The millions of dots on the map trace highways, side streets and bike trails…
Tag: location services
Commitment to user privacy complicates Apple’s push into artificial intelligence
To build and run machine learning services you need computing power and data, and the more you have of each the more powerful your software can be…
Apple’s iOS 11 will deliver even more privacy to users
Not only do Apple executives genuinely care about protecting user data, a privacy-oriented philosophy also helps…
Apple buys 11 map startups, but still trails Google Maps
HopStop users are mourning the demise of the go-to transit app. Apple bought HopStop in 2013…
Apple acquires Mapsense
Mapense builds tools for analyzing and visualizing location data…
One thing every iPhone owner can do to stretch battery life
While it’s not as big an issue with recent models of Apple devices…
Your iPhone may soon show you a picture of your destination before you arrive
Apple wants to provide methods and devices that provide for easier navigation…
Google wants to use your smartphone to track your visits to retail stores
For Google to conduct this passive location tracking…
Apple’s maps strategy is working just fine
Apple made two smallish acquisitions of map-related companies…
Apple buys online transit-navigation service HopStop
HopStop shows users in more than 500 cities the fastest way to travel…
Apple pays South Korean iPhone user 1 million won over iPhone location data collection
Apple Inc’s Korean unit has paid compensation to a user of its popular iPhone…
U.S. Senate Democrat Rockefeller: Totally unregulated apps have to be regulated
Apple and Google yesterday made a repeat appearance in front of the U.S. Senate…
Apple sued again over location data; lawsuit claims Apple intentionally intercepted personal info
Apple is being sued again over the controversial data location file…
Apple’s Bud Tribble to testify in U.S. Senator Al Franken’s Judiciary Subcommittee hearings on mobile privacy
U.S. Senator Al Franken on Friday announced the witness list…
Apple, Google set to testify at U.S. Congressional hearing on location data to begin May 10th
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued statements…
Verizon to place warning stickers on all phones that track location
Verizon in a response to Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey’s…
The full interview: Steve Jobs on iPhones and location data
Although Apple was silent for several days after researchers raised issues about location…
Steve Jobs: Apple isn’t tracking anyone; looks forward to testifying before Congress
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Wednesday that the iPhone database…
Newsflash: In the U.S. your cellphone has been tracking you for nearly a decade; mandated by FCC in 2001
Since October 2001, the FCC has mandated that all wireless carriers track the location of their users
Illinois Attorney General Madigan requests meeting with Apple, Google
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan called for a meeting Monday…
Apple sued for privacy invasion, computer fraud over iOS location data collection, storage
Apple Inc. has just been sued for alleged privacy invasion and computer fraud by…
Apple’s iPhone is not storing your accurate location and not storing history
I have confirmed that Apple is not storing your location and, importantly, they are not storing history…
Steve Jobs on iOS location tracking: We don’t track anyone, but Droid does
There has obviously been a lot of discussion about last week’s disclosure…
Apple iPhone collects location info even when location services are turned off by user
Apple Inc.’s iPhone is collecting and storing location information even when location services are turned off…
Apple looking to ‘radically improve’ iPhone Maps and location services
New job listings from Apple suggests the company is still hard at work at a new…
