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Apple takes a swing at privacy-tampling, personal data-guzzling rivals like Google
On numerous occasions over the past year Apple has highlighted key differences between Google and itself when it comes to privacy…
Apple reinvents the privacy policy
Apple has amplified a well-aligned stance on user data being owned by the user to global proportions, taking a very public stance whenever possible…
Apple selling targeted ads, but their new privacy policies shows they think different about tracking
Protecting the privacy and security of your information is a priority for everyone at Apple…
Some Best Buy stores are now accepting Apple Pay
You’ll soon be able to use Apple Pay in a lot more retailers…
20 minutes with Tim Cook: The Mac’s future, the iPad Pro, iPhone 6s/Plus’ 3D Touch, and more
Apple CEO Cook addresses new iPhone features, privacy concerns, the iPad Pro, and why you can’t delete the Stocks app…
Apple is hiring people to predict what you’re thinking
Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence experts, recruiting from PhD programs…
Apple refused to give iMessages to the U.S. government
The Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages…
Facebook tests ‘M’ personal assistant inside Messenger
So, who are these people who know about your travel arrangements, your loved ones’ gifts, your appointments, etc.?
Spotify revises user agreement; wants access to users’ location, sensors, voice, photos, and contacts
Spotify has decided that it wants to know a lot more about it’s remaining users…
The shocking truth about Apple’s iOS 9’s Proactive intelligence
Working alongside Siri, Apple’s iOS 9 flagship feature Proactive…
Hackers release 9.7GB of adultery website Ashley Madison customers’ names, email, street addresses, credit card transactions
The group of hackers that previously stole massive amounts of user data…
Android reeling after two major security failures
Android security woes got even worse on Thursday, with two separate reports…
Privacy activists alarmed: Even when told not to, Windows 10 won’t stop phoning home to Microsoft
Unfortunately for privacy advocates, these controls don’t appear to be sufficient…
MCX’s CurrentC may not launch until next year
CurrentC, the payments app being created by a consortium of big retailers…
NY Times Op-Ed calls for Apple to decrypt iPhones for law enforcement
Last September, Apple and Google, whose operating systems…
CurrentC-backer Rite-Aid capitulates, to accept Apple Pay at 4,600 U.S. stores starting this Saturday
After shunning Apple Pay last fall, drugstore chain Rite Aid…
Apple issues iPhone manifesto; blasts Android’s lack of updates, lack of privacy, rampant malware
Apple.com has debuted a new iPhone website with…
Edward Snowden explains why Apple should continue to fight the government on encryption
As the Obama administration campaign to stop Apple…
Obama administration war against Apple just got uglier
The Obama administration’s central strategy against Apple…
UK Supreme Court allows Google to appeal ruling granting Apple Safari users the right to sue over ad tracking
The UK’s Supreme Court has granted Google permission to appeal against…
Apple Pay rival ‘CurrentC’ to get limited trial run in stores next month
After almost three years in development, the retail industry’s…
Meet the dreadlocked hippie encryption guru who’s freaking out the U.S. NSA
In the back and forth battle over consumer privacy…
Why I switched from Google to DuckDuckGo
While its main draw is privacy, DuckDuckGo has another killer feature…
Apple may dump Google as Safari’s default search engine
Apple may remove Google as its default mobile search engine on Safari…
Apple changes iOS 9 policy to prevent advertisers from seeing user’s installed apps
Apple is planning to introduce some important new policy changes…
Google eavesdropping tool installed on computers without permission
Without consent, Google’s code had downloaded a black box of code that…
Why Apple should buy DuckDuckGo
One of the most important, hardest-to-build, and useful Internet services…
Did Google’s Eric Schmidt just call Apple’s Tim Cook a liar?
Google chairman Eric Schmidt just took time out to tell the BBC…
Government data requests 2015: Apple earns 5-star rating
We commend Apple for its strong stance regarding user rights, transparency, and privacy….
Edward Snowden supports Apple’s stance on customer privacy
Edward Snowden thinks Apple’s pledge to protect customer privacy
DuckDuckGo has grown 600% since Apple made it a search option – and Snowden’s revelations
DuckDuckGo heavily touts the fact that it doesn’t track the information of users…
Google on Apple devices: The end is near
I’ve always felt that the best experience includes a cherry-picking…
Apple, Google, and the road to the know-it-all personal assistant
One thing Apple stressed was privacy…
Mossberg: Apple’s latest product is privacy
In effect, privacy itself is now a key product…
Apple looks to be building an alternative to the Google-branded, hand-over-your-privacy ‘Internet Experience’
Much of the meat of Google revenue remains rooted…
Apple on offense at WWDC 2015
Apple is on the offensive…
‘Fappening’ celebrity nude leak suspect alleged to have hacked 572 iCloud accounts
The celebrity iCloud heist was done through the oldest (and most reliable) method of online malice: phishing emails…
Apple Pay makes considerable progress with more than 700,000 retail sites and growing
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook made a confident prediction…
Giving up on Google
If you’re having second thoughts about your involvement with Google…
Analyst: Apple needs to up its cloud game to compete with Google
Google Inc. announced a slew of new products and services last week…
Privacy of 500 million Android users at risk: Data on phones can’t be wiped
On Android devices, private text messages, images, videos and email details can be recovered, even after a total wipe…
