Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba recently held a meeting of executives to discuss concerns about Apple’s new App Tracking Transparency privacy feature.
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Apple’s privacy changes to iOS have arrived. What do you do with your Facebook app?
With this software update to Apple iPhone and iPads, apps must ask permission of device owners to track their activity across other apps and sites.
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Apple Explains Why ‘Allow Apps to Request to Track’ May Be Grayed Out on iOS 14.5
Starting with the iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and tvOS 14.5 software updates released this week, apps must ask for permission before tracking …
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Apple says user feedback to App Tracking Transparency has been ‘tremendous’
Apple says the user response to its App Tracking Transparency feature has been “tremendous,” and reiterated that the feature is meant to put a user in control of their own privacy.
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Apple’s M1 Mac shines as iPhones fly off (virtual) store shelves
Apple says a combination of enthusiasm over 5G wireless and work-from-home are driving demand despite a global chip shortage.
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Apple Store Creator’s Startup Valued at $1.2 Billion in SPAC Deal
Ron Johnson, CEO at Enjoy Technology Inc, a startup that operates mobile retail stores focused on selling and helping users set up technology products, discusses his plan to take the company public …
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App Store, Apple Music and Other Services Experiencing Issues [Update: Resolved]
The App Store, Apple Books, Apple Music, Apple Music radio, iTunes Store, and iCloud Storage Upgrades are all experiencing downtime right …
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App Store, Apple Music and Other Services Experiencing Issues
The App Store, Apple Books, Apple Music, Apple Music radio, iTunes Store, and iCloud Storage Upgrades are all experiencing downtime right …
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Microsoft may be cooking up a new Windows 10 Store app
Reportedly scheduled to launch in the fall, the overhaul would offer a new design and allow for a much wider array of apps.
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New Warning For WhatsApp Users As Videos And Photos Are Deleted
But other serious flaws have also just been reported. This should serve as a warning for WhatsApp’s 2 billion users to beware how they use the app. I have warned iPhone users before to be careful with …
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The top iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Store
The top iPhone and iPad apps on Apple App Store for week ending 4/25/21 Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 3. HotSchedules, HotSchedules 4. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.
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Australia’s competition watchdog wants to reduce phone app duopoly of Apple and Google
ACCC won’t rule out regulation of tech giants if people aren’t given more choice when setting up a new device …
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Apple will ban apps offering rewards to users that enable tracking
App developers cannot bribe users into allowing tracking within an app, Apple has warned, with apps prevented from performing a number of actions to try and influence what a user selects in the App …
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Apple will ban apps that offer users rewards for allowing tracking
Apple, on the other hand, doesn’t want developers to offer incentives for allowing tracking. In an update to its Human Interface Guidelines, the company has informed developers that their apps could …
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Apple to Ban Apps That Reward Users Who Enable ATT Tracking
Apple says that it will ban and reject apps on the App Store that attempt to offer users monetary incentives to enable tracking with ATT, one of …
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Apple reinforces that App Store was built to protect users as trial against Epic approaches
Apple and Epic Games have been fighting in court after the popular game Fortnite was removed from the App Store in August 2020, but there’s still a lot to come. Both companies are expected to face …
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Scott Forstall deposition in Epic vs Apple case focuses on early days of the iPhone and App Store
Ahead of the Epic vs Apple trial officially kicking off next week, Epic Games today has released transcripts of depositions it held with current and former Apple executives. While the Eddy Cue …
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