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Apple flying drones to improve Apple Maps data and beat Google
Apple Inc. plans to use drones and new indoor navigation features to improve its Maps service…
Pokémon GO and business model innovation
After months of hype, Pokémon GO finally began rolling out in a few countries this week…
Ten things I wish I knew when I started playing Pokémon GO
I’ve been playing Pokémon GO pretty hardcore now for the past 48 hours or so…
iPhone users: Pokémon GO can spy on your entire Google account
iPhone users of Pokémon GO, beware: the app has access to your entire Google account.
Google Maps and Google Earth get sharper satellite imagery
When Google Earth was first released, it was life-changing…
Apple’s WWDC site embedded Apple Map hints at official public MapKit web API coming soon
Apple seems to be preparing to announce a web version of its MapKit framework, allowing anyone…
FBI vs. Apple isn’t over; Fourth Amendment issues remain
The FBI and Apple reached a cease-fire last week, but it can’t last…
Woman’s home demolished after Google Maps error
A demolition crew destroyed her building by mistake on Tuesday after Google Maps provided wrong directions…
Apple says it may not be needed to unlock New York drug dealer’s iPhone
Apple Inc. said it may not be needed to help unlock an iPhone connected to a drug case in New York…
U.S. Congress likely to side with Apple vs. FBI in iPhone unlocking fight
In the days after the attacks of Sept. 11, law enforcement and national security agencies brought Congress a lengthy list…
The FBI’s case against Apple got kneecapped in Brooklyn: The judges rebuke couldn’t have been stronger
Using the word ‘tyranny’ once and ‘absurd’ nine times, Judge Orenstein accused the DOJ of trying to…
U.S. Magistrate Judge: The U.S. government cannot force Apple to unlock an iPhone in New York drug case
The U.S. government cannot force Apple Inc. to unlock an iPhone in a New York drug case, a federal judge ruled…
Apple wants judge to rule if it can be forced to unlock defendant’s iPhone
Apple has requested a court in New York to rule finally whether it can be compelled to assist investigators…
Shootout: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps
We decided to test the two apps on quintessential autumn errands…
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends privacy, encryption amidst terrorist concerns
Apple CEO Tim Cook staunchly defended personal privacy and the use of encryption on iPhones…
Piggybacked U.S. cybersecurity bill may rile Apple Inc.
The cybersecurity proposal shields companies that voluntarily share threat data with the U.S. government…
Alphabet’s Google launches an updated Maps app for Apple iPhone and iPad
Alphabet Inc.-owned Google rolled out an updated version of its Maps app for the iPhone and iPad…
Obama administration wants access to smartphones
A civil-liberties advocate called the Obama administration one of the worst for privacy protections…
Obama administration’s calls for backdoors into encrypted communications echo Clinton-era key escrow fiasco
In the face of a Federal Bureau of Investigation proposal requesting backdoors into encrypted communications…
Apple Maps is now used three times as often as Google Maps on iPhone and iPad
In total, Apple Maps is seeing more than five billion map-related requests each week…
Apple Maps, once a laughingstock, now dominates iPhones
Apple Maps quickly became the butt of jokes when it debuted in 2012…
Apple CEO Cook: ‘You can’t have a back door that’s only for the good guys’
There’s a burning debate – bordering on a battle – between the U.S. government and technology companies over encryption…
Edward Snowden and spread of encryption blamed after Paris terror attacks
As Paris reels from terror attacks that claimed at least 128 lives, fierce blame for the attack is being directed toward…
Privacy advocates alarmed as UK unveils laws proposing power to spy on Web use
Britain unveiled plans on Wednesday for sweeping new surveillance powers, including the right to find out which websites people visit…
Do not let the government snoops weaken encryption
The bill unveiled by the UK on Wednesday does not ban companies from offering strong encryption…
Apple can’t – and won’t – decrypt your iPhone: Why it matters
Governments use a variety of means — sometimes de facto or later found to be illegal or unconstitutional in the country in which it’s occurring…
Government pressure for Apple to bypass encryption reduced as iPhone owner enters guilty plea
Jun Feng, a defendant in a criminal case, has entered a guilty plea, removing pressure from a New York court…
Judge compares government request for Apple to access users’ iPhone data to execution order
Ordering Apple to access data against its will would be akin to making a reluctant drug company carry out a lethal injection…
U.S. judge expresses doubts over forcing Apple to unlock iPhone
U.S. judge on Monday expressed strong doubts that he had the legal authority to order Apple Inc…
US DOJ claims Apple lacks legal standing to refuse iPhone unlock order
A federal filing has shed some light on the court matter involving Apple’s unwillingness to unlock…
Apple tells U.S. judge it can’t unlock iPhones running iOS 8 or higher
Apple Inc. told a federal judge that it ‘would be impossible’ to access user data on a locked iPhone…
Apple CEO Cook defends encryption, opposes back door for government spies
Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday…
With Apple court order, activist federal judge seeks to fuel debate about data encryption
A federal judge in New York is seeking to expand to the courts the hot debate over whether tech companies like Apple…
Judge declines to order Apple to disable security on device seized by U.S. government
A federal magistrate in Brooklyn is temporarily refusing to order Apple to disable security on a device seized by the U.S. government…
Google Maps arrives on Apple Watch
The Google Maps app for iOS offers maps in 220 countries and territories and now the ability to get directions to places on your Apple Watch…
Apple refused to give iMessages to the U.S. government
The Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages…
NY Times Op-Ed calls for Apple to decrypt iPhones for law enforcement
Last September, Apple and Google, whose operating systems…
BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen’s Audi to buy Nokia’s HERE maps
German carmakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros…
Edward Snowden explains why Apple should continue to fight the government on encryption
As the Obama administration campaign to stop Apple…
Obama administration war against Apple just got uglier
The Obama administration’s central strategy against Apple…
What did WWDC tell us about the future of Apple?
Just a few days ago, Apple released information about changes to dozens…
