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Apple says Facebook-commissioned ‘study’ on preinstalled app usage is ‘seriously flawed’

Thursday, July 8, 2021 11:04 am43 Comments

The majority of apps used by iPhone and Android users are made by Apple and Google, according to a so-called “study” commissioned by Facebook

Apple might further ratchet up rivalry with Facebook at WWDC

Friday, June 4, 2021 5:18 pm22 Comments

The feud between Apple and Facebook could be ratcheted up during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which kicks off…

Developer: Apple’s privacy push is an ‘atomic bomb’ for advertisers

Friday, April 16, 2021 3:47 pm9 Comments

Apple’s App Store is designed to be a safe and trusted place for users to discover apps created by developers from around the world…

Zuckerberg now says Facebook may be in a ‘stronger position’ after Apple boosts privacy

Friday, March 19, 2021 3:13 pm16 Comments

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said he is confident the social media company “will be able to manage through” Apple’s privacy …

How Apple’s upcoming anti-tracking privacy feature hurts Facebook

Friday, March 12, 2021 10:04 am6 Comments

Apple’s upcoming anti-tracking privacy feature hurts Facebook, which is is particularly worried about losing the ability to track…

Twitter CFO says Apple’s new privacy change will level the playing field

Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:16 pmNo Comments

Twitter CFO Ned Segal said the company is feeling confident as it prepares for Apple’s planned privacy update to iOS 14 where users will…

Facebook tries ads to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked

Thursday, February 25, 2021 12:33 pm7 Comments

Facebook on Thursday launched an ad campaign that attempts to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked so that Facebook can serve…

Mobile ad companies form ‘Post-IDFA Alliance’ to prepare for Apple privacy changes

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 1:20 pm2 Comments

Six mobile advertising companies said Wednesday they have formed a partnership called the “Post-IDFA Alliance” to help marketers and…

Facebook attempts to convince users to let themselves be tracked ahead of Apple’s privacy tool

Monday, February 1, 2021 12:42 pm7 Comments

Facebook plans to attempt to convince users allow the company to further invade their privacy by approving tracking of their iPhones and iPads…

Google to stop using Apple iPhone privacy tool, avoiding new pop-up warning

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 10:56 am4 Comments

Google’s iPhone apps such as Maps and YouTube will stop using an iPhone privacy tool from Apple that allows them to personalize ads…

European activist files complaints against Apple’s ‘Identifier for Advertisers’

Monday, November 16, 2020 10:04 amNo Comments

Noyb filed complaints on Monday with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA)…

Apple delays iOS 14 ad tracking policy that had Facebook fuming

Thursday, September 3, 2020 3:03 pmThursday, September 3, 20208 Comments

Apple is delaying its new rules around in-app ad tracking in iOS 14, postponing the disclosure requirement that had Facebook publicly fuming…

Facebook warns that Apple’s privacy-focused iOS 14 could utterly crush its ad network

Thursday, August 27, 2020 11:06 am18 Comments

Facebook wrote in the risk factors section of its most recent quarterly SEC filing: “We rely on data signals from user activity on websites…

Apple opens iTunes Radio Inventory to automated buys via iAd: Advertisers can target Apple listeners with phone, email identifiers

Friday, March 20, 2015 2:58 pmFriday, March 20, 20154 Comments

Rumors of iAd’s demise have been greatly exaggerated…

Apple iOS developers must now agree to ad identifier rules or risk App Store rejection

Friday, April 11, 2014 4:02 pmFriday, April 11, 20142 Comments

Apple has just updated a section in iTunes Connect, the service mobile developers…

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