Tag: mobile world congress
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Premium smartphones continue to fuel sales growth
Monday, February 25, 2019 · 11:35 am · 2 Comments
Although global smartphone demand declined three percent in 2018 to 1.44 billion, sales remain strong and reached $522 billion…
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Desperate Samsung stoops to fake news
Monday, February 27, 2017 · 9:49 pm · 62 Comments
Samsung just released a press statement declaring its Galaxy S7 edge…
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Fox pushes movies straight to your phone with no data usage or download delays
Monday, February 27, 2017 · 2:57 pm · 5 Comments
Imagine having movies downloaded and ready to watch on your phone, without ever using your data or…
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Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case
Monday, March 28, 2016 · 4:55 pm · 16 Comments
Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…
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How Apple’s clarion call united the entire tech industry against U.S. government overreach
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 · 1:27 pm · 3 Comments
In the first hours and days after Apple rejected a court order to unlock an iPhone belonging to…
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Woz: U.S. government ‘picked the lamest case you ever could’
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 · 10:28 am · 11 Comments
Woz said that he sided with Apple in the FBI fight, first because he’s always been strong on human rights…
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This is Tim Cook’s Apple: Clash over iPhone privacy redefines Steve Jobs’ company
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 · 9:56 am · 16 Comments
Cook has been using the pulpit of Apple to emerge as one of the world’s most outspoken corporate executives on privacy and other social issues…
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U.S. Feds: New judge must force iPhone unlock, overturning ruling that favored Apple
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 · 9:29 am · 12 Comments
As expected, federal prosecutors in an iPhone unlocking case in New York have now asked a more senior judge…
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U.S. government appeals Apple win in Brooklyn iPhone encryption battle
Monday, March 7, 2016 · 10:58 pm · 16 Comments
Apple Inc. agreed to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone before abruptly changing course in October after a judge…
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John McAfee lied about San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone hack to ‘get a shitload of public attention’
Monday, March 7, 2016 · 4:27 pm · 16 Comments
McAfee has been on a media tour discussing a court order that directs Apple to write custom code to help the FBI access a terrorist’s iPhone…
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Lavabit: U.S. government overreach may drive U.S. companies offshore
Monday, March 7, 2016 · 2:28 pm · 19 Comments
Another amicus brief has been filed in support of Apple in its legal battle with the FBI over the measures…
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The full list of who’s for Apple and who’s for U.S. government overreach
Monday, March 7, 2016 · 12:55 pm · 8 Comments
Sheri Pym, the U.S. magistrate who ordered Apple to help the FBI hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, has some reading to do…
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Apple case exposes ongoing rift in Obama administration over encryption policy
Monday, March 7, 2016 · 11:30 am · 20 Comments
FBI Director James Comey and the DOJ have long tried and failed to convince other departments to join the broader battle against unbreakable encryption…
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Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ looks at Apple vs. U.S. government
Sunday, March 6, 2016 · 4:19 pm · 4 Comments
Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ took aim at the subject of smartphone encryption and explained why…
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Why Apple should hold firm against U.S. government overreach
Sunday, March 6, 2016 · 1:36 pm · 14 Comments
Personal privacy and doubts about law enforcement’s motives give Apple the better argument…
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‘Dormant cyber pathogen’ San Bernardino DA Michael Ramos demands judge command Apple to help FBI decrypt iPhone
Saturday, March 5, 2016 · 8:42 am · 51 Comments
One day after the San Bernardino County district attorney said that an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters might contain…
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Why even Apple’s mortal enemies are lining up to protest U.S. government overreach
Friday, March 4, 2016 · 4:26 pm · 42 Comments
More than two dozen technology companies said Thursday that they stand with Apple in its battle with the FBI…
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Apple’s best defense against the FBI is the one it can’t share publicly
Friday, March 4, 2016 · 4:01 pm · 11 Comments
The US government lost the backdoor race long ago…
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San Bernardino DA: Terrorist’s county-owned iPhone could contain ‘dormant cyber pathogen’ or something
Friday, March 4, 2016 · 10:46 am · 36 Comments
The iPhone at the center of the ongoing legal battle between Apple and the FBI may hold…
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U.N. Human Rights Commissioner: U.S. government risks opening a Pandora’s Box in Apple iPhone case
Friday, March 4, 2016 · 9:14 am · 22 Comments
The top U.N. human rights official warned on Friday that U.S. officials risked opening a ‘Pandora’s Box’ in the case against Apple…
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Former U.S. Homeland Security Chief: iPhone override would be software equivalent of biological weapon
Friday, March 4, 2016 · 8:25 am · 15 Comments
Forcing Apple to write an operating system so it can try to break into the iPhone used by a terrorist…
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U.S. Congressman introduces bill to forbid federal agencies from purchasing Apple products until company unlocks terrorist’s iPhone
Thursday, March 3, 2016 · 10:12 pm · 61 Comments
A Florida congressman has introduced a new bill that would forbid federal agencies from purchasing Apple products…
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Apple is racking up supporters in privacy fight against U.S. government overreach
Thursday, March 3, 2016 · 6:43 pm · 9 Comments
A wave of prominent technology companies and individuals began formally backing Apple on Thursday…
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Husband of San Bernardino terrorism victim backs Apple vs. U.S. government overreach
Thursday, March 3, 2016 · 3:28 pm · 20 Comments
The husband of a victim of the San Bernardino terror attack has backed Apple in its fight over the security of its iPhones…
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Over 40 companies to back Apple vs. U.S. government overreach; beleaguered Samsung still thinking about it
Thursday, March 3, 2016 · 12:57 pm · 12 Comments
Apple and the FBI are set to start its court battle for the San Bernardino case in a couple of weeks, March 22nd…
