Recently, Tim Cook gave multiple interviews on Apple’s commitment to protecting their privacy…
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Apple co-founder Woz quits Facebook
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak said he’s leaving Facebook amid concerns about privacy and data violations…
Apple’s App Store shrank for the the first time in 2017
Both Apple’s App Store and Google Play were growing consistently all the way up to 2017…
Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook scans the contents of all private Messenger texts
Facebook scans the contents of messages that people send each other on its Messenger app…
Facebook to warn 87 million users that their data ‘may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica’
Facebook will warn these users with a notice atop the News Feed with information about what data of theirs might have been attained…
Mark Zuckerberg and the never-ending stench of Facebook
How do we trust Facebook’s public stances on what they will or won’t do to censor speech, content, or connections with which they don’t agree?
Apple may be the biggest winner from Facebook’s data scandal
In 2014, Apple CEO Tim Cook penned a missive regarding Apple’s approach to privacy….
Mark Zuckerberg blasts Apple CEO Cook’s criticism of Facebook as ‘extremely glib and not at all aligned with the truth’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejected Apple CEO Tim Cook’s critique of his company’s business model…
Bad news for those who want Facebook listening in their homes: Facebook delays smart speaker debut amid data privacy scandal
The fallout from Facebook Inc.’s data privacy scandal is spreading…
Apple CEO Cook: Facebook should have self-regulated, but it’s too late for that now
Apple CEO Tim Cook has doubled down on his call for regulation that would limit Facebook…
Appeals court rules that Google infringed Oracle’s Java copyrights, orders trial on damages
A federal appeals court revived Oracle Corp.’s multibillion-dollar copyright infringement claims…
U.S. FTC will investigate Facebook over privacy or lack thereof
The Federal Trade Commission has an open investigation into Facebook’s growing privacy scandal…
Android malware found inside apps downloaded from Google Play has infected at least a million users
The malware is thought to have infected at least a million users – and potentially many more – as one of the malicious apps was downloaded 500,000 times…
Apple CEO Cook calls for more data oversight, ‘well-crafted regulation’ after Facebook debacle
Executives from Apple Inc and IBM Corp have called for more oversight on how personal data is used…
Facebook has been collecting call history and SMS data from Android devices for years; Apple iOS devices unaffected
I found, contained call-log data for a certain Android device I used in 2015 and 2016, along with SMS and MMS message metadata…
Apple iPhone pulling away from outclassed Android
Apple now has a double advantage in the smartphone war…
Google claims Android is ‘as safe as the competition’ despite its fragmented, outdated install base
Google’s head of Android security David Kleidermacher claimed in an interview…
Apple invites developers to workshop in Paris
Apple has begun sending out a limited number of invitations to a developer workshop…
Apple denies allegations of abusing French developers who’ve earned one billion euros from App Store
Apple has issued a statement defending against allegations made by France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire…
Europe tightens screws on Apple, other U.S.-based tech firms
Europe is zeroing in on U.S. tech companies amid rising trans-Atlantic trade tensions…
Refurbished, high-end Apple iPhones are suffocating the growth of cheap, new Android phones
The fastest growing segment in global smartphones isn’t Google’s vision for super-cheap, simple Android phones…
France to sue Apple, Google over developer contracts
France will take Google and Apple to court over contractual terms imposed…
Apple could gain 20% with a less expensive iPhone, says Trefis
Apple shares are currently trading around an all-time high figure of $180…
Apple iPhone notches highest-ever smartphone share in South Korea in Q417
It was estimated that Apple accounted for 30 percent of the Korean smartphone market in the fourth quarter of last year…
Essential sold fewer than 90,000 phones in its first six months
Essential, Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s new smartphone venture, had a rough go of it…
Google’s next Android version to mimic Apple’s iPhone X notch
Google is working on an overhaul of its Android mobile software for a new generation of smartphones…
Apple iPhone surpasses Samsung to become world’s No.1 smartphone brand
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service…
Apple utterly dominates the premium smartphone market in China with 85% share
According to preliminary data from the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker…
‘Google is at Apple’s mercy’ – the trouble in Alphabet’s earnings
es, the company’s name is Alphabet these days, but it might as well be mud…
Apple leads in Indian premium smartphone market share, capturing 47% share in Q417
In terms of best selling models, iPhone X was the leading model in the premium segment…
iPhone X boosts Apple’s iOS share in key markets
The latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reveals that…
Apple App Store users spent nearly double that of Google Play users in Q417
When it comes to mobile operating systems, all users are simply not equal…
Longtime Google engineer quits, saying the company is ‘100% competitor-focused’ and ‘can no longer innovate’
A Google engineer who just left the company after nearly 13 years criticized it Wednesday…
Eric Schmidt to step down as the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc.
Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet’s board of directors…
Andy Rubin takes leave from Essential as probe into ‘inappropriate’ Google relationship goes public
Essential founder and CEO Andy Rubin has taken a leave of absence from his new company for ‘personal reasons’ following a report…
Google Pixel 2 XL phones’ oleophobic coatings are already wearing off, leaving behind smudges
Saying that Google Pixel 2 XL phone has a few issues is an understatement…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Samsung appeal of patent loss to Apple
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to step back into the years-long feud over patents…
Google doubles warranty on its slow Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones amid screen burn-in, audio flaws
Google says it is doubling the warranty on its new flagship smartphones following complaints…
Google ‘actively investigating’ multiple reports of Pixel 2 XL screen burn-in
Google said Monday it is ‘actively investigating’ reports of its Pixel 2 XL phones exhibiting screen burn-in…
Yet another problem for Google’s slow Pixel 2 and 2 XL phones: They emit a high-pitched whine and clicking noises
After dealing with all sorts of screen issues, another problem with Google’s phones…
Google’s slow Pixel 2 XL may have a major problem: Screen burn-in
Google’s Pixel 2 XL is one of a pair of smartphones that the tech giant introduced this month…
U.S. judge orders new trial to decide how much Samsung owes Apple for copying iPhone
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California issued an order late on Sunday…
