develop alternative to Google search monopoly

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:16 am10 Comments

Apple has increased its efforts to develop its own search technology as competition authorities in the U.S. and Europe question its deal…

Google pays Apple $8 billion to $12 billion per year to be default search on iPhones, iPads, and Macs

Monday, October 26, 2020 9:21 am9 Comments

Last Tuesday, the DOJ filed a landmark lawsuit against Google and homed in on the Google’s annual multi-billion dollar payment to Apple to…

U.S. DOJ cites Apple deal in antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 3:15 pmTuesday, October 20, 20209 Comments

The United State’s Department of Justice on Tuesday filed antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google that focus on the company’s…

Apple may be preparing a search engine to take on Google

Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:27 amThursday, August 27, 202018 Comments

Changes in Spotlight Search on iOS and iPadOS 14 beta, a significant update to its Applebot support page, and an increase in crawling…

Analyst: Apple should buy DuckDuckGo search engine

Monday, June 8, 2020 10:50 am17 Comments

In a new note to clients, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi suggests that Apple should buy DuckDuckGo, the search engine which he values at…

The search engine for Apple users: DuckDuckGo

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 10:07 pm6 Comments

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has long been a favorite choice of those who prefer to remain anonymous, and now it’s providing even more incentive for Apple users…

Apple to remove ‘Do Not Track’ support in Safari 12.1, focus shifts to Intelligent Tracking Prevention

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 10:49 pm3 Comments

Apple has revealed that it will remove support for ‘Do Not Track’ in Safari 12.1…

DuckDuckGo taps Apple Maps to power private search results

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 2:31 pmTuesday, January 15, 20193 Comments

Map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple Maps…

Should Apple have its own search engine?

Friday, November 30, 2018 12:01 pmFriday, November 30, 201843 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook was made to answer a very uncomfortable question…

Tim Cook: Why Apple accepts billions annually from Google to be Safari’s default search engine despite privacy concerns

Monday, November 19, 2018 11:00 amMonday, November 19, 201826 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t name names when he spoke out against the privacy practices…

DuckDuckGo: What it’s like to use a search engine that values your privacy

Monday, November 5, 2018 12:00 pmMonday, November 5, 20188 Comments

DuckDuckGo prides itself on not tracking users…

The ‘No Google’ Little Snitch profile

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 12:01 pmTuesday, February 20, 201811 Comments

I occasionally use Chrome as browser on macOS…

Google cripples image search, angering users

Friday, February 16, 2018 2:46 pmFriday, February 16, 201818 Comments

Google just made two big changes to image search…

This is everything Google knows about you – and how to switch it off

Saturday, August 19, 2017 12:17 pm9 Comments

It turns out Google knows a lot about you – an awful lot…

Google asks court to sanction Oracle lawyer for disclosing its secret $1 billion deal with Apple

Thursday, July 7, 2016 11:01 amThursday, July 7, 20162 Comments

In January, Oracle attorney Annette Hurst disclosed the fact that Google paid Apple $1 billion…

Will Apple buy DuckDuckGo this year?

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 3:02 pm16 Comments

DuckDuckGo is the search engine that does not track your searches or send your search words/phrases…

Is Apple preparing to take $8 billion from Google?

Friday, November 20, 2015 10:14 am42 Comments

Apple may hit Google with an $8 billion charge on its profits…

How to use Google without being tracked

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 11:47 am29 Comments

It only takes one step to stop Google from tracking you…

Why I switched from Google to DuckDuckGo

Saturday, July 4, 2015 3:03 pmSaturday, July 4, 201550 Comments

While its main draw is privacy, DuckDuckGo has another killer feature…

Apple may dump Google as Safari’s default search engine

Friday, June 26, 2015 9:05 am24 Comments

Apple may remove Google as its default mobile search engine on Safari…

Why Apple should buy DuckDuckGo

Friday, June 19, 2015 3:30 pmFriday, June 19, 201535 Comments

One of the most important, hardest-to-build, and useful Internet services…

DuckDuckGo has grown 600% since Apple made it a search option – and Snowden’s revelations

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:39 pmWednesday, June 17, 201517 Comments

DuckDuckGo heavily touts the fact that it doesn’t track the information of users…

Apple adds DuckDuckGo option to iOS 8 Safari, ‘a search engine that doesn’t track users’

Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:00 pmThursday, September 18, 201418 Comments

In iOS 8, users who value their privacy can choose to make the DuckDuckGo search engine the default…

Apple may have quietly signaled that it’s received a secret Patriot Act order

Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:28 pmThursday, September 18, 201416 Comments

Under the Patriot Act, the US government can demand information…

Apple slams Google in Safari 7.1 release notes: ‘Adds DuckDuckGo, a search engine that doesn’t track users’

Thursday, September 18, 2014 3:31 pmThursday, September 18, 201439 Comments

Apple today released Safari 7.1…

Apple’s direct assault against Google and Android

Friday, June 6, 2014 11:55 am26 Comments

I wonder why Apple doesn’t just buy DuckDuckGo…

It’s time for Apple to buy DuckDuckGo

Friday, May 30, 2014 2:01 pmFriday, May 30, 201451 Comments

Apple is in an outright war with Google and lawsuit wins against Samsung…

Is Apple’s next big thing search?

Monday, April 7, 2014 2:01 pmMonday, April 7, 201423 Comments

Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Ask Network, AOL, DuckDuckGo, and even Dogpile…

Why doesn’t Apple do its own search engine?

Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:34 pm40 Comments

In 2013, Apple sold about 150 million iPhones and about 70 million iPads…

DuckDuckGo launches ‘DuckDuckGo Search and Stories’ for iPhone and iPod touch

Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:31 pmThursday, June 27, 20137 Comments

DuckDuckGo, the search engine that offers better search and real privacy…

DuckDuckGo search engine surges 33% in wake of PRISM scandal

Thursday, June 20, 2013 4:29 pmThursday, June 20, 201334 Comments

The ‘anonymous’ search engine DuckDuckGo is getting a boost off the PRISM scandal…

Apple makes Siri smarter in iOS 7, dumps Google search for Microsoft’s Bing as Siri’s default search engine

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:29 amTuesday, June 11, 201325 Comments

With iOS 7, Apple has not only made its Siri virtual assistant smarter…

Apple’s slow and steady search attack

Friday, December 28, 2012 12:01 pm23 Comments

Say Apple were to purchase an underrated search engine such as DuckDuckGo…

Pure search engine DuckDuckGo sees usage soar

Monday, November 12, 2012 7:32 pmMonday, November 12, 201227 Comments

Gabriel Weinberg’s search engine DuckDuckGo does not track users…

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