Among the other “most invasive” apps (we’ll get back to that designation in a bit) are LinkedIn, GrubHub, Uber, Uber Eats, a Swedish shopping app called Klarna and a British train-ticket app called …
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I Love Apple But Even The World’s Best Tech Company Can Disappoint
My experience in trying to buy an iPhone SE to replace my dead phone has been a bit of trial. After a fruitless evening trying to order a new phone, I finally gave up. Even a well oiled machine like …
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DuckDuckGo uses App Store privacy labels to call out Google for ‘spying’ on users
Google is slowly updating its many iOS applications with App Store privacy labels, detailing the type of data it collects from users. The Google and Chrome applications were recently updated with …
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App Store-supported jobs swelling by about 7% across Europe
The App Store is continuing to generate more jobs in the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe, with Apple claiming growing job growth across the region.
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Apple pulls the plug on the HomePod
The speaker will still be sold until supplies run out, but the space gray version is already gone from Apple’s online store. Only the white version remains, though you might be able to find the …
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WSJ: Apple increases lobbying to fight state legislation targeting the App Store
From online privacy to app-store fees, a wave of local bills is opening a new frontier in the push to limit Apple and Google’s power.
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App Store-supported jobs swelling by about 10% across Europe
The App Store is continuing to generate more jobs in the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe, with Apple claiming growing job growth across the region.
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App Store Now Supports Over 330,000 UK Jobs, Says Apple
Apple says its App Store now supports more than 330,000 jobs in the U.K., a 10% increase over the past year, despite the pressures of the global health crisis on the nation’s economy. According to …
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Apple’s privacy labels are unfair, says WhatsApp head
Facebook and Apple have been at war for sometime now. Both the companies have been on the fence on the topic of privacy for months now. Apple’s stringent …
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WhatsApp CEO talks competing with iMessage, privacy labels in the App Store, and more
In a new interview this month, WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart talked in detail about what it’s like competing with iMessage as well as Facebook’s ongoing feud with Apple. Cathcart also touched on WhatsApp …
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Stop Using WhatsApp Until You Change This Critical Setting
WhatsApp is finalizing a fix for the most serious threat to your message security—change this setting until it’s …
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Apple does not want people to use Android phones, says WhatsApp CEO
Apple does not want people to use Android phones, says WhatsApp CEO – WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart launched scathing attacks at Apple calling their privacy labels discriminatory.
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Apple discontinued one of its newest products just 3 years after launch
We are discontinuing the original HomePod, it will continue to be available while supplies last through the Apple Online Store, Apple Retail Stores, and Apple Authorized Resellers. Apple will …
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Target to Open In-Store Apple Shops: Will It Pull from Mall Traffic?
While Target already carries an extensive line of Apple products, this move will set it apart as a tech destination for shoppers. Furthermore, Target employees who work in its in-store Apple shops …
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Apple says goodbye to pricey HomePod smart speaker
We are discontinuing the original HomePod, it will continue to be available while supplies last through the Apple Online Store, Apple Retail Stores, and Apple Authorized Resellers. Apple will …
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A gift card scam ruling and instrument recovery in the Apple Crime Blotter
Man arrested after damning iPhone search, fake Walmart employee steals AirPods, and another iPhone-related arrest in the Capitol riot.
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Comment: Apple’s failure to deliver on its App Store promise is coming back to bite it
Apple’s failure to deliver on its App Store promise could well end up costing it dearly in its defense of antitrust investigations …
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