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Apple is designing for a post-Facebook world
In a sense, iOS 13 isn’t organized by apps, it’s organized by your contacts. Your relationship, and plans with someone, are dictating how the OS responds and linking one app to another…
Apple should follow Google’s lead and ‘leak’ the iPhone 11 design early
It’s only June but already the fall smartphone wars are heating up. Apple last week unveiled iOS 13 and with it many of the new features that will grace the next iPhone…
Despite Apple’s privacy jab, Google says ‘Sign In with Apple’ is a good idea
I honestly do think this technology will be better for the internet and will make people much, much safer…
Facebook app banned by Apple collected device data on 187,000 users
Facebook obtained personal and sensitive device data on about 187,000 users of its now-defunct “Research” app…
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg may have known of questionable privacy practices emails show
Facebook Inc emails appear to show Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s involvement in discussions about its much criticized privacy practices…
Senator Elizabeth Warren demands DOJ antitrust head recuse himself from Apple, Google probes
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division to recuse himself from…
Amazon trumps Apple and Google in Kantar’s 2019 global ‘brand value’ report
Amazon is now the world leader in terms of brand value, eclipsing both Apple and Google, according to annual Kantar research rankings….
Google’s multi-billion dollar search deal with Apple took four months of working ‘every single day’
Google pays Apple billions of dollars to be the default search engine in the Safari browser on iPhones and Mac computers…
Silicon Valley congressman: ‘It is embarrassing how technologically illiterate most members of Congress are’
The congressman is working on the framework of legislation that would offer sweeping data-privacy laws in the form of network neutrality, greater transparency in data-collection practices…
G20 agrees deadline for global tax crackdown on tech giants like Apple
The G20 has set a deadline for a two-prong tax crackdown on tech giants, which could hit companies like Apple…
How ‘Sign In with Apple’ works
One of the bigger security announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week is Apple’s new requirement…
Google confirms that advanced backdoor malware came preinstalled on Android devices
People who value security and privacy use real iPhones…
Apple asks developers to place their ‘Sign in With Apple’ login button above Google’s and Facebook’s
Apple Inc will ask developers to position a new “Sign on with Apple” button in iPhone and iPad apps above rival buttons from Google and Facebook…
Apple CEO Cook: U.S. government scrutiny is ‘fair,’ but we’re not a monopoly
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook denied that the company is a monopoly as the U.S. government gears up for a potentially unprecedented probe…
U.S. moving toward major antitrust probe of tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power
Apple charts the future of private, premium tech – alone
Leading up to its 30th Annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Apple is channeling its unique hardware savvy to create a future that is powerful, premium, accessible to everyone, and private to yourself…
U.S. Department of Justice gearing up for antitrust investigation of Google
The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, a move that could present a major new layer of regulatory scrutiny for the search giant…
Google still plans to cripple ad-blocking in Chrome, but enterprises will be exempt
Google has clarified proposed changes to the Chrome browser that some developers fear will cripple ad blockers…
Apple condemns British spy agency group’s proposal to destroy message encryption
Apple, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp have co-signed an open letter urging the UK government…
Bloomberg: Apple and Nike brace for China’s wrath after Huawei ban
U.S. companies counting on China for a major part of their growth have targets on their backs…
Citi lowers Apple price target, claiming trade war will likely cut China sales in half
The U.S. trade war with China will further hurt iPhone sales…
Inside Apple’s top secret testing facilities where iPhone privacy defenses are forged in temperatures of -40c
These chips are the great line of defense in a battle that Apple never stops fighting as it tries to keep users’ data private…
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…
ARM cuts ties with Huawei after President Trump’s ban
ARM is complying with all of the latest regulations set forth by the U.S. government…
President Trump’s Huawei ban creates concern over Apple’s iPhone business in China
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump effectively banned U.S. companies from working with Huawei…
Findy, the app bold enough to take on search monopolist Google
Findy, the first and only smart mobile browser for consumers, has announced plans to take back your rights…
Chinese diplomat tweets that Huawei ‘has cut Apple into pieces’ – from his Apple iPhone
China has reacted with uncharacteristic fury to what it deems a concerted U.S. attack…
Quantifying just how much the trade war could hurt Apple
The uptick in trade hostilities between Washington and Beijing could threaten Apple…
U.S. to offer temporary exemptions to Huawei export ban
The 90-day reprieve may be intended to help reboot U.S.-China trade talks…
How to outsmart algorithms and take control of your information diet
Certain algorithms pull you toward the things you already know, believe, or like, and they push away everything else…
Apple, Amazon, Google, and others sued for selling thousands of pirated recordings
It’s possible to see some of the unauthorized versions cited in the lawsuit in online stores…
‘Over the Rainbow’ composer’s estate sues Apple and others over ‘pirated’ music sales
Apple and a large number of tech companies have become the subject of a new music lawsuit…
What Apple, Facebook and Google each mean by ‘privacy’
Each company defines privacy differently and emphasizes different trade-offs…
Google releases 53 gender-fluid emoji
In 1999, the Japanese wireless communications company NTT Docomo released 176 pictures for people to quickly, efficiently, and emotively communicate…
Pixel 3a: Google takes a desperate step into the Android morass of cheap commodity phones
When Google decided to stop rebranding its partners’ Androids as Nexus models and launched…
U.S. Republicans and Democrats agree on need for bipartisan privacy legislation; divided over giving more powers to FTC
Democratic and Republican lawmakers both stressed the need for bipartisan privacy legislation…
Google launches ‘Pixel 3a’ Android phone for $399
Alphabet Inc’s Google launched more affordable versions of its Pixel smartphone on Tuesday…
Apple CEO Cook discusses protection of customers’ private data: ‘You are not our product’
Apple CEO Tim Cook is worried about the protection of personal data…
NYT Editorial Board: Regulators should take a close look at Apple’s App Store
Of the 17 most popular screen-time and parental-control apps in the App Store…
Spotify reaches 100 million subscribers worldwide, still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million paying users around the world, the company said…
